Norwalk Poppy Festival Weekend Highlights Norwalk High pageant
The Norwalk Poppy Festival features a queen pageant at Norwalk High School with 12 contestants, speeches, and judges interviews. Parade events start Friday with the queen’s ball, then Saturday’s pet parade and antique car show, and Sunday’s grand parade led by Linn Sheldon Barnaby. Memorial Day caps events with a flag-raising, veterans parade, and Citizenship awards.
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Kevin Tanzillo
Norwalk
Norwalk High School
Darla Duchaney
Annette Horner
Melanie Austin
Vera Claytor
Sandy Hart
Judy Spaar
Debbie Pisko
Melodie Mason
Bobbi Douglas
Tamyra Armstrong
Penny Smith
Nancy Ensminger
Eagles Hall
Park and Recreation Department
the Eagles
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Case Avenue
Wooster Street
St. Paul
Main Street
First United Methodist Church
Prospect Street
Monroe Street
Linn Sheldon
Barnaby
Television Fame
Whitney Field
Robin Brady
Lorraine Barnes
Main
Whittlesey
St. Paul High School
Timothy J. Ruffing
Voice of Democracy
Weather and local life brief from May 26 1976
Weather outlook shows clear tonight with mid 40s lows and highs near 70s Thursday. Tuesday temps 59 to 41 with humidity around 80 percent midday. Notable items include marriage license filings for Gerber and Woodworth in Willard, births to Roland and Salyer in Bellevue Willard area, and deaths of Carrie Slack in St Petersburgh and Harry Bowmar in Willard.
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Robert C. Gerber
Willard
Bank Teller
Sandra L. Woodworth
Cary Roland
Bellevue
Ohio Congressman Hays questions on public payroll mistress
Readers weigh in on Wayne L. Hays being charged with keeping a mistress on the public payroll. Constituents in southeastern Ohio argue the charges, if proven, may not affect his bid for re election.
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Ohio
Wayne L. Hays
Hays
Voter split quotes ripple through county election call
Local readers weigh in on a contentious political contract and statewide issues as calls for votes rise. Citizens criticize officials for favors and integrity while urging union involvement and accountability in government. Residents also discuss re election and budget use with mixed opinions. Calls to vote surge as deadlines approach.
Karnick Eyes Long-Shot Bid Against Hays in Ohio Primary
Nick Karnick, a 56 year old Steubenville bailiff, challenges Rep. Wayne L. Hays in the June 8 Democratic primary. Hays faces a sex scandal over mistress Elizabeth Ray but remains dominant in the 18th District as Karnick frames a fight for change and questions foreign policy and regulatory stances. Karnick has run against Hays since 1968 and vows to offer voters an alternative despite low odds.
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Lee Leonard Columbus
UPI
Nick Karnick
Congress
Karnick
Steubenville
Ohio
Wayne L. Hays
Hays
House Administration Committee
Elizabeth Ray
Hayes
Hays Confesses Affair With Elizabeth Ray on House Floor
Rep. Wayne Hays admitted a personal relationship with Elizabeth Ray amid a sex scandal. He said she performed no work other than entertaining him in a $14 000 yearly job and asked the Ethics Committee to review whether any House rules were violated.
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Washington
UPI
Wayne Hays
Elizabeth Ray
Administration Committee
Miss Ray
House Ethics Committee
Ohio
Hays
Ray
Ford Reagan Split Six as Carter Sweeps Three Primaries
United Press International reports Ford won Tennessee Kentucky and Oregon to split six GOP primaries with Reagan. Carter swept Arkansas Kentucky and Tennessee, but lost Oregon Idaho and Nevada, boosting his delegate lead as the California primary looms. Reagan maintained momentum with 24 delegates but trailed Ford and Carter in total delegates.
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United Press International
Ford
Tennessee
Kentucky
Oregon
Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
West
Reagan
Arkansas
Idaho
Nevada
California
U.S
Carter
Frank Church
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Georgia
Pennsylvania
New York
Veterans in Chicago face multimillion-dollar VA benefit fraud
A federal grand jury indicted Tyler Barber College Inc and president Percy Copeland for a scheme to enroll veterans as full time students and collect monthly VA education benefits while offering few or no classes. About 2,500 veterans remain under investigation as losses to the VA reach 6.7 million dollars.
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Chicago
UPS
Barber and
Beautician
Veterans Administration
U.S
Samuel Skinner
Skinner
Tyler Barber College Inc
Percy Copeland
Barber School
Tyler
Grand Jury
Ray Contacted Ghost Writer For Explosive Memoir
Washington writer Robin Moore recalled a six to eight month old letter from Miss Ray seeking help with a memoir that would blow the town open. He said she hinted at explosive information and offered a list of names if he traveled to Washington.
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Washington
UPI
Oes Ee
Elizabeth
Wayne Hays
Robin Moore
Miss Ray
Moore
Hays
Norwalk Teacher Sue Boose Earns Special Education Honor
Norwalk Junior High teacher Sue Boose 25 was named Special Education Teacher of the Year by the Tri County Council on Exceptional Children. The Norwalk native with three years at the school received a plaque at a Monroeville banquet after being nominated by Mary Ann Hutchinson.
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Norwalk
Tri-County Council On
Sue Boose
Huron
Erie
Lorain
Miss Boose
St. Paul High School
South Central
Vanson
Monroeville
Christie Lane
Jan Sheldon
Wakeman Elementary
God County
Mary Ann Hutchinson
Special Education
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St. Paul’s
Tene Oo
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Terry Salyer
Carrie Slack
St. Petersburgh
Fla
Harry Bowmar, Sr
Ady
County Board of Commissioners
Stuart Spencer
Spencer
Huron County Schools
Hutchinson
Raymond Boose
Steve Poland
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