Newport faces drastic job losses from base shutdown
Newport and nearby Middletown and Portsmouth brace for the Navy base shutdown by June 30, 1974, wiping out about 14 000 military and civilian jobs and a $116 million annual payroll. Local business owners warn of widespread losses across retail, gas, real estate, and services as plans for new development are canceled.
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Newport
Pentagon
Newport Naval Base
Middletown
Portsmouth
Morton Locks
Harold
Peter Petropoulos
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Venue change denied in Yablonski murder case
Albert Pass, charged with murder in the slayings of Joseph Yablonski and his wife and daughter, had a venue change refused by Erie County Judge Edward Carney. The judge said he would decide within a week on delaying Pass's June 4 trial as defense argues media coverage could prejudice the proceedings. Pass is the last of seven charged in the 1969 killings.
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Erie
Albert Pass
United Mine Workers
Joseph
Jock
Yablonski
Erie County
Edward Carney
Pass
UMW
Middlesboro
Harold Gondelman
Carney
Indicted trio accused of stealing veterans lists
A federal grand jury in Indianapolis charged Herman A. Koehl Robert Dees and Owen W. Buckley with conspiracy and theft of lists of recently discharged servicemen. Counts allege theft of government property interstate transport and shipment of stolen data tapes tied to the Veterans Administration with dates from 1969 to 1973. The case cites Koehl a former American Legion employee and others connected to life insurance firms and marketing services.
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Washington
Indianapolis
The
American Legion
Koehl
Robert Dees
Willingsboro
N.J
John Hancock Life Insurance Co
Trenton
Owen W. Buckley
Phoenix
Veterans Administration
Dees
Buckley
Real estate official suspends staffer in Ohio probe
Commerce Director Dennis Shaul suspended state employee David Maffeo amid investigations into real estate license exams given to his wife, father, and a former governor's office employee. Shaul expects a five day maximum, plans a professional review group, and ongoing commission changes.
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Columbus
Ohio
Commerce
Dennis Shaul
David Maffeo
Governor’s Office
Shaul
Ohio Real Estate Commission
Maffeo
Betty
Joseph
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eTtley Ave
Arghkee
Roosevelt Blvd
Poplin
CAN River
Seersucker
Perma Press
PERMA
Den
Richard G. Kleindienst
U.S. District Court
Herman A. Koehl
Biscan, Inc
Samuel T. Britton
Cincinnati
Vernon B. McMillen
Commission
Magnavox Sales & Service
Hé&H
Electronics Franklin
Gladys Gabbard
Patty Kidd
Rhonda Mahaffee
la Petite Beauty Salon
Tytus
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