Halloween trick or treating schedules set for area towns
Huron County towns announce Trick or Treat hours with Willard Greenwich New London Monroeville Wakeman Collins East Townsend Norwalk North Fairfield Berlin Heights Milan listing tonight through Friday. Also included are traffic incidents and a Bellevue Grain Co fire with no injuries and a Sandusky car vandalism investigation seeking clues.
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Hallowe’en
Huron County
Willard
Greenwich
New London
Monroeville
Wakeman
Collins
East Townsend
Norwalk
North Fairfield
Berlin Heights
Milan
Norwalk Weather and Local Births Deaths Note
Fair conditions continue with a mild warm up Thursday as readings show Norwalk reaching mid fifties. Overnight low around the mid twenties. Precipitation none today. Winds easterly then southeast. Births report a Monroeville couple’s son. Local deaths include three residents listed with ages and addresses.
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Norwalk
Stevenson to run for Dirksen Senate seat in Illinois
Illinois Treasurer Adlai E Stevenson III is set to announce his bid to succeed the late Everett M Dirksen with possible Democratic primary challenge from U S ambassador R Sargent Shriver. Stevenson is son of Adlai Stevenson II a former presidential nominee and governor. Spiro Agnew quips at a Defense Department ceremony asserting liberty over economy.
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Chicago
UPI
Illinois
Adlai E. Stevenson III
Everett M. Dirksen
R. Sargent Shriver
U.S
Paris
Stevenson
Adlai Stevenson
U.N
United Nations
Nixon Opens Virginia Campaign With Welcoming Roanoke Rally
In Roanoke 11,000 supporters greeted Richard Nixon on his first campaign swing in 350 days. He attacked outside agitator labels aimed at Linwood Holton opponent William Battle and praised GOP unity with Agnew Reagan by his side. Nixon recounted a farmer voting Republican for his grandson and noted the crowd’s enthusiasm.
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Washington
UPI
Richard M. Nixon
Roanoke
Nixon
Virginia
Spiro T. Agnew
Ronald Reagan
Linwood Holton
William C. Battle
Holton
Agnew
Reagan
Howard Baker
Tennessee
Baker
City Council Trims Tax Proposal and Water Rate Hike
Norwalk City Council halves the income tax proposal to 0.5 percent amid pressure and cuts water and sewer rate increases. The finance chair notes half percent relies on future expenditure and that rates will be recalculated by the city engineer using current users. Original water and sewer hikes were to lift revenue significantly this year.
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Judy Morgan
Norwalk
Allen Hakes
Council
William V. Mount
Citizens Blue Ribbon Tax Commission
Thomas Hutton
Joint Water-Sewer Committee
George Cunitz
Hutton
Mount
Cunitz
Frederick Waugh
Lawrence Bresson
Independent Haulers Withdraw Pickets After Fatal Gun Battle
In Youngstown Ohio independent steelhaulers halted street pickets at the Republic Steel plant bowing to the Teamsters after a gun battle that killed one and wounded five. Police sealed an eight block area as 100 to 150 shots rang out during the 30 minute melee. Six people were arrested and one held on disturbing the peace.
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Youngstown, Ohio
UPI
Steelhaulers
Republic Steel Corp
Teamster Union
Republic
Ed Hugel
Jerry Stoneburner
Stoney Trucking Co
Abandoned Tot Clings To Fence As Parents Unfound
In Bakersfield California four year old Jody Smith was found clinging to a chain link fence beside a freeway after her parents allegedly told her to wait for a police officer. She spent 12 hours outside with bruises and a puffed abdomen while authorities search for Ronnie and Betty Smith. The child is in county Welfare Department custody as leads come in but no arrest or location of the parents yet.
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Bakersfield
Calif
UPI
Jody Smith
California
Jody
Ronnie Smith
Betty
Timmy
Jason
Rhonda
Kern County Sheriff’s Office
Smith
Kern County
Governor Kirk Attacks Dr. Mead On Marijuana Stand
Florida Governor Claude Kirk blasts Margaret Mead as a "dirty old lady" for supporting marijuana legalization for teens and says media overemphasizes liberal drug views. He cites his own sons learning morality at home and school.
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Tallahassee, Fla
UPI
Margaret Mead
Claude Kirk, Jr
Kirk
North Florida
Wakeman Mayor Warns Voters On Write-In Jokes
Mayor Paul Burns urged Wakeman voters to use common sense as they elect four village officials by write-in. Only John Zelina filed petitions and appears on the ballot, while officials ask if Zelina is automatically elected or if four more write-ins could defeat him.
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Wakeman
Paul Burns
John Zelina
Burns
Huron County
Ted W. Brown
Zelina
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John Absher
Michael A. Loyer
Hartland Center Road
U.S. 20
Loyer
Hartland Center
Absher
Elbert A. Bolen
Harkness St
Bellevue
Prairie Road
Bolen
Amherst College
Richard Andres
Ronald H. Young
Florida
Amherst
Mass
Young
College
Andres
White Roofing and Lumber Co
Benedict Avenue
Massachusetts
Bellevue Grain Co., Inc
Monroe Street
Sandusky
Holiday Motor Inn
U.S. 250
Erie County
William Shively
Son
F-T
Nick Brunovich
St. Petersburg
Fla
William Eldin Young
Gibbs Ave
Gertrude Garner
Norwood Ave
United States
White House
Teamster Local 377
Stoney
Republic Steel
John J. Gorsline
Cleveland Steel
Youngstown
Rogers
William P. Rogers
Margaret Chase Smith
Senate Relations Committee
Senator Smith
Capitol
Dr. Mead
Dirty Old Lady
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