City Hall Briefs Active Fire Extinguished at Rubber Storage Site
The rubber fire at the Durable Mat Co. rear is out after three days of tearing apart burning piles and dousing with water. Fire officials praised responders and A. J. Baltes Inc. for equipment. City reappoints Borgia to Park Board and Freeman to Civil Service Commission. New water well drilling starts Monday with test results by week end. Detailed water main drawings sent for health department approval.
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Durable Mat Co
Herbert Krogh
Krogh
Wayne Goodsite
John Baltes
A.J. Baltes, Inc
John Borgia
Park and Recreation Board
Herbert Freeman
Civil Service Commission
Borgia
Freeman
Layne-Ohio Co
Richard Mutz
Ohio Department of Health
Colvin Sets Office Hours for City Auditor Post
Auditor Douglas Colvin will be in City Hall from 10 a.m. to noon on Tuesdays and Thursdays and 9 a.m. to noon on Saturdays. The city auditor role is part time while Colvin serves as full time office manager for Norwalk Furniture Corp.
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Douglas Colvin
City Hall
Colvin
Norwalk Furniture Corp
Raquel Welch Wins Interlocutory Degree in Curtis Divorce
Actress Raquel Welch exits Santa Monica Superior Court after securing an interlocutory degree ending her five year marriage to producer Patrick Curtis. The UPI telephoto image captures the moment as she leaves court Thursday.
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Raquel Welch
Santa Monica Superior Court
Patrick Curtis
UPI
Military reverses heroin trend among U.S. servicemen
Dr. Richard S. Wilbur, Pentagon health chief, hailed a unique triumph as tests show 2.5 percent of servicemen returning from Vietnam in December were on drugs versus 4 percent in August. He credited the armed forces with reversing an epidemic.
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Washington
UPI
Pentagon
Richard S. Wilbur
Defense
U.S
Vietnam
Massillon High Football Captain Shot During Break In
Massillon High School co captain Larry M McLendon 18 was shot to death late Friday as police say he tried to break into an apartment occupant Robert Snedeker fired the fatal shot Snedeker was released after questioning McLendon played defensive middle guard and running back for Massillon High School.
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Massillon, Ohio
UPI
Massillon
Larry M. McLendon
McLendon
Robert Snedeker
Snedeker
Weather Outlook and Local Births and Deaths
Mostly sunny with rising temps today. high mid to upper 30s. Tonight partly cloudy with low around 30. Sunday variable clouds and warmer with a chance of showers. high near 50. Births: Mr and Mrs Jerry Stackhouse Willard daughter WA. Deaths: Henry J Haden 75 Detroit Ronald C Strecker Fremont Edward Gammell 57 119 Fairway Dr Frank R Olson 78 140 W Main St.
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Norwalk
Jerry Stackhouse
Willard
Henry J. Haden
Detroit
Ronald C. Strecker
Fremont
Edward Gammell
Fairway
Frank R. Olson
W. Main St
Ohio Disputes Bridge Report Disagreement Over Deficient Bridges
Columbus Ohio Highway Department rejects a Federal Highway Administration preliminary report that lists 2409 critically deficient bridges in Ohio. The state asserts the number is nearer 250 and disputes the federal tally released Friday.
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Ohio Disputes Bridge Report
Columbus
UPI
Ohio Highway Department
Ohio
Federal Highway Administration
Tennessee
State Highway Department
Congress of the
United States
Four Indicted On Drug and Burglary Charges Here
The Huron County Grand Jury indicted 19 suspects on five burglary and four drug charges amid a two day session. Named defendants include Robert W. Ferguson and Mark W. Straka both 20 of Sandusky on burglary counts and Ferguson on burglary tools. Also indicted were James M. Moore 35 for attempted burglary and harboring a felon, Joseph Dorton 18, Paul Cisco 24, Raymond Van Loo 19 and Jesse Hopkins 19 on drug related counts, and others for grand larceny embezzlement and receiving stolen property. Local police and state officials reported on bridge conditions and funding priorities across Ohio with Kinsman Road Bridge identified as the most critical at an estimated 4.24 million dollars.
