Fontaine In Very Critical Condition After Airport Illness
Comedian Frank Fontaine, 57, of Winchester, Mass., was in extremely bad shape in a Columbus hospital coronary care unit early today after becoming ill at Port Columbus International Airport. A hospital spokeswoman said he was unconscious and relatives were en route. doctors were unsure if a heart attack occurred. Fontaine, famed for the Crazy Guggenheim role, had completed a three night stand at the Sandalwood Inn in Columbus Saturday.
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Columbus, Ohio
Frank Fontaine
Columbus Hospital
Port Columbus International
Fontaine
Winchester
Mass
Columbus
Guggenheim
Jackie Gleason
Sandalwood Inn
Toledo artisan Dominick Labino wins 1977 Phoenix Award
Glass maker Dominick Labino of Toledo receives the University of Arizona Phoenix Award, the top honor in the glass industry. His works appear in 66 museum collections worldwide, he held 57 patents, and his glass fiber innovations aided Gemini and Apollo programs. Labino has worked with major Toledo glass firms and teaches art at Bowling Green State University.
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Toledo, Ohio
Dominick Labino
Labino
Toledo
Bowling Green State University
Man Immolated in Columbus Room Sets Self Afire
Columbus police investigated a suicide after Mark Malatesta a 27 year old man appeared to douse himself with gasoline in his second floor room then walked onto the porch and set himself on fire. No notes were found and authorities had no motive.
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Columbus, Ohio
Columbus
Mark Malatesta
Malatesta
Gilligan Surprised by Rally Turnout in Ohio
John J. Gilligan told a Columbus crowd he was surprised by turnout at his first campaign rally. He refused to reveal plans for the 1978 gubernatorial race while attending the state party dinner and supporting Ohio's instant voter registration law with Vice President Mondale.
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Columbus
Ohio
John J. Gilligan
Gilligan
Walter F. Mondale
Ex-SBA Official Pleads Innocent on False Statement Charges
Isaac R. Mayfield former state Small Business Administration director remains free on a $1000 bond after pleading innocent to two counts of making false statements to the SBA about a claimed Charleston trip in December 1974. Judge Robert E Maxwell delayed trial date due to attorney change. Mayfield 54 of Bridgeport was indicted September 8.
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Elkins
W.va
Isaac R. Mayfield
State Small Business Administration
SBA
Mayfield
U.S. District Court
Robert E. Maxwell
Maxwell
Bridgeport
Charleston
Disputed Injuries in Biko Autopsy Emineled by Pathologists
Pathologists for the government and Steve Biko’s family clash with American reports alleging multiple head and body injuries. Dr. Jonathan Gluckman questions sources tied to the autopsy and calls such claims scandalous until microscopic results are finished.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Steve Biko
Jonathan Gluckman
Biko
Washington Post
CBS News
OU Provost Jumping High After First Parachute Flight
Ohio University Provost Neil Bucklew joined 10 university colleagues for a first parachute jump at Greene County Sport Parachute Center near Bidwell. The event followed training, with Bucklew landing off target due to stronger wind but expressing excitement and considering a future jump.
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Tom Kochheiser
Ohio University
Neil Bucklew
Bucklew
Thomas Marshall
Army Rotc
Joe Dennison
Greene County Sport Parachute Center
Gallia County
Bidwell
Greene County
Xenia
Free World
Ben Marshall
Hurt in 3 Cycle Wrecks
Three weekend motorcycle accidents left four people injured in the Athens area. Leslie McGuire 29 and Kathy Hollis 25 were hurt near Route 50W at the South Y when their motorcycle collided with a van driven by Michael Krivesti 29 of Athens Route 2. McGuire broke her ankle and cut her arm, Hollis suffered a possible dislocated shoulder and abrasions. Both were hospitalized at O Bleness Memorial Hospital. Rodney Frank 24 of Lancaster crashed his motorcycle off a rural Hocking County road, sustaining a broken shoulder and leg and was treated at Hocking Valley Community Hospital, then transferred to Lancaster Fairfield Hospital. Willard Hoffer 29 of Ames was injured on County Road 34 Mush Run Road after leaving his lane and striking a car driven by Gene Bosma 33 of Washington, West Virginia. Hoffer was treated at O Bleness Memorial Hospital. Toni Gwilym 21 of 301 Carroll Road crashed into a utility pole on Columbus Road and was taken to O Bleness with a nosebleed.
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Chillicothe
Leslie McGuire
Kathy Hollis
South Y
Ding
State Highway Patrol
Frank
Enterprise
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
Logan
Lancaster- Fairfield Hospital
Columbus
Willard Hoffer
Mush Run Road
Ames
Hoffer
Gene Bosma
Washingon
W. Va
O’bleness Memorial Hospital
Toni Gwilym
Carroll Road
Columbus Road
Athens Lake
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Athens
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West Union Street
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Fred Hampton
Jack Simmons
Messenger
Bob Wilson Jr
Rex Koons
Raymond Cuckler
Lodge
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Leslie Scrimger
Francis Pontious
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