Repeal Ends Storm Of Tickets In Ohio Town
In Middletown Ohio a 1945 street cleaning ordinance restricting 45 minute parking was repealed after a surge in tickets. Police claim enforcement boosted driver caution but faced public complaints and urged publicity before enforcement. The city moved to restore normal procedures with future contract talks in view.
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Middletown
UPI
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Mary Alice Meek
Order of Police
Paul Lewis
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Salvation Army
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Farr Freed After Five Years In Fight Over Sources
UPI reports Los Angeles Times journalist William Farr wins the long battle with the judiciary over identifying confidential news sources. After five years and 46 days in jail, he is released from the threat of imprisonment by Superior Court Judge Charles Older. Farr calls the outcome a Christmas present.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Los Angeles Times
William Farr
U.S
Ohio to Allow Self Service Gas Pumps Next Month
Ohio lawmakers cleared the way for self service pumps starting January 1 as oil firms push cheaper prices. Standard Oil projects savings of one to two cents per gallon while weather and contractor delays complicate rollouts for about 3,000 stations statewide.
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UPI
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Weather and notices from December 22, 1976
Cloudy with a chance of snow flurries tonight and Thursday. Lows in the mid teens, highs in the 20s. 40 percent tonight, 50 percent Thursday. Winds southerly to southwesterly today, then west to northwest tonight. Tuesday temperatures 19 to 8. Humidity ranges morning to evening. Marriage license: John S Buford and Milan F Oney both of Bellevue at home. Deaths: Richard Whitey Ross, 51, Norwalk and John Lasko, 64, Willard.
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John S Buford
Bellevue
Milan F. Oney
Richard
Whitey) Ross
Norwalk
John Lasko
Willard
Mistletoe Question Prompts Voting Calls and Lines
Voters are urged to call numbers 668-8544 or 668-8345 to cast a vote by midnight. The message asks, Does mistletoe work for you, presenting options to vote yes or no via phone.
Thief Hid In City Rec Center And Stole From Wall Safe
A burglary at Norwalk Recreation Center likely occurred after hours with no forced entry. About 210 dollars vanished from the director's office wall safe, including 60 dollars in coin and 150 dollars petty cash. two keys were removed from an unlocked desk.
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Norwalk Recreation Center
Robert Barnes
Barnes
L.C. Hilson
Hilson
Rec Center
Elizabeth Vattorella
City Hall
Norwalk Approves Interior Traffic Loop Plan
Norwalk City Council approved a comprehensive traffic plan by engineer James Stratton to create an interior loop linking Gallup Avenue Pleasant Street Fair Road Executive Drive and Old State Road It classifies streets into five categories and proposes changes including a half diamond interchange at Ohio 61 and U S 20 bypass and new major collector streets The ordinance grants subdivision control up to three miles from the city and City Council first option to acquire land zoned for future routes.
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Old State Road
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Worthington
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Washington Street
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League Street
Willard
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North Pleasant
North West
Stratton
Council
Family mourns infant found in trash bin and fundraising scandal
In Dallas the Baldree family found an infant body dubbed Snow White and began raising funds for a proper burial. Media attention brought in donations from across the country until Walter Baldree fled with $1,100, leaving his wife and two daughters broken and seeking help.
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Dallas
UPI
Snow White
Walter
Dennis Baldree
Walter Baldree
San Francisco Hijacking Ends After 12 Hours on Ground
A mentally disturbed airline mechanic hijacked a DC8 at the United terminal near SFO forcing fuel and a flight crew. Hostage Richard Funk, 38, was repeatedly stabbed as negotiators refused demands for a plane and a crew. A psychiatrist spoke with the suspect and the standoff continued until a nonflight auxiliary power unit could provide heat.
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UPS
Finited Airlines
Richard Funk
Palm J Hinnant
Morris Brock
Hinnant
United
San Francisco International Airport
FBI
Jerome Deusenberry
Hector Spencer
Funk
Beauty Parlor Gives Yule Treat to Retarded Women
In Pikesville Maryland thirty mentally retarded women from the Baltimore Association for Retarded Citizens received a full beauty treatment at About Faces Beauty Salon. Staff donated their day off to pamper the group, helping them feel more confident and cared for as they enjoyed new haircuts makeup and nail polish.
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Nancy Kercheval
Pikesville, Md
UPI
Julie
Baltimore Association For
About Faces
Leonard
Gloria Brennan
New London Couple Awakens To Truck Through Wall
At 5 am a semi tied up in an accident pushed a parked pickup through the kitchen wall of Mary and Walter Schafer’s mobile home behind Owl Hoot on US 20. Grace of Phoenix driving the semi lost control on US 250. Grace and an unoccupied Davidson vehicle were involved. no Schafers hurt but the home beyond repair. Blanche Pine, 60, injured in a ditch crash near Willard Hospital.
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Walter Schafer
Owl Hoot
Schafers
US 20
Samuel Grace
Phoenix
Ariz
Ohio Highway Patrol
Harold L. Davidson
Grace
Schafer
Bloomville
Blanche Pine
Willard 4
Newalk Tonight: St Paul Lays Down New London at Norwalk
St Paul High School faces New London at Norwalk Junior High School at 645 PM tonight. Local fans expected a close game as both teams seek early-season momentum.
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St Paul High School
New London
Norwalk
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