Bedroom shotgun accident kills Grafton man in Eaton Township
A 25-year-old Grafton man, John Davis of 292 Avalon Dr, was fatally shot yesterday by a 9-year-old boy with a .410 shotgun in a West Capel Road home in Eaton Township. Davis died after arrival at Elyria Memorial Hospital. Deputies say he borrowed the gun for hunting last week. the weapon hung on a bedroom wall since then.
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West Capel Road
Eaton Township
John Davis
Avalon Dr
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Davis
Richard S. Buchanan
Lorain County
Glenn Nida
Michael McDaniel
Draft calls shrink to record low under Laird plan
Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird told the House Armed Services Committee that the 1973 draft will be tiny with no more than 5,500 men selected, and monthly calls of about 1,000 from April to June. He warned the all volunteer force remains unguaranteed and will end his tenure as secretary with a note on Vietnamization. The report also covers concerns over drafting in a future all-volunteer military.
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UPI
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
House Armed Services Committee
Congress
Defense
Elliot L. Richardson
Vietnam
Weather outlook with light snow expected
Cloudy conditions with a chance of light snow today and tonight. High near 20, low around 10. Tomorrow partly cloudy with highs 15 to 20. Precipitation chances 40 percent today, 30 percent tonight, and 20 percent tomorrow. Sunrise 7 53 a m. Sunset 5 14 p m.
Index Today's Chuckle Have you ever noticed that bill collectors always call
A light humor item notes the timing of bill collectors calling when at home, joking about the universal irritation of interruptions during daily routines.
Young Lorain worker crushed to death at U S Steel plant
Richard J. Hertzig 20, of Lorain, fatally crushed in U S Steel Lorain Cuyahoga Works cake plant while leaving a coke oven car. He died of multiple internal injuries. Autopsy pending. Company investigation launched. operations continued normally. Hertzig recently moved with wife Martha and one year old daughter Laura Jean.
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U.S. Steel
Lorain-Cuyahoga
Richard J. Hertzig
30Th St
Hertzig
Charles Chesner
Lorain Cony
Martha
Laura Jean
Battle in New Orleans Hotel Sparks 7-Dead 16-Wounded
Police grapple with two snipers holed atop the Howard Johnson Hotel in downtown New Orleans after a deadly overnight shooting spree. Seven killed and 16 wounded as a Marine helicopter circled, guards blocked streets, and negotiators failed to reach the gunmen. One sniper was killed by officers, others remained at large amid fires and chaotic firefights.
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Howard Johnson Hotel
Moon Landrieu
Rault Center
Howard Johnson
Louis Sirgo
Sirgo
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Ohio State
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