Tehran hostage rescue plots linked to Landry and Perot
NBC News reports that H. Ross Perot and Dallas Cowboys coach Tom Landry were connected to government plans to use Trojan planes and signal films to free Americans held in Tehran. Plans included a phony black market for parts and non lethal gas to seize the embassy, but the scheme was not pursued.
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Tehran
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United States
Lorain County crime up 20 percent in 1980 report
Lorain County crime rose 20.3 percent from 1,808 in 1979 to 2,287 in 1980, driven by family fights assaults break ins and robberies. Sheriff James A. Mertz cites poor economy and unemployment as key factors while noting gains in recovered stolen vehicles and ongoing patrol challenges.
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Lorain County
James A. Mertz
Mertz
Carlisle
Faton
Sheffield
Ford plants call back 5 000 auto workers in Cleveland area
More than 5,000 workers will return to two Ford plants in the Cleveland area on Monday after short layoffs. About 2,950 at the Brook Park engine complex and 4,100 at Lorain Assembly are back, with 1,000 permanent layoffs expected at Lorain following a company survey to slow the line.
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Ford Motor Co
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Thurman Payne
United Auto Workers Local 150
Ford Brook Park
Pete Pavlich
UAW
Lorain Assembly
Pavlich
Lorain
Olympic champ is a knockout at Franklin
Franklin School students heard Carmen Barth discuss boxing glory from 1932 when he won Olympic middleweight gold in Los Angeles. Barth recalled the moment, described his excitement, and noted Louis Schmeling’s 1938 bout while watching Louis fight on the same bill.
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Barth
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Harry Balsam
Louis Schmeling
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Avon Lake
Louis
Schmeling
Los
Angeles
Argentina
Armando Azar
Carmen Barth
Franklin School
John Kenney
Space shuttle passes first engine burn in rehearsal
Cape Canaveral staged a dramatic test as the space shuttle Columbia fired its three hydrogen engines for about 20 seconds on the pad. Launch officials hailed the burn as a successful early trial toward an April mission of roughly 46 orbits, with fire and steam venting from the pad during the test.
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UPI
America
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Launch Control
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Weather outlook and times noted for Saturday and tonight
Inside Cheating tonight with a low in the mid 30s. Mostly sunny Saturday with highs 50 to 55. Winds from the west to northwest at 10 mph through tonight. Service today isle an, dime tonight 6 07 p.m. Details on Page AJ.
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Rebates spark surge in area auto sales
Area auto dealers report rising new car sales driven by rebates from Ford AMC and GM. Mike Bass of Sheffield Ford cites enthusiastic customers and fence sitters buying during a 30 day window. Jim Cramer of Bob Morris Pontiac AMC notes renewed GM interest after its rebate announcement, with spring traffic easing winter travel concerns.
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Sheffield
Ford
Jim Cramer
Bob Morris
Pontiac- Amc
North Ridgeville
Bass
Lorain County
Cramer
AMC
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