Special mom runs homes for severely handicapped children
Estelle Sprague and her husband operate two homes in rural Ohio housing 28 severely handicapped children. State funds and private charges cover costs, while 13 paid staff support care. The Spragues have faced repeated heartache, yet continue to care for children from state institutions and private homes, attending funerals of those who die.
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Andy Lippman
Batavia
Ohio
Estelle Sprague
Carol
Sean
Sprague
Donna
Spragues
Carter says Cuban forces in South Yemen in Middle East
President Carter states Cuban military forces are in South Yemen amid his remarks on Cuba. He notes the presence in Africa and the Middle East as part of Castro's broader military activity and cites possible shifts in Soviet shipping influence in the Red Sea region while stressing the goal of better U.S. relations with Cuba.
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Carter
South Yemen
Middle East
Red Sea
Indian Ocean
Fidel
Castro
State Department
Soviet Union
White House
Cuba
Africa
Hodding Carter
Department
Ethiopia
Horn of Africa
Baba Mandab
Suez Canal
Angola
Mozambique
Pope Paul II At Moro Memorial Mass In Rome
Pope Paul VI led a solemn memorial Mass at St John Lateran to honor slain ex prime minister Aldo Moro. Delegates from over 100 nations attended as security tightened, while Moro’s widow and children chose not to attend the state service. The ceremony urged forgiveness and peacemaking amid ongoing terrorism and political turmoil in Italy.
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Rome
Aldo Moro
Italy
St. John Lateran
Paul VI
Moro
Eleonora
Christian Democratic Party
Red Brigades
Paul
Vatican
Basilica
Haly
Animosity and high price hurt Nixon memoirs sales
The Associated Press finds sluggish demand for RN The Memoirs of Richard Nixon amid a 19.95 price and public sentiment. Stores in Boulder Georgetown San Francisco and New York report weak sales and limited displays as Grosset & Dunlap bets on a hardback with strong advance rights and potential newspaper excerpts.
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Associated Press
Richard Nixon
Boulder
Colorado
Bill Embrey
University of Colorado
Anne Landrum
Globe Book Shop
Emily Durso
Francis Scott Key Book
Georgetown
Grosset & Dunlap
Warner Communications
H.R. Haldeman
Haldeman
Peter Slater
Brentano's
New York City
Nixon
Doubleday
New York
San Francisco
Bay Area
Moscow dissidents go on trial for anti Soviet agitation
The Soviet regime opens trials against Helsinki group founders led by Yuri Orlov in Moscow and Zviad Gamsakhurdia in Tbilisi on charges of anti Soviet agitation. Orlov faces up to seven years plus exile as authorities accuse him of publicizing repression against Jews Baptists and minority groups. Other members Merab Kostova and Gamsakhurdia are tried similarly.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Yuri Orlov
Helsinki
Tbilisi
Helsinki Group
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Orlov
Union
Moscow Group
Pyotr Grigorenko
America
March-like showers and cool winds continue in forecast
The forecast calls for showers and windy, cooler conditions with a high in the 50s today. More of the same tomorrow with occasional showers. Rainy weather is expected to end Wednesday.
Old No 2 firehouse on Crawford to be replaced
Community debate grows over replacing the 1897 Crawford Street firehouse known as No 2. Journal staff writer Donna Witte and photographer John Sheckler document the sentiment on page 31 while Lois Salyers marks four more reasons for Mother's Day on page 17 with insights from Mary Jo Klaber.
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Crawford Street
Journal
Donna Witte
John Sheckler
Lois Salyers
Mary Jo Klaber
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Alexander Ginzburg
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