Man investigated after mother starved to death in basement
In East Lansing 27 year old David Davis is under police investigation after his mother Joanne E. Davis was found starved to death in his apartment basement. Authorities say she fasted for extended periods and died around April 22. Davis described their family as normal but authorities await autopsy results and may pursue charges.
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East Lansing, Mich
UPI
Joanne E. Davis
David
Davis
Robert L. Nelson
Meridian Township
Debra
Nelson
Leslie Joel Lamp
Lansing Bethel Alliance
Ingham County
Ford Board Rebuff Highlights Family Rifts in Detroit
Ford Motor Co chairman Henry Ford II rejected nephew Benson Ford Jr by board committee after a family meeting in Grosse Pointe Shores. In Pennsylvania, a 13-year-old Amish boy is diagnosed with polio amid religious opposition to vaccination. General Motors recalls 372,000 Cadillacs for sticky pedals blamed for crashes and deaths. In Ohio, allegations surface of guards beating a Mansfield prisoner, who died of natural causes. State officials seek access to Rickenbacker Air Force Base to expand a state reformatory to ease overcrowding.
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Detroit
UPI
Ford Motor Co
Henry Ford II
Benson Ford Jr
Auto Company
Ford
Grosse Pointe Shores
Benson
Harrisburg
William Parkin
Pennsylvania Health Department
Woodland
Franklin County
Parkin
General Motors
Cadillac Motor Car Division
Mansfield
Ohio Scripps-Howard
Moore
Columbus
Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections
Rickenbacker Air Force Base
Air Force
Lebanon
Rench fined for open burning. plans appeal in Norwalk case
Richard E. Rench was found guilty of violating Norwalk open burning rules after 242 hours of testimony. Judge Donald Derby fined him 50 and costs with the fines stayed pending appeal to the Sixth District Court of Appeal. Rench's attorney pressed for action against Memorial Lake Park burning and questioned chief McGuckin and local pollution rules, while Rench argued constitutional objections and disputed the evidence.
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Huron County
Richard E. Rench
Norwalk
Rench
Donald Derby
Sixth District Court of Appeal
Max Rayle
Bowling Green
Memorial Lake Park
Rayle
McGuckin
eHe
Ohio
EPA
Baker Street
Marriage Licenses and Local Notices Highlight Norwalk Area
LMC weather shows clear tonight with a low around 40 and sunny Sunday highs near 70. Marriage license applications list multiple couples from Norwalk and nearby towns. births and deaths noted for area residents. Obituaries and church news referenced. page indicators point to stories on pages 3, 5, and era pages 6,7.
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David R. Riley
Norwalk
Marilyn P. Davis
Robin Combs
Marlene Hunt
Charles A. Jackson
Wakeman
Sheila Hobby
Vermilion
Carl H. Hacker
Greenwich
Lana S. Ruggles
Stephen R. Esch
Grand Rapids
Mich
Mason
Barbara A. Wiers
Willard
Arnie
Trinity Lutheran Church
Monroeville
Wayne faces possible widespread cancer after surgery
UCLA officials said the 71 year old actor John Wayne underwent surgery for an intestinal obstruction and tests showed cancer cells throughout the tissue. Doctors considered experimental treatments and Wayne volunteered to join a cancer research program as the family gathered at the hospital.
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Los Angeles
UPI
John Wayne
Wayne
Bernard Strohm
Ucla Medical Center
Strohm
UCLA
Property tax relief plan targets low and middle incomes
Senators Gillmor and Matia propose a state income tax credit for property tax relief. Households with incomes up to 30000 would receive one third of the amount property taxes exceed 5 percent of income, up to 300 dollars, applied against state income tax.
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Columbus
UPI
Senate
Paul E. Gillmor
Port Clinton
Paul R. Matia
Westlake
Gillmor
Shrink Calls Moonies 'Adult Children' At City Club
California psychiatrist David J. Schwartz criticized the Unification Church in Cleveland for brainwashing tactics and called its members adult children. He said many are sheltered, unmarried men around 25 who join religious goals young, then are separated from their old identity and molded into compliant followers. He cited 66 percent success for deprogramming and urged examining the cult as a multinational structured group with party-like discipline.
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Cleveland
UPI
California
David J. Schwartz
Sun Myung Moon
Schwartz
Moon
America
Korea
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Polio
Elmer McGuckin
Jo & Ed
Bench
Reflector
Ptl
Phillip Charville
Freeman
Ohio House
Derby
Wiener Roas Triat
Richard Rench
Cathy Hubler
LMC
Reno
Nevada
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