Ohio Auditor questions borrowing from Vietnam fund
State Auditor Thomas E. Ferguson seeks a formal opinion from Attorney General William Brown on whether Ohio can borrow 60 million dollars from the Vietnam Veterans Bonus Fund to cover an operating deficit. Ferguson voiced serious questions about the plan outlined by Budget Director Howard Collier to avoid a DecemberJanuary deficit.
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Columbus
UPI
Thomas E. Ferguson
Ohio
William Brown
Ferguson
Howard Collier
Ford slips toast misnaming Sadat as Israel leader
President Ford ad libbed a toast at Sadat's banquet and, after calling Sadat the President of Israel, corrected himself with Egypt. In Washington he backed legislation to let a federal court manage New York City's finances if it defaults, while opposing a bailout. Beirut residents sheltered as civil war raged, with many foreigners evacuated including about 50 U.S. embassy staff and dependents. In Lindsay Canada Mrs Mary Ross died after a main chute failed to deploy during a skydiving jump. her reserve chute did not deploy.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Anwar Sadat
Sadat
Israel
Egypt
New York City
Beirut
Lebanon
U.S
Mary Ross
Toronto
Canada
Lindsay
Weather and obituaries brief from Wakeman area
Partial clearing and cooler tonight with lows upper 20s to low 30s. Thursday mostly sunny and cool with highs 45 to 50 and rain chances 20 percent tonight and 10 percent Thursday. Births report a misprint corrected for Ring family with a daughter at Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital. Deaths list Wesley Enderby 92 Greenwich Bertha Knott 71 North Fairfield Leon Downing 75 Norwalk Beatrice Brown 71 Norwalk.
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Roger Garton
Wakeman
Michael Ring
Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital
Wesley J. Enderby
Greenwich
Bertha Knott
North Fairfield
Leon Downing
Norwalk
Beatrice Brown
Opinion Line on Rhodes bond issue funding
Tuesday readers debate Gov. Rhodes using taxpayers funds to back four bond issues. Most call it illegal and a rip off, while a minority supports him. Readers also discuss city gas rate controls and voting lines with two numbers for calls to vote yes or no.
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Gov. Rhodes
Ohio
Rhodes
Perry
20 percent of US adults lack everyday skills study finds
A four year Office of Education study redefines functional literacy as including consumer, employment, and civic skills beyond reading. About 19.7 percent of adults function with difficulty and 33.9 percent are functional but not proficient, with gaps in money handling and consumer tasks.
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Craig A. Palmer
Washington
UPI
U.S. Office of Education
Columbia Gas Proposes Four Year Rate Hike For Norwalk
Columbia Gas of Ohio offers a contract raising Norwalk gas rates by about 25 percent over four years. The first year would raise an average 15 000 cubic feet bill from 27 12 to 30 29, with further yearly increases to 34 11 by 1979. A PUCO official will review the figures. Mayor Goodsite says there may be room to negotiate.
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Kevin Tanzillo
Norwalk
Columbia Gas
Ohio
Charles Sneddon
Wayne Goodsite
Sneddon
Council
PACO
Those Bib Overalls Don't Fool Natives
Two Secret Service agents protecting Jimmy Carter in Plains Georgia bought Liberty bib overalls to blend with locals in a town of about 700. They failed to find wide-brim straw hats and were spotted in an antique shop by state Sen. Hugh Carter and residents who noted their casual disguise.
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Plains
UPI
Secret Service
Jimmy Carter
Georgia
South Georgia
Ernest Turner
Liberty
Turner
Hugh Carter
Jimmy
Norwalk Man Wins $1000 in Millionaire Drawing
A Norwalk resident won $1,000 in the Millionaire's Drawing after buying a ticket at the Glass Bar in Norwalk. Donald Lundell, employed by Spector Freight in Northfield, bought two weekly tickets and plans to continue. Others awarded included a $100,000 second prize to Arnold Markum of Grove City and a $50,000 prize to Derral Ross of Arcanum.
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North Canton
Norwalk
Donald Lundell
Glass Bar
Lundell
Spector Freight
Northfield
Marjorie
Donna
Peru-Olena Road
Chester J. Skidd
Parma
Stewart Bolling & Co
Cleveland
Arnold Markum
Grove City
Derral Ross
Arcanum
Norwalk Jaycees Haunted House Opens Tonight
The Norwalk Jaycees host a haunted house from 6 30 to 10 pm at 110 East Main Street. Proceeds support local projects and community activities in Norwalk.
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Norwalk
Jaycees
E. Main St
Miller resigns from Huron County Airport Authority
Thelma Miller quits the Huron County Airport Authority citing inability to serve impartially. President Urban Livengood Jr reports she notified him she submitted resignation to the county commissioners. The board seeks nominees to fill two new positions as the authority expands from five to seven members.
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Thelma Miller
Huron County Airport Authority
Urban Livengood, Jr
Livengood
Huron County
Norwalk
Miller
Zoellner
Huron County Commissioners
Community fundraiser progress update
GOAL is set at 91000 dollars with pledges totaling 33639 dollars, representing about 37 percent of the goal. The figures reflect donor commitments to the campaign as recorded at this reporting point.
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Bayview
Fairview General Hospitals
Cuyahoga
Lorain
Cuyahoga County
Alton D. Slay
North Vietnam
Senate
Slay
Birch Bayn
D.ind
Southeast Asia
Nyc
Toe
Goodsite
PUCO
Chester Skidd
Ann
Canton
Skidd
County Commissioners’ Office
Ron Zoellner
Fred Stein
William Hedrick
Monroeville
Richard Turnley
United Fund
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