Cleveland cops accept pay cuts to save 193 jobs
Police Chief Lewis W. Coffey leads a citywide pay reduction plan after a five hour meeting with the Police Patrolman's Association and the Fraternal Order of Police. Shifts will be cut by 13 hours a month to avert layoffs tied to a projected 6 million dollar budget deficit, with furloughs set to begin at midnight.
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Cleveland
UPI
Lewis W. Coffey
George O’connor
Police Patrolman’s Association
Fraternal Order of Police
Ohio Senate honors Clerk Thomas Bateman as Clerk Emeritus
Tears flowed as the Ohio Senate awarded 75 year old Thomas E Bateman Clerk Emeritus with future floor privileges for 40 years of service. Former Senator Harry Jump of Willard will succeed him. A resolution praised Batemans devotion to duty and impact on Ohio.
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State of
Ohio
Bateman
New Hampshire House Backs First Presidential Primary Bill
The New Hampshire state house approved a bill to keep the state as the nation’s first presidential primary in 1972. The proposal moves to the senate for approval and would require the signature of Gov. Walter Peterson who has shown only lukewarm support.
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Concord
N.H
UPI
State House
New Hampshire
Florida
Reubin Askew
Senate
Walter Peterson
Garrison Charged With Bribes Over New Orleans Pinball Gambling
The federal case accuses Jim Garrison, two police officers, and seven pinball operators of taking up to 1500 dollars a month in bribes to shelter pinball gambling in New Orleans. All face bribery, illegal gambling, and obstruction charges. they pleaded innocent and were released without bond.
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New Orleans
UPI
Maverick
Jim Garrison
FBI
Washington
John F. Kennedy
Gravel faces ire over Pentagon papers disclosure
Washington senators express irritation at Mike Gravel for public disclosure of the Pentagon papers. Democrats say he acted indiscreetly though not illegally by reading the documents into the public record during a rump session of his Senate subcommittee for 3% hours spanning Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.
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Washington
UPI
Mike Gravel
Pentagon
Gravel
Senate Public Works
Gilligan Warns One Interim Budget Keeps State Finances Tight
Gov. John J. Gilligan warned the GOP dominated Ohio General Assembly he will not accept a second one month budget without drastic steps including layoffs. He criticized leaders for failing to finish a two year tax and appropriation package by July 1 when the fiscal year began.
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Columbus
UPI
John J. Gilligan
Ohio General Assembly
Gilligan
GOP
Withdrawal orders move 6000 GIs from DMZ corridor
More than 6,000 American GIs including a tank battalion were ordered to leave Vietnam today. The 615 member Battalion of the 77th Armored, last full tank unit in the DMZ area, heads out as part of the 1st Brigade of the U S 5th Infantry Division Mechanized guarding the eastern DMZ sector.
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Saigon
U.S
5Th Infantry Division
Dmz
Court rules for newspapers on top secret Pentagon study
Washington reports the Supreme Court, in a 6 to 3 decision, allows newspapers to publish the Pentagon Vietnam study despite concerns some justices warned of national harm. The ruling centers on government attempts to block press disclosure in a landmark case.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Republic
Weather and Deaths Note Norwalk Update
Variable cloudiness and cooler temperatures with highs in the lower 80s and a 20 percent chance of rain today. Tonight partly cloudy cooler with Lows upper 50s to lower 60s. Friday mostly sunny pleasant with highs in the upper 70s to low 80s. Norwalk temperatures show a high 90 and low 70, and a 13 inch precipitation reading. Deaths report Mr Terry D Robbins age 21 Norwalk.
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Norwalk
New London Man Sues Phone Company Over Number Change
New London businessman Clell Fuller of Fuller's Used Cars sues Northern Ohio Telephone Co for 25000 in Common Pleas Court claiming the firm willfully changed his number after he declined an ad in the March 1971 directory. He says the old number, used since June 1970, was printed on his forms and known to customers. The suit seeks a jury trial.
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New London
Clell Fuller
Fuller
Common Pleas
Northern Ohio Telephone Co
Ohio House ratifies 26th Amendment making it last state
The Ohio House approved 81 to 9 the 26th Amendment granting voting rights to 18 to 20 year olds. The fast tracked vote came after Senate action and follows Alabama and North Carolina, finalizing nationwide adoption amid tense debate and party divisions.
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Lee Leonard
UPI
Statehouse
Columbus
Ohio House
General Assembly
House
Ohio
James Thorpe
R-Alliance
Thorpe
Ohio Senate
Alabama
North Carolina
Brezhnev Weeps Over Coffins Of Cosmonauts
Moscow mourners attended the lying in state for Soyuz 11 cosmonauts Georgi Dobrovolsky Vladislav Volkov and Viktor Patsayev. Brezhnev tearfully viewed the coffins as autopsy and flight records were reviewed to determine the cause of the deadly return from the Salyut station.
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Brezhnev
Moscow
UPI
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Alexei N. Kosygin
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Soviet Central Army House
Georgi Dobrovolsky
Vladislav Volkov
Viktor Patsayev
Salyut
Gottfried Approached for Morehead State Assistant Coach Role
St Paul football coach Mike Gottfried is the leading candidate for an assistant coaching post at Morehead State College in Kentucky under head coach Jake Hallam. Dr. Earl Bentley says Gottfried has a clear edge and would join the physical education department if he accepts. Gottfried, an Morehead graduate and former All American quarterback, has coached at St Paul four years with two losses in 40 games and was Ohio Coach of the Year recently.
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St. Paul
Mike Gottfried
Morehead State College
Kentucky
Earl Bentley
Morehead State
Gottfried
Jake Hallam
Bentley
Gates Brown
Morehead
Ohio
Norwalk workers sweat through hot spots at work sites
In Norwalk heatwaves plumb workplaces from Norwalk Foundry to Fireside Bakery and Norwalk Laundry. Workers cite furnace and oven temperatures approaching 500 degrees and roof boiler areas reaching 105 to 120 degrees, with makeshift reliefs like pools and breaks.
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Fred Stewart
Norwalk
Harmon Glenn
Norwalk Foundry
Tom Downer
Ed Streeter
Fireside Bakery
Benedict Ave
Whittlesey Ave
Neal Morris
Stokely van Camp Canning
North West Street
Saxton
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Cincinnati
Joseph P. Tulley
Tulley
Robert E. Levitt
Canton
Frank DeVito
Sayreville
N.J
New Jersey
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Fred Meyer
George Saxton
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