Cuba to Return $2 Million Hijack Ransom
Cuba will return to Southern Airways the $2 million hijack ransom tied to the 1972 DC9 incident in Havana. Fidel Castro wrote to Senator George McGovern confirming the plan, disclosed after McGovern released the letter, signaling a limited step toward U S Cuba reconciliation.
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Washington
Cuba
Southern Airways
State Department
Fidel Castro
George S. McGovern
D S.D
McGovern
Havana
Castro
Henry A. Kissinger
United States
Lebanon teachers approve complex salary package
The Lebanon Board of Education approved a teacher salary package after months of negotiation with a mediator. Base pay starts at 8200 dollars and depends on state foundation money. Supt. Jon Rockhold said the Lebanon Teachers Association approved the contract, despite one dissenter Robert Olson. He noted he is withholding 50000 dollars of orders for St Francis DeSales Catholic School until the Ohio Supreme Court clears them.
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Lebanon
Lebanon Board of Education
Jon Rockhold
Robert Olson
Rockhold
St. Francis DeSales Catholic School
Ohio Supreme Court
Eagles donate $1000 to Middletown schools for learning aid
The Fraternal Order of Eagles Ladies Auxiliary 528 gave $1000 to Middletown City School District via James E. Mack to fund equipment and reading aides for learning disability students. The Jimmy Durante Children's Fund backs the effort. Three classes are planned next year at Lincoln and Central Schools with two more applications pending.
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Middletown
Fraternal
Order of Eagles
Ladies Auxiliary
James E. Mack
Middletown City
Eugene Thompson
Jimmy Durante Children’s Fund
Mack
Lincoln School
Central School
State Department of Education
Airport sprinklers ordered for old concourse after fire
Greater Cincinnati Airport board ordered installation of sprinklers during repairs to the old concourse damaged by a Sunday fire that killed two airport firefighters. The fire marshal’s office investigates the blaze that destroyed National Weather Service facilities, with operations moved to Cincinnati’s Federal Building and radar from Louisville and Wright Patterson. Airlines plan to resume service in the building Tuesday as partitions block the damaged area.
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Covington, Ky
Greater Cincinnati
Kentucky State Fire Marshal's
John Lockhart
Cincinnati
Robert Hoelscher
Aviation
Hoelscher
Kentucky
National Weather Service
Airport Administration
The
Weather Service
Federal Building
Louisville
Wright Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
Ohio
Allegheny
North Central
Piedmont
Eastern Airlines
Bowling Green grads 13 area students named outstanding seniors
Twelve Middletown area students graduate from Bowling Green State University. Rose Marie Hume earns bachelor of science in journalism cum laude as outstanding senior. Carolyn Meyer magna cum laude and others receive degrees in education arts and business across Franklin Trenton Lebanon Eaton and Camden areas.
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Middletown Area
Bowling Green State University
Rose Marie Hume
Poppy Drive
Craig A. Rubin
Sherman Ave
Diane Fening
Rosedale’ Road
Michael Linkins
Corta Via
Jo Anne Pratt
Manchester’ Road
Shirlee Banzhaf
Arlington Ave
William Meyers
Kennedy Road
Trenton
Joni Paynter
West Place
Eugene Krebbs __ II
Camden Rt. 2
Carolyn Meyer
Stadia Drive
Franklin
John Arnold
W. Pekin Road
Mark Nixon
Lebanon man sues over tire explosion for million dollar damages
Jay H. Whitman of Lebanon files in Warren County Common Pleas Court against Iee Service Inc Firestone Tire & Rubber Co and a Firestone rim maker claiming permanent injuries from a truck tire explosion on June 15 1973 in Springboro after a rim service. He seeks 1 million for himself and 250000 for his wife citing diminished earning power.
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Lebanon
Warren County Common Pleas Court
Jay H. Whitman
Springboro Road
Iee Service, Inc
N. Verity Parkway
Middletown
Firestone Tire & Rubber
Warren County
Arnold Centers
Whisman
Springboro
Annual Kiniyalocts Barbecue Postponed to September
The Mike Kiniyalocts Memorial barbecue is postponed to September to boost promotion for a $16,000 fundraising goal. Crosby W. Bean says the fund, about $13,000 so far, supports Camp Hook scholarships for Scouts in the Mound Builders Area Council. The event honors a Camp Hook staffer who died in Vietnam in 1969 and has aided roughly 80 Scouts over five years.
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Mike Kiniyalocts
Crosby W. Bean
Bean
Camp Hook
Vietnam
Mound Builders Area Council
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Kissinger
William D. Rogers
inter-American Affairs
U.S
Puerto Rico
Hemisphere
L’express
Ford
Union Sanitary
Lebanon Teachers Association
KitchenAid
Cremeans
Ye H.P
Eagles
Rator
Dick Nunery
CLU
Central Avenue
iLike
State Farm
Evans
Wewcome
State Farm Life Insurance Company
Bloomington
tHinele
Bowling Green
Firestone
Wendy’s
Kiniyalocts
McConnell
Middletown Journal
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