Rural subdivision rules approve plan after decade work
Huron County Regional Planning Commission reviewed a new 50 page subdivision regulation after nearly ten years of effort. If approved, rules require plats for tracts with more than five lots and commission approval before deeds are filed. Standards cover streets utilities block size and sewage with soil characteristics guiding installations. Commission postponed action until April pending public hearings.
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Janet Conway
Huron County
Regional Planning Commission
County Recorder
Lloyd Young
The
Soil Conservation Service
Widow seeks crossing signal after husband’s train death
The widow of North Fairfield councilman Harold Norton plans a campaign to force the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to install a flashing signal at the New State Road crossing south of town. She vows to go to court if needed, citing multiple near accidents and urging officials to act.
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North Fairfield
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Harold Norton
New State Road
Mrs. Norton
Harold
Norton
U.S. 224
Willard
Greenwich
Horse Holds Its Own In Heavy Traffic
Richard Waldenmar's quarterhorse survived a 60 mph trailer mishap on a freeway near Marysville Washington. The horse fell from a trailer, crossed the centerline into a station wagon driven by Robert Long who struck the animal at about 60 mph. The car front was damaged but Long and the horse were uninjured.
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Marysville
Wash
UPI
Richard Waldenmar
Here
Robert Long
Long
Waldenmar
Lynden
Mayor to Seek Ten Cent Parking Fee Hike Downtown
The Goodsite administration will ask City Council to raise on street parking rates from five to ten cents per hour in downtown areas while maintaining a two hour limit. The Ernsthausen lot will offer ten cents per hour for under three hours and 25 cents for three hours with no limit, alongside changes to other city lots and a new one hour 25 cent penalty for immediate police station payments.
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Goodsite
Ernsthausen
West Main
South Hester Streets
Wayne Goodsite
Cleveland Schools Chief Rates Supreme Court Decision Favorable
Cleveland schools superintendent Paul W. Briggs hailed the Supreme Court ruling upholding local property tax funding for schools. He said it should push Ohio to do more for Cleveland’s seven percent of state students and equalize educational opportunity.
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Cleveland
UPI
Paul W. Briggs
U.S. Supreme Court
Briggs
Ohio
Ex-Airman Describes Hell of North Vietnam Prison Camp
Air Force Maj. William J. Baugh of Piqua Ohio told reporters at Wright Patterson Air Force Base that his six year captivity in a North Vietnamese prison camp felt like hell. He was blinded in one eye after ejecting from a Phantom jet and said he will not fly again. He hopes to attend the Air Force War College.
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Wright-Patterson Afb
Ohio
UPI
Air Force
William J. Baugh
Baugh
Piqua
North Vietnam
War College
Olga Korbut and Soviet Gymnasts Meet President Nixon
Soviet women gymnasts led by Olga Korbut visited the United States on a current tour and met President Nixon at the White House. Nixon congratulated them on their Olympic performances and the UPI Telephoto image captures the moment.
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Olga Korbut
United States
Nixon
White House
U.S
UPI
POWS tied McGovern win to propaganda in Vietnam
North Vietnamese propaganda misled American prisoners about last fall’s election. S. Sgt. David N. Harker, 27, a former POW, says prisoners believed George McGovern might win and that Nixon victory showed confidence in the President. He spent five years as a captive, including three in South Vietnam and two in Hanoi’s Plantation Gardens.
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Lynchburg
UPI
George McGovern
Nixon
David N. Harker
Harker
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Plantation Gardens
Libya blamed for unarmed C130 attack over Mediterranean
The United States calls the Libyan jet strike on an unarmed Air Force C130 reconnaissance plane an unpardonable incident. Secretary Rogers delivered a protest note to Libyan chargé d’affaires Ben Musa calling the act a violation of international law and demanding a full investigation. The attack occurred 83 miles south of Malta.
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Washington
UPI
Air Force
Mediterranean Sea
William P. Rogers
Muharran N. Ben Musa
Malta
Weather and local notices from Norwalk area
Weather clears tonight with lows in the 30s and a sunny Friday. Norwalk highs near 40s and 50s with minimal rain chances. Births report Mr and Mrs William Rose in Berlin Heights at Good Samaritan Hospital. Deaths note Mrs Cora Boose, 90, Norwalk.
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Norwalk
William Rose
Berlin Heights
Good Samaritan Hospital
Cora Boose
Son Killed at Columbus Runaway Night Tragedy
The nine year old son of Scioto Downs public relations director Charles Chuck Stokes was struck and killed by a car in Columbus on Wednesday night. Police said the accident occurred as the child crossed a street near the race track area. Stokes expressed shock and requested privacy for the family during the painful loss.
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Columbus
UPI
Scioto Downs
Charles
Chuck” Stokes
Willard Man Sues Over Repossessed Car
Lee Gordon of Willard sues Bank of America and Champion Collection Agency seeking 55000 in Common Pleas Court. He says two agents repossessed his car March 11 after a March 4 demand, despite mailing a full payoff March 9 and obtaining the payoff figure the next day. The suit names Robert Stringer of Warren as the repo agent.
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Lee Gordon
Willard
Common Pleas Court
Bank of America
Long Beach
Calif
Champion Collection Agency
Warren
Robert Stringer
Gordon
Stringer
OSU Students Rally For Athens City Council Seats
At least 12 Ohio University students plan to run for Athens City Council in May as student voting rises after lowering the voting age to 18 and a court ruling allowed voting where students study. A July filing shows 33 candidates for nine offices and eight OU affiliates running.
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Athens, Ohio
UPI
Ohio University
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