Sheriff Weikel jailed for courtroom bugging in Mansfield
Richland County Sheriff Thomas Weikel and Maj. Gene Hart reported to the Mansfield City Jail to serve ten day terms after Weikel admitted ordering a transmitting device planted in Judge Mac Chilcote's courtroom. Hart received a ten day sentence with six days suspended and a $500 fine suspended. Others, including deputy Michael Sheline, faced contempt penalties.
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Mansfield
Ohio
UPI
Richland County
Thomas Weikel
Sheriff Department
Weikel
Gene Hart
Common Pleas Court
Mac Chilcote
Chilcote
Hart
Michael Sheline
Cotempt
MLC Weather and Local Notices
Clear and cold through Saturday with highs 10 to 15 and subzero lows tonight five to 10 below. 20 percent precipitation chance through Saturday. Winds west about 10 mph tonight. Thursday temperatures 17 to minus one. No precipitation Thursday. Station data and several notices follow including marriage license applications, births and deaths. The Irish potato did not originate in Ireland but in Peru.
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Ireland
Peru
Fitchville Junk Man Seeks Fun Amid Junkyard Fines
Fitchville resident Pat Bess aged 84 faces fines and jail time for keeping an extensive junkyard on Elm Street near U S 250. Prosecutors pursue a nuisance charge, while Bess jokes about jail and his pension as he defends a life of auctions and wandering.
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Pat Bess
Fitchville
Bess
Elm Street
U.S. 250
Detroit Police Department
Common Pleas Court
Robert A. McKown
Florida
Jack Fynes
Fynes
Kenneth Earl
Norwalk
Livengood Seeks 5.3 Million For Huron County Road Repairs
Huron County faces a 5.3 million price tag to fix county roads with 100 miles needing surface treatment and 115 miles needing base reconstruction. Livengood cites 530 miles of shoulder and 200 miles of berm repair plus 100 miles of drainage work as key needs amid austerity budgets and stalled tax measures.
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Ohio
State Association of County Engineers
Huron County
Road Information Program
TRIP
Washington, D.C
Don Schramm
The
Engineers Association
Urban C. Livengood Jr
Livengood
Highway Department
Fewer Troopers Cut Norwalk Municipal Court Revenue
Norwalk Municipal Court revenue in 1978 fell from 1976 and 1977 levels as fewer highway patrol troopers reduced cases and income. City officials project more than 25000 return to the treasury, with potential county library refund boosting to about 31000.
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Norwalk
Ronald Freeman
County Law Library
Freeman
Lloyd Beale
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Patricia Anderson
Robert Kellogg
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Dale Williamson
Washington
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Walter Joseph
Joseph
Cleveland
Terry Hazelwood
Judy Vegus
Jonathon McCabe
Sandra Andrews
Bernard Nippo
Jackie Fox
Ralph and
Wendolyn Fisher
Bellevue
Fisher-Titus
David and
Ida Stephens
Shiloh
Willard Area Hospital
Archie Greathouse
Plymouth
Zella Brundage
New London
Robert A. Spratt
Mary Thornton
James Oliver
Austin
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Helen Oliver
Huckelberry Finn
George Kirbawy
Kirbawy
Kirbany
Elm ST
Paul Stafford
Beale
Donald Derby
New London High School
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