Five Indicted in Huron County Grand Jury Case
Five men were indicted for crimes from joy riding to wife beating and arson. Robert Sura 19 and Bernard Myers 18 from rural Norwalk and Collins charged in the Western Reserve High School break in and fire with $50 000 damage. Jeffrey O Dell 18 Norwalk charged with grand receiving and joy riding. Keith Petroff 20 Perrysville charged with receiving stolen firearm from New London. Donald Bishop 28 Prospect Street charged with felonious assault on his estranged wife Vickie Bishop.
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Huron County
Robert Dean Sura
Norwalk
Bernard J. Myers
Collins
Western Reserve High School
Sara
Myers
Jeffrey L. O’dell
Keith Petroff
Perrysville
New London
Petroff
Donald P. Bishop
Prospect St
Vickie Bishop
Kucinich to face court over antitrust suit fees
Mayor Dennis Kucinich must appear in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court on February 6 to answer charges from two attorneys and a research assistant claiming he owes them 16000 for work on an antitrust suit against Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co. Judge George McMonagle ordered a jury trial after a failed pretrial hearing. Federal indictments also expected for former Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles executives over auto license funds mishandling between 1970 and 1974.
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Cleveland
UPI
Dennis Kucinich
Cleveland Electriclluminating Co
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas
George McMonagle
Elyria, Ohio
Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Elyria Chronicle-Telegram
Dayton
Auto License Bureau
Watergate figure Haldeman near parole in California
Six years six months and three days after a Washington office building burglary, Haldeman the No 2 in Nixon's White House prepared to walk out on parole from a federal prison camp near the California coast about 200 miles northwest of San Clemente where Nixon lives. He served 18 months and leaves only John Mitchell still serving his term as the Watergate saga nears conclusion.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Washington
Harry Robbins Haldeman
Richard Nixon
White House
California
San Clemente
Nixon
Haldeman
John Mitchell
New Hampshire Governor Orders Taiwan Flag at Half Staff
Gov Meldrim Thomson directs state flags to fly at half staff through Saturday to protest establishing relations with mainland China. He later orders the Taiwan flag to fly beneath the American flag at state buildings. Thomson, a Conservative Caucus leader, has visited Taiwan and attended President Chiang Ching-kuo's inauguration last year.
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Concord
N.H
UPI
Meldrim Thomson
Taiwan
China
Thomson
Chiang Ching-kuo
Wind and Snow Airing Tonight and Thursday
Windy tonight with showers and a low near 30. Thursday brings cloudy, windy conditions with snow flurries and highs in the low 30s, cooling to upper 20s by afternoon. Precipitation chances 100 percent tonight and 60 percent Thursday. Also notes marriage license request for Myers and Bacon in Willard, and death of Ruth M. Nippel. A brief historical mention recalls Victoria Clafin Woodhull as 1872 first woman presidential candidate in New York City with running mate Frederick Douglass.
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Victoria Clarin Woodhull
Equal Rights Party
New York City
Frederick Smouglass
Feds Seek Van In $1 Million Heist
In New York a Wells Fargo armored car robbery on Staten Island nets over $1 million as seven bandits, dressed as workers, seize cash and kidnap guards. The getaway van is sought, and the crime follows a prior $5 million Lufthansa heist at Kennedy Airport. FBI notes no link between the two incidents.
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New York
UPI
Wells Fargo
Staten Island
Food ‘N Things Delicatessen
Lufthansa
Kennedy Airport
U.S
New Ag Agent To Be Named In Huron County
A successor to retired John Wells is selected and will be announced after written acceptance and board approval. Dr. Paul Leidheiser noted the candidate verbally accepted, with final action pending formal writing and trustees approval. The county’s long agent tenure was highlighted as a sign of local support and stability.
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Huron County Cooperative Extension
John Wells
Paul Leidheiser
Ohio State University
University Board of Trustees
Huron County Extension Advisory Committee
Jerry Beck
Leidheiser
Huron County
Wells
Leidheisers
Defiance County
Carlos Tucker
Barbara Wurzel
Norwalk Man Indicted In Brutal Beating
Donald P. Bishop 28, of 98 Prospect St., indicted on felonious assault with possible misdemeanor charges for brutal beating of estranged wife Vickie Bishop 79A Cline St. at their Norwalk home. She is in fair condition at Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital with a head wound and neck injuries.
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Norwalk
Donald P. Bishop
Prospect St
Common Pleas
Robert W. Smith
Vickie Bishop
Cline St
Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital
Bishop
Israel strikes Lebanon bases in first air raid in four months
Israeli warplanes attacked three guerrilla bases along Lebanon’s southern coast in retaliation for attacks inside Israel. The strike, labeled "very good results," followed Israel's halt of Sinai equipment withdrawals after Parliament backed Begin’s position against Egyptian treaty changes. PLO and Lebanese reports describe shelling near Sarafand and Tyre, with limited details from Beirut.
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Tel Aviv
UPI
Israel
Sinai
Lebanon
Camp David
Egypt
Beirut
Palestine Liberation Organization
Tyre
Sarafand
PLO
Jerusalem
Defense Ministry
Menachem Begin
Washington
Cairo
Cnes
Sisler Named Top Trooper Third Time
Trooper Arthur R. Sisler, 27, was named 1978 Trooper of the Year by the Norwalk Post of the Highway Patrol for empathetic leadership, professional ethics, and courteous service. He joined in 1972 after academy training, and lives with wife Nelda and two young sons at 1 N. Garfield Ave. in Norwalk. he is a candidate for district and state trooper of the year.
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Arthur R. Sisler
Norwalk
Highway Patrol
Sisler
The
Norwalk Post
Academy
Huron County
Canton
Glenwood High School
Malone and
Walsh
Nelda
N. Garfield Ave
Philip
Andrew
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Kucinich
BMW
Elyria
Ohio
Double Eagle Investment Co
Independence
Double Eagle
Kenneth Hamister
London
UPS
Gordon Francis
Geoffrey Lane
Francis
Inland Revenue
Ruth Harman
el Mirage
Ariz
Agua Fria
National Guard
Thomas E. Myers
Willard
Mary E. Bacon
Ruth M. Nippel
Feds
Cathy Booth
United Press International
FBI
Gloria Depietro
Deli
Joseph Nebbia
Board of Education
Hester Street
N.T.A
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