Dayton Fire Strike Ends. Firefighters Return to Work
Dayton negotiators report that firefighters accepted a two year contract boosting hourly pay by 50 cents and reducing the work week, ending a three day strike that crippled city fire protection. City officials warn of lingering distrust and a tarnished image as residents adjust to the end of the dispute.
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Dayton, Ohio
UPI
James Alloway
Dick Hyatt
Alloway
Jack Lutz
Dayton
Chip Carter May Return to Plains Peanut Warehouse
Washington UPI report says Chip Carter President Carter's son may help in the family peanut warehouse in Plains. Charles Kirbo, Atlanta attorney and trustee of the president's business interests, told UPI it might be a possibility that 27 year old Chip would work in the warehouse.
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Washington
UPI
Chip Carter
Carter
Plains
Charles Kirbo
Atlanta
Chip
Son Of Sam Suspect Caught
David Berkowitz, 24, a postal worker, was arrested in Yonkers and charged as the Son of Sam. He admitted to killings in New York over 13 months and was found with a .44 revolver and a gun at his car, ending the manhunt.
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New York
UPI
David Berkowitz
Sam
Berkowitz
London
Boston
James Taylor
John Keenan
Long Island
Korea
Army
Yonkers
N.Y
Lane
Jimmy Breslin
Breslin
Hamptons
Gold Street
Brooklyn Criminal Courts
Court Rejects New Trial Bid in Euclid Judge Case
Former Euclid municipal judge Robert Steele loses his bid for a new trial after a Cuyahoga County judge finds no errors in the April conviction for conspiring to kill his first wife. Meantime negotiators reach principles for a Panama Canal treaty shifting control in 23 years. Wholesale prices fall 0.1 percent in July signaling first back to back monthly drop in two and a half years.
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Panama City
Panama
UPI
U.S
Washington
Labor Department
Mail delays thwart congressman meet in Payallup
Norm Dicks, congressman for Washington, mailed thousands of postcards on August 1 inviting constituents to a meet this week. The notices were not delivered and almost no one attended, leaving Dicks to wait three hours at the Puyallup location without clear reasons for the low turnout.
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Payallup
Wash
UPI
Norm Dicks
Puyallup Lacerr
Cks
Weather outlook and obituaries brief for Norwalk area
Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers tonight and Friday with 30 to 40 percent precipitation. Lows in the low to mid 80s, highs near 80. Wednesday temperatures 66 to 81, humidity ranges through the day. Births report a Norwalk girl to Robert and Donna Cleary of Norwalk at Sandusky Memorial. Death notices for Oscar Komarek 70 of Huron and Howard C. Schafer 71, Los Angeles formerly Norwalk.
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Oscar Komarek
Huron
Howard C. Schafer
Los Angeles
Norwalk
Graham Defends His Financing Amid Accounting Scrutiny
Evangelist Billy Graham declared his organizations' finances transparent and ethical in a six page statement from Minneapolis. He said WECEF funds are audited, IRS filed, and open for inspection though not publicized. He denied secret funds and noted WECEF supports a Wheaton College evangelism center.
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Billy Graham
Graham
World Evangelism and Christian Education Fund
Internal Revenue Service
Minneapolis
Elmer Gantry
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
Wheaton College
Illinois
WECEF
Evangelical Ministries
City Cracks Down on East Main Traffic Violations
Three youths were cited Wednesday night in East Main Street area for jaywalking and sitting on a car during 8 to 10 p.m. Police and officials met to discuss measures to curb downtown disturbances, with out of town cars common in the area.
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East Main Street
William Ream
Safety Committee of Council
Ream
Council
Petunias
Bellevue
Berlin Heights
Sandusky
Norwalk
L.C. Hilson
Hilson
Anthony Schneider
W. Main Sr
Jeffrey Anderson
Corwin St. Jude
Willard Post Office Money Maker contrasts with small offices
The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes many postmasters earn more than local revenues, but Collins is an exception with a $15,489 salary on only $9,954 in 1976 revenue. Willard leads the area with $22,611 salary and $3,769,348 in 1976 revenue, aided by major client R R Donnelley.
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The
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Ohio
Collins
U.S. Postal Service
Jim Brzezinski
Mansfield
Willard
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Printing Company
Don Lapelle
Norwalk
Robert F. O'Donnell
Wakeman
Berten Keith
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Orlando
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Perks
Cleveland
UPS
Ralph J. Perk
Public Music Hall
William K. Thomas
Agriculture Department
Howard Hijort
Department
Steele
Panama Canal
Robert and
Donna Cleary
David E. Anderson
Night Watch
By Susan Kimbler
Willard Post Office
Keith
Columbus
Chicago
Monroeville
eGreenwich
New London
Milan
eNorth Fairfield
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