Mafia don executed in New York restaurant
In Brooklyn the powerful mob boss Carmine Galante was killed during a lunch at Joe and Mary's Italian American Restaurant. Gunmen burst in, firing with submachine guns and shotguns, killing Galante, his henchman Nino Coppola, and the restaurant owner Giusseppe Turano, while Turano's son was wounded. The attack ended a planned farewell to Europe for Turano.
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New York
UPI
Carmine Galante
United States
Brooklyn
Joe and Mary
Galante
Joseph Bonnano
Martin Hayes
Nino Coppola
Coppola
Giusseppe Turano
Wyckoff Heights Hospital
John
Michael Baden
Turano
Europe
Palestinian gunmen seize Egyptian Embassy in Ankara
Heavily armed Palestinians storm the Egyptian Embassy in Ankara, seize the ambassador and about 20 staff, demand Turkey recognize the PLO and sever ties with Egypt. Four attackers shot, two Turkish guards killed, several Egyptian guards wounded as police and armored cars surrounded the embassy. Leaflets call for recognizing the PLO and breaking with Egypt over Sadat's Israel policy.
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Ankara
Turkey
UPI
Palestine Liberation Organization
Egypt
PLO
Anwar Sadat
Israel
Oil executives urge against windfall tax on Alaska oil
Exxon Standard Oil of Ohio and Atlantic Richfield told the Senate Finance Committee they oppose the windfall profits tax as unnecessary and counterproductive. They warned the House plan would raise about 40 billion dollars in windfall profits during 1980 to 1984 amid higher world prices and the decontrol of domestic oil prices.
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Washington
UPI
Exxon
Standard Oil of
Ohio
Atlantic Richfield
Senate Finance Committee
Women gather for fourth biennial caucus convention
About 2000 American women assembled in Cincinnati to launch the National Women's Political Caucus fourth biennial convention aimed at boosting female political influence and leadership nationwide.
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Cincinnati
UPI
National
Women’s Political Caucus
Ohio Lottery result drawing posted for week
Cleveland report lists winning numbers with Gold 9 White 03 Blue 357 and Win-a-thon 16911 as the latest draw details.
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Cleveland
UPI
Ohio
Weather and notices from Norwalk area
Variable cloudiness and humidity through Saturday with showers and thunderstorms possible. Highs mid 80s, lows near 70, Saturday highs 85 to 90. Births Michael and Catherine Doughty Norwalk a girl Fisher Titus Ernest and Carol Miller Willard a boy Willard Area. Deaths Mr Frank Carlson 93 Norwalk Mr William Gregory 63 rural Norwalk.
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Michael
Catherine Doughty
Norwalk
Fisher-Titus
Ernest
Carol Miller
Willard
Willard Area
Frank Carlson
William Gregory
Confessions of a Muckraker reference note
The item notes that 472 Beverly Hi pupils were surveyed about language use with Farsi cited as the language in a Jack Anderson comparison to McCarthyism. It references a UPI column and page 9 for more detail.
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Beverly Hi
Jack Anderson
County to vote on new taxes
Huron County commissioners approved a November ballot plan for a four tenths of one mill four year welfare levy expected to raise 90 000 to 100 000 for welfare programs including Medicaid general assistance and food stamps The measure would require four cents per 100 of property value and would supplement state funds The panel also set two public hearings on a proposed county transfer tax raising the conveyance fee from 1 to 3 per 1000 with hearings set for August 6 and 13 and a final decision on placing the tax on the ballot.
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Edward L. Ronders
Huron County
Huron County Commissioners
Huron
Ed Still
Caroline Spoerr
Spoerr
County 1980 budget boosts sheriff and children services
The Huron County Sheriff's office seeks $487,000 for 1980 up from $360,000 in 1979 as CETA cuts drive increases. The Children's Home requests $397,600, with staff changes and doubled salaries. Juvenile and Probate Court asks $229,775, including a microfilming phase. Real estate assessment costs rise to $211,000 in 1980 while total final numbers await Budget Commission review.
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Huron County Sheriff's Office
Huron County Commissioners
Sheriff's Office
Sheriff's Department
Childrens’ Home
General Fund
CETA
Juvenile and Probate Court
Thomas Heydinger
Heydinger
Lyme Township annexation vote reversed in county action
County commissioners reversed a prior annexation decision approving 1.8 acres in Lyme Township after a Thur sday press release. The action involved Huron County land near Bellevue, with initial June 28 votes showing only Thomas Carabin in support and Roy Palm and Maurice Smith opposing.
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Lyme Township
Huron County
Bellevue
Huron County Regional Planning Commission
Thomas Carabin
Roy Palm
Maurice Smith
Smith
Illinois troopers hide in plain sight to enforce speed limit
Illinois state troopers will operate incognito this weekend to catch violators of the 55 mph limit. Lt. Robert Brandt says radar guns will be hidden in road maintenance vehicles and other large rigs on highways to surprise speeders while only uniformed squad cars will stop and ticket drivers.
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Springfield
Ill
UPI
Illinois
Robert Brandt
Brandt
DLE
Dan K. Webb
Webb
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Nicaragua
U.S
William Bowdler
Anastasio Somoza
Columbus
Adam G. Reiss
Ohio Highway Patrol
Reiss
United Press International
Becky Turner
Becky
Paul Stafford
Budget Commission
Seven Limers Coal and Fertilizer Co
The
Church of the Nazarene
First National Bank of
William Oddo
Seven Limers
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