Edison Plans To Run City Light Plant For Three Years
Ohio Edison Co. agrees to acquire Norwalk electric system with a base price of 5,850,000 plus improvements to 6,096,199 and inventory costs. The city will gain a service building, a main substation, and a two to three year operation by Edison with annual taxes totaling 217,000. Closing hinges on SEC approval.
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Edison
Janet Conway
Ohio Edison Co
Norwalk
Ohio Edison
City
Wayne Goodsite
Goodsite
Herbert Krogh
Ehove
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
New London Fireman Rescues Infant in Mattress Fire
A mattress fire in a mobile home on East Washburn Street at 9:30 a.m. today sent smoke through the residence. Volunteer fireman K B Rowland and Robert Zimmerman woke a mother and a toddler, while Zimmerman crawled through heavy smoke to pull an infant from a crib. The couple's two other children were safe in the kitchen area. Damage confined to the mattress and bed. origin suspected to be from a child-initiated blaze.
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New London
East Washburn Street
K.B. Rowland
Ed Fannin
Rowland
Robert Zimmerman
al Walters
Muskie agrees to debate rivals for Democratic nomination
Sen. Edmund S. Muskie of Maine agrees to debate fellow Democrats seeking the presidential nomination. He asks DNC Chairman Lawrence O'Brien to arrange talks with other declared candidates. In Cleveland electric power outages hit for two hours at the municipal plant disrupting thousands. In Peking President Nixon calls daughter Tricia Cox for her 26th birthday via satellite.
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United Press International
Sen
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Muskie
Democratic National Committee
Lawrence O’brien
Cleveland
UPI
Municipal
Peking
Nixon
Tricia Nixon Cox
Pat Nixon
Peking Hotel
Tricia
Hijacked Lufthansa 747 Still Holds Passengers in Yemen
Arab guerrillas hijacked a Lufthansa 747 with 188 aboard en route from New Delhi to Athens and refueled in Aden Yemen. They released some passengers including five women and 15 children, kept 16 crewmen and 52 disembarked, including Joseph P. Kennedy III. Authorities in Aden reported 2,000 mercenaries and possible internal conflict, with U S appeals to the Red Cross and Southern Yemen for intervention.
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Lufthansa
Yemen
Joseph P. Kennedy III
Robert F. Kennedy
Wartorn
Red Sea
Kennedy
New Delhi
India
Sen
Edward M. Kennedy
Bangladesh
Egypt
Middle East
MENA
Israel
West Germany
Aden
United States
International Red Cross
Geneva
Peters quits Taliesin Foundation over living style
Svetlana Peters daughter of Joseph Stalin says she left the Taliesin Foundation with her husband. She cites a belief in private property and disagreement with communal living as the reason for buying a house and leaving the fellowship.
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Paradise Valley
Ariz
UPI
Svetlana Peters
Joseph Stalin
Taliesin Foundation
Weather Outlook And Local Vital Records Summary
Mostly cloudy conditions give way to partial sun this afternoon with a high near 30. Winds ease and tonight clears with a low around 8. Wednesday turns partly cloudy and warmer, high near 32 with a 20 percent precipitation chance. Marriage licenses issued to eight couples including Terry Holden and Cynthia Eckstein. births noted for two Willard-area girls. deaths listed for Reding, Kautz, and Dittler.
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Norwalk
Simon Ousted From GOP Primary in Huron County Race
Gerald F. Simon, a Norwalk barber, was ruled off the Republican primary ballot for Huron County Commissioner by Secretary of State Ted W. Brown under a law restricting cross party primary history. Simon, who once ran as a Democrat for county clerk of courts in 1968, plans to run again and says election officials miscounted years versus primaries. Madge Earl, elections director, notified Brown on February 8 after issues arose at a board meeting. He would have faced incumbent Arthur F. Herner and former Monroeville mayor Kenneth G. Salisbury in the GOP race set for 1973.
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Gerald F. Simon
Huron County
Ted W. Brown
Ohio
Simon
Madge Earl
Board of Elections
Brown
Norwalk
Arthur F. Herner
Monroeville
Kenneth G. Salisbury
Nixon Chou En-lai Meet In Long China Summit
President Nixon and Chou En-lai held a three hour fifty minute session as Peking's government press and public warmed to the visit. The leaders appeared cordial at the summit with a musical ballet outing, while official publicity signaled a serious effort to end two decades of chilly relations.
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Peking
UPI
Nixon
Chou En-lai
China
Chou
Mao Tsetung
Nixons
Peoples Daily
Communist Party
Mao
Slalom Race Casualer Wowed By One Racer's Mishaps
Fred Stewart Butler recalls the Seventh Annual Ohio Communications Giant Slalom Race for newspaper radio and TV staff at Clear Fork. He crashes early after a bumpy start on the T bar, misses two gates and is disqualified but finishes on his bottom amid a lighthearted tale of participation and perseverance.
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Fred Stewart Butler
Clear Fork
Ohio Communications
Fred
Thieves Steal 235-Pound Valve Grinder at Norwalk High
A 235 pound valve grinding machine was stolen from Norwalk High School between Friday afternoon and today. Principal George Perry said the 12 year old unit was bolted to a table in the auto shop. Replacement cost is estimated at 636 dollars. Police report the burglars broke a southside window to gain entry. Also, Mrs Wilametta Sisson 62 was named director of the Norwalk clinic at the Huron County Mental Health Center.
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Norwalk High School
George Perry
Wilametta Sisson
Huron County Mental Health Center
Norwalk
Real estate tax take in Huron County tops 3.2 million
Huron County Treasurer Harold B. Collier reports 3,264,494 dollars collected in first half 1971 real estate taxes and 80,858 dollars in special assessments. The total, 224,695 dollars higher than a year ago, reflects rate changes in parts of the county. Real estate tax collection closed Jan 31 as the auditor’s office handles settlements with subdivsions.
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Huron County
Harold B. Collier
Collier
Kenneth Reed
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Joseph Kennedy III
Terry L. Holden
Willard
Cynthia A. Eckstein
Mark G. Meyer
Marjorie H. Nugent
Donald J. Nardecchia
Susan C. Winslow
Terry D. Mullins
Greenwich
Cassie Hale
Jefferson D. Adkins
Robin N. Hammond
Wakeman
John Fulton
Willard Area Hospital
A.B. Scott
Carl D. Reding
Scottsdale
Gretha M. Kautz
Dorothy J. Dittler
Bellevue
Ronald L. Ziegler
White House
Mao Tse-Tung
Fred Stewart
Norwalk High
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