Officials Grapple With New Jail Rules In Huron County
Huron County officials and law enforcement met Sheriff John Borgia to review state Department of Rehabilitation and Correction standards set to take effect January 1 1980. The county jail capacity is 19, with concerns over costs and regional facility needs while smaller towns resist mandated staffing and paperwork.
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Huron County
Huron County Sheriff’s Department
John Borgia
Department of Rehabilitation and Correction
Borgia
Norwalk
Common Pleas
Robert W. Smith
Willard
Glenn Seiple
Seiple
L. C. Hilson
Hilson
Ohio
Benedict
Seminary
Erie County
Candles Cause Trailer Fire Killing Five Young Children
In Fayetteville North Carolina five children aged two to six died when a candle lit home in a power cut house trailer, Ernest McEachern two Irenia four Janie five Sabrina five and Howard six were identified. The father babysat while mothers played bingo. The fire followed the power outage.
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Fayetteville, N.C
UPI
Ernest McEachern
Irenia McEachern
Janie McEachern
Sabrina Johnson
Howard Johnson
Ernest T. McEachern
Gwendolyn McEachern
Jacqueline Johnson
Ferry Crash Injures 170 in Manhattan Docking Collision
A Staten Island ferry struck a seawall during fog bound docking in lower Manhattan injuring more than 170 commuters. Authorities say at least 100 were hospitalized with broken limbs while others received treatment at the scene. Harbor police search for two people reported missing after witnesses saw them fall overboard.
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New York
UPI
Staten Island
Lower Manhattan
Harbor
Guernsey County Sheriff and wife charged in bribery case
Cambridge Ohio UPI reports Guernsey County Sheriff Andrew Beros his wife and two deputies indicted by a special grand jury probing the sheriff s department. Also named Mary Beros and deputies David A Clark and Robert Decker with multiple counts including bribery theft in office improper compensation improper solidation falsification gambling and falsifying records. Mansfield Ohio UPI reports Richland County Sheriff Thomas E Weikel and 11 current or former deputies indicted by a special grand jury, set for arraignment in Richland County Common Pleas Court after local coverage of brutality and theft within the department.
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Cambridge, Ohio
UPI
Guernsey County
Andrew Beros
Sheriff's Department
Mary Beros
David A. Clark
Robert Decker
Beros
Mansfield, Ohio
Richland County
Thomas E. Weikel
Richland County Common Pleas Court
Joseph Murray
Ashland
Mansfield News Journal
Weather outlook and facts with local life events
Clear tonight with lows in the upper 20s to lower 30s and sunny Wednesday with highs in the low to mid 50s. Precipitation chance near zero both nights and winds under 10 mph tonight. Marriage license applications list Arnold J. Ott Jr. and Lou Ann Andel in New London. Births include Phillip and Leslie Daniels Norwalk boy and John and Bonnie Weimnan Monroeville boy. Death reported: Mr Thomas S Reilly, 45, North Fairfield. Antonio Stradivari made about 1100 violins, with around 600 surviving.
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Arnold J. Ott Jr
New London
Lou Ann Andel
Phillip and
Leslie Daniels
Norwalk
Fisher-Titus
John and
Bonnie Weimnan
Monroeville
Good Samaritan
Mr. Thomass. Reilly
North Fairfield
Willard Sewer Rates Could Jump 200 Percent in 1980
Willard city leaders consider a July 1980 rate hike to fund a $9 million sewage plant. Rates may rise from $10 to $30 monthly with a $3 million loan from the Ohio Water Development Authority. The plan includes using part of the income tax to ease the increase. federal funds total $7 million. Police union drive noted as officers seek talks after a walkout. city donates $1,000 to airport improvements.
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Willard
Wade Eden
Eden
Ohio Water Development Authority
Barring Unexpected Vote Will Prove Little
Washington dispatch says elections likely yield no sharp shift. Republicans unlikely to recapture Congress, GOP may only expand a small group of governors. No clear swing to Democrats or Republicans evident in the expected results.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Analysis Republicans in the 1980 elections mood
The piece argues a GOP gain in the House with little Senate shift, noting no dominant national issue beyond inflation and taxes. It highlights voter anger, candidates mirroring on spending and deficits, and potential upsets by a few ultraconservatives. Personalities and state issues may decide most races.
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House
Senate
Vietnam
Jeff Bell
New Jersey
Bill Armstrong
Colorado
Tad Cochran
Mississippi
Jim Martin
Alabama
Roger Jepsen
Iowa
Jesse Helms
North Carolina
John Tower
Texas
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Sen
Jennings Randolph
D-W.va
Thurmond
Glenn press urges full probe into Korean weapons program
Senator John Glenn calls for a thorough investigation of charges that South Korea secretly pursued a nuclear weapons program in the early 1970s. A House subcommittee report cited a former official claiming a unanimous committee vote to develop nuclear arms, but said the program was halted by 1975 due to export restrictions in Western Europe.
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Washington
UPI
Ohio
John Glenn
Glenn
House
Korea
Europe
Democrats Mobilize Statewide Get-Out-The-Vote Calls
Local Democrats set up phone banks in Norwalk New London and Willard to remind registered voters who have not yet voted. Constance Hipp converts her garage at 15 S Pleasant St Norwalk into the Norwalk operation with three phones and about eight runners visiting precincts at 11 am and 3 pm to check voter lists and assist voters needing rides to the polls.
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Norwalk
New London
Willard
Constance Hipp
S. Pleasant St
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