Meat Prices Drive Ohio Shoppers to Stockpile Across State
Ohio consumers flock to meat counters as Phase IV price fears surge sales and freezer stockpiling. Chains and independents from Norwalk to Canton report double to triple growth, with customers buying dozens of pounds weekly. Officials warn of broader food price increases.
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Ohio
Jack Maas
Maas Meat Co
Cincinnati
Maas
Ed Block
B&b Meat Co
Canton
Helen Gravis
Columbus
John Danis
Independence
Cleveland
Norwalk Considers Sewer Plan as Council Meets Tuesday
Mayor Wayne Goodsite calls an informal council meeting Tuesday night at 7 p.m. in city hall to hear the latest on Norwalk sewer separation with engineers from Finkbeiner Pettis and Stout. city street and water crews repaired a water line break on St Mary's Street after overnight work. a 16 to 18 inch split in a four inch line was found under the Norfolk and Western tracks. Norwalk receives 17500 in federal funds to remodel the police station with bids due August 1 and work to move the station to city hall August 6 with a year end completion target.
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Wayne Goodsite
Norwalk
Finkbeiner
Pettis
Stout
Goodsite
City Street
Water Department
St. Mary’s Street
Herbert Krogh
Norfolk and Western Railway
Krogh
City Hall
Mayor at Camp Perry with Ohio National Guard unit
Mayor Wayne Goodsite will visit Camp Perry on Wednesday where the 612th Engineering Battalion of the Ohio National Guard trains in summer. The Norwalk unit is part of the battalion and a letter invites discussion on using guard owned equipment for civic projects.
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Wayne Goodsite
Camp Perry
612Th Engineering Battalion
Ohio National Guard
Norwalk
Goodsite
Tax collection totals for second half of 1972 in Huron County
Huron County Treasurer John M. Arthur reports a total tax collection of 3,192,415 for the second half of 1972, with 2,834,552 from real estate and personal property and 78,428 in special assessments. He plans mailing delinquent notices to reduce unpaid taxes, noting 268,849 in taxes and 10,584 in assessments are delinquent. The first half of 1972 posted 3,081,256 in property taxes and 83,170 in assessments.
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Huron County
John M. Arthur
Arthur
Weather and notices in Lookout July 23 1973
Mostly sunny today and Tuesday with highs near 80 and 85, lows around 60s, minimal rain. Marriage applications list Paul V. Martin and Sherril McGhee. Gerald P Kramer and Nancy J Didion. Deaths include Kathleen B. Hurst and Chauncey P. Galloway.
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Norwalk
Paul V. Martin
Ashland
Sherril McGhee
Wakeman
Gerald P Kramer
Nancy J. Didion
Norwalk Considers Income Tax Hike for Center Plan
More than 300 signatures collected toward a city income tax increase to 0.75 percent for a Norwalk community center. The effort needs 389 total signatures by July 30 with a ballot in November. Plans include sites from nine to 26 acres and facilities such as an indoor pool and field house.
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Jim Ewell
Norwalk Community Center Corp
Wayne Goodsite
Ewell
Douglas Colvin
Norwalk
Vernis George
George
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Congress
HUD
Agnew Says He Won't Run If Not Hungry For It
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew told Stewart Alsop in Newsweek he would not seek the 1976 presidency unless he becomes hungry for the office. He said he does not fear Nixon's backing and would prefer a dignified public interrogation by respected journalists rather than a frenzied news conference.
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New York
UPI
Spiro T. Agnew
Nixon
Stewart Alsop
Newsweek Magazine
Agnew
Alsop
Pan American 707 Crashes into Sea Near Tahiti
A Pan American Boeing 707 with 79 aboard crashed into the sea near Papeete after reporting a smashed windshield. Ten bodies were recovered. a Canadian man named Campbell was rescued alive, a stewardess died in hospital, and a presumed American tourist who witnessed his wife’s body reportedly drowned.
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Papeete
Tahiti
Wopat Hints At Sabotage In GT Strike
General Telephone president Robert Wopat alleges sabotage amid a CWA strike, reporting more than 600000 dollars in damage since July 16. He cites 58 isolated exchanges, severed video cable feeding Athens, CATV losses in Marion, and 15000 to 20000 Portsmouth customers affected.
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Marion, Ohio
UPI
Robert Wopat
General Telephone Co
Communications Workers of American
Wopat
Athens
Hocking River
Portsmouth
Marion
Southern Hills
Air Pioneer Eddie Rickenbacker Dies at 82 in Zurich
World War I ace and aviation pioneer Captain Eddie Rickenbacker died in Neuminster Hospital Zurich at age 82 after a possible heart attack. The Columbus Ohio native, famed for Hat in the Ring, served as Eastern Air Lines chairman and survived a Pacific life raft ordeal in World War II. Funeral services reportedly planned for Columbus.
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Zurich
UPI
Eddie Rickenbacker
Germany
Red Baron
Neuminster Hospital
Rickenbacker
Columbus
Ohio
Miami
Fla
Switzerland
Eastern Airlines
America
Eastern Air Lines
Eddie
Horatio Alger
Indianapolis Speedway
Eastern
Wich
Pacific
General Motors
Europe
John J. Pershing
Army Air Corps
France
Western Front
Life Expectancy in America Rises to 71.2 Years
UPI reports the National Center for Health Statistics shows average life expectancy reaching a record 71.2 years in 1972, up from 71.1 in 1971, with heart disease remains the top killer rising to 361.3 deaths per 100,000. Cancer is second, infant mortality hits a new low, and January February see the highest death rates.
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America
Washington
National Center For Health Statistics
United States
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Beamer
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United Press International
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Smith
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Mueller
Kathleen B. Hurst
Chauncey P. Galloway
Sandusky
UPI Telephoto
General Telephone
Air Pioneer
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