Shelby's Do It Yourself Civic Center Shines On Independence Day
Shelby Ohio residents raised 1.8 million from 2500 pledges in six months to build a community center with pool gym sauna racquetball courts and meeting rooms. On July Fourth the center will be dedicated amid a large parade as locals celebrate self-reliance. The effort drew praise from across the country and inspired corporate support including a Copperweld plant expansion in Shelby. The project changed the town from a cornfield dream to a visible civic achievement built by its people.
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Ohio
Mick Hall
Little Leaguers
Girl Scouts
Boy Scouts
Hall
Bob
Reimsnyder
America
Sacramento
Wendy's buys West Virginia franchise for 18 million
COLUMBUS Wendy's International president announced the purchase of Wendy's of West Virginia Inc for about 18 million. The deal exchanges 535000 shares of Wendy's stock and fits a pattern of acquiring top performing franchises. Ohio ADC aid rises despite protests as four member family checks increase to 291 dollars a month.
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Columbus
UPI
R. David Thomas
Wendy’s International, Inc
Hamburger
Wendy’s of West Virginia, Inc
Wendy's
Ohio Department of Public Welfare
Statehouse
ADC
James A. Rhodes
New Mental Health Agency Opens In County Building
The Huron County Mental Health Society transitions to the George F. Linn Corp amid disputes over a transition agreement. The 648 Board’s contract expired as Linn Corp took over, with staff shifts underway and ongoing talks on patient care continuity and facility use at the Mental Health Center.
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Huron County Mental Health Society
George F. Linn Corp
State Mental Health Department
Huron County Board of Mental Health and Retardation
Linn Corp
Reese Wineman
The
Mental Health Agency
Mental Health Society
Swingle
Paul Guggenheim
John Keros
Robert Klenk
648
Bruce McCrillis
Henry Young
Society
Guggenheim
Tim) Moritz
Young
Keros
Main St
Reflector
Keres
LINN
Mondale Meir talks mark Israel anniversary visit
Vice President Mondale met with former Prime Minister Golda Meir in Tel Aviv for over an hour of private talks to reaffirm US friendship on Israel’s 30th anniversary and press renewed Middle East peace talks. He then planned receptions and meetings with Peres and Weizman in Jerusalem.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
UPI
Walter Mondale
Golda Meir
Middle East
Samuel Lewis
Shimon Peres
Ezer Weizman
Weather and births and deaths wrap Norwalk note
Mostly cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers. Highs 80 to 85 with locally heavy rains tonight and Sunday. Lows tonight 65 to 70. Sunday highs near 80. Precip chances 70 percent tonight, 60 percent Sunday. Winds easterly to southeast 10 to 15 mph. Births report multiple families with babies at Willard and Fisher-Titus hospitals. Deaths noted Sister Mary Francella Reineck and Mrs Dorothy J Simonds. Inland Birmingham canals exceed Venice in miles.
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Mary Francella Reineck
Toledo
Dorothy J. Simonds
McCook, Neb
Norwalk
Seabrook nuclear plant construction suspended by NRC
Anti nuclear protesters celebrate after the Nuclear Regulatory Commission votes 2-1 to suspend Seabrook reactor construction in New Hampshire effective July 21. The ruling states the action protects NRC’s freedom to consider alternatives to the Seabrook site and shifts environmental review to the EPA for the cooling system proposal.
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Washington
UPI
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Seabrook
N.H
Meldrim Thorson
NRC
New Hampshire
Peter Frampton Injured in Bahamas Car Crash
New York singer Peter Frampton was reported in satisfactory condition at Lenox Hill Hospital after a Thursday crash near his Bahamas home. Spokesman Paul Bloch said Frampton suffered multiple rib fractures, a broken arm, and a head injury requiring stitches from a torrential rain storm crash. He owned a Bahamas home and was visiting his manager Dee Anthony when he borrowed Anthony’s sports car. a car slide into a tree caused the accident, and he was flown to New York for treatment.
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New York
UPI
Peter Frampton
Lenox Hill Hospital
Bahamas
Paul Bloch
Frampton
Peter
Bloch
Dee Anthony
Anthony
We Fought Good Fight at Huron Mental Health Center
Feisty president Mary Lou Griffiths led a valiant stand as the 22-year-old Huron County Mental Health Center faced contract loss. With the 648 Board cutting state funds, the center will stay open at least a month, aided by county commissioners considering a one-mill levy to fund directly. Trustees accepted resignations, and staff debated private options as officials await state funding word.
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Huron County Mental Health Society
Mary Lou Griffiths
Mental Health Society
Huron County 648 Board
West Main Street
Society Board of Trustees
Society
Maurice Smith
Roy Palm
Edward Still
Still
Henry Young
Young
George F. Linn Corp
Huron County
Linn Corp
Donald Leake
Bruce McCrillis
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North Fairfield
Willard Area Hospital
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Connie K-Meyer
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Fisher- Titus
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