Snipers Turn Cleveland Into Firing Zone
Cleveland faced a night of sniper attacks and firebombing as 2,600 National Guardsmen moved in to quell violence on the East Side. At least ten people were killed and eighteen wounded, including police officers. authorities described the unrest as part of a Black Power plot with potential spread to other cities.
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Cleveland
UPI
Brink's, Inc
Adj
S. T. del Corso
Ohio
del Corso
FBI
James A. Rhodes
Stokes
Leroy Jones
Ohio National Guardsmen
East Side Negro
Black nationalist claims shootout with police leaves dead in Cleveland
Fred Ahmed Evans a militant Black nationalist said he and 17 others started a bloody shootout with police last night causing ten deaths including three officers. Evans was arrested by Sgt Ronald Heinz and officers Hicks and Cullen. He denied surrendering, claimed police provoked the confrontation, and boasted of weaponry and jamming rifle incidents.
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Cleveland
UPI
Fred (Ahmed) Evans
Evans
Ronald Heinz
David Hicks
John Cullen
Hicks
Soviet massed maneuvers along Czech border raise crisis
Moscow reports massed Soviet armies stretching 1000 miles from the Black to the Baltic Seas in a show of force as Czechoslovakia pushes democratic reforms. Washington notes UPI sources call the crisis very grave and warn of possible Russian intervention. Ambassador Thompson cancels vacation plans to remain at his post amid the tension.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
Baltic
Czechoslovakia
Communist Party Reform
U.S
Llewellyn E. Thompson
Soviet Communist Party Presidium
Bomb kill reward offered in Daniel Renee case
The postal department offers a 2000 dollar reward for information leading to solving the bomb death of Lorain teacher Daniel J. Renee. Postal Agent in Charge Eugene Pinson said the investigation will be long and ongoing after 16 days of probing. Renee, 25, was killed July 8 when a mailed cylindrical package exploded. Leads have drawn investigators to Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus and Lorain.
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Cincinnati
Lorain
Daniel J. Renee
Eugene Pinson
Pinson
Renee
Vases Een Ho Lora
la- Tain
Cleveland
Columbus
Ohio State
Pinsop
Amherst killing suspect arrested in double murder and robbery
Richard Sargent, 24, is charged with two counts of first degree murder and armed robbery in the June 7 killings of Louis Harwath and Jarvis Metcalf in Amherst. He was arrested after being in custody in Indianapolis since July 12 on another robbery case. Officials tie Sargent to the scene with gun wounds and lack of fingerprints, noting Metcalf's $2,000 cash and a diamond ring missing. The pair entered the Harwath home posing as buyers for gas, and about $1,500 was taken.
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Amherst
Louis Harwath
Lorain County
Sargent
Indianapolis, Inc
Indiana
Indianapolis
Metcalf
Zieba
Zeba
Harwath
M Harwath
Clearview Board hires five teachers amid resignations
The Clearview Board of Education added five new teachers while noting three resignations. The page also reports two weeks of closure for drain installation and lists other local items such as court notes, births, deaths, and community notices.
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Clearview Board of Educabum
MIT AN — Rt
Retter Heath
Badze
Fisra
Raften
Oberim
Ry Sports
Sam of the Peopf
Televis
Yar Brtihday
Sheffield Lake boy 6 dies after being struck by car
A 6 year old boy named John Hall darted into Lake Road in Sheffield Lake and was hit by an eastbound car driven by Florence Metzler. He died an hour later at Lorraine Joseph Hospital after rescue squad transport. Police report notes a prior warning about traffic hazards.
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Sheffield Lake
Lake Road
Barnis Hall
John
Hall
Jad
Lake Rd
Florence V. Metzler
East Dr
Loraine& Joseph Hospital
Sheffield Lake Rescue Squad
Tolid
Weather outlook with showers and possible severe storms
Weather shows showers and scattered thunderstorm potential through tomorrow with locally heavy rainfall possible and a chance of severe storms by evening. Warm tonight then cooler tomorrow with a high near 30.
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Temorrow
Hamid
Roberts loses court battle over dual county posts pay
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 that Robert E. Roberts cannot collect both the county engineer and sanitary engineer salaries. The decision sent the case back to the Court of Appeals to determine how much, if any, of the sanitary engineer salary should be refunded to Lorain County.
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Lorain
Eugene E. Roberts
Ohio Supreme Court
Roberts
Com- Ton
Leroy F Kelly
Ninth Uister Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
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Washington
Martin Luther King
Superior Avenue
East 105Th Street
Carl B. Stokes
Lakeview
Arbondale Avenues
Heinz
Czech
By Henry Shapiro
Kremin
Henry Zieba
Lorain County Detective Bureau
Richard Sargent
Els
Sien Moa
John Hall
Meyer Goldbergs
Booth Bazley
Rabens
Bailey
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