New Year Bars Openings and Private Parties Across Town
Many bars close for New Year’s Eve with Ray’s Horseshoe Bar and The Glass Bar open briefly. Fraternal groups host private or public parties. reservations fill fast. Joseppi’s, Knights of Columbus, Rising Sun, and other venues offer buffets, dinners, and live music as crowds ring in 1979 with varied hours and pricing.
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Tj’s
Reineck’s
Office
Mug
Harold’s
Shamrock Tavern
Ray
Horseshoe
Glass Bar
Maria’s
Norwalk
State
Rising Sun
Korean scandal mayhave involved KCIA gifts to congressmen
The House ethics committee, ending an 18 month probe, says South Korean officials planned to influence U S lawmakers with cash gifts but lacked firm proof against any individual congressman. In Portland, Kim E Campbell, a prison escapee aboard a United jetliner, helped passengers escape and faced prison for prior robberies.
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Washington
UPI
House Ethics Committee
Kim Dong Jo
Korean Central Intelligence Agency
Seoul
KCIA
Congress
U.S
Portland
Ore
Kim E. Campbell
United Airlines
Campbell
Oregon
Roger Seeds
Tillamook Forest
Denver
Assassination Panel Ends Two Year Inquiry
The House Assassinations Committee closes a two year five million dollar probe into JFK and MLK murders and says it found possible conspiracies in both cases. Rep Louis Stokes notes the panel will discuss and vote on findings and release them publicly by Jan 3. Raw farm prices rose three percent in December as Carter moves to boost imported beef to ease 1979 price pressures.
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Washington
UPI
House
John F. Kennedy
Martin Luther King Jr
Louis Stokes
D-Ohio
Stokes
Carter
Agriculture Department
Uganda's Idi Amin May Meet Inoki in June Bout
Idi Amin the Ugandan president and former boxer could fight Japan's Antonio Inoki next June with Mohammed Ali serving as referee. Hisashi Shinma says promoter Yoshio Ko of Tokyo travels in Uganda to arrange the match to be held there.
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Tokyo
UPI
Idi Amin
Japan
Antonio Inoki
Mohammed Ali
Hisashi Shinma
Yoshio Ko
Uganda
Amin-Inoki
Shinma
Weather shifts from rain to snow with weekend cold snap
Tonight brings rain changing to snow with a low in the mid 20s. Sunday sees rain or snow with highs in the upper 30s to lower 40s and near 100 percent tonight, 70 percent Sunday. Winds west to southwest 10 to 15 mph tonight. Friday temperatures reach 42 down to 23 with 0.07 inch total Friday. Sunrise 7:53 am, sunset 5:07 pm. Births include Donald and Linda Shea of Norwalk with a boy at Fisher-Titus and Randall and Loretta Smith of Monroeville with twin boys at Willard Area Hospital. Deaths: Herman Henie Ebinger, 85, Plymouth. Joseph P. Stiert, 60, Milan. Alton B. Carrick, 74, Willard. Restaurants in Karachi offer cheap first class dinners around 1.55 dollars, house wine 31.10.
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Donald and
Linda Shea
Norwalk
Fisher-Titus
Randall and
Loretta Smith
Monroeville
Willard Area Hospital
Herman ‘“Henie’’ Ebinger
Plymouth
Joseph P. Stiert
Milan
Alton B. Carrick
Willard
Karachi
Pakistan
Hayes Fires Hayes After Attack at Bowl Game
Ohio State coach Woody Hayes is fired after punching Clemson noseguard Charlie Bauman late in the Gator Bowl loss. Arkansas coach Lou Holtz is cited as leading candidate to replace him. OSU president backs the decision.
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Jacksonville, Fla
UPI
Ohio State University
Woody Hayes
Clemson
Arkansas
Lou Holtz
Hayes
OSU
Hugh Hindman
Jacksonville
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State
Charlie Bauman
Buckeye
Tigers
Bauman
Ront
Holtz
William & Mary
North Carolina State
New York Jets
NCAA
Michigan
Buckeyes
Big Ten
Woody
Ken Fritz
Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital Hikes Rates in 9.3 Percent Increase
Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital announced an average 9.3 percent rate increase effective January 1, with private rooms rising from 112 to 125 per day and ICU charges up 18.9 percent from 185 to 220 daily. Remodeling will add intermediate care facilities by March 1, with 138 per day for intermediate care, while 25 radiology services rise by 12.50.
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Martin
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American Legion
Buchannan’s Tavern
the Nite Life
DISCO
Steve Kayatins
Eagles
Norwalk-Bronson Conservation Club
Veterans OF Foreign Wars
Cleveland
Joseppi’s
Elks Country Club
Knights OF Columbus Club
The
Knights
W. Main St
Clark Hunter
Maple Tree
Moose Lodge
National Guard Armory
Silver String Band
JFK
Ali
Amin
ORC
Chicago
Alabama
Paul “Bear” Bryant
Glenn
Pop’’ Warner
Amos Alonzo Stagg
Bryant
Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital
Pat Martin
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