Norwalk Police Buy New Radar to Target Speeding
Norwalk Police Chief Lawrence Hilson announced the purchase of an MR-9 moving radar for 24 hour use in a patrol car. The $1,385 unit includes a trade in of an older hand held radar from Kustom Signals. The device will deter speeding and is court admissible.
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Norwalk
Lawrence Hilson
Kustom Signals
Chanute
Kan
Hilson
Ptl
Gary DeWalt
DeWalt
Multiple incidents and labor actions across three cities
In Dayton a chlorine gas spill at Van Dyne Crotty injured one man and killed another near a vaporizer used with perchlorethylene. In San Francisco a woman survived a high bridge jump after two brothers rescued her, becoming the ninth known survivor. In Athens Ohio University workers returned to work after a 14 day strike, ratifying a three year contract with AFSCME Local 1699, with classes continuing into finals week.
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Dayton, Ohio
UPI
van Dyne-Crotty
Terry Higley
Dayton
Miami Valley Hospital
Kenneth Crain
New Carlisle
San Francisco
UPS
Golden Gate Bridge
Pacific
Linda Susan Hamilton
Hamilton
Athens, Ohio
Ohio University
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Union
Aldo Moro Kidnapped in Daylight Rome Raid by Red Brigades
In a shocking daylight operation in Rome, former Premier Aldo Moro was abducted while his bodyguards were killed. Calls to Rome Turin and Milan offices indicate the Red Brigades carried out the kidnapping, heightening Italy's political crisis and recalling previous deadly actions by the group.
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Rome
UPI
Aldo Moro
Italy
Turin
Milan
Red Brigades
Ohio Eyes 25 Percent Conservation Goal
Ohio Energy Director Robert S. Ryan reports electric utilities show Ohioans cutting electricity use. He says daily conservation reports indicate reductions but more effort is needed to reach a voluntary 25 percent savings.
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Columbus
UPS
Ohio Energy
Robert S. Ryan
Weather brief and deaths in Monroeville and Nova
Occasional snow flurries and colder tonight with teens lows. Partial clearing and colder Friday with highs near 30. Tonight northerly winds 10 to 20 mph. Friday high 40, low 29. No precipitation Friday. Sunrise 6 38 Sunset 6 35. Deaths: Mrs Martha Schaffer 81 Monroeville. Mr Lloyd Balduff 84 Monroeville. Mrs Elizabeth Black 93 Nova.
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Sespereieres
Martha Schaffer
Monroeville
Lloyd Balduff
Elizabeth Black
Nova
Panama Canal Treaties Face Senate Vote Amid Doubt
As the Senate prepared a 4 p.m. EST vote on the neutrality treaty to turn the canal over to Panama by 1999, undecided Sen Edward Zorinsky met Carter who said outcome was in doubt. Bellman backed the treaty while Ford opposed. four more senators announced support with conditions.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
Panama
Senate
Henry Bellman
R-Okla
Wendell Ford
D-Ky
Edward Zorinsky
D-Neb
White House
Zorinsky
U.S. Canal Zone
U.S
Robert Byrd
Omar Torrijos
Bellman
United States
Ford
Byrd
Democratic Party
Walter Mondale
U.s.administered
Russell Long
D-La
Edward Brooke
R-Mass
Donald Riegle
Dmich
Dennis DeConcini
D-Ariz
DeConcini
Brooke
Lawyer Calls Students To Testify On Teacher
An attorney for fired Norwalk High School math teacher Barbara Hart seeks public testimony from seven teachers and nine students plus records to challenge her dismissal for gross inefficiency and disciplinary issues. The board attorney moved to quash citing privacy law, while the referee paused proceedings to study the act, with no resumption date set.
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Barbara Hart
Norwalk
Dean Jollay
Board of Education
Niki Schwartz
Miss Hart
Jollay
Schwartz
Roy Benson
Huron County Administration
Hart
Schwartz Or Jollay
Jolly
Norwalk Teachers’ Association
James Rubright
Sheffield Lake
Christy Patton
NTA
Dorothy Delianides
Huron County Common Pleas Court
Optimism Fading On Coal Contract
Washington UPI notes optimism fading that a new coal contract will be ratified by striking miners. The bargaining council approved the pact 22-17, a tighter margin than before, with UMW's International Executive Board setting a one day ratification for Friday, March 24 amid ongoing walkout now in day 101.
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Washington
UPI
Coal Industry
United Mine Workers Union
International Executive Board
Bargaining Council
Carter
U.S
Aubrey Robinson
UMW
Arnold Miller
Labor Department
Hour Of Music at Norwalk High Tonight
Norwalk High School presents Hour Of Music at 7 30 this evening in the school auditorium with no admission charge. The Firelands Business and Professional Women's Spring Style Show and card party follows at 8 pm at the VFW Hall on Milan Avenue with tickets priced at 2 50.
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Norwalk High School
Firelands Business and Professional Women
VFW
Milan Avenue
Israel to Hold Buffer Zone After 17 Hour Raid
Palestinian officials said guerrillas fought nightlong battles with Israeli troops and tanks in southern Lebanon where Israel occupies a six mile wide strip. Prime Minister Menachem Begin said the punitive raid ended after 17 hours and Israel would remain until an agreement prevents Palestinian terrorists from returning to the border. Israel already occupies parts of Egypt, Jordan and Syria.
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Lebanon
Menachem Begin
Israel
Egypt
Jordan
Syria
County Calls Immediate Evaluation of Norwalk Mental Health Center
Huron County Commissioners urged an external review of the Norwalk center by Ohio’s mental health director after conflicts with the 648 Board and the Mental Health Society. If the center meets state standards, tensions may shift to funding and potential formation of a single operating authority.
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Huron County
Norwalk
Huron County Board of Mental Health and Retardation
48 Board
Ohio
Roy Palm
Palm
Maurice Smith
Thomas Carabin
Mental Health Society
648
Society
West Main Street
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Ohioans Saving Energy
Treaty
Phil
Brutsche
Ohio Education Association
Paul Stafford
Miller
United Press International
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