May wholesale prices inch up as unemployment dips
Washington reports a modest 0.4 percent rise in May wholesale prices with unemployment easing to 6.9 percent. Food prices fall for the first time in six months while coffee and fuel prices vary. Total employment rises for the seventh straight month to 90.4 million with factory hiring up in fabricated metal machinery and electrical equipment sectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
CPI
Labor Department
May
Michigan launches the numbers game in Michigan
Detroit AP reports Michigan begins the Daily Game lottery with 30 to 40 spots in southeastern lower Michigan. The first drawing is 7:25 p.m. Monday. Lottery Commissioner Gus Harrison says the program should yield 90 million dollars in year one and 160 to 170 million in year two. Bets range from 50 cents to six dollars with straight or combination plays. Drawings run six nights weekly andMichigan’s existing Michigan and Instant Game will not change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Michigan
Saginaw
Lansing
Gus Harrison
Harrison
Twentieth Century Fox stock soars on Star Wars buzz
The NYSE shows Twentieth Century Fox as the most active stock for three days boosted by rave notices for a new science fiction film. Traders bid up the price from 11 to a high near 187 percent before easing to 1832 by close. Star Wars figures Artoo-Detoo and See-Threepio appear on a Tatooine homestead boosting investor optimism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tieth Century-Fox
UPI
Strike Cuts Cleveland Taxi Operation 20 Percent
In Cleveland a wildcat strike by cabbies protesting a leasing system cut Yellow Cab operations by 20 percent. About 150 cabs ran during rush hour from 200, with drivers urged to reject leases. Basil Russo said a study plan for owner operated cabs and new associations to end years of monopoly would be offered within a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Yellow Cab Co
Greater Cleveland
Flats
Cleveland Heights
Westlake
Thomas Sodders
Bank and File Taxi Alliance
Sodders
Basil Russo
Russo
Doctor claims six tonsillectomies on one patient
Washington AP reports a doctor says he performed six tonsillectomies on the same patient last year with government covering the bills. The probe targets Medicaid waste and abuse as the government readies a nationwide investigation. Drug and health care providers are focus as billions in improper Medicaid charges are suspected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington (Ap
Tom Morris
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Ohio judges seek pay raises approved by panel
The House Judiciary Committee in Columbus backed legislation boosting salaries for judges. Chief justice would rise from 43 000 to 80 000 annually, associates from 40 000 to 53 000, Court of Appeals from 37 000 to 49 000, and other court positions across state levels with varying scales. The measure now moves to the Rules Committee for floor consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
UPI
House Judiciary Committee
Ohio
Rules Committee
House
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
KSU Presidential Candidate Faces Controversy
Robert Blakemore, head of Kent State's presidential search panel, says Dr. Thomas Bonner of Union College is a serious candidate despite controversy at his own school. Bonner recently received a 102-29 faculty rating.
Mail theft scare as a welfare check leads to chase
In Orlando a postal carrier fled from an angry woman who did not receive her welfare check. She grabbed mail from his bag and threw it, prompting an investigation by police and postal inspectors. No charges were filed as yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orlando
Fla
UPI
Jack F. Horn
Horn
Carter asserts human rights push remains loud despite harassment
The Carter administration vows its human rights advocacy will not be silenced by harassment of dissidents, with Press Secretary Powell noting the policy applies to all nations. The move follows reports that Anatoly Shcharansky, a 32 year old Soviet Jewish computer specialist and leading dissident, is being charged with treason in Moscow after being denied emigration to Israel in 1973.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Carter
Jody Powell
Soviet Union
Anatoly Shcharansky
Moscow
Shcharansky
Israel
Folger cuts wholesale price of coffee below four dollars
Folger Coffee Co. reduces wholesale list price from 4.18 to 3.98 a pound, citing declines in imported green coffee costs. The move follows prior peaks near 4.46 and precedes potential retail impact. Folger, a Procter & Gamble unit, notes no immediate pass through to shelves and that other roasters have not matched the cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Folger Coffee Co
Folger
Brazil
Procter & Gamble Co
Avon mayor’s traffic citation order upheld by court
Ohio Ninth District Court of Appeals ruled Avon Mayor Donald Hubbard may require the city police to issue traffic tickets as city ordinances rather than state law. The decision sustains a Lorain County Common Pleas ruling. It was unclear if police counsel will appeal. The order followed patrolmen shifting to state-law tickets on May 12, 1976 after pay raise disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AVON
Ohio Ninth District Court of Appeals
Donald Hubbard
Lorain County
Lorain County grain prices reported by Farm Bureau
Lorain County Farm Bureau Cooperative Association, Inc. notes closing market prices for local grain: wheat at 1.92 per bushel, shelled corn 2.16, oats 1.52, and soybeans 9.00 per bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County Farm Bureau Cooperative Association, Inc
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chronicle-Telegram
Elyrio
the Chronicle-Telegram
Pobussre Co Cares
Mada
Morris
Congress
Compou
Hinckley
Wemper
Fslic
W. Bagley
Berea
KSU
Schenectady
Blakemore
Union College
Bonner
Union
Detroit Red Wings
Neville Harkness
San Diego State
Brage Golding
San Francisco State
Donald Garrity
University of Maine - Orono
Howard Neville
Glenn A Olds
General Electric
Tomoht
Stewarts
Elyria
Hyria
Roz Liston
United Press Internationa
Coortamis Lida
Concept Inc Em
Marine Cpli
Spartek Inc
Beard Git & Et Cdn
Eid Dan River
Pott Dedmonte Cp
Em Felsway
Fidcrest
Milis Ee Lexi van
Az Jis En li MarineCp Lr
Paxton
Frank Ffroy Reveo
Sperty Rand Ty Hie Correction Ciumens
Clis
Coron & Black
Wall Street
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Aps
Byharco Inemhayn
Akoa Bae
Boeing Gee
Svata Coca
Curtis Weists
Dart
BS Dow
Eaton
Bpa
Fiesta
Ford
Gillene
Kroger
Maratha
My Mead Corp
Co Bayete
Oca
Owen
Penne
Bac
Peps
Co Mets
PEI Morr Hut Phill Pet Es
Polaroid
RCA
Nats Ralston Po
Aw Reich Ch
BSS
Feld Bete Son Pac Tas
Sears
Tan ‘Shell Gi Hoo
Singer Cock Son Pac Buns Sperry R Bees St Brands Bart Sudh
Texaco
EnCash
Sats
Wests EL Ety
Federal Reserve Board
Weverler MA
Whorlpol
Woolwich
Xerux Corpiae
Pierre, R.smyth Co
American Maduoe & Foundry
American Standard
Wy Bendix
CPC International
Emerson
Freebaul
Goodrich
LC Industries
Biewanee Industries
Koehring
National Gypsum
Ohio Edison
Ruchmood Corp
Searle
G.D
Smocker
Sybron
Tappan
Toledo Edison
Unyon Pacific Corp
Victor
Woolworth
F.W
USDA
Chicago
Midwest
Nesta
Mutuals Allstate
Dreyfus
Keystone
Nail Secord
Putnam Foods
John A. Baird
McKinley
Heights
Prospect School
Eastgate
Elyria Rec. Center
Wesletan
Waar
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!