Meter Maids Ticket Downtown Cars in Cleveland Scandal
In Cleveland 15 meter maids using federal funds began work and issued over 1200 tickets in two days. Mayor Ralph Perk’s official car was ticketed in a no parking zone at city hall drawing criticism from officials and residents. City reports show about 5 percent of tickets may be improper as staff learn parking rules. Downtown business leaders lament the disruption and public figures anger grows.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Ralph Perk
Irene Harris
Mayor Perk
Clyde Scott
Scott
Abrams Seen as Human Army Chief Pick Despite Rugged Image
Gen Creighton W. Abrams, proposed as Army chief of staff, appears as a tough, veterans’ leader yet is described as a “very human” man who cares for soldiers. He modernized Vietnam force downsizing, faces drug, racial, morale, and tension issues, and has a large family background including West Point ties and six children. The beluga sturgeon note concludes the piece.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
Nixon
Army
Creighton W. Abrams
U.S
Vietnam
Abrams
George McGovern
Springfield
Mass
Tootsie
West Point
William C. Westmoreland
Julia
Vassar
Creighton III
John
Lesbian Mothers Find Solidarity In Seattle Support Group
The Gay Mothers Union gathers 10 to 20 women weekly to share fears and solutions about raising children as lesbians. Ann and Beth, both in their 30s, describe social scrutiny and custody battles while emphasizing a nurturing home life.
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Seattle
Gay Mothers’ Union
Ann
Beth
Ellen
Carol
Donna
Bar Pickup Illegality Reverses Marijuana Conviction
The Florida 1st District Court of Appeal voided the marijuana conviction and a one-year jail term for Tom Spencer after ruling that Shir ley Thompson’s bar pickup ruse to entice men into smoking pot was unlawful. The decision cited the state’s refusal to permit deceptive acts by female agents to trap suspects.
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Tom Spencer
St. Augustine
Spencer
Thompson
Florida
Spector
John Bull name origin linked to Arbuthnot pamphlet satire
The symbolic Englishman John Bull derives from pamphlets circulating around 1712 in which John Arbuthnot, physician to Queen Anne, satirized Whig war policies. The label then captured national persona in political caricature.
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John Bull
John Arbuthnot
New Look For Old Firehouses
Buffalo scene report cites John Baldwin of Dayton Ohio telling a convention of the International Association of Fire Chiefs that a new look for station houses may emerge nationwide. He notes women may respond to fires alongside men amid the women’s liberation movement and Lion Uniform Inc plans to design uniforms for women firefighters.
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Buffalo
N. Y
John Baldwin
Dayton
Ohio
International Association of Fire
Baldwin
Lion Uniform, Inc
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