Norwalk Levy Sought To Replace Old Textbooks
Norwalk schools face a $270000 budget cut and hope a four mill operating levy on Tuesday to fund new textbooks for 1978 79. Superintendent James Rubright cites inflation rising salaries and state mandates as driving costs, warning without the levy the district could run out of money by mid December and fall further behind on basic needs.
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Janet Conway
Norwalk
Vietnam
France
Norwalk Board of Education
Rubright
State Foundation
Maplehurst
Sinking ferry rescued 132 aboard near Labrador
In a dramatic North Atlantic incident the William Carson struck an iceberg 18 miles off the Labrador coast. All 27 passengers and 85 crew members were rescued within eight hours by airlift and the icebreaker Sir Humphrey Albert.
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ST. John’s
Coast Guard
Sir Humphrey Albert
Texas Gulf Coast Shark Invasion Stirs Tourists At Port Aransas
Port Aransas witnesses thousands of sharks up to 12 feet long gathering offshore over two days. Marine biologists admit no explanation for the herd behavior though beaches stay open. tourists avoid the water as officials monitor the situation.
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Port Aransas, Tex
UPI
Long Island
Texas Gulf Coast
Allyn Johnson
Rossellini Dies at 71 Father of Italian New Realism
Italian film director Roberto Rossellini, famed for stromboli and Ingrid Bergman affair, died suddenly at his Rome home aged 71. He had just chaired Cannes Film Festival awards jury, relatives said.
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Rome
UPI
Roberto Rossellini
Ingrid Bergman
Isle of
Stromboli
Rossellini
Italy
School of Movies
Parioli
Sirhan Sirhan Seeks Ambience of Ambassador Hotel To Recall Kennedy Slaying
Sirhan Sirhan says he remembers nothing of the 1968 Robert Kennedy assassination but hopes a visit to the Ambassador Hotel pantry could unlock memory. The 33 year old spoke during a three hour meeting at the California Training Facility with two Los Angeles officials seeking to reopen the case. He told attorney Godfrey Isaac he wants to visualize the scene to determine if he killed Bobby Kennedy.
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Soledad
Calif
UPI
Sirhan Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Ambassador Hotel
Sirhan
Los Angeles
California
Godfrey Isaac
Bobby Kennedy
Ohio Lottery winner avoids talk after big score
Gary M. Pickett of Forest Ohio won 130000 in the Pat O Gold draw but declined to appear on the lottery TV program or speak to reporters. Winning numbers for this week are 884 376 and 88557.
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Cleveland
UPI
Pat O’ Gold
Gary M. Pickett
Forest
Ohio
Pickett
Pat O
Weather Outlook and Local Birth Death Notices
June 3 1977 forecast calls for clear cool tonight with low 40s. Saturday mostly sunny warm with high near 75 and near zero precipitation. Birth announcement for Mr. and Mrs. Carl Davis Norwalk a daughter. Death notice for Wayne W. Keele Plymouth aged 6.
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Carl Davis
Norwalk
F-T
Wayne W. Keele
Plymouth
Man shot by Norwalk officer settles out of court
The 1974 shooting of Richard Hutchinson by Norwalk Policeman Gary DeWalt ends in an undisclosed out of court settlement of an $11 million civil rights suit. City insurance will cover the payment. details remain confidential per standard practice.
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Norwalk
Richard Hutchinson
Hutchinson
Gary DeWalt
Robinson
Personnel Shuffle in Huron County Support Bureau
In Huron County the Bureau of Support undergoes a reshuffle with director Irene Smith resigning for health reasons. Katharine Mushett is hired as director at $9,000 annually, replacing Irene Smith, while Pauline Schaffer and Jeanette Mushett resign. Linda Nazodian remains as a part time clerk turned full time.
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Huron County Bureau of Support
Udge
Robert Smith
Katharine Mushett
Huron County
Richard Hauser
Irene Smith
Pauline Schaffer
Jeanette Mushett
Bureau
Linda Nazodian
Christopher Mushett
Miss Mushett
Mushett
Miss Nazodian
Smith
31st Annual Pet and Pup Parade Opens Saturday
The Pet and Pup Parade begins at 9:30 a.m. Saturday with participants lining Case Street by the public library. Four bands will form in the adjacent lot and march along Main to Wooster Street. The king and queen win bicycles. Donations of $475 from locals saved the event despite Park and Recreation budget cuts.
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Case Street
Main Street
Wooster Street
Park and Recreation Department
Haley plans Roots profits to mend African American image
Author Alex Haley says he will devote Roots earnings to correcting distorted images of Africans and Americans, but first he will wait to see the amount taxed by the authorities.
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Washington
UPI
Alex Haley
Ed Still Named Interim Huron County Administrator
Edward Still of Norwalk was appointed interim county administrator by the Huron County Commissioners to replace Daniel Gessner who resigns next Thursday. Still, 52, will serve three months at 1000 dollars per month while a permanent replacement is sought. He is a former Wappler Instruments personnel manager and ex Norwalk official, living at 92 Mas.
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Edward Still
Norwalk
Huron County Commissioners
Daniel Gessner
Still
Wappler Instruments
Thomas Carabin
Maurice Smith
Gessner
Sheriff's Department
Carabin
Smith
Roy Palm
Chris Keller
Wappler
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Yale
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Stewart
Ellis Robinson
Toledo
Nicholas J. Walinsky
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Ronald Freeman
Edward Littrell
Westfield Insurance
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Lima
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Ptl. DeWalt
Ptt DeWalt
DeWalt
Donald Daugherty
Ptl
James Files
Lawrence C. Hilson
Wayne C. Goodsite
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John Doe
Norwalk High
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Tim Hohman
Thomas Heydinger
Heydinger
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