Carter to Meet Mondale as VP Pick Candidate
Jimmy Carter announced at the National Governors Conference breakfast that he will meet Sen. Walter Mondale on Thursday as the second senator on his VP running mate list. The meeting is scheduled at Carter’s Plains Georgia peanut farm following a prior talk with Sen. Edmund Muskie in Plains.
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Hershey
UPI
Jimmy Carter
Walter Mondale
D- Minn
Carter
Georgia
Mondale
Edmund Muskie
Maine
Plains
Fourth of July traffic deaths dip slightly in UPI tally
United Press International reports 457 traffic deaths over the holiday weekend, with eight of 11 people in a Montana car drowning in a lake marking the worst incident of the period. The overall count suggests motorists were cautious or limited travel during the Bicentennial weekend.
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United Press International
Montana
UPI
Weather and Notices Roundup for July 6, 1976
Partly cloudy tonight with a chance of a shower or thundershower this afternoon and evening. Low tonight in the low 60s. Partly cloudy Wednesday with highs in the low to mid 80s. Rain chances 30 percent tonight and 10 percent Wednesday. Light variable winds tonight. Marriage license applications listed for multiple couples in Norwalk and nearby towns. Births reported for three families in Norwalk area and Milan. Deaths noted for four residents including Clyde Hall, August Kramer, Carol Green, and Mary Reilly.
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Clyde Hall
New London
August S. Kramer
Norwalk
Carol Green
Berlin Heights
Mary Elizabeth Reilly
Willard
Citizens debated timing of Norwalk July Fourth celebration
In Bicentennial year the Opinion Line asked readers whether Norwalk should observe Independence Day on July 4 or July 3. The prompt invites responses on which date best fits local tradition and civic pride.
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Norwalk
Montreal Games Sanction at Risk Over Taiwan Row
The IOC threatens to withdraw sanction if Taiwan is barred from the Montreal Olympics amid a political dispute. Readers are urged to call a number to vote yes by midnight on the issue.
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International Olympic Committee
Taiwan
Milan Town Hall Rededicated In Bicentennial Celebration
Milan observes 1876 Town Hall dedication with a 100 year revival event led by Masonic Erie 239. Senator Taft attends plus church service and fireworks at Edison High School. A new time capsule will replace the 1876 one, including newspapers, coins, and era catalogs.
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William Mattlage
The
Milan Masons
Town Hall
Milan
Masonic Lodge Erie
Park Street
Ohio
Robert Taft
Edison High School
Taft
Milan Inn
Marjorie Hanson
Bellevue
Evelyn Gilbert
Hanson
America
Milan Township
William Oetzel
Church Street
Sandusky
Oetzel
Oetzer
Sandusky Register
Norwalk Reflector
Fanny Farmer gets temporary restraining order against Teamsters
A court imposed an order limiting pickets to two per plant entrance and banning parking on company property after an air structure adjacent to the plant was cut and partially collapsed. The action follows escalating picketing since May 31 and pending a July 15 hearing on a preliminary injunction.
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Fanny Farmer Candy Shops, Inc
Teamsters Union
Robert W. Smith
Henry E. Young
Fanny Farmer Plant
Toledo
Federal
Donald Power
Plan 74 Apartment Project Near Milan
Milan area developer seeks a 1.1 million loan to fund two apartment complexes off US 250 near the Bunkhouse Inn. Milan Garden Associates seeks 543 000 for a 36 unit family complex and Milan Manor for 576 000 for a 38 unit senior complex. Construction not imminent as land purchase and site details remain pending.
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Milan
East Liverpool
Bunkhouse Inn
Camp Rounds
U.S
C.B. Oscoe
Huron County
Milan Garden Associates
Willison
Milan Manor Apartments
Canadian troops warned against fainting on parade in West Germany
UPI reports Conservative MP John Reynolds releasing a memo to constituents detailing military guidance for avoidable fainting. The memo instructs soldiers to eat breakfast, fall to the ground with control, turn 45 degrees, and roll left while retaining their weapon. Every fainting incident will be investigated by the section commander.
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Vancouver
Canada
UPI
John Reynolds
West Germany
Reynolds
Former City Woman Among Air France Hostages Rescued
Janet Almog, 27, a Norwalk native and daughter of Harry Robey, was among 104 hostages aboard an Air France Airbus hijacked in Uganda. The Almogs, now in Kibutz Ein Dor, were en route to the United States to visit Mrs Almog’s mother and planned another flight home after safety was secured in Tel Aviv.
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Norwalk
Air France
Airbus
Uganda
Janet Almog
Harry Robey
Robey
Madison
Wis
Almog
Ezra Almog
Kibutz Ein Dor
United States
Berlin Heights man dies in acid vat accident
Michael Church aged 20 fell into a four foot deep vat of sulphuric acid at Van Dresser Corp on Ontario Avenue and died from accidental drowning. Police report witnesses and ambulance personnel unable to revive him. coroner cites alcohol impairment. Church had worked as a stockhandler about three months and was sitting near the vat edge when the incident occurred.
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Berlin Heights
van Dresser Corp
Michael Church
Smokey Road
Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital
van Dresser Pei
Ontario Ave
Church
Huron County
William
Holman
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Carter Meets
Jesus Villareal
Geraldine Carmona
Robert F. Ringler
Ashland
Sharon Y. Arnold
Greenwich
Larry R. Smith
North Fairfield
Springer
Cynthia Lou Conaway
James Horning
F-T
Leonard K. Krisha, Jr
Willard Area
Michael Chaffee
Sandusky Memorial
By Janet Conway
Ster Il
Norwalk High School
Sue Gross
Ron Poland
Doug Mougey
Lynn Albright
US 250
Huron County Regional Planning Commission
Roscoe
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
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