Woman Released From Milledgeville Prison After Kidnapping Case
Ruth Eisemann-Schier smiles as she speaks to a newsman after her release from the Georgia Women's Prison at Milledgeville. She served three years of a seven year sentence for kidnapping Barbra Jane Mackle. She says she is very sorry the kidnapping happened and reflects on accomplice Gary Steven Krist as her weakness.
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Ruth Eisemann-Schier
Georgia Women's Prison
Milledgeville
Barbra Jane Mackle
Gary Steven Krist
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Religious group challenges Ohio lottery vote legality
A religious coalition plans to contest the May 2 Ohio constitutional lottery amendment vote. Dr Paul Minus, chairman of Churchmen Against the Lottery, said legal action would start Monday and that lawyers would decide the court, possibly common pleas or the state Supreme Court.
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Columbus
UPI
Ohio
Paul Minus
Common Pleas Court
State Supreme Court
Minus
North Vietnamese attack targets An Loc and bases
North Vietnamese forces with tanks pressed a major assault on An Loc, the embattled provincial capital, in a third straight day attempt. Reports say Communist troops overran a South Vietnamese base in the Central Highlands near the Cambodian border, and shelled a Saigon suburb and Da Nang.
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Saigon
UPS
An Loc
da Nang
Chinese table tennis team routs U.S. 5 1 at Cobo Hall
In Detroit, China's table tennis players drew over 10 000 spectators at Cobo Hall for the only internationally sanctioned match of their two week U S tour. The crowd watched a fast display as China defeated American teams 5 1 amid a mild start disruption when leaflets shouting death to Communists were tossed from a balcony.
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Detroit
UPI
China
United States
Cobo Hall
Iranian quake toll rises to near six thousand
Tehran reports from Premier Amir Abbas Hoaveida that the earthquake in 45 southern villages last Monday may have killed about 4,000 with relief sources stating the number already surpassed 5,500 and climbs toward 6,000. A 70 year old woman was pulled alive after four days buried in rubble.
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Tehran
UPI
Amir Abbas Hoveida
Television actor Dennis Weaver backs McGovern campaign in Ohio
Dennis Weaver campaigns for Senator George McGovern in Toledo and Columbus. He will open the Toledo McGovern headquarters at 11 a.m. and attend a 5 p.m. reception at the Franklin County headquarters. He also plans to open the Ohio State University office at 7 p.m. Weaver, known for Gunsmoke and starring in McCloud, tours the state.
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Toledo
Weather and local life notes from Norwalk region
Weather forecast calls for variable cloudiness with a chance of showers and thundershowers, a high in the sixties, and cooler tonight. Marriage license applications list several couples from Greenwich North Fairfield Willard Norwalk and Bellevue. Births report a daughter to Mr and Mrs Donald Fannin Wakeman. Deaths note Walter Smolinski and a stillborn son of Mr and Mrs Jed Ro Holmes in rural Huron.
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Seidel
Greenwich
Marsha M. Moser
North Fairfield
Scott A. Shoellhammer
Willard
Angela M. Smith
Neil E. Gerhart
Lexington
Janet Man Fleet
Bellevue
Donald Fannin
Wakeman
F T Hospital
Walter Smolinski
Cleveland
Michael Holmes
Jed Ro Holmes
Huron
Apollo 16 crew ready for moon blastoff at Cape Kennedy
Apollo 16 astronauts John Young Charles Duke and Thomas Mattingly relax before a Sunday lift off aboard a Saturn 5 rocket for a three day lunar highlands mission. Mattingly's measles history and a pregnant wife are noted as they stay in quarantine.
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UPI
John W. Young
Charles M. Duke
Thomas K. Mattingly
Mattingly
Young
Duke
Houston
Lunar
Young and
Florida
America
Chet Lee
Hugh
Spaceport
Norwalk Council to consider fire and police station expansion
Legislation to hire Thurman J. Peabody’s Norwalk firm for fire station expansion and police station remodeling will go to the Norwalk City Council Tuesday night. An ordinance to buy a 3/4 ton brush-fr fire truck is also on the agenda along with five ordinances enabling Ohio Edison Co. power to Norwalk.
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Norwalk
Thurman J. Peabody
Norwalk Furniture Corp
Newton Street
Wayne Goodsite
Linwood Avenue
Linwood Bridge
Benedict Avenue
Woodlawn Avenue
Pleasant Street
Ohio Edison Co
Edison
Saxbe questions safety in U S cities after dark
UPI Sen. William B. Saxbe of Ohio questioned why Americans feel unsafe at night while many foreign cities are tolerable, citing fear abroad only in Calcutta and London. He blamed rising violent street crime on lax respect for law, crime paying, and American idealism.
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Washington
UPI
William B. Saxbe
Ohio
Orient
Central and South America
Middle East
Southeast Asia
Africa
Saxbe
Calcutta
India
Pakistan
United States
New Trial Denied In Infant's Death
A three judge panel denied Glenn Damron a new trial for manslaughter in the death of his stepson Kelly E Wilson and refused release under Ohio shock treatment laws. Damron was convicted December 8 last year and sentenced to one to 20 years.
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New London
Damron
Ohio State Reformatory
Ohio
Harry Bozarth
Seneca County
Robert J. Vetter
Huron County
Joe Muirhead
Hancock County
Common Pleas
Judy
Damrons
Thunderstorms batter northern Ohio with widespread flooding
A band of heavy showers moved through northern Ohio with up to two inches of rain in Portage County. Several highways and county roads were closed or washed out. Kent Ravenna and other cities reported flooded streets and basements. Lightning flashed near the Willard area as Norwalk and other locales recorded varying rainfall and hail.
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Portage County
Huron County
Willard
Norwalk
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