Court keeps McCrackin jailed amid Lucasville case
Multiple UPI datelines report on ongoing legal and violent events. Rev Maurice McCrackin, 73, remains under guard in Cincinnati General Hospital after a contempt citation tied to refusing to testify about the Lucasville prison escape. A grand jury weighs charges against prison prisoner William McKinney.
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Cincinnati
UPI
Maurice McCrackin
Cincinnati General Hospital
McCrackin
Lucasville
William McKinney
Elkhart, Ind
Ford Motor Co
Elkhart County
Donald Jones
Ford
No. 2
Indiana Court of Appeals
Mostly cloudy and windy tonight through Thursday forecast
LC weather reports mostly cloudy conditions with winds turning west to northwest at 10 to 20 mph. Lows tonight near 0 to 5 F, Thursday highs from 10 to 15 F, 20 percent precipitation chance both nights. Tuesday temperatures at 24 to minus 1 with no measurable precipitation. Births list multiple local families and hospitals. A death is noted for Mr. William Nearhood, age 57, in Sandusky. Antelope fact noted as a caption.
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Leroy J. Metcalf
Willard
Veranda K. Bolen
Larry C. Gregory
Bellevue
Rebecca S. Collier
Mark D. Hastings
Threasa G. Brooks
Douglas
Anita Hemenway
Fisher-Titus
Patrick
Ramona King
Greenwich
Fisher- Titus
Earl and
Angela Evert
Robert and Marie Warner
Norwalk
Good Samaritan
Gerald and
Jo Ann Sheller
Sandusky
William Nearhood
Case Street light removal spurs mixed council response
Norwalk city leaders debated the Case and West Main Streets traffic light removal after 233 petition signatures urged reinstatement. Police observed minimal delays and no accidents since removal, while library supporters warned of hazardous crossing conditions and slower access to parking.
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Norwalk
Case
West Main Streets
Raymond Sizemore
Oakfield
Library Board
Richard Cunningham
Sizemore
Main Street
Wayne Goodsite
James Martin
Church
Case Streets
Martin
Henry Young
Case Street
Cathy Huble
Council mulls traffic light removal at busy intersection
At a public meeting Council President Goodsite and officials discussed removing a traffic light at a West Main Street crosswalk near the library. Pedestrians decry the loss while drivers welcome the change. staff may add short term meters and consider a crosswalk and caution light as state standards require two lights per direction.
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Sizemore
West Main Street
Goodsite
Young
Main Street
Monroe Street
Paul Carpenter
W. Main St
Chris Born
Judy Born
Case and
Main
Roger George
W. Elm St
League and Whittlesey
Auditor Finds Miscalculation Expands School Budget
A county auditor's miscalculation added more than 300000 to city school appropriations. The board approved a total of 4931908 dollars funded by property taxes, with 364440 dollars extra distributed across the budget. The change alters teacher salaries, bus repair funds, and maintenance allocations while plans exist to adjust in July or October as state funds flow.
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New York
UPI
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Columbus
UPS
James A. Rhodes
Rhodes
North Canton
Ohio
Alabama
Ohioans For
ORTAG
Kenneth Reed
Robert Dean
Dale Rafie
Waugh
Rafie
Dean
State Foundation
Monroeville Ends Board Standoff With Appointment
After 13 months of deadlock Mayor Clayton C. Lord appointed Kendall Smith to the board of public affairs. Smith, a teacher at Ehove and former Monroeville junior high instructor, was unanimously approved by the council despite prior refusals from the mayor. The board oversees electric, water, and sewer services, and the vacancy had persisted since Jan 3, 1978.
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Monroeville
Clayton C. Lord
Lord
Kendall Smith
Board of Public Affairs
Smith
Katherine Myers
Robert Deitz
Carl Myers
James Tyler
Thomas White
Council
Sitterly
Rock
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Ark
United Press International
Judy Danielak
Baptist Hospital
Pulaski County
Rocky
Nelson Rockefeller
New York Times
Rockefeller
Megan Marshack
Times
West
North America
Case St. Light
George
Cunningham
Robert Williams
Wayne
Larry Bresson
William Ream
Robert Markel
Harry Gilbert
Morgan Jones
Richard Fritz
Jack Kullman
Hawthorne Drive
Fred Waugh
Dorothy Brooks
Michael Meyers
Douglas Colvin
Steve Senft
Kathy Szeibach
Reflector
Ehove
Monroeville Junior High
the Park and Recreation Board
City Hall
Richard Rock
Robert Sitterly
Mayor Clayton Lord
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