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Huron County Grand Jury
Robert W. Ferguson
Sandusky
Mark W. Straka
Spring St
Ferguson
Anthony Harp
Joseph J. Dorton
Huron
B&b
Paul J. Cisco
Columbia Station
Firelands Motor Sales, Inc
Bellevue
James M. Moore
Cline Sr
Western Auto
Moore
Raymond G. van Loo
Plymouth
Jesse A. Hopkins
Greenwich
van Loo
Hopkins
Steven G. Rasmussen
David A. Johnson
Jefferson St
Norwalk
Fireplace Inn
Willard
Gregorio Cruz, Jr
Reymundo Resendez
Boyce Phillips
New London
Connie Niese
Gallup Ave
American Discount Vitamins and Cosmetics
Henry Bishop, Jr
Bank St
Grand Larceny
James Cudnik
Twinsburg
P.H. Fulston Co
Ohio
Kinsman Road
Cleveland
U.S. 422
Harbor
Ashtabula
Detroit-Rocky River
Market St
Youngstown
Akron North Hill
Cleveland Ave
Columbus
Chagrin River
Lake County
U.S. 23
Piketon
Pike County
Lima
Allen County
Eagle Creek
Ripley
Brown County
Girl survives Amazon jungle ordeal after plane crash
Juliane Koepcke, 17, lone survivor of the Christmas Eve crash that killed 91, describes nine days in the jungle plagued by worms and insects. She treated bites with gasoline after rescuers found her arm with 35 worms and 10 more removed by the rescuers. Her father Hans Koepcke and mother Marie were noted among passengers. rescue patrols found bodies near the crash site.
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Lima
Peru
UPI
Juliane Koepcke
Amazon Jungle
Hans
Marie
Lima Museum
Mayor Announces Parking Lot Plan On West Main
Mayor Wayne Goodsite will introduce legislation at the January 18 city council to buy property at the southeast corner of West Main and South Hester Streets for an 80 car parking lot. He aims to meet next week with A B Mann and J F Ernsthausen to discuss the acquisition of the Avalon Hotel and Cook Tobacco Co sites.
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West Main
South Hester
Wayne Goodsite
Goodsite
A.B. Mann
J.F. Ernsthausen
Avalon Hotel
Cook Tobacco Co
Mann
Louis G. Frey
Vermilion Mayor Opposes Ethel Swanbeck in House Run
Vermilion Mayor John W. Maiden announced petitions to run for the Ohio House, challenging incumbent Ethel G. Swanbeck who plans her 10th term. Maiden, 49, seeks the seat while leading the Norwalk Area Development Committee pushing downtown parking. Ernsthausen offered to fund a city parking lot with repayment from meters. Service Director Krogh outlined a $76,000 purchase plus $20,000 development. options include city purchase or developer-led project.
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Vermilion
John W. Maiden
Ohio
Norwalk
Ernsthausen
Herbert Krogh
Poet John Berryman Takes Fatal Fall From Minnesota Bridge
Pulitzer winner John Berryman leapt from the Washington Avenue Bridge over the Mississippi in Minneapolis. The 57 year old poet and University of Minnesota professor waved to a bystander before plummeting to the icy riverbank. He was survived by wife Kate and three children and had a history of turbulent personal life and fame.
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Minneapolis
Minn
UPI
John Berryman
Mississippi River
Regents
University of Minnesota
John Allyn Smith
Berryman
Washington Avenue
Minnesota
Mississippi
Robert Ames
Ames
Kate
Paul
Martha
Sarah Rebecca
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Chicago
Richard Schamp
San Diego
Nebraska
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la Prensa
Cras
Pucallpa
Ethel
Hester Street
Seminary Street
Dylan Thomas
Thomas
McAlester
Oklo
Wall Street
John Angus McAlpin Berryman
John
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