Welfare checks safe as ID system reduces theft in Lorain County
Lorain County Welfare Department reports zero lost or stolen welfare checks this month after implementing a photo ID requirement for cashing checks. Director Gerard Prinz says 3,500 checks mailed at month start. 500 go directly to vendors. banks and grocers advised to verify IDs. He notes increased fraud work and continued vigilance across departments and housing providers.
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Prinz
Lorain
Lorain County Welfare Department
Gerard Prinz
Lorain County
Ohio
Mountain climber and family fall on Mt Hood
In Hood River Oregon a climber Harry B. Carson about 42 his wife Joanne 34 and two sons Clifton 12 and Harry Jr 13 fell about 1000 feet while descending Eliot Glacier on Mt Hood. Carson died en route to hospital. Clifton was dead and Harry Jr. was hospitalized with head and back injuries. Joanne suffered a broken leg and possible pelvic fracture but was described as in pretty good condition.
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Hood River, Ore
UPI
Eliot Glacier
Mt. Hood
Harry B. Carson
Oregon
Joanne
Hood River
Clifton
Harry Jr
Harry Junior
Harry Carson, JR
Ore
Apollo 15 Moonmen Back From Moon Trip Faces Medicals
Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott Alfred Worden and James Irwin returned to Earth aboard the USS Hornet after a 12 day mission. They underwent medical tests at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston and prepared for debriefings while their 171 pounds of lunar rock await analysis in the Lunar Receiving Laboratory. The trio, greeted by thousands, shared reflections on Hadley Apennine and the effort behind the mission. Worden spoke of family moments and Irwin praised the team behind the project.
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Scott
Alfred M. Worden
James B. Irwin
Manned Spacecraft Center
Cape Kennedy
Ule
Apennine
Lunar
Pacific Ocean
Houston
Honolulu
Irwin
Planeside
Worden
Hadley-Apennine
Jim
Coast Guard recovers pirated Kamaki after high seas chase
Coast Guard cutter escorts the 73-foot motorsail Kamaki back to Honolulu after a pursuit that included a squall evade and setting the crew adrift 140 miles off Hawaii. Three hijackers who stole the yacht Saturday night remained unaccounted for as owner E L Doheny watched from the rescue craft. The Kamaki had tried to flee toward Tahiti after hijacking Friday night.
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Coast Guard
Hawaii
Honolulu
E. L
Larry” Doheny
Benavir
Kamali
Tahiti
Marine generator fraud linked to Viet Nam deaths
A House subcommittee report ties hundreds of malfunctioning generators sold to the U.S. government for Vietnam to a web of contractor influence over Marine Corps personnel. It warns defective units hindered combat capability and possibly contributed to casualties, noting contracts worth over 27 million dollars for 7,000 generators and naming Consolidated Diesel Elec as builder.
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Viet
Washington
Vietnam
U.S
Marine Corps
House Armed Services Investigating Subcommittee
Justice Department
Consolidated Diesel Electric Co
Old Greenwich
Conn
da Nang
Consolidated
Elmore
Ross
Pentagon
Jennings McLain
McLain
Marine Corps Procurement Division
Newton jury hung retrial is possible
In Oakland Huey P Newton Black Panther cofounder faces a possible third trial after an 11 to 1 hung jury on voluntary manslaughter charges in the 1967 police shooting. The six day deliberation ended with a note seeking dinner and another note indicating a juror no longer wished to deliberate.
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Newton
Oakland
Calif
Black Panther
Huey P. Newton
Superior Court
Harold Howe
Criminal Calendar Court
Donald Whyte
John Frey
Ruthie A. Ellis
Charles Garry
Garry
Black Panthers Party
India Soviet peace pact pledges nonaggression
New Delhi India and the Soviet Union signed a 20 year treaty of peace friendship and cooperation. Foreign Minister Swaran Singh called it a stabilizing factor in Asia and nonaggression pledge. The pact signed two hours earlier by Singh and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko stops short of automatic military aid in third party conflicts.
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New Delhi
India
Soviet Union
Pakistan
Swaran Singh
Asia
Andrei A. Gromyko
Weather summary for today and tomorrow
Humid conditions with a sunny warm day and highs around 88 degrees. Tomorrow will be humid with increasing clouds and upper 80s highs. Tonight remains mild with lows in the mid to upper 60s. Sunset and sunrise times listed. yesterday’s high and today’s low noted.
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LCCC trustees to consider proxy candidate Thursday
Lorain County Community College trustees will meet at 7 30 p m Thursday to review a presidential candidate proposed by the 10 member selection committee. If approved, the choice ends a nearly six month search to replace Dr Max J Lerner who resigned January 8. The candidate was among many considered and interviewed by the committee and student leaders.
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Lorain County Community College
College Board of Trustees
Mabel L Ewing
Max J Lerner
Colorful feast fails to attract at Harrogate festival
Peter Kuttner a 29 year old artist at Queen Elizabeth College London staged a $240 multi color meal for 300 festival visitors in Harrogate England. His blue rolls pink eggs green pies and red sandwiches were cleared in 15 minutes leaving him shattered and saying the experiment was a mockery.
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Harrogate
England
UPI
Peter Kuttner
Queen Elizabeth College
London
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