Examiner backs some Norwalk telephone complaints
PUCO examiner Thomas E. Taylor urges General Telephone to study and fix four areas of Norwalk exchange service after a Feb 11 hearing on Richard Rench’s complaints. He calls for a three month review of private line interruptions trunk busy conditions caller ringing issues and dropped signals along with excessive operator answering time.
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David Rau
General Telephone Company
Norwalk
Thomas E. Taylor
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
PUCO
Taylor
Richard Rench
General Telephone
Rench
Henry Eckhart
Norwalk Exchange
William Schneider
Examiner
Reflector
Robert Wopat
C. T. Winn
Winn
Huron County
Paco Board
Puco Board of Commissioners
Eckhart
Americans and Allies Evacuate Damascus Corridor Amid Fighting
Hundreds of Americans and Britons trek seven hours from Beirut toward Damascus as renewed fighting persists in the capital and countryside. The first convoy carried two slain American diplomats and faced gunfire but completed the 70 mile route with limited incidents.
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Beirut
Lebanon
API
Damascus
U.S
Two Teens Die in Apparent Murder Suicide in Miami
Ray Thompson, 16, shot his girlfriend Sharon Gabriel, 16, five times then killed himself. The couple, longtime sweethearts from the same street, were to spend the summer apart as Gabriel was to visit her father in Italy with the armed services.
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Miami
UPI
Ray Thompson
Sharon Gabriel
Weather with showers and a cooler weekend ahead
Showers and thunderstorms today with locally heavy rain ending tonight. Lows in the 50s and Sunday partly cloudy with highs in the 70s. Rain chances 30 percent tonight and 20 percent Sunday. NW winds 10 to 20 mph, higher in storms. Also reports marriage license applications and a birth and two deaths in the area.
Finley Sells Stars Over Unreasonable Salaries
Oakland A's owner Charlie Finley sold three star players who had not signed contracts, citing their what he called unreasonable salary demands. The move sparked debate over whether Finley did a disservice to baseball.
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Oakland A
Charlie Finley
Finley
Gib Shanley
Yankees
Finley battle over player salaries stirs mixed public reaction
Public opinion splits as Charlie Finley faces backlash for signing and selling players amid baseball salary disputes. Voters weigh in on team control, league power, and whether wealthier clubs run baseball. Illinois calls to vote include urged phone lines for yes and no responses by midnight.
Violence and death mark South African university riots
At least 97 people killed and over 1,000 injured as race clashes spread to a third campus in Natal and Pietersburg. Police report looting and arson in Soweto and eight Johannesburg districts. Prime Minister Vorster warns of indefinite campus closures amid escalating unrest.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
UPI
Alan Taylor
University of Natal
Wentworth
Durban
Indian Ocean
University of Zululand
Natal
Pietersburg
John Vorster
Soweto
Hays Returns Home After Hospital Stay in Ohio
Rep Wayne Hays of Ohio leaves Barnesville Hospital after nine days for treatment of an overdose. He returns to Red Gate Farms to recover and may resume duties soon. A tornado sighting near Norwalk caused no damage as officials investigated. Hays denies resigning and remains focused on re election while stepping down as chairman of the House Administration Committee amid his relationship allegations with Elizabeth Ray.
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Washington
Rhodes
Glenn
Senate
Robert Taft Jr
Richard F Celeste
Celeste
Belmont, Ohio
UPI
Wayne Hays
Ohio
Red Gate Farms
Barnesville Hospital
U.S
House of Representatives
Hays
Carol Clawson
Congress
House Administration Committee
Elizabeth Ray
Copperweld To Build New Plant In Shelby
Gov. James A. Rhodes announced Copperweld Corp will locate a new tubemakers plant in Shelby Ohio creating 100 jobs immediately and 200 more on full operation. The $76 million expansion includes the Ohio Steel Tube Co facility and tax incentives under the Impacted Cities Act.
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Shelby, Ohio
UPI
James A. Rhodes
Copperweld Corp
Copperweld Tubemakers
Shelby
Richland County
Ohio Steel Tube Co
Rhodes
Copperweld
Ohio
Huron County Ladies Hold All-Day Sunday Horse Show
The Huron County Ladies Sheriff's Posse stages a horse show at the Huron County Fairgrounds starting 8:30 a.m. and continuing through the day on Sunday. The movie The Hindenburg will be shown at 8 p.m. tonight and Sunday at the Towne and Country Regional Art Center.
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Huron County Ladies Sheriff's Posse
Huron County Fairgrounds
Towne and Country Regional Art Center
Mayor and Judge Face Off Over Violin Weddings
In Norwalk a playful bet between Mayor Wayne Goodsite and Municipal Judge Donald Derby about moonlighting as wedding violinists led to Derby performing a ceremony in the city council chamber. Goodsite waited outside with his violin until the vows concluded, then asked the judge, Now, Judge. Derby later admitted he was speechless.
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Wayne Goodsite
Norwalk
Donald Derby
Goodsite
Derby
City Hall
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Gordon Moyer
Milan
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Berlin Heights
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Jane E. Luke
Rusty Ryan
I. Mae Merrill
New London
Debra Lee Rogers
Carter
John Glenn
Vorster
Columbus
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
John H. Glenn Jr
Patrick Leahy
Ohio Democratic Party
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Leahy
New York
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