Perfect Crime Claim Shocks Boulder High Student
Sandra Lee Smart, 19, of Boulder charged with second degree forgery after allegedly siphoning 32 000 dollars from her parents savings accounts to fund a summer of luxury. Detectives say she bought ten pricey vehicles, four horses, two trailers, and paid off a friend 1400 dollars while portraying sudden wealth. Banks face losses as withdrawals were forged using fake signatures and notarizations.
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Boulder, Colo
UPI
Sandra Lee Smart
Joseph Pura
Miss Smart
Boulder
Dillman
Boulder High School
Bill Fritzel
Tax Deadline Extended for Huron County Real Estate Taxes
Huron County commissioners approved a one month extension for the first half 1978 tax collection to Jan 31 1979 due to late tax duplicate delivery from auditor Kenneth Reed. Reed noted statewide extensions are common but the county is slightly ahead of last year in gathering evaluations and tax list data. The treasurer’s office will issue tax bills and a new deadline announcement comes weeks later.
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Huron County
John Arthur
Kenneth Reed
Reed
Sidney judge sentenced in estate theft case
Sidney Municipal Court Judge James Rieck received a six months to five years suspended term after pleading guilty to grand theft in Shelby County Common Pleas Court over $1,600 missing from an estate where he served as executor and legal counsel. The term and a $1,000 fine were suspended by Lucas County Judge Francis Pietrykowski.
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Sidney, Ohio
UPI
Sidney
James Rieck
Shelby County Common Pleas Court
Rieck
Lucas County
Francis Pietrykowski
Weather outlook and births in Norwalk area
Mostly cloudy and cold tonight with lows 15 to 20. Friday brings more clouds and a 20 to 30 percent chance of snow flurries, highs around the upper 30s to 40s. Births reported from Fisher-Titus, Good Samaritan, and Willard Area Hospital include several newborns in Norwalk Milan and New London. The Teddy Bear legend traces to 1902 in a Brooklyn candy store owned by Morris Michtom.
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Douglas and
Patricia Resor Jr
Norwalk
Fisher-Titus
Craig
Tamara Missler
Fisher- Titus
Jack and
Mary Schlessman
Milan
Good Samaritan
Richard and
Karen Adams
New London
Willard Area Hospital
Brooklyn, N.Y
Morris Michtom
Gas Price Shakeup Under New Federal Rules
Washington move on energy law overhaul aims to end broad federal price controls. About 85 percent of gas supply could rise to cover inflation since April 1977 with initial hikes near 13 percent. Newly found gas may fetch premiums if technical rules met. state and USGS decide which wells count as new. Phased controls extend to most new gas until Jan 1, 1985.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Carter
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
U.S. Geological Survey
Commissioners Oppose Pay Raise in Huron County
Huron County Commissioners vote against Ohio Assembly pay raises for lawmakers and officials urging wage restraint to match President Carter's 7 percent guideline. Auditor Kenneth Reed would rise to about 21,000, and Commissioner Maurice Smith to 12,900 if enacted. Reed criticizes the limit. administrators project ~5 percent increases for 1979.
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Huron County Commissioners
Ohio Assembly
Maurice Smith
Carter
Ohio Senate
Huron County
Kenneth Reed
Smith
Roy Palm
Thomas Carabin
Palm
Carabin
Ronald Nabakowski
D-Lorain
Reed
Norwalk Police Test Cancelled Over Waiver Dispute
Eight Norwalk patrolmen vying for sergeant were barred from a civil service test after one officer refused to waive protest rights. City officials say the waiver protects against lawsuits even as a book shortage affected test validity.
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Norwalk
Civil Service Commission
Ronald Freeman
L. C. Hilson
Freeman
Wilma Nickols
Hilson
Nickols
Mexico City Quake Kills Nine. Prisons Break Amid Collapse
A powerful 7.8 to 7.9 magnitude quake struck southern Mexico with Oaxaca hardest hit. In Mexico City at least eight dead, 500 treated, and 750 buildings damaged as a prison wall collapsed allowing inmate escapes. Two high rise buildings swayed and windows shattered, while a hotel guest recalled the swaying 21st floor. Nine deaths were confirmed as a total, with additional casualties from falling debris and collapsed structures.
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Mexico City
UPI
Mexico
Oaxaca
Notimex
Oaxaca State University
Oaxaca State Penitentiary
Gulf of Tehuantepec
Oaxaca State
Polanco
Madrid
Reclusorio Sur
Indonesia
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Lawrence Chapman Jr
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Lester T. Watts
York
Ray
House
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Jerry
Mark Speiser
Jerry Ray
Ussr
Vienna
Veniamin Levich
Israel
Russia
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Tanya
Soviet Union
GSA
General Services Administration
Illiam Block
Carmen O’connor
Kim Lutz
W. Main St
Paul Stafford
Edward Still
Thevil Service Commission
Wayne Goodsite
Civil Service
Gene Mack
Toledo
Reflector
Civil Service Commissioners
Mack
G. Ira Liedorff
Richard Garner
Alan Alaniz
Houston
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