Youth Who Helped Drug Probe May Never Return Home
Mary Walters and her children live under threat after her son Tom Walters aided a Willard police officer in a 1973 74 undercover drug investigation. Tom vanished from Willard in 1974 after his cover was blown and now remains out of state with limited contact. The family faces ongoing threats while prosecutors defend addressing youth drug use.
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Kevin Tanzillo
Mary Walters
Tom
Willard
Ann
Blossoms
Tom Walters
Mrs. Walters
Havana Tavern assault leaves man injured
A 20-year-old Monroeville man Steve C. Smith was injured in an incident at the Havana Tavern labeled an assault by Huron County sheriffs. He received treatment for a forehead laceration at Willard Area Hospital. No arrests have been made.
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Havana
Monroeville
Huron County Sheriff's Department
Havana Tavern
Steve C. Smith
Willard Area
Unsafe stretch of U S 250 prompts road upgrade request
County Engineer Urban Livengood Sr calls two miles of U S 250 between Milan and Norwalk inadequate and unsafe and asks the Ohio Department of Transportation to improve it. He cites traffic doubling since 1960 and an average of 22 accidents 17 injuries and 0.4 deaths annually over five years, with daily vehicles rising from 5 730 to 12 450 in 15 years.
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Urban Livengood Sr
Milan
Norwalk
Ohio Department of Transportation
Ashland
Harold H. Reader
Livengood
New Home Left In Ruins After 10th Mysterious Fire
A new house on Fayette Road north of New London was destroyed Tuesday in what authorities call the tenth unexplained fire in four years in the area. An arson investigator was called in as the family, who had just moved in March, faced a total loss with only 50 books recovered from the basement.
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New London
Fayette Road
Here
Robert Wilson
Wilson
London
Huron
Harold Wilson
Prospect Road
Three Mile
Ohio 60
U.S. 250
Cook Road
Penn Central Railroad
Arts Center displays by area artists open tonight
The Towne and Country Regional Arts Center will host an area artists display open to the public from 4 to 8 p.m. today. The Norwalk elementary schools will present an instrumental music concert at 7:30 tonight in the junior high gymnasium.
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Towne and Country Regional
Norwalk
Herner Denies Favoritism as Willard Tax Funds Discussed
Huron County Commissioner Arthur Herner pressed the auditor to compile tax distribution data after Willard City Manager Paul Capelle criticized county decisions. Herner says Willard receives the same tax settlement as other subdivisions under Ohio law and provided a breakdown showing city 8 percent, county 7 percent, schools 77 percent, townships 5 or 2 percent, and vocational district 6 percent. Ohio patrol invites women applicants for trooper class, joining two other states in gender-inclusive recruitment.
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Huron County
Arthur Herner
Willard
Paul Capelle
Capelle
Donald Robertson
Norwalk
Herner
North Star Council of Governments
Ohio
Paul Schwenn
Weather Summary and Local Notices
Weather clear tonight with lows in the 40s and highs in the upper 60s to lower 70s. precipitation near zero. NE winds 5 to 10 mph. Humidity around 45 percent minimal rain. Sunrise 6 08 Sunset 8 40. Moonrise 11 15 Moonset 12 42. MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATION James L Tucker Collins Norwalk Furniture Corp employee and Celeste R Hipp Norwalk Norwalk Furniture Corp employee. BIRTHS Mr and Mrs Marvin Smith Norwalk girl F T Mr and Mrs Michael Cleavenger Norwalk boy Sandusky Memorial Mr and Mrs Referd Bolen Willard girl Willard Area. DEATHS Mrs Marjorie Kline Glock 79 Solon.
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James L. Tucker
Collins
Norwalk Furniture Corp
Employe
Celeste R. Hipp
Norwalk
Marvin Smith
F-T
Michael Cleavenger
Sandusky Memorial
Referd Bolen
Willard
Willard Area
Readers weigh Ford actions and a Ohio bottle bill
The Opinion Line cites two polls on Ford's Mayaguez decision with a 93.6 percent yes and 6.4 percent no. It also notes a pending Ohio Legislature bill to curb snap tabs and require deposits to fund can bottle recycling.
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Ford
Ohio
TV Talk Triggers Fatigue Says Harbor Doctor
Susan Gray a Harbor General Hospital speech pathologist links teens overuse of you know to limited vocabularies and television habits. She says interruptions act as a crutch from brain fatigue and info overload while older readers retain language skills through reading. parents should speak more, encourage reading, and reduce TV time.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Susan Gray
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Willard Police
C. Dean Strimple
Strimple
Ohio Lottery
Wilsons
Washington
Koh Tang
Gulf of Thailand
Pentagon
Thailand
Pacific
U.S
Southeast Asia
Vietnam
Mayaguez
Cambodia
America
Secretary of Defense
James R. Schlessinger
Newalk
Tonigh
Columbus
Ohio Highway Patrol
Marjorie Kline Glock
Solon
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