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Newspaper

Norwalk Reflector

Location

Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 29, 1976

Page

4

Wakeman Homecoming Parade Awards Highlight VFW Float

Elyria VFW Post float depicting Washington crossing the Delaware was judged best entry in Wakeman Homecoming parade. Wakeman Snowmobile Club won float division, EHOVE Vocational School placed third, and Western Reserve High School led senior bands. Various awards followed for horse, frog jumping, bicycle races, and tug of war with Marden Todd as chairman.

Wakeman Elyria Wakeman Snowmobile Club Willing Workers Farm Women Ehove Joint Vocational School Wakeman Fire Department Western Reserve High School Bronco Busters Denny Jungbleth Robert Nestor Huron County Ladies Sheriff's Posse Eugene Doughty Milton Baker Tom Friend el Rey Grotto Clowns Norm Butler Floyd Thorn Bill Balogh Drew Butler John Thorn Dana Butler Roddy Roeser Eddie Thorn Steven Flowers Doug Johnson Oberlin Company No. 1 Wakeman Firemen Dave Grimes Mike Englehardt Brian Horton Shannon Wolf Brian Campbell Bill Horton Linda Coe Bill Pentilla Amherst Oscar LeMaster Lorain Willie Cummings Richard Johnson Phil Thomas Sandusky Marden Todd Marge Dave Thomas

Big Cats Can Be Cuddly

Texan Carl Skaggs breeds and sells African lions mountain lions and bobcats from a Safari Farm south of San Antonio. He aims to domesticate large cats through selective breeding to around 100 pounds and teaches handling courses to train owners. Prices for adults reach up to 1500 dollars.

Frank E. Griffis Leming Tex UPI Carl Skaggs Skaggs San Antonio

Millionth Visitor Ford Greets A Tourist

Norman M. Wilson an aircraft design engineer from Kenmore New York won a special greeting from President Ford as the White House millionth Bicentennial visitor Wilson brought his wife Sara Nell daughter Norma Jones of Vienna Virginia and four grandchildren to tour the White House in a ceremony at the East Gate and on the South Lawn Ford commented were glad to have you here and shook hands with Wilson and his grandchildren.

Washington UPI Norman M. Wilson Kenmore N.Y Ford White House Wilson Oval Office Sara Nell Norma Jones Vienna

Mao’s Yangtze Swim Legend Reaffirms Communist Pride

Mao Tsetung swam about 15 kilometers in 65 minutes in the Yangtze at Wuhan, a feat celebrated annually across China for a decade. Officials say more than 110,000 Wuhan swimmers joined the commemoration as part of mass activities inspired by the 1966 crossing.

China Hsinhua Communist Party Mao Peking Radio Wuhan New China News Agency NCNA Yangtze

Sacred Flame Profaned at Montreal Olympics

COJC officials explained the eternal flame was extinguished by rain gutter water during a thunderstorm and a workman’s lighter briefly rekindled it. Andre Combe, head pyrotechnist, relit the flame that Trudeau lit in Ottawa, reaffirming an authentic Olympian blaze.

Montreal UPI Olympic Organizing Committee COJC Pierre Bouchard Mount Olympus Greece Maria Mouschouliou Cojo Andre Combe Combe Ottawa Pierre Trudeau

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