Poll at Huron County Fair Features Wide Agreement on Issues
A county elections board poll of 158 fairgoers asks nine questions on topics from schooling to the Electoral College, term limits for Congress, nationwide presidential primaries, helmet laws, punch card voting, campaign funding, veto rights, and the right to initiate federal legislation. Majority oppose longer winter breaks, favor popular voting for president, and back helmet mandates and new voting system.
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U.S
Huron County Fair
County Elections Board
Congress
Huron County
Like Old Times Fire Devastates Norwalk Wheeling Shops
Henry Timman chronicles the August 23 1908 Wheeling and Lake Erie shop fire that devastated Norwalk Ohio, destroying the blacksmith, machine, and boiler shops and leaving 400 workers jobless. Light details include arson rumors, the roundhouse escape, damaged locomotives, and local Chamber of Commerce fund raising.
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Norwalk
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad
Wheeling and
Lake Erie
Brewster
F.D. Foster
Chamber of Commerce
Holland
South Africa
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Wheeling and Lake Erie
Dad's Lifestyle Causes Split With Ex Over Visit Rights
Dear Abby story where a divorced father in Malibu asks how to involve his two children with a girlfriend living with him in California. The ex-wife refuses to send the 9 and 11 year olds to visit, citing the father’s lifestyle as living in sin. Abby implies reconciliation is unlikely and hints at staying apart may be best.
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Abby
Chicago
California
Sin
Dear Abby letter on good girls and dating
A teen writes that boys press for advances and she feels used, questioning the value of being “good.” Abby replies that “nice” boys seek good girls, urges patience, and suggests the idea that a future man will value her. The note ends with a request for Abby’s booklet and a self‑addressed envelope.
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Abby
Lasky Dr
Beverly Hills
Calif
Soviet Wedding Blocked by Visa Rules in Moscow
Washington Merry-Go-Round details how Elena Kuzmenko’s planned marriage to Yuri Balovlenkov in Moscow was thwarted as her tourist visa expired and multiple Soviet agencies denied extensions. She returned to the United States while her fiancé lost his job and faced pay cuts, illustrating rigid bureaucracy and the Helsinki accord footnote on cross border marriage. The piece also covers antitrust reform debates as Rep. Garry Brown blocks measures to challenge the insurance banking interlocks amid a House probe led by Rep. Fernand St. Germain.
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Washington
Christina Onassis
Moscow
Elena Kuzmenko
Christina
Elena
Yuri Balovlenkov
U.S
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
United States
Foreign Ministry
Soviet Union
Justice Department
Carter
National Commission For Review of
House Banking Committee
Garry Brown
R-Mich
Fernand St. Germain
D-R.1
St. Germain
Insurance Banking Alliance
Brown
Banking Committee
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Africar Driand
Dorothy
Nancy
Esau
Thor
Holbrook
Elam
Stepson
Prvedgtinly N
Mark Twain
Audit Bureau of Circulation and
Ohio Newspaper Association
Milan
Monroeville
Wakeman
North Fairfield
Greenwich
New London
Willard
Huron
Erie
Ohio
By Henry Timman
Wheeling
North Pleasant
North West Streets
Anonet
Abigail van Buren
Malibu
Leetle Tater
Bligh
Axbby
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
The
Mid-East
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