Auto Makers Announce Mass Layoffs As Sales Slump
Ford Motor Co reports 7 400 temporary layoffs and 1 500 payroll cuts due to weak new car sales. GM also plans reductions as 62 000 U S auto workers face permanent layoffs with 75 000 idled briefly in February and March amid a 39 percent January sales drop. Ford Canada to cut 3 500 at Oakville for a week. Separately, safety studies from UNC and IIHS warn two small cars pose higher serious injury risk than two large cars, and seatbelt use in subcompact crashes shows no improvement over unbelted drivers in full size cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
UPI
Ford Motor Co
General Motors
U.S
Ford
Ford of Canada
Oakville
Ont
Sandusky
Washington
University of North Carolina
Highway Research Center
Insurance Institute For Highway Safety
Krogh exonerates Nixon amid burglary sentence
Egil Krogh accepts a six month term for his role in the Ellsberg psychiatrist break in and says the President gave no instruction or authority. Krogh also asserts Nixon bears no blame in the affair. Israeli forces begin pullback from Egyptian positions after the 1973 war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Egil Krogh
Daniel Ellsberg
Nixon
Krogh
United Press International
Middle East
Ensio Siilasvuo
United Nations
Suez Canal
Steel Haulers Walk Out Over Fuel Prices in Ohio
Several hundred members of the Steel Haulers of America began a strike in Youngstown Ohio vowing not to return until diesel prices are lowered. Union president Ed Huegel said the group represents about 3000 independent eastern Ohio truck drivers and will stay out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown, Ohio
UPI
Washington
Steel Haulers of America
Ed Huegel
Ohio
Shaul to Seek Democratic Nomination for Secretary of State
Ohio Commerce Director Dennis Shaul announced his bid for the Democratic nomination for Secretary of State. Within hours Henry Eckhart dropped out of the race and shifted to pursue the lieutenant governor nomination. Also in Cincinnati, Sister Albertus Magnus McGrath urged women’s priesthood eligibility and criticized male church leadership in a St. Anthony Messenger article.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
UPI
Ohio
Cincinnati
Jesus Christ
Albertus Magnus McGrath
Jesus
Chicago
Rosary College
St. Anthony Messenger
Missing Suspect Arrested In Tiffin Hospital Parking Lot
Jere David Crawford, 21, charged with two counts of aggravated murder in the Hooker brothers killings, was arrested early this morning in the parking lot of Tiffin State Hospital after being brought there by his mother to voluntary commitment. Police tracked the plan with a tip from New London authorities. He was delivered to Ashland County deputies after a court hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiffin Hospital
Judy Morgan
Crawford
Findlay
Tiffin
New London Police
Thomas J. Hedges
Joseph W. Hooker
Edward
New London
Hedges
Indianapolis
Ashland
Robert E. Henderson
Common Pleas
Eugene Puglisi
Tiffin State Hospital
State Hospital
Norman Snyder
The
M.P. Smith
Toledo State Hospital
Hancock County
Bonford R. Talbert, Jr
Douglas A. Burtt
Williams County
James Phillips
Bryan
Veterans of Foreign Wars Club
Moose Lodge
Phillips
Paulding County
Oakwood Ave
Ashland County
Main St
Truckers protest, arrests in Ohio amid rising tensions
Nighttime demonstrations near Huron County drew about 40 truckers parking at U.S. 224 and U.S. 250, waving signs and urging fellow drivers to stop. Separate reports in Lorain and Ashland counties mention complaints of police harassment and an ongoing investigation into Nixon taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. 250
U.S. 224
Huron County
Greenwich School
Lorain County
Ohio 18
Ohio 58
Wellington
U.S. 20
Oberlin
Coeds Seek Husbands Advertised in Campus Paper
Four senior women at Central Michigan University placed an ad offering themselves to husbands, sparking a flood of responses from potential suitors and reporters. The girls from Lake Orion said the stunt was partly to mock a friend who claimed women only attend college for husbands. Calls came from across the country, and they briefly stopped the barrage after a parent saw the news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Pleasant
Mich
UPI
Central Michigan University
Pam Whitlock
Miss Whitlock
Laurie Rupert
Peggy Taylor
Kathy Hauxwell
Lake Orion
Detroit
Philadelphia
Atlanta
Grand Rapids
Weather Outlook Norwalk Clear Skies With Mild Temps
Mostly sunny and mild today with a high in the low to mid 40s. Tonight partly cloudy with a low in the upper 20s to low 30s. Saturday clouds and a 40 percent chance of showers, highs in the 40s. Norwalk highs 39 and lows 26 with humidity shifts and no precipitation reported. Birth notices list Danny Justice and James Keane as new sons. deaths include Lulu Knoll and Grace Breyman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Two Sisters Die In Train Accidents At Sandusky Crossing
Patricia Justi 20 died when an 85 car Penn Central freight struck her Gremlin at George Street crossing two blocks from Vulcan Materials Co. in Sandusky. Her sister Jill, 19, was killed Aug 31 1971 at a different crossing. Patricia was a 1972 Edison EHOVE graduate and keypunch operator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Jill
Sandusky
Patricia Justi
Vulcan Materials Co
Penn Central Railroad
George Street
Work
Justin
Penn Central
Miss Justi
Sandusky Memorial Hospital
Thomas Road
Norfolk and Western Railway
Milan
Edison High School
Ehove Joint Vocational School
EHOVE
Vulcan
Also Mentioned on This Page
Israel
Paris
Tpi
National Assembly
Dennis Shaul
Coshocton
Julie Deffenbaugh
Mike Payne
Scott Wood
Beatrice Walpole
Camp David
California
White House
Congress
H. Chapman Rose
Kenneth Gammill
National Archives
House-Senate Joint Committee On
Internal Revenue Taxation Committee
Russell Long
D-La
Lee Joc Ree
Danny Justice
Monroeville
James Keane
Lulu Knoll
Lakewood
Grace R. Breyman
Willard
Jill Justi
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!