We Hold These Truths Chronicle of America
King Louis XVI signs documents pledging France to aid the colonies with veiled help. Pierre Beaumarchais masterminds a bogus firm Hortalez et Cie to supply several million livres of war materiel, with Spain adding 1 million. The first Hortalez convoy reaches Portsmouth New Hampshire in early 1777 arming 25,000 men and supplying about eighty percent of gunpowder for the Continental Army in the war’s early years.
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Louis XVI
France
Pierre Caron de Beaumarchais
Roderigue
Hortalez
Portsmouth
N.H
Case of Gov. Moore to Go to Jury Next Tuesday
Gov Arch A Moore faces a jury trial in U S District Court with Judge Joseph Young telling jurors to be ready for deliberations, sequestered through verdict. Co defendant William Loy admits conversations on a pending bank charter but denies conspiracy while Moore and Loy previously testified. The case centers on a $25000 payment linked to the Diversified Mountaineer Corp in a bank charter dispute.
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Charleston
W.va
Arch A. Moore
U.S. District Court
Joseph Young
Baltimore
State Bank
Moore
Loy
Police Target Downtown Prostitution by Arresting Customers
Cincinnati vice squad chief says efforts focus on removing customers from the Garfield Park downtown area where streetwalkers have operated for years. Forty one men have been arrested for soliciting and 36 convicted as officers pose as prostitutes to catch customers.
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Cincinnati
Thomas Mullen
Mullen
Garfield Park
Ohio Works to Reach More Seniors with Social Services
Ohio officials report only about 10 percent of the 60 plus population receives help from social services and nutrition programs. Janis cites need for broader funding while noting expansions in counties Clark Lorain and Trumbull and ongoing television education and statewide ombudsman services for seniors.
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Ohio
Columbus
Ohio Commission On Aging
Martin A. Janis
Janis
Commission
Clark
Lorain
Trumbull
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