Lawson's votes keep adult magazines in Ohio stores
Lawson's announces that Playboy and Penthouse will remain for sale after a three week vote across 700 stores. 432,523 ballots cast. 238,173 in favor, 151,064 against, 43,286 neutral. Sales paused during the ballot while the company reviews results and plans a restart in about 10 days.
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Cuyahoga Falls
Playboy
Penthouse
Lawsons
Ohio
Lawson Co
Lawson
Northeastern Ohio
Roundtable
Coalition For Decency
Cleveland
Michigan
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Betty Yopko
Lawson’s
Steve Montgomery
AC LU battles over porn bans and Lawson's decision
ACLU and smut-busters clash as Lawson's faces boycott pressure over adult magazines. Lawsons hired former Ohio Attorney General William Brown to oversee balloting amid claims of voting irregularities. Stop-N-Go and others pull magazines from shelves while a Rally for Decency planned in Akron suburbs seeks to protest.
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Ohio
Lawson’s
William Brown
Fracas at Cleveland rap contest spills into downtown streets
In Cleveland crowds of more than 3 000 poured from a downtown rap music event after a chair was thrown. Police and security dispersed the youths over an hour. Several injuries reported, stadium traffic congested, 10 teens in custody.
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Cleveland
St Vincent
Cleveland Stadium
Cleveland Indians
Minnesota Twins
Mark Brancato
Brancato
Bryan Baranski
Brawl near Pappas Inn crowds West Broad area
Elyria police dispersed a roughly 200 to 300 person brawl in the parking lot near Pappas Inn on West Broad Street after a minor traffic accident. Two patrons were hospitalized with injuries, one man treated for a stab wound, and several named victims reported assaults by a group of Black males. No arrests were listed.
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Elyria
Broad Street
Pappas Inn
Broad St
Bruce McCafferty
McCafferty
West Broad Street
Pappa
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Kotnik
Worcester
American Motorcycle Association
Iron Stallions
Pappas
Why Not
Kotmk
Kotmik
Inside Accent Deaths Editorial Religion Sports Television
Inside Accent section outlines editors discuss death, religion, and sports on television. Reflects era’s media framing and cultural themes across pages A4 to B12.
Weekend Weather Outlook With Showers Possible
Outside Tonight stays partly cloudy with a low in the lower 60s. Sunday remains partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers or thunderstorms and a high in the 80s to mid 80s. Details on Page A-3.
Son expected to heat up Koury trial stages next week
In Cleveland a three day probate case over Ernest Nemeth estate ends for weekend as Laurice Koury faces a possible jury waiver. Ernest Sonny Nemeth is expected to testify accusing Koury of breaking in and taking about 27000 in cash and jewelry. The defense says records show back taxes that could wipe out Sonny’s inheritance and questions arise about Koury’s deposition statements.
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Cleveland
Amherst
Ernest Nemeth
Lorain
Laurice Koury
Koury
Cuyahoga County
Ernest
Sonny’ Nemeth
Nemeth
Sonny Nemeth
Hungary
Kathleen Vanderpool
Gerald Messerman
Messerman
CBS Industries Inc
Internal Revenue Service
Lynett McGough
Vanderpool
Lorain County
Robert A Nagy
Nagy
McGough
den of Nemeths
Woodhill
Sonny Nemeth Beig
TRS
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Attorney General’s Commission On Pornography
Lovelace
Montgomery
Dave Zanotti
Northeastern
Oho Roundtable Coalition For Decency
Zanotti
Coalition
7-Eleven Food Stores
Rite Aid Discount Pharmacies
Revco
Gray Drug Fair
Ohio Periodical Distributors Association
Wiliam H Gibbons Jr
W. Broad
Jack Kotnik
Adams St
Steven Worcester
Howe St
Thomas Hudson
Vivian Dr
East River ST
Benny Goodman
Manhattan
By Scott Stephens
Sonny Nemeths
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