Norwalk faces loss as Fanny Farmer may relocate sugar plant
Union leaders say Fanny Farmer Candies plans to move Norwalk plant to the Sun Belt after a summer strike and meetings with officials. Company lawyers cite potential tax abatements and cheaper labor as reasons, with about 430 jobs at stake if the move proceeds. Mayor Goodsite warns of a sad day for Norwalk and steps to attract new industry.
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Fanny Farmer Candies Inc
Norwalk
Jack Gallon
Internation Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 20
Toledo
Sun Belt
Gallon
Fanny Farmer
Goodsite
Bedford
Mass
Tanker Crash Sparks Fire Near New Orleans Harbor
A tanker leaving a Mississippi River refinery lost steering and crashed into a dock near New Orleans, igniting a large fire. Three workers were seriously burned and hospitalized in Metairie while others jumped into the river to escape.
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Good Hope, la
UPI
New Orleans
East Jefferson General Hospital
Metairie
Rain Dampens Ohio Soybeans and Corn Yields
Wilmington Ohio agronomist Gifford Zimmerman says excessive rainfall and insufficient sunlight this summer have reduced soybean pod and bean development and delayed corn maturity by up to two weeks. Nitrogen losses and yellowing worsen fields, though hay may grow heavy. harvesting remains hampered by wet conditions.
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Wilmington, Ohio
UPI
Ohio
Wilmington College Agriculture Department
Gifford Zimmerman
Fire kills 13 in two-family home in Peabody
A three alarm blaze in Peabody Mass killed Fred L Davidson 53 and Elizabeth 48 and two youngest sons Charles 13 and Derek 8. Eight other Davidson family members escaped. The home housed both generations with five children downstairs and others upstairs.
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Peabody
Mass
UPI
Fred L. Davidson
Elizabeth
Charles
Derek
Davidson
Michael
Ida
John
Davidsons
Weather and Birth Notices and Directory Update
Partly cloudy through Friday with highs in the low 80s and a 10 percent rain chance tonight and Friday. Wednesday’s highs near 80, lows 65, no precipitation. Birth notices list several Norwalk and Sandusky area families welcoming a girl and two boys, with hospital affiliations. The final entry in the Manhattan directory lists N Zzherobrouskievskieskieen, replacing last year’s Budd Zzzyp.
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Manhattan
Two men charged in Mountbatten's death
Irish police charged Francis McGirl and Thomas McMahon with murder in the bombing that killed Lord Louis Mountbatten on his yacht near the Irish border. The blast also killed a teenager, Mountbatten’s grandson, and Dowager Lady Brabourne. The government offered a 200000 dollar reward for the killers. The bodies, including Mountbatten aged 79 and his grandson Nicholas, were to be flown to England for funeral events at Westminster Abbey with royal participation expected on arrival.
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Dublin
Ireland
UPI
Louis Mountbatten
Northern Ireland
Francis McGirl
Thomas McMahon
Mountbatten
Queen Elizabeth
Royal Air Force
Nicholas
Lady Brabourne
England
Buckingham Palace
Duke of Edinburgh
Prince of Wales
Westminster Abbey
Willard man faces misdemeanor trial in death of Hershiser
Silas Sloan thirty ons stage for trial in Huron County Common Pleas Court on charges of menacing and trespassing after an altercation with 62 year old Wilur Hershiser of New Haven Township. The June 13 motorcycle incident near a gravel pit led to Hershiser’s death at Willard Area Hospital. The charges were reduced from involuntary manslaughter following coroner’s ruling that Hershiser choked on his own vomit.
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Willard
Wilur Hershiser
Huron County Common Pleas Court
Silas Sloan
Hershiser
New Haven Township
Reese Wineman
Sloan
Ohio
Huron County
William B. Holman
President Carter Fends Off Rabbit Incident in Georgia
Reported during a Sapelo Island Plains trip in April, President Carter was in a boat on a small pond when a rabbit swam toward him. A White House aide described using a paddle to deter the animal, with others noting the episode and photos may exist. The tale blends humor and rumor amid differing White House accounts.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
Congress
Georgia
Sapelo Island
Plains
White House
Secret Service
Status of Ehove talks uncertain amid impasse panel doubt
Avery-Ehove Superintendent Creighton Christ said the Board of Education will not return to bargaining until the impasse panel’s authority is clarified. ETA struck after rejecting a three year offer. classes canceled as juniors return and seniors were to start. The tussle centers on salary and fringe benefits as the impasse panel's role remains contested and talks resume remains in limbo.
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Jan Rogoschavery
Ehove
Creighton Christ
Board of Education
Ehove Teachers Association
ETA
Christ
John Marett
Ehove Board of Education
Ken Cole
Ohio Education Association
Michael Fegen
Larry Krugman
American Crayon
Sandusky
Krugman
McCrystal
Don Warner
Vulcan Materials
Fegen
James Montgomery
Warner
Linn
Fegen Marett
Marett
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Teamsters Local 20
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Samuel I. Newhouse
Lower East Side
Newhouse
Aurora, Ohio
Geauga Lake Park
Food and Drug Administration
American Technology Inc
FDA
Jeffrey MacDonald
Federal
Raleigh
N.C
MacDonald
Anone
Zimmerman
David Sacks Caribbean
San Juan
P.R
David
Dominica
Martinique
Puerto Rico
Mexico
U.S
Nuke Plant
Parsippany
N.J
Walter Creitz
Metropolitan Edison Co
Three Mile Island
General Public Utilities Corp
Met- Ed
Creitz
Fred and
Willis Jean Johnson
Fisher-Titus
John and
Grace Fusco
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Donald and
Alyce Lawson
Fisher- Titus
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Paulette Ewell
Sandusky Good Samaritan
Keith and
Kathy Diebler
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