Spirit of Detroit Aims for Moscow Canoe Quest
Tony Lenzini 39 from Toledo and Dan Roberts 29 of Novi embark in a 17 foot Spirit of Detroit aiming to reach Moscow for the 1980 Olympics. They plan a 14,000 mile route via Great Lakes and rivers through Canada to Alaska and the Bering Strait, facing ice, snow, and potential Soviet denial.
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Detroit
UPI
Tony Lenzini
Dan Roberts
Moscow
Lenzini
Toledo
Ohio
Robert
Novi
Mich
Straits of Mackinac
Lake Superior
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Northwest Territories
Roberts
McKenzie River
Arctic Circle
McDougall Pass
Alaska
Porcupine
Yukon
Bering Strait
United States
Russia
Soviet Union
Empress Farah Move Follows Bahamian Row
Empress Farah of Iran has left the guarded Bahamas home after a blazing row with Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. Paris sources say the empress, driven to the brink by exile strain, told friends they should have stayed and stood by their friends.
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London
UPI
Farah
Iran
Bahamas
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
London Daily Express
Express Paris
Michael Brown
Gas stations in Norwalk face fuel shortages over holiday weekend
Norwalk gas stations report limited gasoline supplies with hours cut or closures planned for the holiday weekend. Owners cite allocations and ongoing outages, with some stations closing Sundays and others tightening hours while a few expect to reopen by Friday. Local pumps still vary in availability and price changes spark frustration.
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Norwalk
Dan Love
Bonded Oil
League and Whittlesey
Gordon Holmes
Clark Super 100
Benedict Ave
Dave Roth
Dave
E. Main St
Russell Fairchild
Imperial Service
Milan Ave
Bob Landoll
Landoll
Arco
North Simon
North
Whittlesey
Sparks
East End Gulf Station
Jan Cadwell
Roger McIntyre
West End
Sunoco
W. Main
Sohio
Milan Road
Widow Georgene Kravitz Released From Hospital
Georgene Kravitz, 57, wife of slain supermarket executive Julius Kravitz, is discharged from Hillcrest Hospital after being wounded in gunfire during a May 1 kidnapping attempt tied to an aborted 1.5 million dollar ransom plot. Julius Kravitz, chairman of First National Supermarkets Inc., was killed by the attackers.
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Cleveland
UPI
Georgene Kravitz
Julius Kravitz
Hillcrest Hospital
Kravitz
First National Supermarkets Inc
TLC Weather Update Shows Showers and Windy Frail Outlook
A regional forecast notes afternoon and tonight showers with highs in the upper 50s and lows around 40. Friday turns partly cloudy and breezy with highs near 60, north winds 15 to 25 mph. Precipitation chance 40 percent today and tonight, 30 percent Wednesday. temperatures Wednesday 73 to 50. Also lists marriage license applications for four Willard residents and deaths of four individuals including Wesley Power and Barbara Means.
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David C. Buss
Willard
Mary M. Gies
Garland L. Laferty
Laura L. Jones
Obituary for TMM De Fhostech Television Figure
Obituary notice marks the death of a notable television figure associated with TMM De Fhostech. The brief report honors the individual’s contributions to programming, industry roles, and community impact, noting service and remembrance plans.
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TMM de Fhostech Television
Lance and three associates plead innocent in $20 million loan case
Bert Lance, former Federal Budget Director, and three associates pleaded innocent to a 33 count indictment charging conspiracy and bank fraud tied to $20 million in loans. The arraignment in Atlanta lasted under five minutes before U.S. Magistrate Chancey.
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Atlanta
UPI
Bert Lance
U.S
Allen L. Chancey Jr
Chancey
Charles H. Moye
Lance
Richard T. Carrand
Potatoes Strike Hits Great Lake Packers Norwalk
About 17 workers walk out at Great Lake Packers Inc in Norwalk with around the clock pickets at the Franklin Street plant. Managers say onion and potato deliveries run, workers fill in, and sales slow. Union rep Don Wagner plans talks for a union vote while strikers await a resolution. Community members express financial and physical strain from the week-long action.
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Great Lake Packers Inc
Norwalk
Franklin Street
Martin Becker
Toledo
Don Wagner
Allied Industrial Workers of America
Afl-Cio
Sherry King
Maple Tree Lounge
United Way drive dates set in Norwalk 1980 campaign
The Norwalk Area United Way 1980 Campaign runs October 1 through November 1 with a kickoff banquet September 26 sponsored by Citizens National Bank of Norwalk. A mid campaign banquet October 17 hosted by West Baking and Maple City Ice reports progress, and the Victory Banquet November 1 is sponsored by Huron County Banking Co. All banquets are at Maple Tree Restaurant.
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Norwalk
Amoco
Main St
Reilly
Gulf
Benedict
Ed Reilly
Lance
Carter
Paul Curran
Calhoun Bank
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
Norwalk Area
United Way
Citizens National Bank of Norwalk
West Baking Co
Maple City Ice Co
Huron County Banking Co
Maple Tree
Drive
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St. Clair River
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Roo
Perry Luke
Perry
Tom Stuart
Stuart
Lake Erie
Columbus
Ohio Senate
Andrew Skalkos
State Department of Natural Resources
Oil and Gas Division
Jan Wymer
Department of Energy
Carson City
Nev
Beatty
L.V. Martin
Southern Nevada
Bill Sullivan
Florida
Raiford, Fla
John Speakelink
Jim Smith
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Elbert Tuttle
Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall
Speakelink
Kennedy
Denis
Mary Englert
Kathryn Cooper
Kathryn
Paul Stafford
Mrs. Kravitz
Wesley Charles Power
Medina
Barbara Jean Means
Minnie Gline Walter
Berlin Heights
Thomas M. Mitchell
Northwest Georgia Bank
Rhinggold
H. Jackson Mullins
Calhoun
William P. Gaffney
Justice Department
Washington
State Revenue
Gaffney
Edward J. Tomko
Grand
Tomko
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