SWAT ends 12 hour hostage siege in Batavia Ohio
Ex policeman claiming to be Martin Luther King Jr barricaded his apartment holding three hostages for 12 hours. SWAT entered with a pass key and seized him without gunfire as the hostages escaped uninjured. Sherman faced charges of inducing panic and disorderly conduct and was held at Clermont County Jail.
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Batavia
Ohio
UPI
Martin Luther King Jr
Donald L. Sherman
Clermont County
Union Township
Russell Willis
Sherman
Willis
Debra E. Bank
Andrea
Karl Sherman
Ms. Bank
Debbie Ziesmann
Clermont County Mental Health Services
Eastgate Woods
Ford Motor Co
Lincoln Heights
Woodlawn
Dr. King
King
James A. Rhodes
Ms. Ziesmann
Recognition dinner honors heart association volunteers
Robert Morris named volunteer of the year by the Lawrence County Unit of the American Heart Association at the volunteer recognition dinner. He will head the 1981 fund drive, with section chairmen retained from last year. Last year's county goal was 32 984 dollars, with 38 445 dollars collected to date. The unit was honored by the Midwestern Pennsylvania Chapter for exceeding its goal and for the highest per capita amount in the chapter.
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Lawrence County
American Heart Association
Robert Morris
Association
Brent Gordon
Cornelia Dattilo
Larry Nord
New Castle News
Morris
Robert Chambers
Robert Koslow
Donald DeCarbo
Ralph Markley
Frances Sowersby
Howard Andy
Jean
Pennsylvania
Mary Kay Soriano
Lucille Pazak
Nord
Barbara Devido
Dorothy Paul
Linda McBurney
Robert Plohr
Karen Levine
Michele Perelman
Joanne
Robert Gordon
Brent
The
Heart Association
O'Leary
Price
Donovan
Audino
Crash of small plane kills three in Compton
A twin engine Beechcraft crashed between two houses moments after takeoff from Compton Airport killing the pilot and two passengers. No ground injuries were reported. The aircraft dived into backyards in a densely populated area. flames were extinguished before reaching homes. Witnesses described a falter then brief power regain before impact minutes from the airport about 12 miles south of downtown Los Angeles.
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Compton
Calif
Los Angeles
New unit recovers $146000 in improper medical aid
Harrisburg officials report the Medical Claim Recovery Unit has collected $146,000 in improper medical assistance payments during its first two months. The unit, with eight investigators and a supervisor, aims to recover funds by pursuing reimbursements from recipients and third party insurer payments. Seven lawyers will join the staff to pursue legal actions against providers abusing the program.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Helen O'Bannon
O'Bannon
Pryor Burned In Freebase Fire Story
Richard Pryor told doctors he used ether to purify cocaine in a freebase process when his cigarette lighter caused a flash, engulfing him in flames. He fled his home in agony, was found wandering in shock a mile away, later admitted to Sherman Oaks Medical Center with third degree burns and was listed in critical but improving condition as doctors treated charred skin and monitored nutrition and recovery.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Richard Pryor
Pryor
Sherman Oaks
Gary Swaye
Dan Cooke
Cooke
Jenny Pryor
Richard Zielinski
Zielinksi
OPEC nations hike oil price amid split at Algiers summit
OPEC members except Saudi Arabia and the UAE agreed to raise crude to 32 to 37 dollars a barrel next month, boosting average prices by about two dollars. The UAE and Saudi Arabia rejected increases, leaving a three tier system and no binding production cuts, with a future review planned in three months.
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Robert Kaylor
Algiers
Algeria
UPI
OPEC
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
Uae
United States
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Belkacem Nabi
Ali Akbar Moinfar
Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Mana Aaid Al-Otaiba
Caracas
Venezuela
Yamani
Enon Valley Borough approves July 26 parade plan and road closures
The Enon Valley Borough Council authorizes lighting of the Memorial End flag and closing Cass Street for a community celebration on July 26. It approves alternate routes during the parade, donates 50 dollars to the event organization, hires Bill Braden and Kevin Fawcett for canal and waterway maintenance, places a no outlet sign on Kossuth Street, accepts a settlement petition with Pennsylvania Power Co, increases Beaver Creek Recreation Association donation to 300 dollars, and updates the police chief’s phone number to 336 5968.
