Four Injured in Fitchville Intersection Crash
Four young men were injured when two cars collided at U.S. 250 and Ohio 162 in Fitchville. John R. Straus Jr. 21, of Smithfield, is in critical condition at Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital. Robert M. Frye 19, Brilliant, was treated and released, with passengers William Nest 22 and Gary P. Sutphin 20 in satisfactory condition. Both drivers reportedly failed to stop at the South Ohio 162 sign and the cars went into an embankment, then a bean field. Frye was charged with failure to obey a stop sign. Straus accident under investigation.
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U.S. 250
Ohio 162
Fitchville
John R. Straus, Jr
Smithfield
Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital
Robert M. Frye
Brilliant
Straus
William Nest
Frye
Gary P. Sutphin
State Highway Patrol
162
Strais
Break-in at South Central High School Office
Greenwich reports entry via pried furnace-room door at South Central High School. Deputies say two doors and four windows smashed. less than $2 in office change missing. Entry time between midnight and 3:45 a.m. Lt John Osterland of the Huron County Sheriff's Department investigated.
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Greenwich
South Central High School
John Osterland
Huron County Sheriff’s Department
Berlin Heights Harvest Festival Highlights Civil Parade
Berlin Heights celebrated Labor Day weekend with sun and a bustling Harvest Festival. Highlights included the annual parade, numerous floats such as a Vermilion Fire Department one room motel entry, and awards across verse categories plus a softball tournament and kids parade.
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Berlin Heights
Vermilion Fire Department
Barb Rooker
Milan
Bay View
Milan Melon Festival Queen Ingrid Brimer
Ingrid Brimer, 16, a Edison High senior from Milan, was named Melon Festival Queen after a pageant with 16 entrants in the village square. She is escorted by Paul Hoover and sponsored by the Milan Research Club. Jeannie Sprau and Anne Pickrell were first and second runners up respectively.
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Camino Club
Nel’s Cafe
Berlin Heights
Layman Payne
Bob Parisi
Irv
Tom Jordan
Erie Shores Sports Car Club, Inc
Milan
Ingrid Brimer
Ingrid
Robert F. Brimer
Edison High School
Paul Hoover
Brimer
Jeannie Sprau
Zelma Sprau
Jeannie
EHOVE
Harris Division
Gould, Inc
Anne Pickrell
Roy L. Pickrell
Edison High
Kathy Agee
Marilyn Lukke
Debbie McWilliams
Arthur McWilliams
Figari Dies At 49 In East Northport Auto Racing Promoter
Lou Figari promoter of All Star stock car league and longtime figure in auto racing died Monday in East Northport New York from a heart attack at age 49. He had been active in the sport for over 13 years.
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East Northport
N.Y
UPI
Lou Figari
Milan Melon Festival serves 6500 melon cones and 3500 helpings
Visitors to the Milan Melon Festival enjoyed over 3500 helpings of watermelon and muskmelon and licked 6500 melon flavored ice cream cones. The Milan and Berlin Granges operated the booth with cones from more than 400 gallons of ice cream.
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Milan
Russell Nickels
Berlin
Wakeman Tractors Win Milan Tractor Pulls at Melon Festival
Winners in the 9 000 pound class were Gary Pickett Wakeman first Bob Hedrick Monroeville second Bob Granes Wakeman third and George Austin Milan fourth. Granes won the 12 000 pound class with Carl Gerber Wakeman Jerry Pickett Wakeman and Ralph Hedrick in the placing order. Ann Dunkelman Mansfield won the 1971 Dodge Swinger car in a Monday night drawing.
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Milan
Gary Pickett
Wakeman
Bob Hedrick
Monroeville
Bob Granes
George Austin
Carl Gerber
Jerry Pickett
Ralph Hedrick
Ann Dunkelman
Mansfield
Norwalk Lions Club
Heidi Buggele
Porter Ford
Cletus Farrell
Norwalk
Yvonne Barnett
Nancy Wilson
Jeff Mann
Melon Festival Committee
One Bid On City Note In Norwalk For Power Improvements
The Huron County Banking Co. of Norwalk bid the sole amount of 125000 dollars for a one year note to finance electricity distribution upgrades. The note bears five percent interest and must be repaid by November 1 to align with Ohio Edison’s 69 000 volt system switch. Auditor Charles J. Hipp will engage the Cleveland firm Squire Sanders and Dempsey for legal work. The city purchases supplementary power from Ohio Edison Co.
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Huron County Banking Co
Norwalk
Charles J. Hipp
Cleveland
Squire, Sanders and Dempsey
Ohio Edison
Ohio Edison Co
St. Mary Home Hit By Fire in Norwalk
Firefighters battled a second floor blaze at 187 St Mary's, Norwalk, early today causing furniture damage but preventing spread. Over Labor Day weekend, two calls included a stove fire at 109 Milan Ave started by lightning and a car engine fire at 124 Newton St from an electrical short.
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Norwalk
Thomas Collins
St. Mary’s
Fred Sellinger
Milan Ave
R.W. Higgins
Newton St
Man goes berserk at FT Norwalk ER
Police were summoned to Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital after a patient in Norwalk became violent during examination after losing consciousness. A friend from Cleveland accompanied him en route to visit a girlfriend when the incident occurred. The man regained consciousness and attacked staff.
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Norwalk City
Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital
Cleveland
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