Tax-Weary Firm Mock-Pays Tax Bill With Play Money
Regal Beloit Corp and its workers sent $3 million of tax dollars to U S senators as a protest over government spending. The list includes frivolous items from a yacht for Marshal Tito to studies on Polish frogs and why kids fall off tricycles, highlighting perceived waste and embarrassment.
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South Beloit, Ill
UPI
Regal-Beloit Corp
Illinois
U.S
Adlai Stevenson
Charles
Regal Beloit
Terrence Hill
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Pentagon
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Fire destroys four shops in downtown Tiffin blaze
A general alarm fire in downtown Tiffin destroyed four businesses including Tiffin Donuts and Reidy’s Red Steer, with three others damaged. A motorist sighted smoke around 1 40 a m, prompting emergency response.
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Tiffin
Ohio
UPI
Tiffin Donuts
Long’s Christian Gifts and Supplies
Reidy
Red Steer
Printing and Advertising Co
Hoperoy
Boehler Realty Co
Capital Loan and Financial Services
Charges Reduced In Childs Death Case
Kenneth Bailey pleaded no contest to amended charges in the 1974 death of his three year old stepson Arthur Lee Keller II at Akron area facilities. The judge set sentencing for July 14 after Bailey faced amended counts including negligent homicide and assault related charges.
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Kenneth Bailey Monday
Arthur Lee Keller II
Akron Children’s Hospital
Robert W. Smith
Bailey
Owens
John L. Warner
Warner
Summit County
Ford withholds CIA plot report and pursues possible actions
President Ford released a Rockefeller Commission report titled fair frank and balanced but excluding assassination topics. He denied any coverup and said highly sensitive material on alleged political assassination plots from 15 to 20 years ago would be sent to Attorney General Edward Levi for possible prosecution.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Rockefeller Commission
CIA
Edward Levi
Weather forecast and deaths noted in Dunedin and Cleveland
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with a 20 percent to 50 percent chance of showers or thundershowers. Lows in the upper 50s to low 60s, highs in the upper 70s, southeasterly winds 6 to 12 mph. Also listed are humidity highs and times for Monday temperatures and sunset, moon phases, and obituaries for Mrs. Madilene Bascom, Mr. Henry Starbird, and Mr. Leo Barr.
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Madilene M. Bascom
Dunedin
Fla
Henry Paul Starbird
Cleveland
Leo O. Barr
Norwalk
Opinion TS Call in your vote by midnight
Opinion column urges readers to cast ballots before midnight urging timely participation and emphasizing the impact of the vote on local matters. The piece frames the deadline as a civic duty and highlights the consequences of delaying civic engagement.
Norwalk Dollars for Scholars Auction Tonight
The Norwalk Dollars for Scholars Auction starts at 8 PM with doors at 7 PM at the junior high school. The city planning commission meets at 7 30 PM in city council chambers. The Board of Education gathers at 8 PM in the school administrative offices at Hester and Monroe.
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Norwalk
City Planning Commission
City Council
Norwalk Board of Education
Hester and
Monroe Streets
Getty III faces theft charges in pickup truck case
SANTA MONICA Calif UPI the district attorney filed two misdemeanor counts against J Paul Getty III teenage oil magnate grandson for allegedly stealing a pickup truck the case prompted a court appearance today
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Santa Monica
Calif
Auditor Warns Of Sharp Hike In School Tax
Huron County Auditor Kenneth Reed warns that pending Ohio legislation would bar millage rate rollbacks, boosting school funding and raising tax bills. He notes revaluation increases and cites examples from Norwalk, urging taxpayers to contact their state representatives. The bill, passed by the Senate, also proposes an equal-yield formula for districts.
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Kevin Tanzillo
Huron County
Kenneth Reed
Ohio
Senate
House
Reed
Norwalk
Ehove Joint Vocational School
House Finance and Appropriations Committee
Kenny Reed
Norwalk Board May Name New Athletic Director
Three candidates applied for the Norwalk school post, including Robert Hart John Neighbor and Kenneth Woodruff. If no recommendation is made tonight an extra meeting may be held before July to choose an AD as Howard Hershey resigns after seven years.
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Norwalk
Gotaas
Loughridge
Howard Hershey
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Seminole County
Florida
A.H. Kyriakides
Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital
Children’s Hospital
Kyriakides
the Reflector Today
Richard Scott
George Howells
David L. Langford Sanford
John Fulenweider
Fulenweider
Seminole-Brevard
John Harriett
Charge Getty
New York City
Albany
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Warren Anderson
John Neighbor
Kenneth Woodruff
Maplehurst
Albion V. Gotaas
James Loughridge III
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