Cleveland man arraigned on threat to Carter and Kennedy
Edward M. Lurie, 34, of Cleveland Heights, was arraigned on charges of threatening to assassinate President Carter and Senators Kennedy and Percy. He was ordered held without bond pending a June 30 preliminary hearing. Lurie faces up to five years if convicted.
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Cleveland
UPI
Carter and Sons
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Charles H. Percy
R-Ill
Michael D. Lurie
Cleveland Heights
FBI
Secret Service
Cuyahoga County
Veteran Bettis jailed for KKK violence in Alabama
James Bettis, World War II veteran with four decorations and a battle wound, received a two year prison sentence on three counts of Ku Klux Klan violence intended to terrorize Black residents in Talladega County. U S District Judge Frank McFadden rejected leniency based on his military record.
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Birmingham
Ala
UPI
James Bettis
Talladega County
U.S. District Court
Frank McFadden
Bettis
Louis Wilkinson
McFadden
Skylab may fall earlier than predicted to Earth
Washington officials say Skylab could reenter four days earlier than earlier forecasts due to a broadside travel orientation. July 12 is the likely date with updates possible after radar tracking by NORAD.
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Washington
UPI
Earth
Space Agency
North American Air Defense Command
Willard man indicted in death case on trespass charge
A Huron County grand jury indicted Silas Slone 29 of Willard on charges of menacing and trespassing connected to the death of Wilbur Hershiser 62 of New Haven Township The case stemmed from an incident June 10 when Slone on Hershiser’s property argued with him and allegedly struck him causing suffocation by choking The trespassing and menacing counts are misdemeanors
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Huron County
Willard
New Haven
Silas Slone
Wilbur Hershiser
Richard Hauser
William B. Holman
Hershiser
Slone
Weather Preview and Local Births Deaths
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with lows 55 to 60 and highs 75 to 80. West to southwest winds 10 to 20 mph. 20 percent precipitation chance tonight and Friday. Sunrise 5 54, sunset 9 04. Births list Norwalk Fisher Titus and Marymount Hospital Garfield Heights. Deaths Rev Bernard Miller Cary Ohio James L Hippler 18 Berlin Heights Viola Rooks 71 Milan Bernice Wheeler 71 North Fairfield.
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Robert
Joan Reed
Norwalk
Fisher-Titus
Kenneth and
Jane Schreiner
Fisher- Titus
Charles and
Wendy Stein
Marymount Hospital
Garfield Heights
Bernard Miller
Cary
Ohio
James L. Hippler
Berlin Heights
Viola Rooks
Milan
Bernice Wheeler
North Fairfield
Welfare suit seeks halt to county relief cuts in Ohio
Two Huron County residents filed a federal class action in Toledo challenging a December policy that reduces general relief payments after 90 days. The suit names county officials and state welfare leaders, seeks injunctions to stop further cuts, and asks for damages and reimbursement for those already affected. The plaintiffs say reductions violate state law guaranteeing benefits sufficient for health and decency and the due process clause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huron County
Federal District Court
Toledo
Caroline B. Spoerr
Huron County Welfare Department
Maurice Smith
Roy Palm
Thomas Carabin
Kenneth B. Creasy
Department of Public Welfare
Jean L. Rennett
Riverview St
Wakeman
Randall B. Deer
Monroeville
John Coyne
Advocates For Basic Legal Equality
ABLE
Fremont
Coyne
Bennett
Spoerr
Deer
Nicholas Walinski
Richard Hauser
Hauser
U.S. newsman Bill Stewart killed in Nicaragua ambush
In Managua a Sandinista ambush killed ABC correspondent Bill Stewart and driver while a guard convoy was destroyed by RPG rockets. Somoza ordered a court martial for the shooter and condemned the act, as Carter denounced it. The southern front prepared a frontal assault against Sandinistas near Sapoa within 48 hours.
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Managua
Nicaragua
UPI
National Guard
Anastasio Somoza
ABC
Bill Stewart
Stewart
Aquiles Aranda Escobar
Barrio Paraisio
Radio
Sandino
Radio Sandino
Somoza
Comandante
Julio
Pablo Emilio Salazar
Sapoa
Storms bring minor damage across Huron County Ohio
Severe thunderstorms raked Huron County and northern Ohio with heavy rain and strong winds. 2.1 inches fell at Cleveland Hopkins Airport with gusts to 47 mph, while outages affected Firelands Electric Cooperative customers near New London and Norwalk’s jail, though most power was restored by late night. 100 customers lost service briefly, and a tornado uprooted a tree near Willard without causing damage.
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Huron County
Ohio
National Weather Service
Cleveland Hopkins
Greenwich
Wakeman
Richmond Township
Sheriff's Department
Larry Silcox
Lowell Eitel
U.S. 224
Willard
Firelands Electric Cooperative
New London
Norwalk
Silcox
Tony Gorant
Ohio Edison
Washington and
Northwest Streets
Southwood Road
Norwood Avenue
Bellevue
Port Clinton
Gorant
Serbian hijacker surrenders at Shannon Ireland airport
Nikola Kavaja a 45 year old Serbian nationalist who faced conspiracy to murder Yugoslav diplomats in Chicago surrendered to police at Shannon International Airport after his plane from New York landed. He traveled via Chicago and New York assembling negotiators including his lawyer. Irish troops guarded the surrender as police recaptured control.
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Shannon
Ireland
UPI
Shannon International
New York
Nikola Kavaja
Paterson
N. J
John Doddy
Patrick Coucy
Daddy
Kavala
Sarfield Barracks
Kavaja
American Airlines
Flint
Mich
Oklahoma City
Chicago
O'Hare International
Deyan Ranko Brashich
Kennedy Airport
Brashich
FBI
Edwin Sharpe
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Bernard W. Freeman
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