School Board Faces Fire Over Athletic Director Choice
Norwalk board drew sharp criticism from three citizens over the private process used to appoint athletic director Ramsay and staff. James Widman challenged closed meetings and demanded open agendas, calling current methods immoral and taxpayer neglectful while noting concerns about light bulbs and facilities. The controversy followed a late leak, a private recommendation, and a subsequent retraction favoring John Neighbor.
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John Neighbor
Norwalk High School
Board of Education
James Widman
Casey Fogg
Norwalk High School Boosters Club
Tom Lendrum
Boosters
van Ramsay
Albion V. Gotaas
Mary Preston
William Conway
Ramsay
Widman
Norwalk
James Ryder
Ryder
Red Tape Cutting Contest Planned by Ohio Lt. Governor
Lt. Gov. Richard F. Celeste will sponsor a series of red tape cutting contests in 36 county fairs to elicit citizen ideas. The best suggestion wins a $25 Savings Bond. A bipartisan panel will judge the entries at each county fair starting July 16 at Jackson County.
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Columbus
UPI
Richard F. Celeste
U.S
Celeste
Jackson County
Susan Ford Captures Land Auction Crowd in Topeka Photo
Susan Ford's staff photo runs on page one of the Topeka Capital-Journal showing a five column six inch image of prospective customers crowded into a land auction at the Shawnee County Courthouse. The caption notes the photo credit as staff photographer Susan Ford.
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Topeka, Kan
UPI
Susan Ford
Topeka Capital-Journal
Shawnee County
Weather and Notices Include Local Marriage Licenses and Death
Mostly clear and cooler tonight with lows in the 50s and partly cloudy Thursday highs in the 70s. Marriage license applications list five couples from Norwalk and Greenwich. Birth announcements note two girls. a death is reported for 85 year old Clarence G. Howard of rural Willard.
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Michael S. Compton
Bellevue
Connie L. Hamlin
Norwalk
Robert W. Zinn
Debra A. Austin
Gary E. Felter
Linda K. Shingleton
Cook
Roger L. Blair
Greenwich
Marsha J. Seidel
Joseph Briehl
Richard Conrad
Collins
Clarence G. Howard
Willard
Harris poll cites record demoralization in America
Louis Harris reports poll finds Americans more confident in garbage collectors than in other professions. He asks readers if they trust garbagemen more than any other workers.
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Louis Harris
America
School for Drunken Drivers Opens in Norwalk
A Norwalk program will start next week to educate DUI offenders. Judges may offer reduced fines for participation, while voters weigh the idea via phone polls urging responses before midnight.
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Norwalk
Norwalk Eyes Annexation of 150 Acres South of Town
Mayor Wayne Goodsite plans to ask county commissioners to annex 150 acres south of Norwalk. The area surrounds Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital and includes Christie Lane School and Shady Lane Nursing Home. A local landowner with 90 acres seeks annexation, contingent on contiguity, while annexation would shift fire-coverage costs and reduce township bills.
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Norwalk
Wayne Goodsite
Fisher-Titus Memorial
Melvin Shipley
Norwalk Road
Douglas Colvin
Norwalk Township
Farmers Withhold Wheat as Soviet Deal Rumors Grow
Wheat futures rose on the Chicago Board of Trade as farmers in Nebraska Colorado Kansas and other states withhold their grain amid reports the Soviet Union may charter ships to buy up to four million tons from the U S and Canada. Analysts say a major grain deal is possible though officials warn it may not match 1972 volumes.
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U.S
London
Soviet Union
Russia
United States
Canada
International Wheat Council
Robert Lewis
Kansas
Irv Friede
The
Western Wheat Association
Lewis
Agriculture Department
Chicago Board of Trade
Frank Johannsen
Nebraska Wheat Growers Association
Nebraska
Colorado
Norwalk OKs 2.8 Million School Budget for 1976
The Norwalk Board of Education approved a 1976 budget of 2.8 million dollars, about 200 thousand more than last year and roughly equal to the 1974 appropriation. Key costs include 1.873 million for instructional expenses and 377 thousand for auxiliary services.
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Norwalk
Kissinger Trash Stunt Sparks Anguish for Secretary
Reporter James L. Gourley gathered five bags of Kissinger household trash from a Georgetown sidewalk after Secret Service confronted him. Police declined to arrest, citing the bags as public property, while Kissinger and his wife expressed distress at the incident.
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Ira R. Allen Washington
UPI
Secretary of
Henry Kissinger
Georgetown
National Enquirer
James L
Jay) Gourley
Secret Service
Gourley
Government Workers Overpaid
GAO says federal workers may have been overcompensated since 1970 due to fringe benefits not counted in pay comparisons. About 2.7 million workers receive $41 billion yearly, with fringe benefits. private sector benefits rose over time, altering comparability. The report notes shifts in benefit levels vs pay and references other employers and sectors.
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Mike Feinsilber
Washington
UPS
General Accounting Office
GAO
Congress
Civil Service Commission
Baltimore
Dallas
Phoenix
St. Louis
California
Georgia
Maryland
Michigan
Mississippi
Minnesota
New York
Virginia
Wisconsin
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Colombo
Sri Lanka
Ceylon
Valli Pillai
Susan
Ens Ae Eran
UPI Telephoto
Nancy
Kissinger
State Department
Norwalk City
Washington Star
Henry
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