Hoffa to step down as Teamsters leader from prison
AP reports Teamsters President James R. Hoffa, jailed since 1987 for conspiracy and fraud, will relinquish his 14 year reign. Hoffa seeks release and endorsement for his chosen successor Frank Fitzsimmons, with vice president likely to assume until the next election. Moffa has run the union since Hoffa’s imprisonment.
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Neil Gilbride
Washington
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Pant
Hof
Miam
Fitzsimmons
Moffa
Frank
Fitz
Simmons
Hoffa
Lewisburg
Mitasimmons
Detroit
Airport pleas rise to floods of funds from three units
Lorain County Regional Airport officials seek as much as 100000 from Elyria Lorain and Lorain County to cover current losses and planned 528000 expansion with federal aid possible. West Neilsen and others press for formal requests while budgets strain and costs rise since 1970. The three subdivisions already invested and face a March decision on final funding. A gas station quip ends the page.
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Elyria
Lorain
Lorain County
Chronicle-Telegram
Authority
Neilsen
Harold West
West
Federal Aviation Administration
George Raike Inc
Ashland
Russia Road
Ohio Supreme Court uniform tax rule won’t alter Lorain taxes
Lorain County Auditor Joseph J. Mitock says the court order to set a uniform real estate tax rule statewide will not change Lorain County taxes. The county’s 1970 reappraisal set values at fair market value as of Jan 1 1970, with a 33.3 percent benchmark and a 40 percent factor aligning to the uniform rule. State Tax Commissioner Kosyd er doubts a dramatic statewide impact.
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Ohio Supreme Court
State Board of Tax Appeals
Ohio
Lorain County
Joseph J. Mitock
Board of Tax Appeals
Mitock
Ohio Supreme
Park Investment Co
Cuyahoga County
Park Investment
Supreme Court
C William O'Neill
Justice O'Neill
State Board
O'Neill
Tax Board
State Tax Board
State
Robert Kosyder
South Vietnam approves Thieu election law boost
The National Assembly in Saigon gave final approval to an election bill seen as aiding President Nguyen Van Thieu's bid for re election. The measure restores a provision requiring a presidential candidate to secure endorsements from 40 assembly members or 100 council members from provinces or communes.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
National Assembly
Nguyen van Thieu
House
Senate
Assembly
Amherst Gl gets Bronze Star for valor in Vietnam
Spec 4 Robert E. Bolden of Amherst earns a Bronze Star Medal with V device for heroism in a March battle near Phouc Vinh. As a senior helicopter repairman with the 1st Cavalry Division he exposed himself to heavy fire, directed suppressive fire, and inspired his unit to complete the mission. Bolden, a Keystone High School alumnus, has nine Air Medals and two Army Commendation Medals, and is slated to return home from Vietnam next month. He lives with wife Joyce Anne and their year-old daughter at 1561 Weaver Rd. in Amherst.
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Vietnam
Amherst
Robert E. Bolden
Nathaniel Bolden
Middle Ridge Rd
Bolden
Joyce Anne
Weaver Rd
1St Cavalry Division
Phouc Vinh
South Vietnam
Keystone High School
Luxaire, Inc
Elyria
Weather Outlook With Warm, Variable Clouds Today
Weather report notes highs in the upper 70s today and tomorrow with variable cloudiness. Tonight and tomorrow expect lows in the mid 50s and a 20 percent chance of precipitation. Winds will be mainly west to southwest near 10 mph through tomorrow. Sunset and sunrise times provided.
Ohio girl praised for her cool during hijack drama
A 13 year old girl from Ohio remained calm during a hijacking of Pan American Flight 442. Venezuelan hijacker Ivan Garcia Landaeta pressed a sharp object to her, claiming to flee oppression in Cuba. Crew and passengers landed safely after a tense standoff. The girl, visiting family in Columbus, told reporters she stayed composed and followed instructions. Captain George Ashley praised her coolness as the ordeal ended.
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Miami
Cuba
Pan American Flight 442
Radio Havana
Ivan Garcia Landaeta
Eileen Story
Dayton
Columbus
T. Clyde Story
Venezuela
Eileen
George Ashley
Landaetta
Caracas
Pan Am
Lorainite killed in car accident in Pennsylvania
Lorain man Frank Hornick 51 died after his convertible rolled over on wet I-90 near Girard Pennsylvania three miles east of Route 18. Hitchhiker John Ruffrage 22 of Stittville N.Y. was treated for observation at St Vincent Hospital Erie. Hornick worked as a hydraulic repairman for U S Steel Lorain Cuyahoga Works and had been on vacation.
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Girard
Here
Frank Hornick
W. 35Th St
St Vincent Hospital
Erie
John Ruffrage
Stittville, N
Hornick
Pennsylvania Rt. 18
Pennsylvania State Police
Lorain - Cuyahoga Works
U §, Steel Corp
U.S Steel
Revenue sharing faces tough questions in Congress
Secretary Connally faced sharp scrutiny from the House Ways and Means Committee over a $5 billion general revenue sharing plan. Chairman Mills warned cities already face strain, while Rep. Byrnes urged tax credits instead. The session highlighted opposition to the allocation formula and related federal manpower overhaul.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
John B Connally
Capitol Hill
House
Ways and Means
Connally
Mills
Nixon
John W. Byrnes
Wisconsin
Byrnes
Wyoming
North Dakota
New Mexico
Hawaii
California
New York
Arizona
Alaska
Nevada
Minnesota
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Marion Story
UPI
Ohio Girl
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Wilbur Mills
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