Local dealers report revival as auto rebates draw shoppers
Norwalk dealers report higher showroom traffic and growing interest since two week old rebates. Buyers examine models across brands from Buick to Oldsmobile with rebates up to 600 dollars and notes that the lump sum rebate appeals more than simple price cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kevin Tanzillo
Norwalk
Martin Motor
Charles J. Martin
Martin
Neill Ebert
Ebert and Son Motor Sales
Ebert
American Motors
Bob Meyer
Chevrolet
Meyer
Sandwick Motors
Near miss at Mt Weather linked to Mt Weather crash
Washington UPI report notes NTSB evidence a United Air Lines jet nearly struck Mt Weather during a bad weather approach weeks before the Dec 1 TWA crash at Dulles. United reportedly notified the FAA and was assured corrective steps would be taken. Officials and a United spokesman declined comment.
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Washington
UPI
TWA
Dulles International
Mt. Weather
National Transportation Safety Board
United Air Lines
United
Federal Aviation Administration
FCC bars newspapers from acquiring radio TV stations in their areas
The FCC announced rules prohibiting cross ownership of newspapers and stations in their circulation zones. Existing cross owned groups in 16 cities including Findlay Ohio must split by January 1 1980 by selling either the paper or the station. The agency cited preserving diversity of viewpoints as central to licensing duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Federal Communications Commission
Findlay
Ohio
Commission
Rhodes to rescind financial disclosure order for administration
Ohio Governor James A. Rhodes will repeal an executive order that required financial disclosure by all administration members earning at least $15,000. The move was reported to the Ohio Ethics Commission by top aide Thomas Moyer through Executive Secretary Jerome Bahlmann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
UPI
James A. Rhodes
Ohio Ethics Commission
Commission
Jerome Bahlmann
Thomas Moyer
Midwest Coliseum Sues Sheriff Over Led Zeppelin Concert
An attorney for the Midwest Coliseum filed a $1 035 000 damage suit in U S District Court against Summit County Sheriff Robert Campbell and Major Alan Morrison. The suit accuses them of depriving due process and equal protection by not responding to calls to quell a disturbance at a rock concert preventing fans from entering to see Led Zeppelin. Estimated damage from broken glass and doors totals $30 000.
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Cleveland
UPS
Midwest Coliseum
U.S. District Court
Summit County
Robert Campbell
Campbell
Alan Morrison
Led Zeppelin
Rhodes proposes enlarging PUCO to five members
Gov James A Rhodes in Columbus urged expanding the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio from three to five members to speed up hearings on utility rate increase cases. He said long hearings punish consumers and the time for delays has passed.
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Harry Newton
Service Garage
Omega
Phil Sandvick
Sandvick Motors
Columbus
UPI
James A. Rhodes
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Rhodes
Ohio Energy Emergency Commission
Cab driver speeds for passenger to catch flight after plea
Homestead driver Michael Ardolino sped a 35 mile ride to Miami International Airport so a fare could reach a flight to New York. The drive earned him a $1,193 tip as Ardolino recalled counting the money with shock a day after the ride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homestead, Fla
UPI
Michael Ardolino
Ardolino
Homestead
Miami International
New York
Homestead Yellow Cab
Weather To Snow Flurries Then Cold Tonight
Cloudy and colder with a chance of showers turning to snow flurries tonight. Lows 20 to 25. Thursday remains cloudy and cold with a 30 percent chance of snow flurries and highs in the 30s. Temperatures Tuesday reach 58 to 33 with humidity readings through the day. Total precipitation recorded at .5 inches. Also listed are a marriage license application for Dean A. Cok and Janice L. Van Loo, births for Mr and Mrs Paul Long and Mr and Mrs George Bivins, and the death of Mrs Amelia Staff, 92.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean A. Cok
Willard
Farmer
Janice L. van Loo
Forbidden Love across Cold War Borders
Victoria Fyodorova, 29, seeks to visit the United States to meet her aging father Jackson Tate, a retired rear admiral, but the Kremlin bans her travel. Tate was expelled from Russia in 1944 after a wartime romance with Zoya Fyodorova, a famed actress, who later spent eight years in a Siberian prison. Tate, 77, now in Florida, speaks of enduring love as he worries for his daughter who cannot obtain a visa.
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Moscow
Kremlin
Siberia
Victoria Fyodorova
United States
Jackson Tate
Soviet Union
Tate
Russia
Victoria
Zoya Fyodorova
Zoya
Siberian
Pageant debate on beauty prize versus service faces poll
Readers weigh in on Nancy Flemming and the Miss America pageant with 53.6 percent opposing the shift to community service prizes. The poll also asks if Ohio girls sports will match boys’ fan appeal and invites votes by phone. A separate AP report notes a Weather Underground bombing at the State Department with no injuries.
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Nancy Flemming
Nancy
Washington
UPI
State Department
Weather Underground
Agency For International Development
U.S
Southeast Asia
Weather Underground Organization
Armed Force Induction Center
Oakland
Calif
Radical
Weathermen
District of Columbia
Charles Lightner
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
FBI
Heart Prince crowned at Huron County Heart Fund
Chad Sayre a Norwalk boy who had open heart surgery last year will be crowned Heart Prince to start the 1975 Heart Fund event A potluck dinner precedes the ceremony with dinner at 6 30 p m at First United Presbyterian Church
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chad Sayre
Norwalk
First United Presbyterian Church
Schwiefert Charged in Aggravated Murder Case
Mark W. Schwiefert faces aggravated murder charges in Kenneth R. Shaw’s stabbing death. Arraigned in Huron County Court, bond set at 100000 cash or 200000 property, no plea entered. Detainer from Florida blocks release. Schwiefert previously escaped from a LaBelle prison. Shaw’s body found in his car at Laura Perry’s driveway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark W. Schwiefert
Kenneth R. Shaw
Schwiefert
Huron County Court
Frederick F. Waugh
Common Pleas
Robert W. Smith
Robert Wiedemann
Phillip M. White, Jr
Waugh
Norwalk
Michael Fegen
Florida
LaBelle
Fla
Richard Andres
Stanley Borgia
Sheriff's Department
John Warner
William W. Owens
Perkins Township
Andres
Huron County Sheriff's
Erie County
Perkins
Shaw
Laura Perry
Peru Center Road
Robert
Three Stages Planned for 1975 License Plate Stickers
Huron County AAA spokesman Mike Meinke announces three selling periods starting March 1 for 1975 sticker sales. From March 1 to 31, commercial farm house and all purpose vehicles and trailers. April 1 to 30 for passenger cars with last names A through K. May 1 to 30 for last names L through Z.
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Mike Meinke
Huron County American Automobile Association
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Ford
Sandvick
Ates of A Tnt
Coliseum
Eets
Paul Long
Monroeville
F-T
George Bivins
Willard Area
Amelia Staff
State Dept
By Barry James
United Press International
Orange Park
Ohio High School
Newalk Tonight
Linda Kamann
Perry Home
William B. Holman
William Metarko
Snyder Road
Walter Schwiefert
Metarkos
Meinke
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