NFL draft chronicle 1961 opens with Rogers and Taylor picks
The 1961 NFL draft begins with New Orleans selecting George Rogers of South Carolina, and New York Giants taking Lawrence Taylor of North Carolina. The round features top picks Freeman McNeil UCLA Seattle Kenny Easley and Rich Campbell among others, with trades reshaping early selections.
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Rob Durkee
C-T
New Orleans
George Rogers
South Carolina
New York Giants
Lawrence Taylor
North Carolina
NEW York Jets
Freeman McNeil
UCLA
Uclans
Seattle
University of Pittsburgh
Hugh Green
Kenny Easley
St Loms
Easley
Alabama
EJ Junior
Green Bay
Los Angeles’ Rams
University of California
Rich Campbell
Green
Tampa Bay
San Francisco
Southern California
Ronnie Latt
St. Louis
E.J. Junior
California
Pittsburgh
Ronnie Lott
Los Angeles
Mel Owens
Michigan
Cincinnati
David Verser
Kansas
Chicago
Keith van Horne
Baltimore
Randy McMillan
Miami
David Overstreet
Oklahoma
Kansas City
Willie Scott
Denver
Dennis Smith
Prostitution Crackdown Clears Robbery Cases in Cleveland
In Cleveland, 18 prostitutes were arrested for promoting prostitution and firearms violations in the Prospect Ave area. Police say the arrests blocked traffic along E 30th Street as prostitutes operated from cars. Seven clients and one pimp were also taken into custody and investigators report the operation has solved several robberies linked to prostitutes.
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Cleveland
UPI
Roger Demneril
Prospect Ave
E 30 St
Prospect
Polie
Denneryl
Weather outlook shows showers and storms tonight then cooler
A forecast calls for outside showers and locally heavy thunderstorm activity tonight with a low in the upper 40s. Cloudy Wednesday brings scattered showers that end in the morning with high near 60. Tonight’s precipitation chance 90 percent, 30 percent Wednesday. Sunset tonight at 7:01 p.m. Details on Page A 3.
Keystone High teacher in crash stays in critical condition
26 year old business teacher Karen Truman Sprague of Elyria suffered severe head injuries when her car was struck from behind on Route 301 in LaGrange Village. Richard Marsico 34, en route to a Columbus drug trial, reportedly traveled faster and may have been trying to pass. Sprague teaches at Keystone High and advises the Rolling Rock newspaper. Marsico and others are defendants in a multimillion dollar interstate drug case. trial delays continued as investigators assess the crash and Marsico was released to proceed to Columbus.
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Keystone
Richard Marsico
Elyma
Columbus
Karen Truman Sprague
Clark St
Elyria
Elyria Memorial Hospital
LaGrange
Marsio
Marsico
James Ross
Marshe
Raymond Ripley
Mario Adamo
Adamo
Miami
Fie
Ailing Elyria Police Chief Brand retires after 32 years
Elyria Police Chief Paul A Brand, 53, announces resignation 18 days before his 32nd anniversary on the force. On medical leave since Feb 28 for back and heart ailments, he plans to file for a disability pension. He cites stress and changing police work, adds television shapes public expectations and calls the job difficult rather than glorious.
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Elyria
Paul A. Brand
Michael Keys
Brand
Keys
21 Year-Old Atlanta Youth Found Dead In River
The partially clad body of Jimmy Ray Payne, 21, missing since Wednesday, was pulled from the Chattahoochee River, identified by Public Safety Commissioner Lee P. Brown five hours after a couple fishing spotted the body. Officials planned autopsy to determine cause of death and said the case would join the metropolitan task force on murdered and missing children as a homicide. Police also sought a 13-year-old boy, Calvin Brown, last seen Monday, described as 4 feet tall, 120 pounds, with detectives handling the disappearance.
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Chicago
USC
Keith van Horne
Baltimore
Pitt
Randy McMillan
Miami
Oklahoma
David Overstreet
Willie Scott
South Carolina
Denver
Dennis Smith
Southern California
Bob Brudzinski
Ohio State
Los Angeles
Joe Washington
Washington
Redskins
Detroit
Mark Nichols
San Jose State
Lions
West Coast
Nichols
Pittsburgh
Keith Gary
Gary
Sooners
Atlanta
UPI
Chattahoochee
Jimmy Ray Payne
Public Safety
Lee P. Brown
Payne
Brown
Fulton County
Metropolitan Task Force
Derren Glass
Marvion Lee
Calvin
Ecause Authermes Sili
Cat Payne
Keys Cool on French Creek Tie In Plan
Mayor Michael Keys opposes using Avon Elyria’s sewage plant to treat Elyria wastes. New Havens and Emerson estimates place expansion at about 20 million, or 20 million to purchase connect and upgrade French Creek plant. Costs are rough due to unknown reconstruction timing and inflation, with options including partial ownership or Mant basin connections.
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French Creek
Michael Keys
Elynia
Keys
Cleveland
Havens and
Emerson
Elvira
Fiska
Elyria
Elyri
Siuey
Have Gid
Frent Creek
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Rogers
Giants
Taylor
RAMS
Neil Lomax
NY Giants
Junior
Campbell Green
Frisco
Accent
Bia
North Ridgeville
Star
van Fastic
Christina Ross
Jina Ross
Mississippi
Frank Ross
Lorain
Elyrians
John Fazio
Police and Fire
Brand Television
R Missing Persons Detectives
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