Teen in shorts fights intruder as Cleveland police arrest suspect
In Cleveland a 16 year old, staying at his home while his father works nearby, fired a shotgun at a prowler. Neighbors helped him call police with a raincoat for cover as a second man fled. Police arrested a youth in a car. a wounded man and a third suspect fled as officers arrived. The teen, a paper carrier from Akron, attends Cleveland Aviation High School.
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Cleveland
R. Brown
Akron
Aviation High School
Brown
Marie Maksimov
Boris
Evelyn Barger
Herrick
Lois Brown
One-Legged Corry Native Logs 500 Pool Miles
Warren Ohio native James Richard Hurst known as Dick, a fifth grade teacher, beekeeper, and father, has logged 500 miles in three and a half years at the Warren YMCA pool. He lost his right leg at seven in a farm accident, learned to swim despite fear of water, and now swims daily about half a mile, six days a week, to feel better.
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James Richard
Dick”” Hurst
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Emerson
YMCA
Chicago
James Richard Hurst
Charles Jackman
Andrew Paulson
Erie County
Mike Tricot
Tribune Chronicle
Sanitary conditions at Allegheny County Jail blasted in trial
New York penal expert George M. Camp testified in federal court that the Allegheny County Jail has intolerable sanitation. He described crusts of bread on a window ledge and inmates in the jail hospital restrained in cots with improvised holes for waste. The class action suit was filed in 1976 by Neighborhood Legal Services Association on behalf of five inmates.
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New York
Allegheny County
George M. Camp
New York Division of Criminal Justice Services
Neighborhood Legal Services Association
Camp
Petersburg seeks ban on Playboy and porn films
A Petersburg West Virginia religious campaign led by the Rev Lynn Rohrbaugh aims to ban Playboy Penthouse and Hustler from local stores and prohibit R and X rated films at the Grant County drive in The city council may approve the ban if it aligns with a 1975 Supreme Court ruling Studies show 1400 residents signed the petition and two of three shops pulled the magazines The theater outside city limits complicates the motion A dissenting minister warns against censorship and loss of reading rights Meanwhile New York AP reports US colleges received a record 24 billion in donations in the 1970s year with a 41 rise that educators call vital to funding.
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W.va
Playboy
Potomac Highlands
Lynn Rohrbaugh
Rohrbaugh
Penthouse
Grant County
Washington D.C
John Groves
Smitty Alt
Groves
Grant County Commission
Trent Trench
Fort Hill Drive-in
Charlton Heston
Paul Newman
Treach
Richard Longdow
Pottstown Mercury ethics code fight heads to negotiation
The NLRB says the Pottstown Mercury may set a code of ethics but must bargain with a union before enforcing penalties. The ruling upholds the code issued in 1974 as ethics standards, while saying penalties affect employment security and are bargainable. The Newspaper Guild Local 10 represents about a third of Mercury staff.
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National Labor Relations Board
Pottstown Mercury
NLRB
Peerless Publications, Inc
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Mercury
Samuel Singer
Singer
Newspaper Guild of Greater Philadelphia
Local 10
Ellis Rietzel
Bradford Trio Charged In Misusing Public Funds
Bradford Pennsylvania three state tax officials from McKean County faced charges after a year long probe. Theresa Cummins 42 a inheritance tax administrator Amadeo Funari 36 a sales and use tax administrator and Thomas Friel 40 a personal income tax administrator all of Bradford were arrested. Cummins was charged with tampering with public records theft and conspiracy over $160 in travel vouchers. Funari and Friel charged with theft of services and conspiracy. A Justice Department spokesman said Punari and Friel allegedly conspired with county Democratic Chairman Donald Cummins to use public employees for political and union business. Cummins is business representative for Construction and General Laborers Local 836 and Mrs Cummins husband. Charges are pending against Cummins said Dist Atty J Paul Kahle.
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McKean County
Theresa Cummins
Amadeo Funari
Thomas Friel
Cummins
Funari
Friel
Justice Department
Punari
Democratic
Donald Cummins
Construction
Dist
Atty. J
Paul Kahle
Carter's Goals Unachievable Study Says
Washington AP reports a congressional study warns President Carter cannot meet three aims by 1981 inflation reduction unemployment and a balanced budget. The Joint Economic Committee study used computer models and notes the administration faces an awkward position due to conflicting targets amid slower industrial output growth.
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Carter
Joint Economic Committee
Richard Bolling
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Bolling
Congressional
Senate House
Pie in the Eye at Ohio State Fair Grand Opening
Two Ohio Highway patrolmen in plain clothes handcuffed a demonstrator who struck Ohio Governor James Rhodes in the face with a pie at the Columbus State Fair opening. The pie flavor remains unknown.
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Ohio
James Rhodes
Columbus
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