GSA kickback case yields prison terms for two men
Baltimore dispatch reports Charles Oertel 55 of Bethesda received three years eight months for defrauding the General Services Administration while vice president of James Hilles Associates. Samuel Irick, former manager of the Hyattsville GSA store, drew three years for 14 bribery counts and falsified purchase invoices.
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UPI
General Services Administration
GSA
Charles Oertel
Bethesda
James
Hyattsville
DC-10 grounding after FAA inspections following Chicago crash
FAA says more than 15 percent of the US DC-10 fleet is grounded pending repairs after 22 planes failed inspections ordered after last week's American Airlines DC-10 crash in Chicago. Spokesman Dennis Feldman noted pylons attaching engines to wings were inspected across the fleet. In Cincinnati, students claim a car achieving 204 miles per gallon with a unique transmission design could ease fuel costs.
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Washington
Cincinnati
UPI
University of Cincinnati
Polish Pope John Paul II Returns as Pilgrim in Warsaw
Pope John Paul II, seven months after leaving Poland as a cardinal, arrived in Warsaw as pope and pilgrim. Crowds, possibly up to three million, gathered along a seven mile procession route as Poles of varied persuasions reacted with emotion and tumult to his return.
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Warsaw
Poland
UPI
John Paul II
Union official kills self in Amherst behind union offices
Joseph Kender 52, former director of the Cleveland Akron Lorain district Steelworkers union, shot himself Friday in his car behind the union offices in Amherst Ohio. Police said he died at 12 25 p m and motive was not established.
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Amherst, Ohio
UPI
Steelworkers Union
Joseph Kender
Eward Koval
Kender
Westlake
Steelworkers
Cleveland- Akron-Lorain
NHTSA Probes Uniroyal Tire Blowout Defects
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened an investigation into possible blowout defects in Uniroyal steel belted radial tires made in 1975 and 1976. The inquiry covers some PR-6 models and all sizes in the PR-5 line amid consumer complaints and a consumer group push.
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Washington
UPI
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Weather outlook and temperatures with deaths notice
Partly cloudy with highs in the mid 70s and cooler lake shore. Tonight clear with a low in the upper 50s. Sunday partly cloudy with highs 75 to 80 and a 10 to 20 percent precipitation chance. Winds north to northwest 10 mph, then light and variable. Friday temperatures 81 to 59 with trace precipitation. Sunrise 5 56 a m Sunset 8 54 p m. Deaths: Ronald Hahn 26 Birmingham Oscar Edwin Ott 76 rural Norwalk Milton Heyman 69 Milford Mich formerly Monroeville.
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Ronald Hahn
Birmingham
Oscar Edwin Ott
Norwalk
Milton Heyman
Milford
Mich
Monroeville
Edison’s Phonograph Invention Tied to Deafness
The note recalls that when Thomas A. Edison created the phonograph, he was nearly deaf. This detail highlights Edison’s remarkable achievement despite severe hearing loss and marks a milestone in sound recording history.
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Thomas A. Edison
Jim Johnson His Own Man in Monroeville River Dream
Portrait of 68 year old Jim Johnson of Monroeville, a Naval veteran and quirky, outspoken advocate for using the West Branch Huron River for cheap electricity. He pens open letters to officials, poems to the river, and is credited with a candid, generous personality and a lifelong love of his community. He backs a $350,000 federal grant to rehabilitate Manchester Street despite his own modest home.
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Jim Johnson
Huron River
Village Board of Public Affairs
Council
Huron County
C.B. Roscoe
Heyman
Johnson
Loveland
Ohio
Manchester Street
EPA
Dennis P. DeNiro
Ehove impasse fifth in seven years in talks
The Ehove Teachers Association and the Ehove Board of Education have declared their fifth impasse in seven years. An impasse panel will resume negotiations on seven unresolved areas including dues check off, multi year contracts, salary, longevity pay, dental insurance, hospitalization and life insurance. John Norquest, ETA chief negotiator, announced the impasse.
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Ehove Board of Education
John Norquest
ETA
Creighton Christ
Sharon Bates
John Marret
James Reed
Phil Brutsche
Ohio Education Association
Norquest
George Linn Jr
Superin
Tendent
James Blevins
Barnes
Ken Cole
eDues
Ahere
eDental
Candy workers mark time as union talks clash with offer
About 400 Fanny Farmer Candy Shops workers walked out after rejecting a last minute company proposal. Union steward Nancy Chaffee says plant manager Louis Trotta released the plan to the press without union input. The offer added 80 cents an hour for three years plus a holiday and dental plan but dropped vacation days and cost of living protection.
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Kathy Szeibach
Reflector
Fanny Farmy Candy Shops, Inc
Fanny Farmer
Nancy Chaffee
Teamster Local 20
Trotta
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