Tear gas caused Willard barn fire during police training
A Willard police training barn on Townline Road 12 burned to the ground Saturday night after a tear gas grenade was lobbed into the second floor. Firefighters arrived late as the dry barn fueled the blaze, destroying five boats a cycle trailer and old farm machinery.
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Janet Conway
Willard
Larry Briggs
Townline Road
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Willard Police Auxiliary
Huron County Sheriff's Department
Willard Police
Lloyd Smith
Sheriff's Department
Paul Capelle
Legislator Ends Hunger Strike After Hearing All Bills
In Austin Rep. Sam Hudson of Dallas ends his fast after promising to eat once all 100 plus bills are heard in committee. He cites hunger and has shed over 40 pounds since March 23 while planning a hearty meal.
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Austin
Tex
UPI
Sam Hudson
Dallas
Hudson
Schaper Seeks Norwalk Mayoral Nomination In Open Primary
Norwalk mayoral race focuses on incumbent Wayne Goodsite facing challenger Henry Schaper in June 7 Republican fusion. Goodsite pushes tax boosts and bonds to grow the city while Schaper vows fiscal transparency and opposes municipal bonding citing prior rejections. Both stake out positions on budget, taxes, and local development as they court voters.
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Henry Schaper
Schaper
Wayne Goodsite
Goodsite
Norwalk
McDonald's
Joe Taxpayer
Carter visits Plains amid vacation calm and critique of tourism
President Carter plans a brief stop in Plains Georgia to walk Main Street and visit family before resuming the six day vacation in Washington. He disputes claims Plains has become a tourist magnet that alters his family life and local surroundings. In Ohio retired State Senator Robert T Secrest breaks ground on an 87 million nursing care wing at the Ohio Soldier and Sailors Home named for him. He is celebrated as Mr Veteran of Ohio and prioritizes the honor over geographic landmarks.
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UPI
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Green Island
Georgia
Sandusky
Ohio
Robert T. Secrest
Cambridge
Ohio Soldier and Sailors Home
U.S. Congress
Europe
Africa
Pacific
Ohio General Assembly For Veterans Rights
Secrest
Lake Erie
Louisiana Senate votes to ban luxury limousines for officials
The Louisiana Senate approved a bill 26-11 to bar state agencies and municipalities from ordering cars with luxuries such as power seats automatic locks speed control FM radios and tape decks. Senator Foster Campbell noted 41 vehicles are classified as luxury cars and said features could be added later at personal expense. PMID: UPI Baton Rouge report.
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UPI
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Louisiana Senate
Foster Campbell
D-Bossier City
Hospitals Still Ignore Abortion Access Says Planned Parenthood
A Planned Parenthood report published in Family Planning Perspectives says 70 percent of non Catholic general hospitals and most public hospitals in the United States have not complied with the Supreme Court mandate to provide abortion on demand. The study notes an 8 percent rise in abortions last year to over 1.1 million, with access restricted by hospitals that have defaulted, limiting access for the poor.
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UPI
Supreme Court
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Allen Guttmachernstitute
Family Planning Perspectives
Weather Outlook and Local Births and Deaths
Chance of rain tonight with lows near 60 and a 70 percent chance of precipitation. Wednesday highs 75 to 80 with a 50 percent rain chance. Birth announcements list seven newborns from Norwalk Nova and Willard area. Deaths include Mr. Miller C Bedford 74 New London and four others in Willard Greenwich Berlin Heights.
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Kenneth McMahan
Norwalk
Michael Crumline
Nova
Roby Mullins
Eric Thorpe
Sandusky
Daniel Riedy
Mes
Steven Laird
Willard
Willard Area
Miller C Bedford
New London
Clay M. Francis
Harlie Boone
Greenwich
Neil Wikel
Berlin Heights
Complaints Led To Better Phone Service Says Rench
Norwalk realtor Richard Rench says PUCO dismissed his complaints about General Telephone Co claiming service has improved over seven years of complaints. He argues General’s service remains far below Ohio Bell and criticizes PUCO for not following examiner recommendations.
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Norwalk
Richard Rench
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
General Telephone Co
PUCO
General Telephone
Ohio Bell
Charles Bowen
General
Northern Division
Ohio Attorney General
Beach
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
Attorne
Columbia Gas
Woman drowns as Lake Erie boating incident claims two missing
A Cleveland area woman, Mrs. Lois Vail, 47, was thrown from a sailboat north of Sandusky during Memorial Day weekend. her husband and sons recovered her body with Coast Guard help. Pinkney D. Terry, 46, and his son A. Davis Terry, 21, of Brecksville, are missing after their boat capsized in a regatta.
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UPI
Cleveland Area
Memorial Y
Lake Erie
Coast Guard
Lois Vail
Middleburg Heights
Sandusky's
Good Samaritan Hospital
Pinkney D. Terry
A. Davis Terry
Brecksville
Norwalk High to host track banquet for girls and boys
Norwalk High School will hold a track banquet at 7 PM in the high school cafeteria honoring the girls and boys teams for the season.
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Norwalk High School
Busboy links Beverly Hills fire to tablecloths and cigarettes
Walter Bailey, a busboy at Beverly Hills Supper Club, says cigarettes dumped into tablecloths may have started the blaze in the Zebra Room. Coroner Dr. Fred Stine lowers the death toll to 158 with 19 unidentified victims.
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Southgate, Ky
UPI
Beverly Hills
Plush Club
Campbell County
Fred Stine
Stine Stine
Walter Bailey
Alexandria
Bailey
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