Shelby City Raises 1.6 Million for Community Center
In Shelby Ohio residents raised 1.6 million dollars in under a year to fund a YMCA showplace with pool gym and recreation facilities. Groundbreaking is set for Sunday with completion expected in December amid inflation adding about 106000 to costs. Local leaders say the effort unified the town and set a high water mark of pride.
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Rick van Sant
Shelby, Ohio
Dick Phillips
Shelby Mutual Insurance Co
Phillips
Townsolle
Shelby
Woman reports purse theft at Monroe Street apartment
A woman said a purse containing about 75 dollars in valuables was stolen from her new Monroe Street apartment after a screen was slit. Items included 55 dollars cash a driver license a checkbook a Florida court subpoena and other valuables. Police also report separate local incidents including theft from a laundromat break in attempts a tire crash at a filling station and a bicycle collision leaving a nine-year-old in critical condition.
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Monroe Street
Sara Kerr
Monroe St
Florida
Akron Road
Deena J. Oney
Collins
U.S. 20
Hartland Center Road
Lorain Community Hospital
Matthew Paige
William Winkler
Huron
Winkler
Wankel Engine Project Ended by General Motors
Detroit reports GM has abandoned the Wankel rotary engine after seven years and about 150 million dollars spent. The company states the engine cannot match fuel economy of piston engines or meet clean air standards. GM started work in 1970 and nearly planned the 1975 Chevette Monza before scrapping the idea due to oil embargo driven fuel concerns.
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Detroit
UPI
General Motors Corp
FBI Held Secret Two Years in Steele Murder Case
The FBI withheld for two years the killer's name in the 1969 Marlene Steele slaying. Richard Robbins was later linked as killer, with others named: Owen Kilbane, Martin Kilbane, and Robert L. Steele. Evidence came from a prostitute and Carol Braun, leading to later confessions and immunities.
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Cleveland
UPI
FBI
Marlene Steele
Euclid Municipal
Robert L. Steele
Robert K. Ressler
Cleveland Press
Carol Braun
St. Louis
Richard N
Robbins
an _n
Restitute
Steele
Obbins
Owen J
Martin A. Kilbane
Mrs. Steele
Miss Braun
Owen J. Kilbane
Ressler
Greater Cleveland
Psychological Sciences Division
Washington, D.C
Owen Kilbane
Kilbane Boys
Ricky Robbins
Euclid
Cuyahoga County
Cleveland Heights
Barbara Steele
Todd Browne
Kilbane
Thad
Benson urges BYU students to drop out rather than take food stamps
Ezra Taft Benson, former Agriculture Secretary and Mormon leader, told BYU students it is better to quit school than accept government food stamps. He called welfare a forbidden handout and urged self-reliance, thrift, and earning education through work, citing independence and personal dignity.
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Provo, Utah
UPI
Ezra Taft Benson
Bringham Young University
Benson
Mormon Quorum of Twelve Apostles
Eisenhower
BYU
Mall growth sparks debate on downtown survival in Ohio
Carl Woodard of Midway Mall Elyria says malls do not kill downtowns, while Cafaro Co. argues Sandusky Mall will expand retail space by 1978. The piece cites Norwalk attempts, past studies, and local merchants learning to compete as downtowns adapt to malls.
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Jack Brown
Carl Woodard
Midway Mall
Elyria
Norwalk
Linwood
Sandusky
New York
Patrizi
Cafaro Co
Mansfield
Richland
Ashland
Dale Brubaker
Midway
Saginaw
Mich
Woodard
Main Street
Norwalk Council backs wage talks and tax hike plan
Norwalk officials met behind closed doors to discuss layoffs and potential rehiring to balance city finances. The agenda includes two quarter percentage point income tax increases and ongoing pay negotiations with police and fire staff amid a looming 6 am April 2 deadline. A power outage on Central Boulevard affected the area, and the Strawberry Festival Committee meets at Don's Coffee Corner tonight.
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Norwalk
Goodsite
Central Boulevard
Collingwood Avenue
A.N. Gorant
Ohio Edison
Strawberry Festival Committee
Don's Coffee Corner
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Patricia J. Hendrickson
David W. Moherman
New London
Frances L. Smothers
Leslie H. Nichols
Oberlin
Dollie M. Ward
Henry L. Seaman
Bellevue
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Ronald Linkey
Joyce Dillingham
Richard H. Eckel
Brenda S. Lang
Stephen R. Smith
Sharon A. Schenk
Cloyd K. Heileman
Kathy Campbell
Kenneth Straughn
Jerry Wyant
Walter L. Evans
Cincinnati
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Celeryville
Robert C. Voick
Willard
West Main Street
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Fred Lau
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