Weather, divorce and faith emerge in year end briefs
The piece covers Cleveland registering 9 below zero and Findlay 14 below, with Youngstown and other Ohio cities setting cold records. It reports Sen Herman Talmadge filing for divorce from Betty Talmadge in Georgia. It notes HEW receiving flu shot damage claims totaling over 1 million dollars, plus Indianapolis ordaining Jacqueline Means as the nation's first woman Episcopal priest on New Year’s Day.
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Ohio
National Weather Service
Cleveland
Findlay
Youngstown
Washington
UPI
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Washington State
Pennsylvania
HEW
New York State
West Virginia
Indianapolis
Jacqueline Allene Means
Means
Safer Snow Shoveling For Women Says Doctor
Dr. Michael Sharon of the Connecticut State Medical Society says middle aged women may be safer to shovel snow than men due to higher coronary risk in men with white collar jobs. He notes snow shoveling can be healthy if precautions are followed.
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New Haven
Ohio Lottery Winning Numbers This Week
This week’s Ohio Lottery results include Pot 0 Gold entries. Three digit numbers are 311 and 794. Five-digit numbers are 86433 and 09781. Six-digit number 091297. Double Play three digit number 936. Winning color is blue.
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Ohio
Weather and notices for December 31 1976
Variable cloudiness and cold tonight with a chance of snow flurries. Lows zero to five above. Windy New Year’s Day with snow flurries likely. highs in the teens. Precipitation 40 percent tonight 70 percent Saturday. Winds west 10 to 20 mph. Marriage license application Robert A Oakley Dayton and Patricia A Leshe Plymouth. Births two boys Willard area. Deaths three seniors Bellevue Norwalk Berlin Heights.
City Hall income tax question split by voters
A 1977 survey shows 66.1 percent favor increasing municipal income tax to avoid layoffs while 33.9 percent oppose. Voters cite layoffs, belt tightening, and federal funds as considerations, with residents urging the mayor and council to take decisive action for city employees.
Does an "x" or R rating on a movie scare you away
Readers are urged to vote on movie ratings by calling two numbers. A call to 668-8544 supports a vote yes while 668-8345 supports a vote no. Please submit the call by midnight.
Norwalk Welcomes 1977 With Local New Year Festivities
Norwalk hosts a New Year’s Eve roundup across three spots with varied meals and dancing. The Elks plan a steak dinner 7 to 9 pm with live band Skip Edwards Trio and guests bring own bottles. Knights of Columbus hosts a $20 per couple dinner dance with live music and continental breakfast.
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Skip Edwards
Knights of Columbus
Gas Curtailments Threaten Ohio Schools and Industry
State education officials call Columbia Gas of Ohio curtailments a stark threat to schools and business. Large industrial and commercial users face 50 percent cuts, while hospitals stay unaffected. Essex notes many districts already use reduced heat and limited hours to stay open amid winter fuel shortages.
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Columbus
UPI
Columbia Gas
Ohio
Columbia
Martin Essex
Essex
James A. Duerk
Ruth Underwood retires after 51 years as Huron County clerk
Ruth Underwood ends a 51 year career as a probate court clerk in Norwalk Ohio. She began on October 1 1925 at 75 a month after being recruited at a tennis court by Judge Bechtel. The party honored her with photos a clock and silver vases as nearly 100 colleagues toasted This Life Ruth with a party mistaken for a judge swearing in. She plans no active retirement plans and will remain in Stony Ridge Ohio with her husband Ralph.
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David Rau
Huron County
Thomas Heydinger
Don J. Young, Jr
Henry Timman
Whitney Field
Bechtel
Underwood
Frank J Hiltz, Jr
Luther van Horn
Robert Vetter
Young, Russell
Antrim
Robert W. Smith and
Heydinger
Ralph
Chestnut St
Apt
J. Underwood
Stony Ridge
Ohio
Deputy Probes Missing Student Stories in Ohio University Case
An auxiliary deputy from Huron County checks statements from Blake White's friends in the disappearance case. Sheriff Brown said the routine effort aims to verify alibis as White, 20, was last seen on Dec. 16 and reported missing Dec. 19 after not returning home for the holidays. The family, from Holiday Lakes near Norwalk, is pursuing leads with a Florida agency and a Sandusky private investigator.
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Ohio
Huron County
Brown
Davis
Norwalk
White
Ohio University
Phillip White
Holiday Lakes
Whites Ae
Ft. Lauderdale
Florida
Milwaukee enlistee wins timing on GI bill benefits
Randy Venne of Milwaukee enlisted in the Navy Thursday to finish college. Educational benefits under the GI bill will be reduced 33 percent effective Saturday, but those who enlist before year’s end can still obtain the full benefits of the old GI bill. That means up to about $13,000 for a single person and $15,000 for a married person.
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Milwaukee
UPI
Randy Venne
Navy
Miami
Rolls Royce
Woodson Duncan
Stop Drinking Coffee Boycott Urged By Consumer Group
A Cleveland area consumer group campaigns for a coffee boycott amid price hikes. Dorothy Teater warns elderly residents may bear the impact as volunteers are sought to organize action and shoppers are urged to cut or drop coffee purchases.
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United Press International
Cleveland Consumer Action
New York City
Elinor Guggenheimer
Nadine Foldes
Sheriff Borgia dodges New Year's party due to bad roads
Side Up! The Reflector notes Sheriff John Borgia was asked if he would attend the county highway department party on a snowy Thursday afternoon. He deadpanned that the roads are too bad to travel.
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