Singing Bus Driver Fired For Missing Eight Dollars
Benford Stellmacher a 25 year old bus driver and Baptist church preacher was fired from Connecticut Transit Co for allegedly stealing eight dollars. State investigators found one marked bill on a bus but Stellmacher says he merely makes change for passengers who lack exact fares. Community groups protest and efforts to reinstate him gather signatures while officials defend strict fare handling rules.
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Hartford, Conn
UPI
Benford
Benjie
Stellmacher
Connecticut
Connecticut Transit Co
Stephen Warren
Black Ministerial Alliance
Ella Grasso
Depot Square
Jimmy Cooney
Ben
Cooney
Benford C. Stellmacher
Connecticut Transit
Hartford
Conn
Green Thumb program recruits seniors for jobs in Ohio counties
Ray Saldana of the Ohio Farmers Union Green Thumb program is in Huron County recruiting seven part time jobs for applicants age 55 and older. The program operates in 48 states and pairs senior workers with nonprofit employers like the Humane Society Christie Lane and the Huron County Park Board. Qualifications include age 55 plus income limits, with workers earning minimum wage for up to 20 hours weekly and receiving benefits. An On The Job Training option helps employers cover training costs.
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Ray Saldana
Ohio Farmers Union
Huron County
Ohio
Erie County
Saldana
the Humane Society
Christie Lane
Huron County Park Board
Green Thumb
Ohio Bureau of Employment Service
Norwalk
Railroad St
Findlay Company
Nine indicted as Huron grand jury acts on fraud cases
A Huron County grand jury indicted four men for offences from passing bad checks to grand theft and returned five secret indictments. John J. Russell is charged with stealing two grain wagons worth 2800 dollars from a farm near New London, recovered two weeks later. Donald G. Allen faced possession of a stolen moped. Peter Vieck indicted for receiving 50 dollars of stolen property. Clayton Bartow charged with writing 4200 dollars in bad checks to two Norwalk banks from a closed Akron account.
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Huron County
John J. Russell
Norwalk
New Lon
Don
John Nolan
Fitchville River Road
Ruggles Township
Huron
Ashland County
New London
Donald
G. Allen
Chestnut St
Dennis Bleile
Mead St
Allen
Peter A. Vieck
Bouscau Ave
Maria
Clayton Bartow
Bartow
Huron County Bank
North
Home Savings
Jack Fynes
Akron
County Assures No Runoff From Huron Landfill
Huron County Commissioners told Matthew Claus there will be no surface water runoff onto his property from the landfill. A public hearing on enlarging the site resulted in an agreement under Gov Rhodes’s bill authorizing the land purchase for 30 000 dollars plus a 31 acre land swap with Mrs Claus. The sale becomes official Nov 5 with officials including Prosecutor Hauser and Sanitary Engineer Mutz present.
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Huron County
Matthew Claus
Claus
Townline Road 12
Greenfield Township
James Rhodes
Mrs. Claus
Peru Township
Townline 131
Richard Hauser
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