Accidental shooting deaths reported in Ohio and violence in South Africa
A six year old Elyria girl Ida Hought died after a .22 rifle discharged in a home in Noy Columbia Station Ohio. In Port Elizabeth area South Africa riot police killed seven blacks and arrested nearly 300 during rioting tied to June 16 commemoration. In Mansfield Ohio Susan Yvonne Perkins and Sher Lynnette Patrick won Miss Ohio Pageant preliminary honors in swimsuit and talent categories respectively.
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Columbia Station
Ohio
Elyria
Ida Hought
Lorain County
Paul Scaggs
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Johannesburg
South Africa
UPS
Port Elizabeth
Kaba
Kwanabuhle
Mansfield
UPI
Susan Yvonne Perkins
Sher Lynnette Patrick
Miss Perkins
Middletown
Miss Patrick
Centerville
Duvalier sacks tardy Haitian officials in surprise inspections
Haitian President Jean-Claude Duvalier ordered sweeping dismissals of civil servants who failed to appear on time. More than 30 workers at the government telecommunications company were fired after the noon visit, following earlier surprise checks at the Ministry of Public Works. The tactic targets punctuality across agencies.
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Port-Au-Prince
Haiti
UPI
Jean-Claude Duvalier
Ministry of Public Works
PBB Traces Found in Hair Fish Plants and Water
EPA reports PBB flame retardant traces in hair fish soil and water in New Jersey and New York near Bayonne Sayreville and Staten Island plants. Findings mark first evidence of the chemical in multiple environmental media.
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Washington
First Legionnaires Death Confirmed in Washington State
The 61 year old Bellingham man who died April 11 is the first confirmed Legionnaire's Disease death in Washington. The state reports no outbreak and notes the West Coast identification of the disease agent.
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Olympia
Wash
UPI
Department of Social and Health Services
Bellingham
John A. Beare
Weather roughs up to cooler weekend with variable sun
Partly cloudy and cooler tonight and Sunday with lows around the upper 50s and highs in the mid to upper 70s. Precipitation chances are 20 percent tonight and 10 percent Sunday. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph. Friday temperatures 88 to 59. Total precipitation 1.38 inches. Birth announcements list Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Ely Norwalk a girl and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Krull Monroeville a girl.
Germany Halts Nuclear Exports in Policy Shift
Bonn announces no export of nuclear reprocessing technology or plants for the time being, except to fulfill existing contracts. The move follows London talks on energy and proliferation and aligns with pressure from President Carter, while confirming an 18 month old contract to Brazil for a full cycle nuclear energy system.
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Bonn
West Germany
UPI
Helmut Schmidt
London
Carter
Brazil
Local Plane Crash Baffles Investigator
NTSB investigator William Moore probes a May 19 crash of a six seat Piper Aztec owned by Midwest Air Charter Inc. Two pilots Richard Simonek and Edgar Weidner died as the plane went down near U.S. 250. Moore cites no fault in the aircraft and plans a three week evidence review before a probable cause ruling.
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Zenobia Road
National Transportation Safety Board
William Moore
Chicago
Richard Simonek
Macedonia
Ohio
Edgar Weidner
Lebanon
U.S. 250
Midwest Air Charter, Inc
Lorain
Moore
Simonek
Ron Zoellner
Norwalk City-Huron
Police opt not to charge Shelter Globe workers in Norwalk blasts
Norwalk police will not prosecute Shelter Globe workers over a month of air bomb detonations at the Jefferson Street plant. A press release says disciplinary actions satisfied authorities. plant management refused to name those involved or confirm firings. Fire Chief McGuckin traced blasts to acetylene and helium mix with a lit cigarette fuse.
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Norwalk
Shelter Globe
Sheller Globe
Jefferson Street
Elmer McGuckin
Donald H. Monson
Stokely-Van Camp
Hedren Injured by Elephant on Roar Set in California
Actress Tippi Hedren sustained a broken leg and facial cuts after Tembo the African elephant grabbed her ankle and toppled her at the Roar filming site in Lancaster California. She remains in Antelope Valley Hospital in stable condition with injury severity prompting possible skin grafts. Two days earlier Tembo also knocked down animal handler Patricia Barbeau, breaking her shoulder.
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Lancaster
Calif
UPI
Tippi Hedren
Miss Hedren
Marnie
Antelope Valley Hospital
Tembo
Patricia Barbeau
Hondo Mayor Gets Nonsense Calls Over Civic Center Plan
Mayor Woodrow Glasscock Jr says he has received prank calls from across the United States and Canada after requesting a list of 180 hard core unemployed from President Carter. He notes the town needs federal funds for a civic center but faces a higher unemployment rate requirement.
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Hondo, Tex
UPI
Woodrow Glasscock Jr
Hondo
Glasscock
Carter
United States
Canada
Honda
Economic Development Administration
youths nabbed near wakeman after chase
Two Marietta youths were captured near Wakeman after a Friday chase. A 16 year old and Virgil Francis Martin Jr 18 were arrested on auto theft charges. Martin is held in Huron County Jail on complicity in misuse of a motor vehicle.
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Wakeman
Marietta
Virgil Francis Martin, Jr
Martin
Huron County
Vermilion River
Valentine
Willard
Sam
Tom Ludban
David
Monroeville
Erie County
Sherriff
Athens
Richland County
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Emily Post
Elizabeth Post
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James Earl Ray
C. Murray Henderson
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Ft. Monroe
Joe
Daniel Ely
Robert Krull
Good Samaritan
Vermilion
Tim Hohman
Germany
Schmidt
Valery
Giscard d’Estaing
Stewart
Ohio Edison
A.N
Tony) Gorant
Gorant
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West Seminary Street
Cline Street
Prospect Street
Milan
Ohio 61
South Main Street
Milan Manor
Old State Road
Tippi Hedron
Virgil Valentine
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