Norwalk safety workers seek 9 percent raises amid inflation
Norwalk police and fire union representatives pressed for a two year package with 9 percent raises each year after President Carter urged restraint. Citizens offered mixed views with some praising the demand as fair given inflation, others supporting lower increases or local wage setting.
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Norwalk
Carter
Josephine Bruckshaw
Woodlawn
Safety Service
Mel Shipley
Vernis George
Bellevue
Charles Billiard
Billiard
Billard
Phyllis Dill
Indian Terrace
Black football player paralyzed after dressing-room fight
In De Kalb Texas a star running back James Arthur Cuba, 18, was paralyzed waist down after a fight with head coach Johnny Lowe and assistant Lynn McCord. Cuba, in satisfactory condition at Doctor's Hospital in Shreveport, fractured his neck during the confrontation over not hurrying to a huddle in practice.
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DE Kalb
Texas
UPI
Doctor’s Hospital
Shreveport
James Arthur Cuba
Johnny Lowe
Lynn McCord
Cuba
Lowe
Funeral costs and ethics in the funeral trade
Ethical concerns surround funeral costs and sales tactics critics say some directors use high priced options to exploit grieving families. The FTC plans to push itemized pricing and open price disclosure while studies show average funeral costs around 2200 dollars, with wide rural variation.
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Jessica Mitford
Federal Trade Commission
Ed Davis
Heaston-Gerber Funeral Home
Gerber and
Davis
Gerber
LCCC Weather and Births and Deaths Notice
Clear and cool tonight with a low in the lower 40s. Sunday brings increasing clouds and highs in the mid to upper 60s with 10 to 20 percent rain chances. Friday temperatures reach 68 to 40 with no precipitation. Births list includes a Greenwich boy and Willard girl. marriage license applicants from Norwalk and Willard. deaths reported for Helen Werner and Bertha Robinson. Worldwide note on milk consumption concludes the item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark
Victoria Risner
Greenwich
Fisher-Titus
David
Virginia West
Willard
Willard Area Hospital
Three Sentenced For Drugs In Huron County Court
In Huron County Common Pleas Court Friday three area men and a woman were sentenced for drug trafficking. Roger Colyer, 19, Willard, received multiple sentences totaling up to 110 years and six months with concurrent serving for cocaine and marijuana sells. Delores Goble-Nunes, 21, former Sycamore Drive resident, was placed on five years probation after a six month to five year sentence was suspended, with restitution and costs. Ronald Price, 22, Elyria, was sent to a nine month rehab program with five years probation and a suspended 19 year term. Carl Selzer, 22, Wakeman, got a suspended six months to five year term with a $1000 fine for marijuana sales. Manuel Nunes awaits sentencing on seven counts of marijuana trafficking.
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Huron County Common Pleas Court
Roger Colyer
Willard
Mansfield Reformatory
Robert W. Smith
Colyer
Delores J. Goble-Nunes
Sycamore Drive
Smith
Marysville Reformatory
Manuel Nunes
Ronald L. Price
Benedict
Bridge Halfway House
Elyria
Walter G. Nord
Carl H. Selzer
Wakeman
Selzer
United Way Norwalk reaches 36 percent of goal
United Way Norwalk's United Fund totaled 38818 on Thursday, over 36 percent of the 107000 goal. Government workers lead with 88 percent of pledges, utilities at 68 percent. Columbia Gas of Ohio district office awarded 100 percent Participation Award for 2047 in pledges from its 37 employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
United Fund
Columbia Gas of
Ohio
$10 Million Gone From Security Pacific Bank
FBI and Security Pacific Bank charged a 32 year old consultant, Mark Rifkin, with stealing more than $10 million in a fraudulent wire transfer to a New York City bank. About $2 million has been located. bank officials say the loss may be largely insured and the uninsured amount may be unrecoverable. The case could be the largest wire transfer theft involving banks.
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Los Angeles
UPI
FBI
Security Pacific Bank
Mark Rifkin
San Fernando Valley
Rifkin
Security Pacific
New York City
George F. Moody
Bank
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