Kent Jury Selection Continues In Civil Suit Over Kent State
In Cleveland Ohio jurors waded through pretrial questions for an $11 million civil damages case tied to the 1970 Kent State shootings. A tentative nine women and three men sat as defense and plaintiffs pressed to pick 12 jurors and four alternates.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Kent State University
Don Young
Young
James Rhodes
Kent State
Robert White
Ohio National
Cambodia
Allison Krause
Pitts
Cambodian Crew Seeks Asylum After Mayaguez Capture
Cambodian naval crew claims they seized the freighter Mayaguez then mutinied against its Communist captain and sailed to Thailand seeking asylum. Thai navy confirms impounding a gunboat, detaining 10 crew members, and notes crew claims responsibility for the capture. Pentagon reports casualty figures from the Mayaguez rescue. Five killed, 16 missing, 49 wounded. Ford administration notes delay in casualty tally. Names identified among the dead include Air Force 2nd Lt. Richard Vandegeer, S Sgt. Elwood E. Rumbaugh, and Marine Lance Cpl. Ashton N. Loney.
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Mayaguez
Thailand
Bangkok
Pentagon
U.S
Randall W. Austin
Subic Naval Base
Philippines
Air Force
Richard Vandegeer
Buckland
Mass
Elwood E. Rumbaugh
Vickie M. Rumbaugh
Dothan
Ala
Lance Cpl
Ashton N. Loney
Virginia E. J. Loney
Albany
N.Y
One Escaped Convict Remains at Large
Ronald Carter 26 of Cleveland remains at large after breaking out of Southern Ohio Correctional Facility Lucasville with two other inmates. Authorities suspended concentrated search and continue investigation as guards strike for bargaining rules.
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Lucasville
Ohio
Southern Ohio
Highway Patrol
Portsmouth
Ronald Carter
Cleveland
Marion Correctional Institution
Joseph Ashley
Department of Rehabilitation and Correction
Ohio Civil Service Employes Association
State Department of Administrative Services
Carter
Edward Nesbitt
Scioto County
Michael Patterson
Hamilton
Ashley
Marion
Ohio U graduate named editor of Dayton Journal Herald
Dennis Shere 34, former Detroit News city editor since 1973, will take over Dayton Journal Herald on June 23. He succeeds Charles T. Alexander who resigned March 24 after a dispute over page one obscenity. Shere earlier wrote for Dayton Daily News and taught at Ohio University.
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School of Journalism
Dayton Journal Herald
Dennis Shere
Detroit News
Dayton
Associated Press
Charles T. Alexander
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News
United States
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Dayton Daily News
Ohio U
Ohio University Post
Supreme Court upholds Pennsylvania private school textbook aid
The Supreme Court preserves the part of a 1972 Pennsylvania law that funds textbooks for private and church related schools while striking down provisions allowing direct loan of materials and possible funding for counseling testing and therapy. Benson Wolman of the Ohio ACLU welcomes a broader separation of church and state.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
Benson Wolman
Ohio
American Civil Liberties Union
U.S. Supreme Court
School Board Sets Meeting Over Teacher Firings
South Point School Board members plan a meeting tonight to discuss special termination hearings for more than 100 teachers fired two weeks ago over a salary dispute. Attorneys for the board and the striking teachers agreed in a U.S. District Court hearing to follow state rules requiring local boards to hold hearings before dismissal.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
South Point
U.S
Partly Cloudy Warm Tonight and Wednesday
Weather report notes partly cloudy and warm conditions with a 30 percent rain chance tonight and 40 percent on Wednesday. Temperatures dip to the 60s tonight and reach the mid to upper 80s Wednesday. Details on Page 8.
Strip Mine Bill Faces Ford Veto Vote Close in House
AP reports that sponsors and opponents expect a tight House vote on President Ford's veto of a bill imposing national limits on coal strip mining. The measure would require restoration of mined land and levy a 35 cent per ton cleanup tax, with Senates expected to override unlikely. The House override effort is scheduled for Wednesday.
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Washington
House
Ford
Frank G. Zarb
Federal Energy Administration
Congress
Senate
National Environment
United States
Zarb
Sam Steiger
R-Ariz
Savannakhet Falls to Pathet Lao as U S Aid In Jeopardy
Pathet Lao troops seized Savannakhet in southern Laos amid two weeks of upheaval. Reported quiet among 12 Americans held in loose arrest. Sanford Stone says Westerners are safe. Observers fear broader Pathet Lao advance toward Pakse as U S aid program faces possible cuts.
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Associated Press
Pathet Lao
Laos
Savannakhet
Pakse
Mekong
Sanford Stone
U.S
Vientiane
Stone
Agency For Inter
OSA Grad Killed in Mayaguez Rescue
A 27 year old Air Force lieutenant and helicopter rescue pilot, born in Cleveland and raised near Sheffield Lake, died in the Mayaguez rescue mission. His father called the loss a result of doing his job. A second service member, Lance Cpl Ashton N Loney of Trinidad, died in the same operation while stationed on Okinawa with the 2nd Battalion 9th Marines.
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OSA Grad
Associated Press
Air Force
Mayaguez
Richard Vandegeer
Army
Vandegeer
Buckland
Mass
Phnom Penh
Saigon
High Seas
Ford
Cleveland
Sheffield Lake
Korea
Ohio State
University
Albany
N.Y
Virginia Loney
Lance Cpl
Ashton N. Loney
Trinidad
Judith Loney
South Vietnam
Loney
Okinawa
9Th Marine
Union Shop Pact Reinserted in Ohio Bill
In Columbus, Senate Democrats vote 5-4 to restore authority for public employers and unions to forge union shop agreements. The plan would allow nonmembers to be assessed union fees equal to dues, with one Democrat opposing on philosophical grounds as the bill nears final committee action.
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Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
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