Mead Inc founder W L Mead Dies at 74 in Cleveland Clinic
W L Mead founder of Mead Inc and Mead Motor Sales, who ran the company solo for 55 years, died after a brief illness at the Cleveland Clinic. He was known as a tough but charitable industrialist, involved in animal welfare, church organ purchases, and mortgage write-offs. He started in 1922, built a Boston terminal, moved offices to Norwalk after a 1948 fire, and vowed the business would continue without interruption.
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W. L. Mead
W. L. Mead Inc
Mead Motor Sales Inc
Mead
Cleveland Clinic
Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital
Walton Jarvis
Jimmy Hoffa
Boston
Jarvis
Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Huron County Humane Society
Fitchville
Olena
Hartland Township
John
Kipton
Detroit
North Fairfield
Ohio
Norwalk
Former mental patient claims 17 murders in two years
Kenneth G. Taylor, 37, of North Lima Ohio, who faces murder and related charges, is to undergo preliminary psychological tests to decide if he should be hospitalized for further exams. He blocked lawmen for two weeks as he recounted murders in Tennessee Ohio and Pennsylvania, raising questions if the tale is fact or fiction.
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Nashville, Tenn
UPI
Kenneth G. Taylor
North
Lima
Ohio
Taylor
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
Soviet Court Convicts American in Currency Case
A Moscow court convicted U S businessman F Jay Crawford of currency black market speculation and gave a suspended five year sentence enabling departure from the Soviet Union. Crawford plans to seek an exit visa after the ruling as part of a possible swap involving dissidents and a Soviet spy.
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Moscow
UPI
U.S
F. Jay Crawford
Crawford
Anatoly Shcharansky
Anatoly Filatov
Lev Mironov
Siberian
Mironov
Kaneshna
Vladimir Kiselev
Kiselev
Ludmila
Alya Solovyova
Leonid Popov
KGB
Harvard study finds no major birth defect risks from birth control
Harvard School of Public Health researchers reviewed 7 723 births in 20 Boston hospitals and found malformation rates of 3.3 percent for non users and 3.8 percent for users of oral contraceptives. The results suggest no major deformity risk from contraceptive use. Separately, the National Cancer Institute study on Laetrile in 67 patients yielded inconclusive results and did not sway FDA opposition to the therapy.
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Cambridge, Mass
UPI
Harvard University
School of Public Health
Harvard
Boston
Washington
National Cancer Institute
Food and Drug Administration
Dems Back Celebrezze for Ohio Chief Justice Post
The Ohio Democratic Central Committee endorsed Supreme Court Justice Frank Celebrezze to succeed the late C William ONeill as chief justice. The six year veteran was chosen for the November ballot on a 16 to 5 vote with Mahoning County Judge Joseph Oneill as his sole opponent.
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Columbus
UPI
Democratic
Supreme Court of Ohio
Frank Celebrezze
C. William O'Neill
Celebrezze
Mahoning County
Joseph O'Neill
Weather and life events brief from The Record
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with lows in the 60s and highs in the 80s. 10 percent rain tonight, 20 percent Friday. Winds SW 5 to 10 mph. Wednesday: 89 and 60. Births list three counts. marriages license for McGue and Smiley. deaths include Mrs. Bessie O Dell. Historical note recalls John Adams defending British soldiers after the Boston Massacre.
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Larry E. McGue
Norwalk
Cook
Mary Etta Smiley
Collins
John Adams
United States
Boston
NBC Annexation Debate Highlights North Norwalk Growth
Norwalk seeks to annex 60 acres along U S 250 including the NBC store and several businesses with council and taxpayers weighing tax revenue against township income. Proponents cite lower insurance costs utility hookups and faster public services while opponents warn of tax shifts and impacts on farming areas. Thirteen of sixteen landowners support the plan as hearings continue and a final decision nears.
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Huron County Commissioners
Norwalk
U.S. 250
NBC Discount
Wayne C. Goodsite
Ronald Freeman
Howard Sawyer
Norwalk Chamber of Commerce
Isadore Lichtessen
Roy Palin
City Council
Goodsite
Berlin-Milan
Questions Abound in JFK Autopsy Hearings
The House Assassinations Committee examined conflicting JFK autopsy reports, calling seven experts and presenting charts and photos. Witnesses included former Texas Gov. John Connally and Nellie Connally, with panel members criticizing early handling by doctors, the Warren Commission, and authorities. The discussion highlighted differing Parkland Hospital descriptions of the head wound and noted a back wound and a bullet found on the stretcher.
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Washington
UPI
House
John F. Kennedy
Texas
John Connally
Nellie
Kennedy
G. Robert Blakey
Warren Commission
Blakey
Warren
Earl) Warren
Parkland Memorial Hospital
Dallas
Parkland
Connally
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Willard
Paul Stafford
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Pamela Ott
Fisher-Titus
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Monroeville
Fisher- Titus
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First United
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