Willard Demands Apology For Drug Remark
City Council and school board pursue substantiation or apology after Prosecutor Owens claimed a large share of Willard high school students could be arrested for marijuana possession. Owens cited undercover work but offered no figures, noting the national 75 percent rate.
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Willard
William W. Owens
John V. Emery
Owens
Council
James Slosser
Frank Eckstein
Eckstein
Capelle
Dr. Emery
Xenia Daily Gazette Wins Pulitzer for Tornado Coverage
Editor Jack Jordan says the paper earned the prize as a symbol of hope for Xenia after the April 3, 1974 tornado that killed 32 and leveled the southwestern Ohio town. The staff’s general local reporting won the Pulitzer Prize Monday.
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Xenia, Ohio
UPI
Xenia Daily Gazette
Ohio
Jack Jordan
Mindszenty Dies in Vienna at 83 After Hospital Stay
Cardinal Joszef Mindszenty died in a Vienna hospital at age 83. The church announced the longtime Hungarian prelate who gained fame after seeking asylum in the U S Legation in Budapest during the 1956 Hungarian revolution.
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Vienna
UPI
Joszef
Mindszenty
U.S
Budapest
Weather and life events in Norwalk region update
Mostly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with a 30 percent shower chance. Lows in upper 40s to lower 50s, highs in upper 60s to lower 70s, variable winds then east to southeast 10 to 15 mph. Agricultural humidity 60 percent. Monday temps 67 and 42. Precip total .58 inches. Sunrise 6 19 sunset 8 30. Moonrise 3 49 moonset 4 18. Marriage licenses issued for Snyder Houghdsen. Greenawald Stanley. Gilbert Jarvis. Meyers Large. Births reported for Schultz, Hardy, Baum, Bartram, McKee, Dankmyer. Deaths listed for Brittain Johnson and Burkart.
Norwalk considers door to door sales ban on non profits
Voters split on a proposed ordinance to bar door to door sales except by non profits amid complaints about magazine canvassers. Supporters cite safety and nuisance concerns while opponents warn of harming legitimate businesses like Avon and Fuller Brush and fear loss of free enterprise.
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Norwalk
Avon
Fuller Brush
Should the city allow women to become firemen
Public opinion call in campaign asks residents to vote on allowing women to become firemen. Citizens are urged to call two numbers to register a yes or no vote before midnight.
Ford Lashes At Refugee Resettlement Debate
President Ford told GOP leaders he is damn mad at resistance to resettling 150000 Vietnamese refugees in the United States. The White House seeks 507 million dollars for refugee anew. Senate Leader Hugh Scott relayed Ford’s remarks after a Cabinet Room meeting with Republicans. The House immigration hearing resumed amid heated debate over U.S. refugee policy.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
United States
Congressional
Senate
Hugh Scott
House
South Vietnam
Congress
Scott
Viet Cong Free Political Prisoners on Con Son Island
Reports from Tanjug Hanoi say the new Viet Cong rulers freed all political prisoners from tiger cages on Con Son Island in the South China Sea and plan a ceremonial welcome in Saigon. Tass notes Soviet ships delivering supplies to Da Nang as foreign presence resumes.
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United Press International
South Vietnam
Con Son Island
South China Sea
Tanjug
Hanoi
Saigon
Can Son
Con Son
Tass
da Nang
Moscow
Radio Hanoi
Singapore
All
Norwalk Offers Public Safety Programs Tonight
The Norwalk Police Department hosts a Security For Your Home and Apartment program at 7 30 tonight in Norwalk High School Auditorium open to the public. City council also meets in council chambers at 7 30 tonight.
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Norwalk
Closing Of Shady Lane Raises Nursing Home Debate
In Erie County voters approved a $342 million county home project plus $400000 yearly to operate it, while Huron County officials closed Shady Lane Home without a public vote. Commissioners argued private nursing homes offer equal care cheaper, citing Health Planning Association data that the county will exceed needed beds by 1979.
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Jack Brown
Erie County
Reflector
Huron County Board of Commissioners
Shady Lane
Arthur Herner
Donald Robertson
John Q
Robertson
Health Planning Association of
Northwest
Ohio
U.S. Department of Health and Welfare
Huron County
Norwalk
Planning Association
Good Samaritan Society
Ohio House Defeats Bill To Permanently Set 55 MPH
The Ohio House rejected a bill to permanently fix the 55 mph speed limit on state highways by a 63 to (66 required) final passage vote, despite an emergency clause passing with 67 votes. Opponents called the measure federal blackmail and argued it unfairly levies points on speeding violators only above set thresholds in cities and on freeways.
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Columbus
UPI
Ohio House
Norwalk High bows to retiring music maestro Laycock
The 22nd IMPA banquet honored R. Paul Laycock, Norwalk High School music director, who announced his retirement after 50 years. Students and parents showered him with two standing ovations, a $225 gift, a new music award in his name, and a charcoal portrait as he prepared for his final public concert.
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Norwalk High School
R. Paul Laycock
Laycock
The
Instrumental Music Parents
Jimmie Mougey
Albert Holb
Norwalk
Mougey
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Huron
U.S. Marines
Carol J. Stanley
Robert I. Gilbert
Wakeman
Grace E. Jarvis
North Ridgeville
Brian J. Meyers
U.S. Navy
Rhonda S. Large
Monroeville
Loren Schultz
Good Samaritan
Richard Hardy
F-T
Robert Baum
Timothy Bartram
Willard Area
Steve McKee
Richard Dankmyer, Jr
Sandusky Memorial
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New London
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Cleveland
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