Haunted Boston glass panes find new Maine home
Glass panes from Boston's Hancock Tower, salvaged after widespread breakage, crack again in Maine. Don Leavitt installed three in a house, only to see them crack by themselves as residents report repeated breakage. Russel Brace of Belfast fared better, using 25 panes in the Republican Journal building for a skylight and expressing satisfaction.
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Boston
John Hancock Tower
Waterville
Don Leavitt
Maine
Leavitt
Boothbay Area
Russel Brace
Belfast
Brace
Republican Journal
Two Kitchen Fires in New London Damage Homes
New London volunteer firemen battled two stove fires on Saturday. The first at 7:15 p.m. damaged the J B Patton residence at 182 Williams Street with minor damage. The second at 9:45 p.m. hit the Art Gross trailer at 42 Walnut Street with more extensive damage. Both fires kept crews on scene about an hour. Roger Carr ended his holdout with one year agreements and will report to training camp by Thursday, per Baltimore Colts spokesman.
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al Walters
J.B. Patton
Williams St
Art Gross
Walnut St
Baltimore
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Baltimore Colts
Roger Carr
Tar Slows Roller Skater Rabbit in Milan Mile Race
Ken Shoup, 34, Milan, skated the 10 kilometer race as the event rabbit for nearly 400 runners. He finished in 216th after skating through tar on Seminary Road, costing the Milan Jaycees 107.50 in beer at the finish. He blamed not checking the course and joked about his big mouth before the race.
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Milan
Ken Shoup
Milan Jaycees
Shoup
Jaycees
Seminary Road
Chief Says War Is Won in Cleveland Prostitution Crackdown
Police Chief Michael P. Ahrens declares victory in the war on prostitution claiming streetwalkers are no longer visible. Captain Carl Delay counters the effort continues with ongoing arrests, noting 247 prostitution arrests downtown last month.
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Michael P. Ahrens
Carl I. Delay
Ahrens
Delan
Norwalk Plans Ambulance Dispatch Reorganization Tonight
Norwalk City Council will weigh a new ambulance dispatch method by replacing two coordinators with a full time police coordinator and adding a CETA hired dispatcher. Mayor Goodsite says the plan saves about 6090 annually and names Ptl. Ralph Braker and juvenile officer John Short in key roles. The council also may approve a road salt purchase ordinance.
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Wayne Goodsite
CETA
Goodsite
Ptl
Ralph Braker
John Short
Braker
Short
Columbia Gas
Don Phelps
Collins Man Charged in CB Radio Theft
Collins deputies arrested Dan Wiley 18 for stealing a citizens band radio and antenna from Hubert Williams’s car at Collins Apartments. Items worth about 70 dollars were recovered. Wiley was released on personal recognizance bond.
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Collins
Dan Wiley
Hubert Williams
Man Wanted in Three Counties Arrested After Locking Restroom
Larry Owens twenty of New London was arrested at Branding Iron Tavern on Ohio 18 after deputies broke down a restroom door as he tried to hide there. He is wanted in Lorain Wayne and Medina Counties and will be transferred from Huron County Jail to Lorain County.
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Branding Iron
Ohio
Owens
Lorain
Wayne
Medina
Huron County
Eight Injured In Ohio Klan Rally
In Columbus Ohio during a Labor Day Klan rally on the steps of the state Capitol riot broke out leaving eight injured and ten arrested. Police reports say 1000 to 1500 demonstrators confronted robed Klan members led by Dale Reusch before fights erupted after robed marchers left. Police held the scene with 30 state troopers and 50 city officers as more arrests followed at the police station.
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Ohio
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Ku Klux Klan
State
Dale Reusch
Ohio Highway Patrol
City
State Capitol
Refuse Fire Report In Norwalk Area
The Norwalk Fire Department and Huron County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a refuse fire at 19 Gibbs Road. Bourx Calhoun was cleaning a property for Howard Dellinger and Jack Orth, burning auto seats tires paint and oil cans. An Ohio Highway Patrolman extinguished a fire in a 1972 Oldsmobile on Ohio 61 South.
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Huron County Sheriff's Department
Gibbs Road
Bourx Calhoun
Howard Dellinger
Jack Orth
Calhoun
Ohio
Trevor Hunter
W. Seminary
Ohio 61 South
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