Childhood in 1775 Rambunctious youths and strict laws
An Albany law authorized constables to seize and destroy sleds of boys and girls riding down hills, reflecting restless colonial childhood. The piece surveys 18th century life from diet and disease to schooling, games, and martial duties. It notes high child mortality, imports of textbooks like the New England Primer, and a 13-year-old militiaman later linked to Andrew Jackson.
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Albany, N. Y
Dennis Montgomery
Associated Press
England
New England
Albany
N. Y
Miliia
Carolina
Andrew Jackson
Brotherton Dumping at Elyria City Landfill Sparked Debate
Elyria officials weigh Brotherton dumping privately hauled garbage at the Garden Street landfill after Lorain closes its site July 1. Brotherton faces $16 per load charge. councilman Klimczak questions the move and committee chair Klimerak heard George Brotherton explain the proposal and arrangements with the city.
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Elyria
Browning Ferris Industries
Brotherton
Garden Street
City
Elyria City Council
Lorain
Felix J Klimczak
Charman
Council
Public Safety and Environment
Klimerak
George Brotherton
Brotherton Firm
Turnabout Trash War Reaches Local Landfill Debate
The city considers a new landfill near 10 in Russia Township to cut EPA nonconformities and rising annual costs. James T. Tracey cites $110,000 to $150,000 yearly costs if the city runs its own EPA compliant site, with 80 cents per cubic yard charge and $85,000 annual estimate. Brotherton notes EPA pressure and urges high daily tonnage to stay viable. Final zoning approval for half of the 127 acre site by Russia Township trustees pending as EPA already approved the firm’s landfill plan.
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Russia Township
James T. Tracey
Safety Service
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Tracey
Lorain County
Brotherton
Elyria
Oberlin
British professor freed in Uganda
Ugandan President Idi Amin released British lecturer Dennis Hills at Kampala State House during talks with British Foreign Secretary James Callaghan. Hills, 61, had been jailed for calling Amin a village tyrant in an unpublished manuscript and faced a death sentence. Hills declared he was well. Amin framed the release as a step toward a new era with Britain.
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Kampala
Uganda
UPI
Idi Amin
Amin
Dennis Hills
James Callaghan
Hills
Queen Elizabeth II
Callaghan
Britain
U S moves toward Israel peace guarantees
Congress and the Ford Administration pursue a new peace approach in the Middle East centered on U S guarantees for Israel. The plan envisions presidential–congressional backed agreements stronger than routine pacts, with executive agreements and House resolutions supporting a potential security framework.
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Washington
Congress
Ford Administration
Middle East
Israel
Kissinger
Geneva
Gromyko
Moscow
Bonn
Rabin
Welfare cases in Lorain County rise 16.6 percent
Lorain County Welfare Director Gerard Prinz reports that the first six months of this year saw 8,823 welfare cases affecting 21,033 people, up from 7,064 cases and 18,902 people in the same period last year. He cautions costs will rise to about $23 million with the county funding around $600,000 and the rest from federal and state funds.
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Lorain County
Gerard Prinz
Prinz
Lorain
County General Fund
Weather outlook with showers and mild temps
Partly cloudy conditions continue tonight and tomorrow with a chance of thunderstorms. Lows drop to the low to mid 50s while tomorrow’s highs reach the 70s. Rain chances 30 percent tonight and 20 percent tomorrow with variable winds 5 to 10 mph and brief gusts during storms. Sunrise 6 03 a m Sunset 9 02 p m.
Cher files for divorce from Allman after five days
SANTA MONICA Calif UPI Cher 29 says she and Greg Allman 27 have separated nine days after their Las Vegas wedding and just five days of marriage She had been legally single for three days after divorcing Sonny Bono The announcement stunned Capricorn Records staff in Macon Ga and Allman Brothers associates denied the split cites a quick breakup and a mistaken union with the singer stating they cannot live together as man and wife
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Santa Monica
Calif
UPI
Cher
Greg Allman
Sonny Bono
Allman
Allman Brothers
Las Vegas
Greg
Capricorn Records
Macon
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