Freeman Says Judy Blume Book Trash Cites Censorship Debate
Norwalk Public Library board wrestles with free reading rights versus parental requests to shelve Forever in the adult section or remove it. Trustee Freeman reads excerpts aloud, calling the book trash while noting court orders would be required to remove it. The board affirms access while acknowledging concerns, stressing libraries provide diverse material.
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Norwalk Public Library Board of Trustees
Judy Blume
Herbert Freeman
W. Main St
Darryl
Karl Young
Scottwood Ave
Paul Carpenter
Judy Born
Freeman
Hunt claims Nixon directed Watergate break in
E Howard Hunt, a Watergate burglar, says Nixon should not be rehabilitated to seek power and claims he has evidence of Nixon's role in a second break in. He plans a 4400 word manuscript for publication soon and kept details private while in San Clemente.
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Miami
UPI
Nixon
Howard Hunt
Hunt
San Clemente, Calif
Sanctuary
Detroit Couple to Finalize First Surrogate Adoption
A Detroit area couple known as Deborah and George prepare to finalize the adoption of their 14 month old daughter Elizabeth Ann in Wayne County Juvenile Court. The child's surrogate mother Susan, inseminated with George's sperm, gave birth in January 1978 and relinquishes all legal rights.
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Detroit
UPI
Deborah
George
Wayne County
Elizabeth Ann
Susan
Three Mile Island Reactor Shut Down After Leak
In Harrisburg a cooling system leak at Three Mile Island halted operations and prompted a general emergency. Officials evacuated the site amid reports of a possible small radiation leak, later described as contained and under control by Civil Defense spokesman Charles Blaisdell.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Three Mile Island
Civil Defense
Charles Blaisdell
Blaisdell
Weather Outlook and Local Notices From The Record
Windy with rain tonight and Thursday. Lows mid 40s, highs mid 60s Thursday. 80 percent precip risk tonight and Thursday. Winds south to southeast 15 to 29 mph. Temperatures Tuesday 35 to 23. Births Monroeville girl to Michael and Sharon Carter at Fisher-Titus. Deaths Norwalk 25, Greenwich 76, Bradenton Florida 81, Vero Beach Florida. Bulb lifespans: most 750 hours versus 1000 hours in 1933.
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Michael
Sharon Carter
Monroeville
Fisher-Titus
Six indicted by Huron County grand jury in Willard case
A Huron County grand jury indicted six people with two secret counts. Danny Benfer, 18, of Tiffin, faced grand theft over missing wheels tires and an auto tape player, arrested March 12. Charles E. Vonseggern, 23, of Executive Drive, charged with theft beyond scope for taking a van from Lawrence Bick and trading it for a car, arrested March 18. van recovered. Jesus Maldonado, 22, and Lloyd Blonde, 21, both of Fremont, indicted for burglary in the March 17 break in at Charles Platt’s Willard home, with recording and stereo gear and a TV stolen but later recovered.
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Huron County
Danny Benfer
Tiffin
Willard
Benfer
Charles E. Vonseggern
Lawrence Bick
South Norwalk Road
Vonseggern
Jesus Maldonado
Lloyd Blonde
Fremont
Charles Platt
Pleasant Street
Pre Natal Care Gaps Highlighted in Huron County
In Huron County, 13 women gave birth without prenatal care last year and another 12 had four visits or fewer. Imelda Lodermeier RN urges a state funded program to establish a prenatal care center for indigent women at the county Administration Building offering testing, counseling, examinations, and delivery planning. The plan faces funding hurdles but aims to reduce unsafe pregnancies and costly far travel to Akron Children’s Hospital.
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Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital
Willard Area Hospital
Huron County
Imelda Lodermeier
R.N
Mrs. Lodermeier
Norwalk
Women’s Clinic
Sandusky
Frank Bordbar
Sanndsky
Phyllis Gerold
Lodermeier
Whites Reunited Blake White Found Working in Florida
Blake White, who vanished from Ohio University in December 1976, has been found alive in Florida. His parents, Norwalk attorneys Phil and Beverly White, said he left Athens due to college pressures and is now living quietly in Florida after a stint at a Fort Lauderdale mission. He asked that his whereabouts remain private.
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Blake White
Ohio University
Florida
Norwalk
Phil
Beverly White
Holiday Lakes
Athens
Fort Lauderdale
Blake
White
Norwalk A and P to close after union rejection
The Norwalk A and P supermarket will close by mid April after the Amalgamated Meatcutters Local 427 rejected a company proposal. Eleven stores in the Cleveland and Detroit divisions were affected, with layoffs beginning March 31 and continuing into April. Manager Robert Gardner, with 31 years at the company, said the offer would have merged eight stores into Detroit and cost some workers their jobs.
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Norwalk A & P
Amalgamated Meatcutters Local 427
Cleveland
Detroit
Norwalk
Robert Gardner
Gardner
Ravenna
North Madison
Chardon
Painesville
Cuyahoga Falls
Kent
Streetsborough
Norwalk Board to vote on coaching cuts and sport curbs
Superintendent James Rubright proposes cutting 22 teaching contracts and trimming extra curriculars including eliminating the elementary intramural program and disbanding junior high boys and girls intramurals. He seeks to reduce junior high physical education staff from two to one and cut football coaching staff from eight to six.
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Norwalk Board of Education
James Rubright
Rubright
Norwalk
Reflector
Truckers
Gus Seeger
Seeger
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Norwalk A&p
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