U S weighs plan to ease skyrocketing beef prices
U S administration considers raising import quotas on cheaper foreign beef to ease consumer costs as price spikes drive inflation. Officials cite a 6.6 percent April rise and a 28.9 cent per pound jump in choice beef from 1977 to 1978, while shoppers continue buying high priced cuts. Meat managers report strong demand with little complaint and warn of broad price pressures.
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Jeff Kiedrowski
Midway Mall
Fazio
Department of Labor
U.S. Department of Agriculture
James Nix
USDA
Economic Statistics Cooperative Service
Chronicle-Telegram
Washington
Carter Administration
Strauss
Missing Kent State coed sparks town search and worry
Judy Martins a 22 year old Kent State junior from Avon Lake vanished after visiting two dorms in Kent on May 23. Best friend Cheryl Votruba and family believe she would not run away and fear for her safety as campus police search and neighbors await news.
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Avon Lake
Coed
Judy Martins
Miss Martins
Kent State University
Arthur O. Martins
York St
Cheryl Maple Votruba
Elyria
Judy
Kent State
Engleman Hall
Prentice
Dunbar
Cadillac trip computer debuts with Seville option
Cadillac introduces a Seville option called a trip computer. It provides digital readouts including speed, gas mileage, range, destination distance, ETA, engine RPM, temperature, voltage and time of day. Priced at 875 dollars, atop a 14710 dollar Seville with cruise control, the system aims to simplify driving with a 12 button keyboard.
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Cleveland
Cadillac
Citizens
No Helmet, No Mercy in a Summer Policy Rewrite
A mother recalls a night call after her daughter and a friend were badly injured on a motorcycle. She warns that revoking helmet laws will raise fatalities and urges readers to protest to lawmakers before July. Emergency room scenes, sirens, and the personal cost frame a plea for helmet safety.
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Sheriff’s Deputies
International Day dance under cuckoo clock signal at Spring Valley
Sixth graders Ruth Ann Elder and Todd Sweda led a German folk routine during Spring Valley School International Day. Students from all grades dressed as citizens of different countries. Ruth Ann is daughter of Day Elder. Todd Sweda is son of Richard Sweda.
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Spring Valley School
Ruth Ann Elder
Todd Sweda
Ruth Ann
Day Elder
Oliver Drive
Todd
Richard Sweda
Bennett Drive
Dave Zapotosky
Vandals delay Ely fountain repairs and pool opening
Ely Park officials say vandal damage to fountain pipes and a shortage of trained repair staff push the fountain's return date later this month. Parks director Charles Hoagland notes parts are available but a single repairman is tied up with opening five city pools set for June 12. He says changing the pipe layout will prevent future vandalism.
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Ely Park
Charles R. Hoagland
Elyria
Hoagland
Sunny and warm with scattered storms near lake shore
Sunny today with mid 80s highs and 20 percent rain chance. mostly clear tonight and Friday with 50 percent precipitation and scattered thundershowers. Lows around 60s tonight, highs 75 to 80 tomorrow. Winds WSW near 10 mph. Sunrise 5 56 a.m. Sunset 8 54 p.m. Details on Page C4.
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Lake Erie
Russian bomb murdered Hammarskjold claim reported
Penthouse magazine reports Dag Hammarskjold was murdered by Soviet KGB spies citing CIA sources. The piece references a 1962 CIA report for President Kennedy alleging an incendiary device on Hammarskjold’s Congo flight and links it to opposition to a three man UN tribunal.
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UPI
United Nations
Dag Hammarskjold
Congo
Penthouse Magazine
CIA
Hammarskjold
John Kennedy
KGB
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Beef Industry Council
Chicago
Council
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BS Wellington
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