County Voters To Decide 28 Special Issues In Nov Ballot
Huron County voters face 28 items on November 3 including eight new school levies, several bond issues, proposed ordinances on Norwalk tax repeal and electric system sale, and three state constitutional amendments. Major levies include Wellington 5.9 mills and Monroeville 5.4 mills. Norwalk sewer bonds and Bellevue library bonds are also proposed. Amendments seek tax relief for seniors, shorter residency for voting, and newspaper notice in charters.
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Norwalk
Huron County
Berlin-Milan
Monroeville
Pioneer Vocational
Plymouth
South Central
Wellington
Western Reserve
Seneca East
Attica
Bellevue
Greenwich
Huron County Commissioners
Milan
Norwalk Township
Wakeman
Ohio
Laird Budget Push Halved by Congress in 19.9 Billion Bill
Defense Secretary Laird urged higher defense outlays but Congress approved a 19.9 billion weapons bill, 700 million below his request. House gains 435 million for ships sought by Rep Rivers despite Pentagon opposition.
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Washington
UPI
Melvin R. Laird
Capitol Hill
Congress
Nixon
Rock Bottom
Laird
House
Pentagon
Desert Winds Drive Brush Fire Toward National Forests
Resurgent desert winds gusting to 70 mph pushed a nearly contained brush fire into a major blaze and the flames moved toward timberland in two national forests, threatening extensive timber land and prompting emergency actions.
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Cucamonga
Calif
White collars sent home at Fisher Body plant strike
Salaried employees at a Fisher Body plant in Elyria were told to stay home after a United Auto Workers official warned that no one without identification would be admitted to the picket line. General Motors officials ordered the measure as the strike continued.
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Detroit
UPI
General Motors Corp
United Auto Workers
Detroit Diesel Works
UAW
Bard Young
United Press International
Fisher
Elyria
General Motor
United Auto Workers Union
Weather outlook Norwalk and area with births and notices
Partly cloudy and warmer today with a chance of showers or thundershowers this afternoon highs in the upper 60s to low 70s. Tonight and Saturday turn cooler with 40s to 60s and a 40 percent shower chance today and 20 percent tonight and Saturday. Winds shift from south to west. humidity high this morning, lower by afternoon. Norwalk highs 63 lows 40. Marriage licenses issued for Betschman and Walter and Henry and Lasch. A birth recorded for Hackenberger and a death report for Sands and Smith.
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Norwalk
Tricia Nixon Opens Southeastern Fair in Atlanta
Tricia Nixon flew to Atlanta to open the Southeastern fair and toured exhibits for 90 minutes. The 24 year old, described as a “wow” by locals, greeted GOP officials including Hal Suit and joked about fashion, then returned to Washington on an Air Force jet.
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UPI
Nixon
Tricia
Dixie
Secret Service
California
Republican Party
GOP
Hal Suit
Washington
Air Force
Nixon hailed by record crowd in Madrid greeting
More than a million Spaniards welcomed President Nixon in Madrid in a display described as the largest crowd of his career. He rode with Franco in an open car, received a city key, and joined private talks at the Pardo to discuss Middle East, European security, and economic issues.
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Columbus
UPI
John Andrews
John Gilligan
Xavier News
Xavier University
Gilligan
America
Madrid
Nixon
Mediterranean
Francisco Franco
Franco
Middle East
Spain
The
Pardo
Yugoslavia
Ireland
Alfredo Sanchez Bella
U.S
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Christopher Columbus
City to Change Stop Signs to Satisfy Code
Norwalk plans a citywide traffic device update to meet the Ohio Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices. Service Director Adam Brickner says stop signs will be seven feet from pavement, show only the word stop, be reflectorized, and crosswalks or stop bars at intersections will be painted.
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Norwalk
Adam Brickner
Brickner
Transport Board urges safety steps for 747 engines
The National Transportation Safety Board urged the FAA to require water injection and other cooling measures for Pratt and Whitney engines on Boeing 747s to reduce fire and explosion risk after incidents involving American Airlines and Air France jets. The board lacks regulatory power but cites two recent engine failures as justification.
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Washington
UPS
National Transportation Safety Board
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Pratt & Whitney
American Airlines
San Francisco
Air France
Montreal
Paris
New York
John H. Shaffer
City Woman Arrested In $150 Holdup
Sharon Shook of Norwalk waived preliminary hearing on an unarmed robbery charge tied to a $150 theft at a Sunoco station five miles south of Sandusky. Bond set at $10,000. Two Vermilion residents also linked to the Sept. 28 incident.
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Norwalk
Sandusky
Sharon Shook
North Hester St
Miss Shook
Sunoco
Ohio 2
Erie County
Dave Harlen
Harlen
Joe Kapp Signed by Boston Patriots
The Boston Patriots announce signing former Minnesota Vikings quarterback Joe Kapp to a contract with terms undisclosed. Kapp had sought a five year 1.25 million dollar deal after leading Minnesota to the NFL championship.
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Boston
UPI
Boston Patriots
Minnesota Viking
Joe Kapp
Kapp
Vikings
Minnesota
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Atlantada
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Alexei N. Kosygin
Anwar el Sadat
Aly Sabry
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egypt
Sabry
Sadat
Nasser
Dean H. Betschman
Julie A. Walter
Dennis E. Henry
Hawthorne
Phyllis M. Lasch
Ronald Hackenberger
Gertrude Sands
Willard
Noah L. Smith
Transport Board
Tant Kauok
Cambodia
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