Runaway Prisoner Recaptured After Courthouse Escape
Deputies Chief Deputy Richard Andres and Sgt. James Robertson chased and recaptured James Cudnik a few blocks from the courthouse after he fled from a second floor federal law library interview with his attorney. Cudnik, 32, Twinsburg, was awaiting trial on jailbreak and receiving stolen property charges after a prior indictment.
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Huron County — Sheriff's
Richard Andres
Sgt
James Robertson
James Cudnik
Federal Law Library
Cudnik
Twinsburg
Western Auto
Ohio State Penitentiary
Donald Derby
Andres
Robertson
Citizen's National Bank
Norwalk Parts Co
F.W. Woolworth Co
Connie’s
Bank St
Erie County
Borgia
Cadets resign amid Air Force Academy cheating probe
Sixteen cadets handed in resignations and 60 more were under investigation as part of a cadet-led probe into a cheating scandal at the Air Force Academy. Col. Arthur S. Ragan said about 75 were implicated, with three resignations tied to actual cheating and the rest for failing to report under the honor code.
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Air Force Academy
Colo
UPI
Arthur S. Ragan
Military School
Spanish firm rehires 120 after ETA kidnapping threat
A Spanish manufacturer agreed to rehire 120 workers and grant a 15 dollar monthly wage increase to save the life of Ignacio Zabala the kidnapped secretary general of the company board. The ETA said Zabala would be executed if workers fired for illegal strikes were not rehired with raises. Other workers also received the raise.
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San Sebastian
Spain
UPI
Ignacio Zabala
Basque Homeland and Liberty
ETA
Zabala
Rain Washes Away Threat Near Institute Kanawha River
Heavy rains in Kanawha River near Institute West Virginia reduced danger from a chemical spill. Police received hundreds of calls reporting dizziness and nausea after 5 000 to 10 000 gallons of methyl isobutyl ketone spilled from a Union Carbide Linde Division barge causing nail polish like odor to reach the surrounding community.
Weather and life notices from Norwalk region
Cloudy morning with freezing drizzle possible then clearing. Highs near 25, tonight down to around 22. Saturday clouds and a shower chance, highs near 40s. Marriage license filed for George A. McCarthy and Ruth Ann Barnett. Births listed for Hathaway, Goetz, Featheringill, Howard, Hartman. Deaths noted for Harold Goodman and Naomi Gabara.
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Norwalk
George A. McCarthy
Shelby
Farmer
Ruth Ann Barnett
Willard
Living Costs Rise Least Since 1967
The government reports December consumer price index up 0.4 percent as Nixon phase II controls begin. Full-year inflation hits 3.4 percent, lowest since 1967, while GNP rises 6.1 percent in Q4 1971 to a seasonally adjusted 1.073 trillion. Food prices climb, lifting the cost of living.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Labor Department
Commerce Department
Harold C. Passer
Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
FBI Captures Hijacker In Colorado Parachute Escape
The FBI identified Richard C. LaPoint, 23, as the air pirate who ditched a commandeered Airwest DC9 after receiving a $50,000 ransom. He jumped near Sterling Colorado and was found with a sprained ankle and wrist. Parachutes had been bugged by the Air Force for tracking.
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FBI
Colorado
Richard C. LaPoint
Sterling, Colo
Air Force
Norwalk City Budget Shows Electric Fund In The Black
City Auditor Douglas Colvin reports Norwalk electric fund finished 1971 with a $39,951 surplus and $60,000 borrowed from the income tax fund has been repaid. Major electric fund payments included $98,032 to Ohio Edison and $231,000 for debt retirement. Norwalk income tax receipts for 1971 rose to $270,974, up from 1970.
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Norwalk
Douglas Colvin
Colvin
Ohio Edison Co
Norwalk Furniture Corp
Monroeville Principal Marion Waits Resigns
Marion Waits principal of Monroeville High School for five years resigns effective year end. He informed the Board of Education that he is pursuing other opportunities in education and may continue in school administration. The move follows his youngest daughter's upcoming Monroeville High School graduation. He is 46.
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Monroeville
Marion Waits
Monroeville High School
Waits
Board of Education
Reflector
Three Highway Workers Die When Hit By Truck
A truck driver Herbert Motter aged 34 from Zelionople Pa was injured and admitted to Good Samaritan Hospital. Three highway surveyors waiting for a teammate were struck as the truck veered from the berm hitting two parked state trucks and a trailer rolling over into a ditch. Bodies taken to Andres Funeral Home Sandusky. Perkins Police investigate.
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Herbert Motter
Zelionople
Good Samaritan Hospital
Fair
State Highway Patrol
Berm
Andres Funeral Home
Sandusky
Perkins Police Department
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Idaho
United States
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Rhodesia
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Richard Goetz
Robert Featheringill
Attica
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Greenwich
Harold &. Goodman
New London
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Fitchville
City Hall
Wayne Goodsite
Richard Enzor
John W. Ockenga
Goodsite
Enzor
Westwood Mobile
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Cleveland
W. Jefferson St
Gus
Debbie O'Brien
Gus Nunez
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