Sammy Davis Jr Becomes Langston Police Chief
Sammy Davis Jr tried on the hat of Langston Oklahoma police chief in a near all black town. He presented the town with 10000 dollars and two full scholarships to Langston University where the ceremonies were held. He is the third black entertainer to hold such a post after Redd Foxx and Flip Wilson in Oklahoma towns.
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Sammy Davis
Langston
Okla
Davis
Langston University
Redd Foxx
Taft
Flip Wilson
Boley
UPI
No Republican Shoo Ins Warn Ford Not Assured
A bloc of 28 conservative GOP leaders says no one has the 1976 nomination locked up and Ford should not assume their support. Ford reportedly sought a meeting with Sen. James Buckley to shore up conservative backing amid the scramble.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
James L. Buckley
R-N.y
Dual roles prompt no conflict in Penn's pay cases
Patrick Penn earned 10941.60 in year as director of Ohio Black Minority Recruitment Program while also paid 13000 as Oberlin College basketball coach and PE teacher. He says no conflict of interest and three recruits were paid 8481.40 under a summer program for vocational work.
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Columbus
UPI
Patrick Penn
Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction
Oberlin College
Penn
Columbus Dispatch
Weather and community notices from March 3 1975
Weather: snow flurries possible tonight low teens to low 20s. Tuesday partly cloudy high 25 30. Precip 50 percent tonight 20 percent Tuesday. Winds west 5 to 15 mph tonight. Sunday highs 33 lows 17. Humidity 7 am 71 percent 1 pm 74 percent 7 pm 75 percent. Total precipitation 0.20 inches. Sun rise 7:59 sunset 7:20. Moonrise 1:18 am moonset 11:18 am. Births: Mr and Mrs Timothy Wendt Monroeville girl Willard Area. Mr and Mrs Thomas Derby Norwalk girl F T. Deaths: Mrs Bertha B Pool 88 Norwalk. Mr Philip M Manlet 86 Norwalk. Mr William B Claus 96 rural Willard. Mrs Margaret Lee Cox 86 Willard. Mr Andrew Ortner Sr 82 rural Wakeman. Mrs Maude Marie Curns 77 Willard.
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Timothy Wendt
Monroeville
Willard Area
Thomas Derby
Norwalk
F-T
Bertha B. Pool
Philip M. Manlet
William B. Claus
Willard
Margaret Lee Cox
Andrew Ortner, Sr
Rural
Wakeman
Maude Marie Curns
Public Opinion Split On TV's Effect On Kids Education
A Kent State University professor links rising television viewing to slower reading and writing development. Readers voice strong views for and against TV's impact, with calls to parental control and civil rights supporters urging resistance to censorship, plus a ransom scenario about governments yielding to radicals.
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Kent State University
Heidi Biggs Dies En Route Home In Ambulance
Fourteen year old Heidi Biggs a cancer patient died in an ambulance on the way to Belleville Illinois after a Hawaii dream trip. Her mother Lucille Biggs said Heidi wanted to die at home and return to Belleville to spend her last days there.
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Laszlo K. Domjan
Belleville
Ill
UPI
Hawaii
Heidi Biggs
Illinois
Heidi
Lucille Biggs
Honolulu
St. Louis
Memorial Hospital
Mrs. Biggs
Russell Penny
Sudbury, Ont
Penny
Randy Hillman
Cambodian starvation grows as army gets food in Phnom Penh
In Phnom Penh the government orders airlifted rice to be reserved for soldiers and families. Civilian refugees face starvation as prices rise and most markets close. field reports show a failed three day drive to clear rebels near Pochentong Airport.
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Phnom Penh
API
America
Lon Nol
Pochentong
U.S
South Vietnam
Bien Hoa
Saigon
Five Anarchists Freed in Exchange for West Berlin Candidate
West Germany released five jailed anarchists after promising urban guerrillas would free the Christian Democratic candidate for mayor of West Berlin who was kidnapped five days earlier. A Lufthansa Boeing 707 with full fuel departed Frankfurt Rhine-Main at 4 55 a.m. EDT.
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Berlin
UPI
West Berlin
Lufthansa
Frankfurt’s Rhine- Main
Berlin hostage crisis plane heads toward Addis Ababa
Kidnappers who seized Peter Lorenz threaten release after five colleagues reach destination. Plane diverted from Frankfurt to Addis Ababa amid denials by Damascus and Tripoli and possible landings in Sana. Five released prisoners accompanied by Heinrich Albertz are described as not being hostages.
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West Berlin
Peter Lorenz
Lorenz
Frankfurt
Damascus
Tripoli
Addis Ababa
Rome
Leonardo da Vinci
Lufthansa
Libya
Athens
Israel
Sudan
East Africa
Israal
Yemen
Sana
Heinrich Albertz
Albertz
Norwalk Teacher Out After Pay Dock Sparks Walkout
Gary Hicks, a Norwalk High School science teacher, walked off Friday after his paycheck docked 342 days for absence. He seeks emergency leave and plans legal consultation after meetings with school officials and the union president.
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Gary Hicks
Norwalk High School
Hicks
John Neighbor
Ohio Education Association
Robert Gullett
Norwalk Teacher’s Association
Edward Still
Supt
Albion V. Gotaas
Gotaas
George Perry
Norwalk
VD Clinic urged as top county health priority in Huron
Huron County Health Department reports gonorrhea as the leading communicable disease last year with 54 cases. Officials estimate up to 540 cases may have occurred due to underreporting, and six syphilis cases were also recorded. Age range 13 to 30. The report calls for a VD clinic to improve reporting and control efforts.
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Huron County
Huron County Health Department
Leon Lodermeier
Health Department
Lodermeier
Pflieger Seeks At Large Council Seat In Norwalk
Norwalk councilman Richard Pflieger who held the second ward seat since 1974 will not seek re election. He has filed petitions to run for councilman at large as a Democrat. Pflieger is 52 and works for Stokely Van Camp Inc. He previously ran unsuccessfully for City Council and Huron County Commissioner.
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Norwalk
Richard Pflieger
Pflieger
Woodlawn Ave
Melvin Shipley
Stokely- Van-Camp, Inc
Huron County
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