Crawford's plea delayed Hedges pleads innocent in slaying
Ashland County defendants Thomas Hedges and Jere Crawford face two counts of aggravated murder in the Hooker brothers killings. Hedges, 23, of Indianapolis, pleaded innocent. Crawford’s plea was delayed until counsel is hired. Robbery cited with $4,500 missing. Both held without bond. preliminary hearings to be set. Protective custody granted for an informer.
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Trumpeter Al Hirt Wins Bonehead of the Year
In Dallas trumpeter Al Hirt posed with the annual Bonehead of the Year award. Hirt, a Saints fan, accepted for the more than one million no shows who bought tickets to pro football games. Nixon won the award in 1972 for sending plays to the Dolphins before their Super Bowl loss to Dallas.
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Steel firms win new price boost
Washington afternoon report says the Cost of Living Council approved price increases for 26 large steel producers totaling 65 million dollars. The action includes higher prices for blast furnace and hot rolled products and removes ceilings on hot rolled rod and reinforcing steel. Smaller firms, about 140, gain lifted controls on specialty metal products.
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Ohio Edison rate hike fight mapped
A group of 21 cities including Elyria will hire a rate consultant to oppose a .25 percent Ohio Edison bill increase. Akron official Roy Ray was named to secure a firm to represent the cities. The effort hopes to negotiate a lower rise after a past successful negotiation that saved Elyria about $80,000.
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Deficit Looms as LMHA Board Puts Carpeting in Office
Lorain Metropolitan Housing Authority purchased 179 square yards of avocado carpet for the executive director Ronald Ashley's office amid a report that the agency was about $12,000 in the red for 1973. Ashley claimed annual maintenance savings, while one board member opposed the purchase. Rentals through November showed $15,484 in losses, with 81 vacancies at Wilkes Villa. The board reelected Rowland as chairman and Minnie Young as vice chair, proposed rent limits for five live-in janitors, and approved hires and a resignation. The housing board plans to seek a HUD-related lawsuit on the Annual Contributions Contract and paid a small auto damage claim.
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Nance
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Supreme Court
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Kathleen King
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William Beth
James Hallett
Riverview Plaza
Mansfield
HUD
Israel Begins First Phase Of Withdrawal From Egypt
Israeli troops burned fortifications and streamed across the Suez Canal in the first phase of a large withdrawal from Egyptian territory captured in the 1973 war. Libya denounced the move while calling for action against the Arab pact and urging oil nations to end subsidies to Egypt. The pullback aims to complete by noon Monday with positions between the Cairo Suez highway and Adabiya reduced and land handed to UN teams for Egyptian transfer.
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Cambodians Battle Rebels Near Phnom Penh Front
Government troops counterattacked rebels who penetrated Phnom Penh southern defenses while insurgents pressed back with heavy artillery and mortar fire. More than 6,000 government troops and 100 armored personnel carriers massed five miles from the city as casualties rose with 43 killed and over 150 wounded. The Khmer Rouge threatened a long-range bombardment from 122mm rockets, ongoing since December 23.
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Cleveland Toledo rail service proposed
State Sen. Ronald Mottl urged resuming a Cleveland to Toledo passenger line and possibly a Buffalo to Chicago route. He suggested stops at Lorain and Sandusky, naming larger cities along the Pennsylvania line to Toledo. He cited potential federal funding under the 1972 Amtrak Improvement Act and expected higher ridership amid the energy crisis to offset costs.
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Elyria Municipal Court Sees Backlog Drop Despite Civil Case Rise
Judge James P. Horn reports 12,736 criminal and traffic filings with 12,926 dispositions in 1973 leaving 1,895 pending. Civil filings rose 1.86 percent with 818 civil cases pending at year end. Traffic bureau processed 3,576 cases and 16,145 tickets were issued yielding 19,244 dollars.
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Lorain County
North Ridgevile
Village of LaGrange
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