Jerry Brown warns governors of a second American Revolution
California Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr urges fellow governors at the National Governors Association meeting to cut spending to avert a nationwide taxpayer rebellion. He cites Proposition 13 and warns the nation risks a second American Revolution if government costs are not reduced. Michigan's William Milliken cautions against overdramatizing the threat while supporting spending restraint and priority setting.
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Boston
California
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Brown
National Governors’ Association
Carter
Robert Strauss
Michigan
William Milliken
Association
Milliken
Elyria School Openings And Dismissals Planned
Elyria schedules openings with doors at various times, classes begin between 7:30 and 9:15 a.m., and dismissals range from 2:15 to 3:30 p.m. Schools urge parents not to bring children before doors open due to lack of staff on duty. The list covers Allen through Elyria West, with Edison and Roosevelt noting multiple start times by grade.
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Allen
Cascade
Prospect
Crestwood
Eastgate
Edison
Ely and
Windsor
Erie
Hamilton
Maplewood
McKinley
Spring Valley
Oakwood
Roosevelt
Eastern Heights
Franklin
Jefferson
Northwood
Westwood
Elyria High
Elyria West
Keystone opening delayed pushing bus and attendance changes
The Keystone opening is delayed by 11 days with September or October board decision on makeup days. Bus service for all students starts on opening day with non public riders to arrange alternative transport until then.
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Warner
Keystone
Rebecca J. Petruna
Willis Taylor
Olmsted Hires Clearview Chief Berger as Superintendent
Berger will lead North Olmsted schools starting 1975 after leaving Clearview. He and his wife Debbie, a Chronicle Telegram reporter, plan to move from Elyria. He aims to revitalize finances reduce overcrowding and restore building conditions while serving a three year contract through July 31 1981 with four weeks vacation.
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Debbie
Chronicle-Telegram
North Olmsted
Elyria
Berger
Clearview
Frick
Michael Clancey
Rumor of 45 Million Hidden in Mrs. Sheehan House
Police in Philadelphia chase a rumor of forty-five million dollars hidden in Mabel Sheehan’s two story North Philadelphia home. A crowd of about 300 gathered as burglaries rose, police guard the house, and authorities search for the reclusive 72 year old amid conflicting claims of a $35 000 stash.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Mabel Sheehan
U.S. trade deficit widens to near record level in July
The July US trade deficit rose to 2.99 billion dollars, the fourth largest on record, as imports from foreign goods jumped to 14.78 billion while American exports totaled 11.79 billion. The deficit for the year to date reached 19.35 billion, vs 13.60 billion a year earlier, signaling continued dollar weakness.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Commerce Department
US S
Baby denied transfusion now in critical condition
A 20 month old Massachusetts baby whose Jehovah’s Witness parents refused a blood transfusion was in critical condition at Jacksonville Children’s Hospital. The Kearleys, who had disappeared from Massachusetts on Aug 17, faced a court hearing on the transfusion issue. The child’s illness is bone marrow failure. Doctors say without transfusions the child would die in weeks. specialists note the infection is generalized and a transfusion would be of no benefit.
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Jacksonville
Fla
UPI
Massachusetts
Jacksonville Children's Hospital
Bradford Kearley
Leah
Thomas Kearley
Saugus
Mass
Kearleys
New blunders surface in Davis murder-for-hire case
Texas Ranger John M. Hogg testified at T Cullen Davis bond proceedings that FBI transmitters hidden on informant David McCrory failed to work during an Aug. 20 meeting. Authorities recovered a silenced .22 pistol from Davis, with defense claiming missing audio could aid Davis. Prosecutors say the device malfunction was unknown to McCrory and deny entrapment.
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Fort Worth, Texas
UPI
FBI
T. Cullen Davis
Texas
Davis’ Bond
John M. Hogg
David McCrory
Davis
McCrory
Hogg
Tony Wilson
Cadillac
Franklin County prosecutor hires special prosecutor
Franklin County Prosecutor George C. Smith privately hired a special prosecutor at public expense to seek criminal evidence against opponent William J. Brown, Ohio attorney general. Attorney Richard Sheward, hired after Brown brought in his chief criminal investigator in April 1975, aims to build a case for possible grand jury indictment.
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Columbus
UPI
Franklin County
George C. Smith
Ohio
William J. Brown
Richard Sheward
Scripps- Howard
Brown
Sheward
Smith
Brook Park stalls Berea Freeway plan near airport
Brook Park council withholds consent delaying a $15 million Berea Freeway improvement at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. Ohio DOT Deputy Director Thomas M. Krall warned bids could not be opened by October 31 without council approval. Mayor Angelo Wedo expressed concern but pledged not to let the project fail.
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Cleveland
UPI
Berea
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport
Brook Park
Ohio law makes adoptee birth histories public at adoption
A new Ohio law takes effect requiring courts to provide medical and social histories of natural parents in adoption proceedings. Dr. Stella Kontr at Children’s Hospital says lacking histories hindered care and the bill offers protection for children and prospective parents.
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Columbus
Ohio
Stella Kontr
Children’s Hospital
Cleveland Heights plans school reassignment to cut imbalance
The Cleveland Heights University Heights Board of Education revealed a plan to reassign about 520 elementary students starting September 1979 to reduce racial imbalance and address enrollment and financial concerns. The plan also closes Severance-Millikin Elementary School, shifting students from Boulevard and Taylor Elementary.
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Cleveland Heights
UPI
Cleveland Heights University Heights Board of Education
Boulevard
Taylor
Severance-Millikin
Logan teachers strike halts first day for 4300 students
Logan teachers in the Logan Education Association walked out in a contract dispute. The Logan Board of Education met early and canceled the district’s first day of school for the 4,300 students in the system.
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LOGAN
UPI
Logan Education Association
Logan Board of Education
Col 19 year old falls to death at frat house
Michael Quaintance a 19 year old sophomore at Case Western Reserve University died from internal injuries after apparently falling from a fraternity house roof. Preliminary coroner findings were not yet official pending further tests. He died Sunday at Lakeside Hospital and was found outside the Zeta Psi house by fraternity members around 3 a.m. the same day.
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Cleveland
UPI
Michael Quaintance
Columbus
Case Western Reserve University
Lester Adelson
Cuyahoga County
Quaintance
Lakeside Hospital
Zeta Psi
Jeep wreck in Solon leaves one dead two hurt
A Jeep overturned along Ohio 91 in Solon killing 21 year old Kelly Tombo and critically injuring a man and a woman. Police said the other two victims identities were not released pending relatives notification.
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Solon
UPI
Kelly Tombo
Ohio 91
Pulitzer Prize winner Bruce Catton dies at 78
Pulitzer Prize winning historian Bruce Catton died at 78 in a Frankfort Michigan hospital after a brief illness. He attended Oberlin College 1916 to 1920 before a career in newspapers, later earning a Pulitzer for A Stillness At Appomattox. His books include The War Lords of Washington and Gettysburg Final Fury.
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Bruce Catton
Frankfort
Mich
Catton
Oberlin College
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cleveland News
Boston American
Newspaper Enterprise Association
New York
Petosky
Washington
Appomattox
Sumter
William Bruce Catton
Gettysburg
Michigan
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