Fire damages State Street home from candle play
A fire at 46 State St caused upstairs and closet damage described as moderate after three children aged 8 5 and 4 played with a lit candle. Water damage was mainly on the lower level. Firefighters were on scene about two hours, blaze under control in 30 minutes. Nearby, City Hall utility bill window hours were shortened to 8 30 to 4 daily and 8 30 to 11 30 Saturdays. Mayor Harold Finch announced the change to help workers complete paperwork. In Huron County ADC Supplemental Program funds will resume January 1 after a half mill levy passed November 5. An example shows a two person family receiving 9 more dollars monthly, a three person family 12. ADC cases in late 1968 totaled 128, affecting about 450 to 500 people. Light snow in northern Ohio expected tonight. roads slick but few accidents reported.
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State Street
David Reineck
State St
Reineck
Eugene
Harold Finch
City Hall
Huron County
ADC
Winter Weather Watch Brings Snow to Northwest Ohio
Snow likely late today with heavy bursts possible tonight. Windy with rising temperatures then falling, highs in the low 30s and lows in the low 20s. Wednesday brings more flurries and extreme cold. Norwalk Sunday forecast lows 16 and highs 28. Births include three newborns in New London and Willard. Marriage licenses issued for Holmes Westbrook and Lehnert Panyard pairs. Deaths listed for seven residents including Kindle Shepherd and Reginald Marett.
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Ohio
Norwalk
Vetter Warns Huron Officials To Balance Rights
Common Pleas Court Judge Robert Vetter swore in Huron County commissioners Arthur Herner and Donald Robertson urging them to protect both majority and minority rights and to pay less heed to noisy minorities. Photographers were warned that courtroom pictures are prohibited. Also sworn in were Recorder Jay Thomas Clerk of Courts Dana Call Engineer Urban Livengood and County Court Judge Phillip White.
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Huron County
Common Pleas Court
Robert Vetter
Vetter
Arthur Herner
Donald Robertson
Common Pleas
Jay Thomas
Dana Call
Urban Livengood
Phillip White
Trucker Fined Fifty After Spray Claim Sparks Case
Clarence Ward of Norwalk was found guilty of disobeying a police officer in Monroeville and fined 50 dollars plus costs. Ward appeals, while awaiting trial on a second charge over his driver’s license. The incident involved Ward’s claim that policeman Leonard Conners sprayed him with a disabling chemical.
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Monroeville
Clarence Ward
Norwalk
Kenneth Salisbury
Ward
Cleveland
Burgman
Common Pleas Court
Leonard Conners
Suspect linked to Norwalk car thefts held by Cleveland police
Cleveland police think they have a lead in a car theft ring that hit Norwalk in June. A suspect in custody bears the serial number of a 1967 Thunderbird stolen June 17 from George Manyak Ford Inc. Used Cars. A second car was taken the same way in Erie County. police say the cases may form part of a larger ring and will release a photo for identification.
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Cleveland
Norwalk
George Manyak
Ford Inc
Manyak
Erie County
Apollo 8 Photos Reveal Harsh Moon Backside
Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders released moon photos showing a vast barren expanse with cratered terrain and an earthrise of a blue jewel. Prints will go to major observatories and improve lunar maps while debriefings continue at home.
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Houston
Space
Borman
Lovell
Anders
Lunar
America
Ed White
Titov Says Moon Race Will Take Time Beyond 1969
Washington analysts read a Dec 20 interview by Gherman Titov as signaling the Soviet Union will aim for a manned moon flight only after technical problems are fully resolved, suggesting a post 1970 timeline while the United States plans a 1969 manned landing.
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Walter Logan
United Press International
Israel
Beirut
Middle East
United States
Soviet Union
Moshe Dayan
Washington
UPI
America
USS
Gherman Titov
Earth
Trud
Mark
Titov
Three canoes overturn in Vermilion River rescue misfire
Six Cleveland area canoeists were found safe after rough water overturned three canoes on the Vermilion River near Wakeman. Ed Stryker and wife waded to shore to seek help. four on a river island walked ashore before responders arrived. Those safe included Carl Zwierlein 48 and his sons John 21 Jim 13 and Joyce Steinbach 20 of Westlake.
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Wakeman
Huron
Erie County
Florence Township
Funeral Home
Cleveland
Ed Stryker
Parma
Ortner
Huron County
John Borgia
Erie
Westlake
John
Jim
Joyce Steinbach
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Charles Cooke
New London
Richard Bivens
Willard
Corbett Stephens
Larry R. Holmes
Bellevue
Anna J. Westbrook
Donald M. Lehnert
Vicki Sue Panyard
Kindle H. Shepherd
Greenwich
Reginald F. Marett
Fitchville
Vincent W. Finnen
Milan
Gertrude F. Behrens
G. Edward Wikel
Alice Heitsche
Harris St
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S. America
South Pole
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Cairo
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Voice of the Storm
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Tsofar
Negev
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Moon Crater
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Astrodome
Oklahoma
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Bob Hope
Los Angeles
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