Boy Sets Dog House On Fire Loses Life
A four year old boy died in Bellevue when he crawled into a dog house and accidentally set straw alight with a cigarette lighter. Fire killed him by smoke inhalation in the device behind his home on Heyman Road before 10 a.m. His father and sheriff deputies found the burned body as investigators noted a green lighter and a sneaker nearby. The death was ruled accidental by Coroner Dr. William B. Holman. Surviving family includes three brothers and a sister. services are planned with details provided by the Kubach Smith Funeral Home.
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Bellevue
Here
Douglas Ray Stephens
Will P. Stephens, Jr
Heyman Road
Huron County Sheriff's Department
Sheriff's Deputies
William B. Holman
Huron County
Dr. Holman
Ludban
Stephens
Douglas
Dwayne
Willard
Danny
David
Sharon
Will Stephens Sr
Mardell Osborn
Norwalk
Wilma Lee
Kubach-Smith Funeral Home
North Fairfield
Pan Am 747 Sets World Pole-to-Pole Speed Record
Pan American World Airways flies a special 747 around the Earth via the North and South Poles in 48 hours 3 minutes to celebrate its 50th birthday and U S international aviation golden anniversary, shaving half a day from the 1965 Boeing 707 cargo jet record.
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San Francisco
UPS
Poles
Pan American World Airways
U.S. International Aviation
Joshua Berman son of comedian Shelley Berman dies at 12
Los Angeles reports the death of Joshua Berman a 12 year old son of comedian Shelley Berman from a brain tumor at Cedars Sinai Hospital He leaves his mother Sarah and sister Rachel 10 He had been treated at Children's Hospital Cincinnati in September after two operations and was in Cincinnati during his father’s supper club tour for the play Dont Drink the Water.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Joshua Berman
Shelley Berman
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Sarah
Rachel
Children’s Hospital
Cincinnati
Weather and local births and death notice
Partly cloudy and mild with highs in the 60s and showers likely tonight. Births: Patrick and Kimberly Brown Norwalk have a girl. Roger and Janet Dwight Norwalk a boy. Richard and Carolyn Andrews Norwalk a boy. Death: Mrs Edwina Jo Reilly age 44 North Fairfield.
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Patrick
Kimberly Brown
Norwalk
Roger
Janet Dwight
Richard
Carolyn Andrews
Edwina Jo Reilly
North Fairfield
New Car Costs 30 Cents A Mile Hertz Report
Hertz reports 1977 average car costs rose to 30.1 cents per mile or $3,007 annually for a typical American car driven 10,000 miles a year and kept three years. Insurance led cost increases, and average new car price topped $5,200. Fuel efficiency improved to about 15.5 mpg despite higher gas prices.
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Hertz
Detroit
UPI
Hertz Corp
Nationwide
J.E. Menendez
Menendez
Pins Found In Halloween Candy At NL
New London police reported stick pins found in candy and gum given to two ten year olds during Begger's Night. Capt Emmitt Mobberly warned parents to inspect every item before eating. one pin had to be removed from a child's mouth roof.
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New London
Emmitt Mobberly
New London Police
Norwalk Welcomes Trick or Treat Tonight 7 to 9
Norwalk youngsters may trick or treat from 7 to 9 this evening. They should visit homes with porch lights on only. Vik Van Hentenryck, longtime Norwalk evangelist and sign painter known as Good Humor Man for Christ, died at 79 after six months of ill health. He moved to Norwalk 32 years ago from Terre Haute, Indiana, and was active in church groups, Lions, Masons, and Gideons International.
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Norwalk
Nicolas Victor
Vik) van Hentenryck
Mr. van Hentenryck
Christ
Baptist Church
Lions Club
Masons
Gideon Society
WLKR
Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital
League
Belgium
van Hentenryck
Terre Haute
Ind
First Baptist Church
Mt. Vernon
Gideons International
Firelands Senior Center
Golden Agers
Painters and Paper Hangers Union
Sandusky
Frieda
Victor J
Clarkston
Mich
Louis I
Hazel Park
James R
Nancy Maurer
New Carlisle
Ohio
Donald FE. Cook
Richard E. Cook
Frieda Barnhart
Viva Gordon
Kubach-Smith
Mt. Vernon Masonic Lodge No. 64
Paul E. Smith
Woodlawn
Halloween Parade Brings Goblins and Costumes to Main Street
Goblins, witches, ghosts, and ghouls paraded down Main Street on Halloween Eve. A Groucho Marx look alike impersonator caused laughs as a woman in disguise bobbed her eyebrows. Robots and Star War characters joined the odd procession alongside a child dressed as a supper table. Lady Godiva appeared on a horse, prompting astonished reactions. Jaycees sponsored the event and handed out candy to participants and spectators alike, counting some attendees as a $25 crowd.
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Main Street
Groucho Marx
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Maser
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Turkey
West Lafayette
Purdue University
Portland, Ore
Oregon
Portland
Washington
Prince Charles
San Francisco Bay
Grunt
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California
Monroeville
David Ludban
Berman
Vik van Hentenryck
Main St
Lady Godiva
Sue Jenkins
Greenwich
Jaycees
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