Warden Whealon Resigns From Southern Ohio Prison
W. J. Whealon, former warden of the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, says he resigned for health reasons and did not leave the $31 million prison with his tail between his legs. The facility has suffered guard walkouts, inmate sit downs, and a guard’s death by a prisoner with a pistol.
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Lucasville
Ohio
UPI
W.J. Whealon
Southern Ohio Correctional Facility
Whealon
Rabid pet skunk bites Belpre couple in Ohio
A Belpre Ohio couple Dean and Susan McMahan were bitten by their pet skunk Peppy that had rabies. The skunk, captured near Vienna, was descented after they adopted it. The female was bitten twice 10 days earlier and again on the foot three days ago, while the husband was bitten on the hand a week ago.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
UPI
Belpre
Ohio
Dean
Susan McMahan
Vienna
Nixon and McGovern campaigns raise $60 million in 1972 drive
GAO report shows Nixon campaign gathering 39.3 million dollars and McGovern 21.3 million in contributions and loans between April 7 and December 31 1972. The nine month period covered funded the 1972 presidential race.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
George S. McGovern
General Accounting Office
GAO
Parole board recommends commutation for Caril Fugate
Lincoln reports the state parole board urges commuting Caril Ann Fugate 30 from a life sentence to a definite term enabling potential parole. Fugate, 14 when she aided Charles Starkweather in an 11 murder spree across Nebraska and Wyoming. Starkweather was executed in 1959. Meanwhile Columbus records two children killed in a fire after power was cut for a $33.40 unpaid bill. a babysitter lit candles in a first floor living room.
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Lincoln, Neb
UPI
State Parole Board
Caril Ann Fugate
Miss Fugate
Charles Starkweather
Nebraska
Wyoming
Starkweather
Columbus
Shannon Young
Heidi
Orvil Young
Hilliard
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
White House denies Agnew smear via leaks in Maryland case
Nixon aides reject reports that the White House is leaking anti-Agnew material about the Maryland bribery inquiry. Justice Department sources suggested the White House, with access to inquiry details, may be the source of the Agnew disclosures.
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San Clemente
Calif
UPI
Nixon
Executive
White House
Spiro T. Agnew
Maryland
Justice Department
Agnew
Braniff Admits Illegal Nixon Campaign Contribution
Braniff Airways Inc conceded making an unlawful political donation to Richard Nixon's re election campaign. In Dallas officials said the airline gave 50000 dollars from personal and corporate funds, marking the seventh major corporation to disclose a contribution under federal law barring corporate campaign gifts.
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Washington
UPI
Braniff Airways Inc
Watergate
Nixon
Braniff
Dallas
Ohio correctional system labeled extremely dangerous
Columbus based union official William Van Zandt of the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employers Union says the entire Ohio correctional system is now extremely dangerous after two guards were killed at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility. He argues the killings prove the system does not work.
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Columbus
UPI
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employers Union
Ohio
Southern Ohio
William
van Zandt
Weather and notices from Norwalk region August 24 1973
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with high in upper 70s to lower 80s and low around 55 to 60. Rain chances 40 today 20 tonight and Saturday. Norwalk highs 74 lows 48. Marriage licenses list entries for Earhart Risner Fenner Dean Row Cunningham Brown Wade. Deaths include stillborn children of Gross Funk and Willard White.
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Norwalk
Charles J. Earhart
Greenwich
Sandra K. Risner
Terry A. Fenner
Plymouth
LaCherril A. Dean
Benjamin F. Row
Jean L. Cunningham
Delbert G. Brown
Waverly
Edith L. Wade
Susan Gross
Paul J. Gross
Christopher James Funk
Virgil Funk, Jr
Willard
Orvetta White
Women's Libbers Name Friends of Pro-Women Media Awards
New York reporters note Vanguard Records won NOW Keep Her in Her Place for Get Your Biscuits in the Oven and Your Buns in Bed. NOW cites seven awards including negative and positive recognitions across media from TV ads to films and books during Women's Liberty Action Week.
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New York
UPI
Vanguard Records
National Organization of Women (Now
Communications
Ad Agency
Winchester
NBC Television
Dean
NBC
Helen Reddy
CBS
Maude
Labor Day Travelers Face Fuel Shortages
In Columbus, officials warn Labor Day travelers face fuel limits and cut station hours. Fire officials discourage carrying gasoline in trunks, urging use of proper safety cans and limiting to five gallons. AAA cautions shortages persist despite easing, with night and weekend fueling still problematic.
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Columbus
UPS
James Caldwell
Ohio
John Callahan
Caldwell
Callahan
Dave Ryan
American Automobile Association
McGuan Park Building Bid Rejected for Overbudget
The board of control rejected a $10 553 bid from K H Construction Co Norwalk for a concession stand rest rooms and storage building at McGuan Park saying it exceeded available funds City council allocated 4500 with minor expected offset from softball league funds Recreation Director Shadle clashed with council in 1972 over project pace and alternatives are being considered. A new parking lot at State and Clifton Street costing 14500 with a house razed will provide 39 parking spaces.
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McGuan Park
Board of Control
Wayne Goodsite
K&h Construction Co
Norwalk
Goodsite
McGuan
State and
Clifton Street
McGuan Field
Norwalk Board to Decide On Teacher Salary Schedule
The Norwalk Board of Education meets at 12 15 p m Saturday to act on a proposed teacher salary schedule ratified by the Norwalk Teachers Association. Negotiations begun last spring, and no figures are released yet. If approved, it will take effect with school opening in ten days.
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Norwalk Board of Education
Norwalk Teachers Association
Teachers’ Association
Backhoe Incident Injures Milan Man at Norwalk Dragway
Robert D. Stoll, a Milan man working with S E Johnson Construction Co at Norwalk Dragway, was struck by a backhoe and listed in satisfactory condition at Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital after being transported by Norwalk Ambulance Service.
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Milan
Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital
Robert D. Stoll
S.E. Johnson Construction Co
Norwalk Dragway
Stoll
Norwalk Ambulance Service
Norwalk Man Helps Rescue Two Women From Flooded Creek
Norwalk resident Richard Fouts and Ron Smith of Huron helped save two women from a rain swollen sleeper creek at Stony Fork Creek Campground in Wellsboro Pennsylvania. The women escaped the truck and jumped into the water as the vehicle drifted toward a bridge. Campground owner offered lifetime free camping in gratitude.
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Kevin Tanzillo
Norwalk
Huron
Pennsylvania
Richard Fouts
W. Main St
Ron Smith
Stony Fork Creek
Wellsboro
Fouts
Ron
Smith
Cincinnati Insurance Co
Ford Motor Co
Sandusky
Widow sues UC Davis over mayonnaise firing
Doris Judd a 59 year old UC Davis food services worker filed a Superior Court suit seeking reinstatement after her Feb 9 firing for allegedly not spreading mayonnaise to the edge of bread and taking 1.3 minutes to sauerkraut 50 hot dogs while reportedly mixing too much egg salad.
City Woman Welfare Fraud Charged
The Huron County Welfare Department sues Alma Waldon of Norwalk for $3,810 alleging welfare fraud. It claims she falsely reported unemployment and $40 monthly board income while working at Starkey Nursing Home as West for eight years, earning $294 monthly and receiving Aid to Disabled funds from 1969 to 1969 April 12.
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Huron County Welfare Department
Norwalk
Alma Waldon
Glover St
Common Pleas
Starkey’s
Walden
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