Licavoli Paroled After 37 Years In Prison
Prohibition era mob boss Thomas Yonnie Licavoli, 67, former head of the Purple Gang linked to Toledo and Detroit, is granted parole by the Ohio Adult Parole Authority. He will reside with his wife in Gahanna and pursue stamp collecting. His age and health were cited as key factors after 37 years of a life sentence served.
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Columbus
UPI
Thomas
Yonnie
Licavoli
Purple Gang
Gahanna
Ohio Adult Parole Authority
India Seizes Major Pakistani Base at Jessore
The Indian Army Eastern Command reports Pakistan’s large Jessore base in East Pakistan fell to Indian forces after heavy fighting. Pakistani soldiers fled to Jessore City and entrenched themselves there. The garrison once housed up to 5,000 troops. A separate report cites a large tank battle in Kashmir.
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United Press International
Pakistan
Jessore
East Pakistan
India
Kashmir
Trudeau asks Nixon to remove 10 percent import surcharge
Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau urged President Nixon to drop the 10 per cent import surcharge saying it is hurting Canada. U.S. officials said the tariff would be removed as soon as possible and noted it was not Washington’s position to keep it longer. The issue arose during two White House meetings on Monday.
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Washington
UPI
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Canada
Nixon
United States
Trudeau
White House
Halpern cites 11000 car cost over four years for repair bill
Rep. Seymour Halpern estimates 11000 to buy and operate a car over its four year life in urging auto repair licensing. He breaks down costs into gasoline tires and oil parking tolls maintenance insurance taxes and the car price. The report also notes Ashbrook weighing a NH primary bid and FDA cautions on hexachlorophene brain effects and phisphex usage.
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Washington
UPI
Seymour Halpern
Rn.y
Halpern
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Powell Confirmed as Supreme Court Justice Amid Rehnquist Battle
Nixon administration pushes to confirm William H. Rehnquist after Powell's easy approval. Senate debate focuses on whether Rehnquist will aid the elite or the ordinary citizen, with Sen. Harris the lone dissenter on Powell. In Moscow, Tass reports the death of Stalin deputy Andreyev at 76.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Supreme Court
Lewis F. Powell Jr
Senate
William H. Rehnquist
Powell
Fred R. Harris
D-Okla
Harris
Moscow
Andrei Adreyevich Andreyev
Josef Stalin
Tass
Andreyev
December 7 1971 Weather and notices Norwalk area
Occasional rain ends tonight with fog this morning and again tonight. Highs near 45 to 50, lows around 40. Wednesday mostly cloudy with little change. highs in the 50s. Rain chances 80% today dropping to 20% tonight and Wednesday. Norwalk highs 50, lows 39. Marriage licenses for Hamman Wheeler and Hamilton Aldrich. Births to Eastor Searls Ryman. Deaths: Ida O Brien 51 Berlin Heights and Dr Robert Livington 47 Willard.
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Norwalk
Ida O’brien
Berlin Heights
Robert W. Livington
Willard
Saxbe Predicts Damndest Bloodbath in India Pakistan War
Senator William B. Saxbe after a failed peace mission warns of a damndest bloodbath in the India Pakistan conflict. He criticizes U S inaction, cites Yahya Khan’s airfield bombings, notes India's Indira Gandhi sought peace though her cabinet favored hawkish paths. He endorses halting arms to Pakistan while maintaining humanitarian aid to India.
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Washington
UPI
William B. Saxbe
Ohio
India
Pakistan
Indira Gandhi
Saxbe
Khan
East Pakistan
Gandhi
Stouffer Rejects Cleveland Indians Buy Offer
Vernon Stouffer rejected an eight million dollar offer from a group led by Al Rosen to buy the Cleveland Indians. He plans to keep the team in Cleveland or consider selling to Washington interests, saying the price was ridiculous and criticizing local businessmen.
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Cleveland
UPI
Cleveland Indians
Vernon Stouffer
New Orleans
Washington
Cleveland Press
Indians
al Rosen
Stouffer
Phoenix
Rosen Group
Stouffer weighs New Orleans move for Indians
Stouffer cites an $8 million offer and the possibility of playing 30 Indians games in New Orleans while a Washington group eyes a Senators replacement. He confirms talks with both sides and notes rival bids from Cleveland, amid opposition from Rosen led group and some AL owners.
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New Orleans
Washington
Stouffer
Indians
Rosen
Phoenix
Washington, D.C
Grandmother of mayoral candidate slain in Houston
In Houston an 80 year old grandmother of mayoral candidate Fred Hofheinz was shot four times by her daughter 54 then wounded herself. The incident occurred at St. Anthony Center nursing home as police expect murder charges. A note stating she did not want to live without me was found.
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Houston
UPI
Fred Hofheinz
Hofheinz
Louie Welch
J.A. Gamino
Ethel Foster
Mary Rau
Gemino
Collins Man Runs for County Sheriff Nomination
C J Allison of Collins, a Democrat and railroad conductor, filed petitions to run against Loren Welch for the Huron County sheriff nomination in the May primary. The bachelor and former motorcycle thief case, chronicled by the Reflector, highlighted his distrust of local law enforcement. Incumbent Republican John Borgia and Republican Lawrence A Farley also seek the nomination. Two county commissioners, Arthur F Herner and Donald Robertson, filed to seek re election.
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C.J. Allison
Reflector
Huron County
Allison
Collins
Board of Elections
New London
Loren Welch
Common Pleas Court
John Borgia
Lawrence A. Farley
Monroeville
Arthur F. Herner
Donald Robertson
Old State Road
Arthur
Robertson
New London Man On Trial For Death Of 3 Year Old Stepson
Glenn Damron 24 of New London stands trial in Huron County for murder in the death of his stepson Kelly Earl Wilson, age 3, who died March 17, 1969 in Wellington. A tape of his interview with sheriff deputies was played, in which he claimed he did not know how the bruising occurred and described injuries from a car windshield crash. He said he tried to revive the child and later took him to a doctor, expressing shame for his actions.
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Glenn Damron
Sheriff’s Deputies
Damron
Huron County Common Pleas Court
New London
Kelly Earl Wilson
Judy
Southern Lorain County Community Hospital
Wellington
John Warner
Richard Andres
Henry E. Young
Kelly
Andres
Otto Lanka
Damion
Ronald H. Freeman
Lanka
Young
Harry Bozarth
Tiffin
Joe Moorhead
Findlay
Ohio County Auditors Oppose Tax Proposal
Ohio county auditors testified against a plan to set uniform real property assessments at 40 percent of market value. They argued homeowners would bear the burden while schools and local units gain windfalls, urging uniform assessments at 30 percent of true market value.
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Ohio County Auditors
Columbus
UPI
Ohio
State Board of Tax Appeals
George Voinovich
Cuyahoga County
State House of Representatives
Voinovich
Cleveland
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Port Elgin
Ontario
Arlene M. Aldrich
John Eastor
Noel Searls, Jr
Charles Ryman
Yahya Khan
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Mister E
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