Trucker Protests Shut Down Roads Across Lorain County
The planned near shutdown expanded with 2000 truckers convening in Elyria to hear CIT General Counsel Len Fleet announce potential freight rate increases. Arrests reported, nails swept from turnpikes, and violence noted as the rally spread from Wellington to Vermilion, with better weather forecast yet ongoing labor pressure from Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
Elyria
Council of Independent Truckers
CIT
Len Fleet
Hollywood
Fla
Wellington
Vermilion
Gastown
Manners Resturant
Youngstown
Rootstown
Akron
Willoughby Hills plane crash kills six persons
A twin engine Piper Navajo crashed while landing at Cuyahoga County Airport and struck a Willoughby Hills home killing six aboard and injuring none. Victims named include Elmer W. Holmek 31 Richmond Heights pilot Cecil Kopperman 62 Shaker Heights accountant Rosalyn Kopperman wife and four others including John Macek and Charles Kinzig. Witnesses described engine trouble and the crash tearing the house apart with flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willoughby
Ohio
Cuyahoga County
Federal Aviation Commission
John Macek
Willoughby Hills
Charles Kinzig
Kinzig Tool Co
Gates Mills
Elmer W. Holmek
Richmond Heights
Cecil Kopperman
Shaker Heights
Charlene Kowall
Macek
Puppet lady Irene Hamsher cures through art therapy
Embree Hoffman writes in Sunday Family Features on Irene Hamsher known as the puppet lady whose creations aid retarded children and other handicapped individuals. Gene Krebs provides photos and the piece notes Ohio liquor expenditures near $300 million in 1972 with Lorain County sharing a similar state percentage. Diana Tittle surveys local drinking habits as the county mirrors the state. Tom Peters uses this energy crisis period to describe his daily bus commute to Cleveland in his Like It Is column.
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Westlake
Irene Hamsher
Embree Hoffman
Gene Krebs
Tom Peters
Cleveland
Nixon asked to reveal why he's detaining tapes
A federal judge urged President Nixon in a signed letter to explain by February 6 why he will not release five White House tapes to the Senate Watergate committee. Judge Gesell found Nixon's executive privilege claim too general to judge. Rebozo was notified to testify about the $100,000 Hughes campaign contribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPL
Nixon
White House
Senate Watergate Committee
U.S. District Court
Gerhard A. Gesell
Sam J. Ervin
Gesell
Camp David
John W. Dean Iiit
Dean
Ervin
Democratic
Watergate Complex
Watergate
Leon Jaworski
Charles G. “Bebe” Rebozo
Watergate Committee
Howard Hughes
Rebozo
Hughes
Florida
Turkish jetliner crash kills 62 of 73 aboard
A twin engine Turkish jetliner with 73 people aboard crashed and exploded after takeoff from Izmir military airport. Sixty two were killed, 11 survived with 10 in critical condition. An infant survived with minor scratches. Cause under military and airline investigation with engine problems suspected.
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Izmir
Turkey
Istanbul
Turkish Airlines
Lamir Radio
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By Monica B, Williams
Charles Piazza
Lorain-Elyria
Owners-Drivers Club
Oberlin
Rt. 18
Rt. 6
Piazza
Washington, D.C
Elyria Post
Ohio Highway Patrol
William Myers
Summit County
Portage County
Teamster
Frank Fitzsim
Mons
Fitzsimmons
Peter Brennan
ICC
George Stafford
William Simon
Elyria Canning Co
Lowell Street
Canning Company
Nautalloy Products Inc
Car Skalak
Tern
Jean Simms
Holmek
William Henry
Kinzig
Quay
Rochester
Minn
C-T
Diana Tittle
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