Bankrupt South Central Closes Until Loan Approved
Greenwich reports South Central School District votes to close four schools after exhausting funds. 1,223 students, 51 teachers, 10 bus drivers, eight cooks, six custodians, and one food truck driver affected. Emergency state loan hoped to reopen. a Dec 14 special election on a 10 mill levy planned.
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PTO
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State Department of Education
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Martin W. Essex
Columbus
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Huron County
Western Reserve
New London
Monroeville
South Central Board of Education
State Foundation
South Central School
South Central Board
EHOVE
Ehove Vocational School
Avery
Ohio penitentiary guards end sick call strike
Half the usual overnight guard force reported to work as union leaders say the illness outbreak caused delays and the strike claimed by the guards never existed under Ohio law. Victor Everett notes epidemics are widespread as workers return. The report also covers airline executives agreeing on lower transatlantic fares for next year and Ohio school boards advising against retroactive pay pending Pay Board rulings.
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Columbus
UPI
Ohio
Victor Everett
Teamsters Local 413
Everett
Toledo QB Ealey named to 1971 All American team
UPI reports Chuck Ealey of Toledo among 1971 All-America picks by Football News. The Rockets have 33 straight wins, one of modern football’s longest streaks, with center Tom De Leone of Ohio State also honored. Cambodian and Vietnamese forces clash near Phnom Penh as South Vietnam pledges 13 000 troops to assist.
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Detroit
UPI
Chuck Ealey
Toledo
Football News
Tom de Leone
Ohio State
Ealey
Rockets
Phnom Penh
South Vietnam
U.S
Scoop Jackson Announces Presidential Bid for 1980
Sen. Henry M. Scoop Jackson declared his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination. He prioritized jobs programs as the top issue and, despite trailing in polls, described himself as a liberal and spoke at a news conference.
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Washington
UPI
Henry M
Jackson Today
Washington Democrat
China tests first nuclear blast in a year
United Press International reports China detonated a nuclear device at its Sinkiang Province proving ground, the first such test in over twelve months, as announced by the Atomic Energy Commission.
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Washington
UPI
China
Sinkiang Province
Atomic Energy Commission
Weather confirms cool spell with showers in Norwalk area
Mostly cloudy and cooler with a chance of showers today in Norwalk, highs in the upper 40s to lower 50s. Tonight partly cloudy and cooler with lows in the 30s. Saturday varied clouds and cool with a chance of showers or snow flurries, highs in the 40s. Precipitation chances 50 today 20 tonight 30 Saturday. Also reports births and deaths in the region.
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Norwalk
Nixon Hits AFL-CIO Convention With Straight Talk
President Nixon abandoned his prepared remarks at the AFL-CIO gathering in Miami Beach and urged labor to back a strong America and defense. He defended wage and price controls and warned against inflation while defending his trips to China and the Soviet Union as for the next generation. An anonymous bomb threat disrupted a separate incident at The Hitching Post as police searched without finding a device.
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Miami Beach
Fla
UPI
Nixon
Afl-Cio
America
George Meany
Labor
Peking
Moscow
China
Soviet Union
The
United States
Hitching Post
E. Main St
Kenneth V. Menshouse
Norwalk
Menshouse
Frank Cornwell
Cornwell
Antrim and Hunter Enter 1972 Republican Primary
Probate Judge Russell T. Antrim and Clerk of Courts R. Clark Hunter announced Republican candidacies for 1972. Sheriff John Borgia joined as the first declared candidate. Also up for election are two county commissioners, a prosecutor, recorder, treasurer, engineer, coroner, and one county court judge. Antrim and Hunter were appointed to fill prior terms. Maurice B. Smith is the sole Democratic officeholder. Norwalk faces a winter preview with a cold front bringing potential snow flurries and a temperature drop from 51 to 39 degrees.
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Russell T. Antrim
R. Clark Hunter
Antrim
Don J. Young
U.S. District Court
Hunter
Dana W. Call
Christie Ave
Greenwich
John Borgia
Maurice B. Smith
Meeting Planned on $10,000 Sewer Bill for Norwalk Plant
City officials and Norwalk Furniture Corp. President Jack Gerken will meet to clarify billing for a sewer connection at a 40 acre plant site off Ohio 18. Officials cite possible policy changes by former service director Mount and aim to resolve whether a $250 per acre rate applies, with a $91,908 sewer line installed nearby.
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Norwalk Furniture Corp
Jack Gerken
Herbert Krogh
Krogh
Gerken
Frederick F. Waugh
George Cunitz
Norwalk Furniture
Ohio 18
William V. Mount
Mount
Norwalk Chamber Honors Camardese and Three Others
Dr Nino M Camardese received the Norwalk Chamber of Commerce Distinguished Citizen Award at the annual dinner held at Norwalk Junior High School with 300 attendees. Edward J Still B Harry Parke and Austin Shadle received Dedicated Service Awards for civic and community work. Parke has led the Norwalk Area United Fund since 1961 while Still serves in education and church roles.
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Nino M. Camardese
Norwalk Chamber of Commerce
Norwalk Junior High School
Edward J. Still
B. Harry Parke
Austin Shadle
Still
Camardese
Norwalk
Chamber
First Methodist Church
Parke
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