Eight Year Old Clown Draws Crowds At Norwalk Hotel
Eight year old Jimmie Viars performs as a hotel hallway clown and on Whittlesey Avenue, delighting pedestrians and motorists. His mother Mable Viars says he started after borrowing clothes from a hotel guest and now adds a witch costume, using a parking meter prop as part of his act.
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Supreme Court broadens abortion rights for minors and married women
The Supreme Court ruled unwed minors cannot be forced to obtain parental consent for abortion and married women do not need their husband's consent. Justice Blackmun stated constitutional rights do not depend on age and minors hold constitutional protections. The Missouri case examined parental rights versus a minor's autonomy.
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Harry A. Blackmun
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Large heroin seizure at California border crossing
Immigration inspector found 30.75 pounds of brown heroin hidden in a car returning from Mexico at San Ysidro. The narcotics search uncovered 26 bags valued at about 11 million dollars, the largest such seizure in California history according to Customs Service regional commissioner Albert G. Bergeson.
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Gasoline prices rise 2 cents nationwide in June
The AAA surveyed 3,671 stations to place the national average premium price at 61.1 cents a gallon, two cents higher than Memorial Day. California's Inyo National Forest saw the highest rates with regular gas at 75.9 cents a gallon.
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Washington
Weather outlook and death notice for Milton H. Dietz
Partly cloudy and cool tonight with lows near 50. Friday will be sunny and warmer with highs around 75. Rain chance 20 percent tonight and Friday. Winds northwest 10 to 15 mph. Death: Milton H. Dietz, 53, of North Olmsted.
Opinion Line weighs in on throw away container ban
Readers respond to a question about a Senate ban on throw away containers with 26 calls. Majority favor the ban citing energy waste and litter. critics warn against restricting cans claiming sanitation and industry impact. readers propose recycling and deposits as alternatives.
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U. S. Senate
Balloonist Karl Thomas Rescued by Soviet Ship in Atlantic
Karl Thomas, the balloonist seeking the Atlantic crossing, was rescued in good condition by a Soviet merchant vessel 310 miles northeast of Bermuda. The Coast Guard called off the U S Canadian search as the Soviet ship headed to Rotterdam. Thomas, 27, German born, left Lakehurst N J last Friday aboard The Spirit of 76 and had radio problems during the descent. He is married to Michelle and lives in Troy Michigan.
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Troy
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Drowning Case to Go to Grand Jury in Willard
A grand jury will consider charging boat operator Francis Pflieger with negligent homicide in the drowning of 16 year old Thomas Shepherd on VFW Lake Willard. Prosecutor Richard Hauser cited a test showing a defective front air pocket and a leaking seam in the bow as causes.
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Maslar Faces Death Penalty in Pa Murder Case
Michael Maslar of Meriden Conn is indicted by an Erie County Grand Jury on aggravated murder kidnapping and aggravated robbery for the May strangulation of Harlan Anderson a 56 year old Grove City Pa man whose body was found May 26 tied to a tree. Maslar faces a mandatory death penalty if convicted. He will be arraigned July 9.
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Meriden
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Harlan Anderson
Grove City
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Hoover Road
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Lincoln
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Harold Gladwell
Erie County Common Pleas Court
Larry Abner
Abner
John Oyer
Mediator Mum On Talks In Candy Strike
Federal mediator Donald Power from Toledo declined to discuss progress in the Fanny Farmer Candy Shops strike. No talks are scheduled until he calls the parties back, as 336 Teamster Local 20 workers have been striking since May 31 over a proposed three year deal with a 40 percent wage increase and the company’s 26 percent offer.
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Donald Power
Toledo
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Kitten Saves Family as House Burns in Niles Michigan
In Niles Michigan a six week old kitten Cream Puff awakened Edwin and Verlene Butts and their four children to a fire. The family escaped through a window while Dawn Boetcher tried to rescue the cat and both she and a parent were burned. Cream Puff did not survive the blaze that destroyed their Howard Township home.
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Niles
Howard Township
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