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Enon Valley Borough
Cass Street
Bill Braden
Kevin Fawcett
Kossuth Street
Pennsylvania Power Co
Consumer Advocate Group
Beaver Creek Recreation Association
Enon Valley
Books arrive for Lawrence County Cancer Society sale
Barbara Robinson of the Lawrence County Chapter notes two truckloads of books arrived this week for the book sale to benefit the American Cancer Society. Items come from the county Girl Scouts and the New Castle Youth Development Center. Sale hours are 10 am to 4 pm Monday through Saturday and 6 to 9 pm on Mondays, at the Temple Building through month’s end.
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Lawrence County
American Cancer Society
Barbara Robinson
Girl Scouts
New Castle
Lawrence County approves overtime, adds Hill View Manor staff
The Lawrence County Salary Board approved overtime for jail staff and Memorial Day worker Rosemary Pitzer by a unanimous vote. A 3-1 decision created three part time maintenance positions at Hill View Manor at 23.20 daily, amid budget concerns from Controller Robert E. Foht.
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Marton
Rosemary Pitzer
Lawrence County Salary Board
Sheriff's Office
Children’s Services
Robert E. Foht
Hill View Manor
Foht
John A. Meehan
Supervisors OK 25 mph signs for Rose Point roads
Slippery Rock Township leaders approved a resident request to place 25 mph speed limit signs along area roads toward Princeton. In other business bids for pipe were tabled as all bids were close and require further study. Lynn Wenda, spokesman for State Rep Ralph Pratt, attended the meeting.
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Rose Point
Slippery Rock
Princeton
Lynn Wenda
Ralph Pratt
D-Neshannock
Park motorcycle ban amid Wampum ordinance No 206 slated
Wampum Borough Council approved Ordinance No 206 to bar motorcycles and unlicensed vehicles from the municipal park and ball fields. Bids for road work were awarded to Butch and McCree of Hillsville at 13704 dollars. The panel added summer program instructor Maryland Casacchia and set employee schooling guidelines. A resolution gave President Gene Cody power to probe land from Francis Hennon for a pump house, with water and waste rules tabled.
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Wampum
Butch and
McCree
Hillsville
Butch
Maryland Casacchia
West Pittsburg
Ball Park
Gene Cody
Francis Hennon
Water Department
Department of Environmental Resources
Zurasky named Mercer High principal succeeding Giles
Zurasky will become principal of Mercer High School starting July 1, replacing Merrill H. Giles who moves to a higher role. A 49 year old Mitchell Road resident, he joined the Neshannock district in 1966 as a math teacher and coach, became assistant principal in 1969, and holds degrees from Clarion State College Baldwin Wallace University University of Pennsylvania and Rutgers with graduate work at Westminster College. He said his family will likely move to the Mercer area.
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Neshannock High School
Harry
Zurasky
Mercer High School
Merrill H. Giles
Mercer
Mitchell Road
Neshannock
Shenango High School
Clarion State College
Baldwin-Wallace College
University of Pennsylvania
Rutgers University
Westminster College
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Marlene DeCarbo
Effie DeMaio
Bruce Elias
Ranier Devido
Patricia Kennedy
Arlene Monsour
Jane Morris
Kathy Nord
Joyce Parillo
Dale Perelman
Adela Price
Catherine Robinson
Mary Ellen Slack
Mohammed Tejpar
Mildred Vance
Elaine Wherry
Niki Mitsos
Louise McConnell
Susan Henderson
WKST
WBZY
Robert Mackie
Blue Cross Community Advisory Committee
Dick George
YMCA
Wilma Belknap
Ywca, Right
Blue Cross
June Thompson
Moses
Moinfar
Council
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