London police hunt for voice on Ripper tape
London police trace a 60 second taped message to identify the Yorkshire Ripper, the serial killer who has slain 11 women including nine prostitutes since October 1975. Oldfield and Holland lead the probe as rewards total 53000 dollars for information. The voice, from northeast England, taunts officers and predicts victim No 12 from Manchester.
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London
UPI
George
George Oldfeld
Voice
Oldfield
Jack the Ripper
the Ripper
George Oldfield
England
Josephine Whittaker
Savings and Loan Bank
ADA backs draft Kennedy despite Carter rift
Washington ADA backs Theodore Kennedy movement seeking a 1980 liberal candidate while Kennedy denies presidential run. If Kennedy declines, ADA says it will field another liberal to challenge Carter, risking party split. In New York a fisherman finds a WWII rocket at Jones Beach, prompting evacuation of 800 people and detonation at the dump.
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Washington
UPI
Americans For Democratic Action
Teddy
Edward Kennedy
Carter
Kennedy
Jones Beach
N.Y
Nassau County
Truckers Strike Violence Spurs National Toll Road Clash
United Press International reports a Tennessee trucker was shot on I-81 in Greene County when a high powered rifle slug hit Robert E. Barbee, 43, in the right shoulder. Barbee, a tractor-trailer driver for a bakery firm, was listed in good condition at Laughlin Memorial Hospital in Greeneville.
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United Press International
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Robert E. Barbee
Greene County
Barbee
Laughlin Memorial Hospital
Greeneville
Car costs reach record share of personal income in 1978
A Hertz Corp study shows the average cost of owning and operating a car at 2027 dollars, up 17.7 percent from 1977, with total vehicle use spending at 442.6 billion and 248.1 billion on passenger cars, equal to 25.9 percent of personal income.
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Detroit
UPI
Hertz Corp
Lawyers seek stays of executions in Florida electric chair
In Jacksonville, UPI reports lawyers for Charles William Proffitt and Robert A. Sullivan ask federal courts to halt Wednesday's executions at Florida State Prison after the Florida Supreme Court rejected their appeals for stays.
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Jacksonville
Fla
UPI
Charles William Proffitt
Robert A. Sullivan
Florida
Florida Supreme Court
Marriage License Applications Listed in LMC Local Notice
A local notice lists marriage license applicants including Ronald A. Myers and Susan M. Kamann from Monroeville and Willard respectively, plus several other couples with ages and occupations. Births and deaths are recorded for Willard, Berlin Heights, North Fairfield, and Norwalk areas, with several names and ages. Also notes a fact about the tenrec, a rare Madagascar animal, as a curious inclusion.
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Ronald A. Myers
Monroeville
Susan M. Kamann
Willard
Michael A. Scheid
Collins
Brenda J. Owens
New London
Bernard G. Hassler
Kathy Lynn Hicks
Phyllis M. Barnett
Norwalk
William D. Kinderman
Sheffield Lake
Deb E. Stout
Bellevue
Rodolfo and
Graciela Maldonado
Willard Area
Thomas
Sheila Ott
Berlin Heights
Good Samaritan
Ehove teachers ask court to pick third panel member
Ehove teachers urge Erie County judge James McCrystal to appoint the third member of the impasse panel after ETA and board negotiators failed to agree. They reject the American Arbitration Association mechanism as too slow and want a local mediator to expedite talks before the two-year contract expires June 30.
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Ehove
Court
Avery
American Arbitration Association
Ehove Teachers Association
Ken Cole
Ohio Education Association
ETA
Michael Fegen
Cole
Fegen
Erie County Common Pleas Court
AAA
Cleveland
James
McCrystal
James Marret
No talks at Gould No talks at Gould
About 400 mechanics at Gould Elastomer Products in Milan remain on strike into a third day as MESA and Gould officials fail to reach a settlement. National rep Ivan Melzak says Gould refuses to meet with a MESA team, while the company again declines comment. Picket lines block nonstriking personnel at the Lockwood Road plant.
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Gould Corp
Milan
Gould
Mechanics Eductional Society of America
Gould Elastomer Products
Ivan Melzak
The
Reflector
MESA
Melzak
Mesa Local 59
Charles Oddo
Lockwood Road
U.S. 250
Norwalk Citizens Committee studies city school buildings
A 34 member Citizens Committee for Building and Grounds in Norwalk begins a detailed study of district school buildings to assess maintenance and improvement needs. Final recommendations to the school board are aimed for Oct 1 with four sub committees to report progress before any full board action.
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Norwalk
Stephen Senft
Mead Ave
Sydney Hadley
Citizens’ Committee
Senft
Senfi
Hadley
Norwalk Leaders Aim to Keep Fanny Farmer Plant
Norwalk Mayor Wayne C. Goodsite and Growth Committee members plan to visit Bedford Massachusetts to urge Fanny Farmer Candies Inc to keep the Norwalk plant open. Officials notified union leaders of the plant's possible closure, while a Cleveland attorney represents the company in this matter.
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Norwalk
Wayne C. Goodsite
Growth Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Bedford
Mass
Fanny Farmer Candies, Inc
Fanny Farmer
U.S. 20
Robert Davin
Cleveland
Teamster Union
Mary Conrad
Toledo
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Manchester
Queen Victoria
Trucker
LMC
Eugene T. Smith
Amelia E. Hanville
Nova
Myrtle L. Crittenden
Walter E. Hayes
Conrad Baker
Wakeman
David W. Holmes
Gilbert Nickols
Alicin Watson
Earth
Madagascar
Jim Busek
Cesenev
Marret
Board
Creighton Ghrist
Paul Stafford
City Fights
Goodsite
Peter Kurzena
Kurzena
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