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Lawrence police recover blasting caps from lakeLawrence Township police recovered 59 blasting caps from a small lake just north of Canal Pulton Monday at 6:30 p.m.The blasting caps are believed to be part of the 1,000 pounds of explosives stolen Last May from the Magnolia Mining Co, of Waynesburg, An official of the mining company was expected to confirm the identification of the explosives sometime today, according to Lawrence Township Police Chief David Traytior.AS OF THIS morning, less than 200 pounds of the explosives had been accounted for. Two cases of dynamite, weighing 50 pounds each, and 300 blasting caps were found earlier in Perry Township.According to Chief Traynor, the father of a township police officer found the blasting caps while trapping in the area. The caps were on the top of some ice about 25 yards off shore in Lake Lucem. An unidentified neighbor told police that the blasting caps were not there five hours earlier.Perry Township detective, Lt. Robert Herndon, who led the Investigation that led to the arrest of two persons over theweekend in connection with the stolen dynamite, said this morning he believes the blasting caps found Monday are from “the same batch.”One suspect in the case resides in the ' Canal Fulton area, he said.Harry N. Valentino, 31, of Evansville, Ind., has been named administrator of the Massillon City Hospital and will assume his new duties in mid-January.The appointment ofValentino, assistant director of Deaconess Hospital inEvansville, was announced today by Robert C. Smith, president of the city hospital board of trustees.VALENTINO graduated in 1966 from Allegheny College in“We believe there may be as many as eight or 10 people Involved in some way with the stolen dynamite, said l.t. Herndon. “It looks like they have been passing it around like it was candy.”POLICE are stillthe Naval Hospital in St. Albans, N. Y.A member of the American College of Hospital Administrators and the Indiana Hospital Association, he has lectured at various hospital and nursing seminars and has had articles published in severalinvestigating an alleged plot to use some of the stolen explosives to bomb the A Gents Tavern al 163 Lincoln Way W.Information about the plot was received from one of those allegedly involved, who is(See LAWRENCE—Page 12)national health care sod hospital publications, Valentino and his wife Michele, a nurse, have two children. They will reside in Massillon.Smith said Valentino will(See CITY—Page 12)School board agendas available to publicHarry Ar. ValentinoCity hospital names new administrator
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Massillon, Ohio, US
Tue, Dec 09, 1975
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