Grand Jury to Hear 46 Cases This Week
Forty six cases were to be presented to a Grand Jury convening today and again Saturday with twenty three cases slated for each session. Among the matters is evidence in a child abuse case involving a five year old Plymouth boy. Robert Dean Taylor died at Mansfield General Hospital Tuesday morning. His sister in law Virginia Lou West, previously arrested on a charge of endangering a child, was charged on an additional count involuntary manslaughter. Mrs West is at Mansfield General Hospital.
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Plymouth
Robert Dean Taylor
Mansfield General Hospital
Virginia Lou West
Faulk Says 1950s Witch Hunt Was Public Fear Not Evil People
Texas humorist John Henry Faulk reflected on his blacklist ordeal, saying the McCarthy era grew from national fear and manipulation. He praised colleagues who supported him and warned that Watergate showed a pattern of exploiting public fear for political gain.
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John Henry Faulk
CBS_ Television Network
Edward A. Fulton
Dallas
UPI
Texas
Faulk
Louis Nizer
AWARE
CBS
Liz
Madisonville
Tex
America
Nixon
McCarthy
Robber Denied Probation in Norwalk Case
Larry J. Bumphus 20 of Sandusky remains in a 7 to 25 year term for aggravated robbery after Common Pleas Judge Robert W. Smith denied shock probation and a new trial. Bumphus, linked to a June attempted hold up at Norwalk Beverage Center, was returned from Lucasville in October for the hearing and faces an appeal filed with the Sixth District Court.
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Larry J. Bumbphus
Sandusky
Common Pleas
Robert W. Smith
Bumphus
Norwalk Beverage Center
Ohio Correctional Institute
Lucasville
Man Objects To City Storm Water Drain On Property
Eugene Wagner of Whittlesey Avenue north of Norwalk told Huron County Commissioners that storm water from a city pipe drains onto his land eroding soil and endangering nearby cattle. He asked for a tile storm drain extension through his property to a small creek. The board took no action.
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Norwalk
Huron County Commissioners
Eugene Wagner
Whittlesey Avenue
Wagner
Five Adults and Juveniles Charged in Area Burglaries
Three adults and two juveniles face burglary charges in the New London and Steuben areas. Edward King Jr. and Sammie Deskins, already jailed for a Aug. 16 Greenwich break in, are accused again in thefts at the Charles Black home in rural New London and Claude Wheeler in Steuben. Marty Crouch and two juvenile boys are also charged in the Black and Wheeler cases.
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New London
Steuben
Greenwich
Edward King, Jr
Sammie Deskins
Shiloh
Charles Black
Claude Wheeler
Marty Crouch
Norwalk VFW to Erect 150-Foot Flag Tower
A Norwalk VFW post will build a 150 foot tower donated by A J Baltes to fly a historic style flag claimed to be the world’s largest. The group seeks FAA permission and plans a 39 by 54 foot flag costing about 3000 dollars. Completion is aimed for May 1976 for Memorial Day and the U S Bicentennial.
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Norwalk
Veterans of Foreign Wars
A.J. Baltes
VFW
Federal Aviation Agency
United States
Monroeville High names Homecoming Court
Six girls from Monroeville High School were chosen as Homecoming Court members. Seniors include Darlene Ott Sharon Schafer and Barbara Schnee. Coronation is at 1 45 p m on October 17 at the school with Becky Simon Sue Didion and Laura Bores as attendants. parade starts 6 45 p m that same day.
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Monroeville
Homcoming Court
Monroeville High School
Darlene Ott
Paul Ott
Sharon Schafer
Pete Schafer
Barbara Schnee
Nancy Schnee
Becky Simon
Milton Simon
Sue Didion
Eugene Didion
Laura Bores
Otto Bores
Bomb threat evacuates Norwalk instrument plant
A bomb scare at Wappler Wappler Instrument Co. at 93 N Pleasant St prompted evacuation for about an hour Thursday after a woman caller warned a General Telephone operator at 1 30 p m The Norwalk police were alerted and deputies and firemen searched the medical instrument plant but found no device or dangerous material.
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Wappler Instrument Co
N. Pleasant St
General Telephone Co
Norwalk
Medical Instrument
Four Men Arrested in Greenwich Antique Theft Case
Huron County deputies arrested Edward King Jr. Sammie Deskins Carl Deskins and Harland Jewell for breaking and entering in connection with antiques stolen Aug 16 from Gerald Hunter’s rural Greenwich Baseline Road home. Suspects are from rural Greenwich Shiloh and New London.
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Huron County Sheriff's Department
Greenwich
Edward King, Jr
Sammie Deskins
Shiloh
Carl Deskins
New London
Harland Jewell
Gerald Hunter
Baseline Road
Battery Looked Familiar At Norwalk Gas Station
A Norwalk gas station attendant identified a woman's car battery as the one stolen from his vehicle. The suspect fled with the hood up, and the attendant later reported the battery recovered under the suspect's hood to police, naming the woman.
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Norwalk
William C. Simpson
Port Clinton
Imperial Station
Simpson
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