Paraguay revokes Mengele citizenship amid U.S. aid pressure
Vienna based Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal announced Paraguay stripped Josef Mengele of citizenship after a 17 year old West German extradition request drew Paraguay’s Supreme Court to review the case. Paraguay says Mengele has not lived there since 1960 and his whereabouts are unknown. Wiesenthal notes the move follows U.S. aid concerns and German pursuit.
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Austria
UPI
Simon Wiesenthal
Paraguay
Josef Mengele
Auschwitz Concentration Camp
Angel of Death
U.S
Alfredo Stroessner
Supreme Court
Asuncion
Mengele
Wiesenthal
Mengeleis
West Germany
Auschwitz
Poland
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Third Reich
South America
Guardsmen Return From Camp Grayling Training
The Norwalk Ohio National Guard unit Company C ends a two week summer drill at Camp Grayling Michigan and heads home Saturday arriving at the armory around 3 p.m. They were part of more than 3 500 Ohio guardsmen including cavalry medical supply military police signal corps and engineers.
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Norwalk
Ohio
Guard
Cavalry
Signal
Ohio Guardsmen near end of annual training at Camp Grayling
Local Guardsmen Pvt. Roger Shepherd of Ohio 61 east and Sgt. David Krieg of 224 E. Main St man an M 50 machine gun during tactical operations at Camp Grayling Michigan. The two men from Norwalk based Company C of the 612th Engineer Battalion Ohio National Guard are due to wind up their two week annual training period Saturday.
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Roger Shepherd
Ohio 61
East
David Krieg
E. Main St
Camp Grayling
Mich
Norwalk
Wallenberg Alive in Soviet Prison, Globe Reports
The Boston Globe cites a smuggled letter from the wife of a jailed Soviet Jew supporting claims that Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat who saved thousands of Jews, may still be alive in a Soviet prison decades after Moscow said he died in 1947. He is honored at Yad Vashem as a righteous gentile.
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UPI
Soviet Union
The
Boston Globe
Russia
Wallenberg
Yad Vachem
Jerusalem
Hitler
Foreign Ministry
Stockholm
Eugenia Kaplan
Moscow
Anna Bilder
Israel
World Jewish Council
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
War Refugees Board
Globe
Settlement in harassment case ends with $50,000 payment
Five teenage boys from Maple Heights and one parent from each family agreed to pay $50,000 and apologize to a black couple and their child for racial harassment. They and their parents were also enjoined from interfering with the couple’s rights to peacefully buy, occupy or convey property. The settlement was reached in federal court on behalf of Paul Williams, Cynthia Blevins and her son Christopher.
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Cleveland
UPI
Maple Heights
Paul Williams
Cynthia Blevins
Cynthia Blevins, 23, and Ms. Blevins
Christopher
Diversion program grants continuation for Huron County offenders
Lloyd Smith runs the year old diversion program in Huron County with a $5419 state grant approved to continue through year end. Since inception in 1978, 43 cases have been processed, seven completed, one violated, three rejected, and four pending. The program offers a probation like path for certain offenders with conditions and input from victims and officers, while excluding repeats, dangerous, or drug dependent offenders. Final decisions rest with Prosecutor Richard Hauser, who may recommend dismissal of charges if participants meet all guidelines.
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Lloyd Smith
Huron County
Smith
State of
Ohio
Richard Hauser
Hauser
Auto makers seek Supreme Court stay in FTC probe
Major U.S. auto firms face a federal inquiry into competition practices with records back to 1946. The 6th Circuit delayed its 21 day deadline to allow time for Supreme Court action. If the high court does not intervene by Sept 3 the appellate order stands. The FTC probes GM Ford Chrysler and others for possible violations of the FTC Act.
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Cincinnati
UPI
America
U.S. Supreme Court
Federal Trade Commission
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
FTC
Supreme Court
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
American Motors
Public wants Nixon to stay out of politics
An ABC News poll finds 81 percent believe Nixon was guilty in Watergate and 74 percent say he should not hold major office again. Five years after resignation, attitudes remain similar. a majority support pardons for others but oppose new punishment for Nixon. Also, Airman Randall Amerine from Norwalk completed basic training at Lackland AFB and will proceed to security police training.
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Washington
UPI
Richard Nixon
Watergate
ABC News
Nixon
ABC
Gerald Ford
Ford
Norwalk
Randall P. Amerine
Air Force
Lackland Air Force Base
Texas
Amerine
Annette Amerine
Morley
Leroy Amerine
Westwood Dr
New London
Lackland
Japan buys 295000 tons of Chinese soybeans in 1978
Japan shifted away from U S soybeans as it bought 295000 tons of food use soybeans from China’s 1978 crop, up from 68000 tons a year earlier. Analysts say Japan’s total food use soy consumption remains about 800000 tons annually, likely cutting U S imports accordingly as Chinese exports rise with a 1 million ton increase in Chinese production to 10.5 million tons.
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Washington
UPI
Japan
United States
Agriculture Department
China
U.S
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Lou Grant
Asner
UPI Telephoto
George III
Maxie Tire & Supply
Whittlesey Ave
Loellner
Aleve
Nike
Sandusky
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