City Won't Pay Airport Lawyer in Norwalk Dispute
The City of Norwalk will no longer cover its share of legal bills for aeronautics attorney Harry Riggs hired to defend the county airport authority and others in a $1.1 million Zoellner suit. Mayor Goodsite announced the decision after a council meeting, stating Riggs’s $326 bill will be paid from airport funds or Zoellner rent going forward. the case remains unsettled with a trial paused since December 1977.
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Norwalk
Harry Riggs
County Airport Authority
Riggs
Wayne Goodsite
Kentucky
City of
Airport Authority
Ronald Zoellner
Ronald Freeman
Jack Fynes
Pierre Grieselhuber
Strongsville
Zoellner
Goodsite
Kids Pay For Dad Murder In Cleveland Case
In Cleveland two West Side teens a 17-year-old boy and his 14-year-old sister paid Jerome Watkins 60 to kill their father John T White 41. Detectives say the body lay in the home for 10 days while the youths spent the money and the suspects were held in a county detention home. Authorities say the motive was to gain freedom to do as they wished including smoking pot. A 19-year-old youth is sought for the killing. The article also notes Walter Cronkite wore horn rim glasses on CBS TV prompting fan inquiries though no change in his normal routine.
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Cleveland
UPI
West Side
John T. White
White
Jerome Watkins
John Marshall High School
Carl F. Shuler
Cuyahoga County
Weather Outlook and Local Births and Deaths
Rain ends tonight with a low in the upper 20s to lower 30s. Mostly cloudy Thursday with highs 45 to 50. Tonight’s precip 30 percent, Thursday 20 percent. Winds west 15 to 25 mph tonight. Temperatures Tuesday 40 to 70. Precipitation Tuesday 0.1 inch. Sunrise 7:15 a.m. Sunset 6:08 p.m. Births include a Norwalk boy Madeline Andesca Fisher-Titus and a Willard girl for Willard Area Hospital. Deaths: Wanda F. Stover 38 Willard Anthony Kolar 63 Norwalk Elsie K. Scheid 70 Milan. Folklore note on owl and loon intelligence.
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Thomas Madeline Andesca
Norwalk
Fisher-Titus
Arnold
Carol Mahl
Willard
Willard Area Hospital
Wanda F. Stover
Anthony Kolar
Elsie K. Scheid
Milan
Woman Killed In Crash At U S 224 And Ohio 60
An elderly Ruggles Township woman, Mildred A. Hamilton, died when her 1956 red Cadillac collided with a tanker truck on U S 224 at Ohio 60 in New London. The truck, owned by Ny Trex of Loudonville, struck the car as witnesses said she did not stop. both drivers were at the scene as deputies investigated. The accident occurred in wet icy road conditions and the body was taken to Samaritan Hospital for autopsy. Eastman Funeral Home will handle arrangements.
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New London
Ruggles Township
U.S. 224
Ohio 60
Mildred A. Hamilton
Ashland
Firelands Ambulance Service
Samaritan Hospital
Darren Huggins
Teacher Slap Sparks Fight Over Damaged Tooth in New London
Larry Collins, uncle of 17 year old Scott Collins, demands school payment to fix his nephew’s chipped front tooth after assistant high school principal James Van Sickle backhanded him on a bus on Feb 5. The incident followed a Feb 2 bus discipline episode leading to suspensions. Van Sickle says the slap was mild and necessary to restore order.
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NEW London
Larry Collins
Greenwich
New London Board of Education
Scott Collins
James van Sickle
Ehove Joint Vocational School
New London High School
Ehove
New London Schools
Howard Dulmadge
van Sickle
Collins
Ohio
Dulmadge
New
London
Robert Wenner
Wenner
Killer Sues Victim's Daughter Over Letter to Editor
Convicted killer Larry Dean Robinson filed a $450,000 civil suit in Huron County Common Pleas Court against Mrs. Eldean Kessler of New Haven, alleging a Willard Times Letter to the Editor titled Reply to Robinson defamed him. Robinson, serving life at Lucasville, claims the Oct. 19 1978 piece damaged his reputation and caused distress. He seeks $150,000 compensatory and $300,000 punitive damages, and requests a jury trial in forma pauperis.
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Larry Dean Robinson
Eldean Kessler
New Haven
Willard Times
Kessler
Alice White Womack
Willard
Robinson
Ohio Correctional Institute
Lucasville
Huron County Common Pleas Court
the Times
David J. Cattano
Thomas Ring
Cattano
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Brian Lucas
Kelly van Meter
League Street School
Brian
Kelly
Mike
Paul Stafford
New York
Walter Cronkite
Cbs-Tv
Ohio Highway Patrol
Ashland County Sheriff's Deputies
New London Police
Ruggles-Troy Fire Departments
Eastman Funeral Home
Cluding Collins
Norwalk Board of Education
Hester Street
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