Nadia Comaneci to visit Chicago with Olympic teammates
UPI reports the 1976 Olympic darling Nadia Comaneci and her hockey gymnastic teammates will travel to Chicago in October for a display of the skills that earned her Montreal golds. Also in UPI wire photo coverage are this week’s winning numbers and a glimpse at Bessie Davis who won $1000 a month for life in Ohio.
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Romania
Nadia Commaneci
Chicago
UPI
Cleveland
Bessie Davis
Highland
Highland County
Wildcat coal strike halts Ohio mines after WVaction
United Mine Workers join 11 000 Ohio miners in a West Virginia wildcat stoppage as John Guzek reports all Ohio mines shut. In Chowchilla case three suspects remain jailed while the FBI closes its ransom inquiry after arrests including Fred Woods in Vancouver and James Schoenfeld near the Bay Area.
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United Press International
Ohio
United Mine Workers Brothers
West Virginia
John Guzek
UMW District 6
San Francisco
UPI
Chowchilla
California
FBI
Fred Woods
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Vancouver
James Schoenfeld
San Francisco Bay Area
Mickey Cohen Dies After Cancer Surgery Complications
Mobster Mickey Cohen known for violence and glamour died at UCLA Medical Center from complications after cancer surgery nine months earlier. He was crippled by a severe beating in 1963 at Atlanta Federal Penitentiary while serving a tax evasion sentence.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Mickey Cohen
Cohen
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Ucla Medical Center
Weather and notable births and deaths from Norwalk area
Partly cloudy tonight with lows around 60 and a 20 percent chance of rain. Saturday mostly cloudy with a 40 percent rain chance and highs in the upper 70s to lower 80s. Births include a daughter to Mr and Mrs Alan Knott and a son to Mr and Mrs William Knight both in Norwalk. Deaths listed are Raymond E Perkins 64 Wakeman Gertrude K Heyman 83 Monroeville Mildred Laning 86 Norwalk Larry D Smith 33 rural Willard Edna L Coffman 83 Sandusky Edward F Hiltz 78 Norwalk.
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Raymond E. Perkins
Wakeman
Gertrude K. Heyman
Monroeville
Mildred Laning
Norwalk
Larry D. Smith
Willard
Edna L. Coffman
Sandusky
Edward F. Hiltz
Ohio voter poll on reading test for high school diploma
A Thursday poll asks if Ohio should require high school seniors to pass a reading comprehension test to graduate. The question mirrors Michigan's proposed law and invites suggestions on support or opposition.
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Michigan
Ohio
Jr. High
Yellow Springs Board Sues Over Coed Contact Sports Rule
The Yellow Springs Ohio Board of Education sues in Us District Court seeking to strike down a rule barring girls from joining boys teams in contact sports like football and basketball. Voters are urged to call 668-8544 for Yes and 668-8345 for No by midnight.
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Yellow Springs
Ohio
Board of Education
Amtrak Orders Plush New Sleeper Cars for Long Trains
Amtrak ordering 36 new double deck sleepers with upstairs first class rooms and lower economy rooms plus 35 more double deck sightseeing lounge cars. The package expands a $167 million Pullman Standard contract by 12.3 million and adds 102 coaches 42 coach baggage cars 34 economy sleepers 36 mixed class sleepers and 35 diners for long distance routes West Coast to Chicago and New Orleans.
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Amtrak
West Coast
Chicago
Pullman-Standard Corp
County faces 8200 deficit in indigent defense fund
Huron County's legal defense fund for appointed lawyers is $8,200 in the red as county commissioners consider rescinding the $35 per hour pay schedule adopted after bargaining with the Huron County Bar Association. State payment delays and no legislative appropriation left the county to cover most costs. Judge Smith supports current bills. commissioners warn they may revise the rate to curb deficits.
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Huron County
Huron County Bar Association
Legal Defense Fund
Ohio Public Defender
County Bar Association
Robert W. Smith
Smith
Toledo Driver Hit By Golf Ball Accident Near Course
Lawrence Cramer of Toledo drove west on old Route 20 near Sycamore Hills golf course when a golf ball struck his vent window. The ball was hit by Charles Hillman of Chatham Street who said he injured a tendon and had swing trouble. The ball sliced toward the road on the ninth hole.
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Toledo
Lawrence Cramer
Sycamore Hills
Charles Hillman
Chatham Street
Hillman
Artist Refuses Ghosts Yet Haunts of Don Felipe Haunt Home
In Belen New Mexico Gordon Snidow a Western artist and Cowboy Artists of America member lives with his wife and three children in a 116 year old adobe once owned by Don Felipe Chavez. He reports unexplained phenomena including a swinging door rocking chairs moving lights and a wispy vapor seen by his daughter and a babysitter. He jokes at times but believes the events are real though not caused by Chavez.
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John Leahigh Belen
N.M
UPI
Gordon Snidow
Don Felipe Chavez
Snndow
Sindow
Snidow
Chavez
Belen
Cowboy Artists of America
Sandusky men arrested in $4900 drug bust
Three Sandusky men face drug charges after police seized drugs and related items valued at about $4900. The undercover operation, led by the North Star Council of Governments with Sandusky Police and Erie County Sheriff's Dept, uncovered marijuana, cash, two handguns, two cars, and paraphernalia. Steve Lasonski 20 faced multiple felonies, John Dixon 21 charged with trafficking, and Stephen Nitschke 22 charged with conspiracy and drug traffic.
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Sandusky
North Star Council of Governments
Erie County Sheriff's Deparment
Steve D. Lasonski
John Dixon
Stephen L. Nitschke
Pioneer Trail
Nitschke
Drawing to crown first fairgoer replaces older lineup
Ohio State fair eliminates long line of youngsters camping outside gates. Fair Manager John Evans says a drawing will pick the first visitor on opening day, Aug. 26, with tickets issued at the Ohio Historical Center parking lot. Governor James A. Rhodes will honor the winner.
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Columbus
UPI
Ohio State Airgrounds
John Evansoe
Ohio Pee Center
James A. Rhodes
Evans
Ohio Historical Center
Sikes Reprimanded by House Ethics Panel in 381 3 Vote
Florida Republican Robert L F Sikes received a House reprimand after ethics panel findings of misconduct. The 381 to 3 tally in the House followed a Common Cause complaint alleging use of office for personal gain. Sikes, 70, voted present and accepted the fate with remarks as Speaker Carl Albert called the action severe.
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Washington
UPI
John Flynt
Dga
House Ethics Committee
Florida
Robert L.F. Sikes
Flynt Sikes
Congress
Carl Albert
Ethics Panel
Common Cause
Citizens Advocacy Group
Sikes
Carter and Pittman Split by Tenant Eviction in Plains
In Plains Georgia Jimmy Carter and neighbor A Z Pittman recount their strained relations with landlord Marlin Poole after Poole tore down Pittman’s three bed, one bath home over claims it was unliveable. Carter says no pressure was used and expresses sympathy for Pittman while Poole denies any Democratic pressure or offers.
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Wesley G. Pippert
Michael Poole
Carter
Poole
Pittman
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Alan Knott
William Knight
F-T
John Hale
Greenwich
Willard Area
Carl Hayes
Plymouth
Edward K. Delong
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New Orleans
Seattle
Maurice Smith
Wells Street
Hursday
Ruth
Marlin
Pitmanns
Jimmy Carter
Michael
Jody Powell
Carters
Powell
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