King eyes Cleveland title bout in fall
Boxing promoter Don King says he plans a World Boxing Council heavyweight title fight in Cleveland in September or early October dependent on Larry Holmes defeating Ken Norton in Las Vegas on June 9. Possible challengers include Jimmy Joe and Alfredo Evangelista as Holmes’s first defense looms.
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Alfredo Evangelista
Pain
Hays Transfers Campaign Funds To State Race
Former Rep. Wayne L. Hays of Ohio reportedly moved $10,000 from his federal campaign fund to his Hays for State Representative Committee on March 17. He resigned from Congress in 1976 amid a sex payroll scandal and is now a candidate for Ohio House District 99, keeping funds in federal coffers pending a state bid.
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Wayne L. Hays
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Landslide Hits Train in Iran Kills At Least Seventeen
A landslide on a northeastern Iran passenger train near Gorgan struck at 1 30 am Tuesday as the train headed toward Tehran. Reports say at least 17 died and 30 were wounded with many in serious condition.
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Iran
UPI
Ettelaat National
Caspian Sea
Gorgan
Margaret Ends Marriage in 2-Minute Divorce Suit
Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon end their 18 year marriage in a London court as Judge John Willis grants a quick uncontested divorce after two years of separation. The couple, not present in court, had witnessed a high profile union at Westminster Abbey in 1960. The proceeding resulted in a $29 divorce and marked the end of a royal network of public attention.
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London
UPI
Princess Margaret
Lord Snowdon
Westminster Abbey
John Willis
Queen Elizabeth
Anthony Armstrong Jones
Willis
Soviet hijacker in Moscow seizes two Finnair hostages
An armed man claiming membership in the Russian Liberation Army seized two Finnair employees in downtown Moscow's Finnair office at 12:45 PM, demanded a plane to escape, and was captured by militiamen after firearm fire and teargas. The hostages escaped during the incident.
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UPS
Russian Liberation Army
Finnair
Red Square
Soviet Union
Weather and births and deaths May 24 1978
Partly cloudy tonight with upper 50s lows and mostly sunny Thursday near 80. Tuesday temperatures 67 to 91 with 10 percent precip chance tonight and Thursday. Sunrise 6 01, sunset 8 48. Births Terry and Rebecca Albright Monroeville a boy. Deaths Reverend Elmer V Rupp 64 Waco and Mrs Sarah Ann Skillicorn 55 New London. Lake Baikal in the Soviet Union is the deepest lake in the world more than a mile deep at points.
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Rebecca Albright
Monroeville
F-T
Elmer V. Rupp
Waco
Texas
Sarah Ann Skillicorn
New London
Lake Baikal
Soviet Union
Ohio Town Gets Taste Of Hollywood
Lebanon Ohio transformed into Harper Valley for one day to host the film premiere of Harper Valley P T A The city renamed itself for Tuesday. Nanette Fabray and Ronny Cox danced outside the theater as residents cheered Several hundred attended and merchants sold Harper Valley memorabilia The council adjourned early and residents savored the Hollywood mood before Lebanon returned at midnight
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Lebanon
Ohio
Warren County
Harper Valley
Gilbert A. Jarrard
PTA
Nanette Fabray
Ronny Cox
Hollywood
Time Runs Out Suspect Freed In Pharmacy Robbery Case
Common Pleas Judge dismissed the case of Jack A. Moyer, indicted with his brother Michael in a Willard pharmacy armed robbery, after a 90 day trial deadline expired. Michael’s case delayed by a defense waiver. both pleaded not guilty. Jack remains jailed for a parole hearing in Columbus.
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Willard
Common Pleas
Robert W Smith
Jack A. Moyer
Galion
Moyer
Michael E. Moyer
Bloomingrove
Blocker Pharmacy
Richard Hauser
Michael Moyer
Common Pleas Court
Hauser
John Baird
Smith
Jack Moyer
Columbus
State Parole Board
Hospital says woman was aware of pregnancy after birth in parking lot
Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital stated a woman who gave birth in a Kmart parking lot in Perkins Township May 16 had been informed she was pregnant during a prior emergency room visit for back pains. The 24 year old, Sandra Meloda of 10 W Seminary St, delivered a four pound six ounce boy.
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Kmart
Perkins Township
Sandra McLoda
Seminary St
Fisher-Titus
Ms. Meloda
Ms. McLoda
Carter Proposes Merit Shift for Civil Service Reform
President Carter outlined a final plan to overhaul the Civil Service by eliminating the Civil Service Commission and creating a Merit Systems Protection Board and an Office of Personnel Management. He argued antiquated hiring hurts service quality and cited civil servants who saved over $13.6 million last year.
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UPI
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Carter
Congress
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Merit Systems Protection Board
House Takes Up Tuition Tax Credit
Washington reports HEW Secretary Califano fights a tax credit expansion amid a House move to approve a 25 percent college tuition credit with caps of 100, 150, and 250 dollars for 1978 79 and 80. He argues aid should boost grants and loans not credits, contending credits favor wealthier families and may be unconstitutional for private school tuition.
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UPI
HEW
Joseph Califano
House
Senate
Califano
Carter
Griffin Bill
Convict Escapes Hospital In Columbus
Melvin Banks a 24 year old inmate serving 20 to 50 years for armed robbery overpowered a guard at Ohio State University Hospital today before noon. He seized the guard’s revolver and escaped in a UPS truck with one or two hostages, fleeing north on I-71 toward Delaware County after abandoning the truck and driver.
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UPI
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Ohio Corrections Center
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