Campaign to kill tax vote petitions opens in Elyria
Proponents of Elyria income tax begin a removal drive to strike names from a tax referendum petition filed yesterday. Mayor Reichlin says the tax will be collected and urges signers who oppose the tax to remove their names. The petition contains 1743 signatures across 61 parts, with 1243 valid needed. Local union officials seek legal clarity on removing names.
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Leonard P. Reichlin
Reichlin
Committee For Citizens
Lorain County Board of Elections
Damon Jones
Watson Beal
Charles Morgan
Jones
Morgan
Lorain County
United Auto Workers Community Action Political Council
Ted W. Brown
Ohio
Brown
Horn
Chronicle-Telegram
Columbus
James Marsh
County Board of Elections
Edward A. Robinson
Ben Het siege extends as Viet Cong road opens
Allied forces opened a second route into the Green Beret camp at Ben Het as 214 Communist troops were killed in heavy four day fighting. Aerial bombardments and gunships aided gains while North Vietnamese shelling continued, with 34 camp casualties and 90 wounded including 13 dead among Americans.
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Dak
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Weather snapshot with heat and sun across the day
The forecast calls for mostly sunny hot conditions with highs in the upper 80s to mid 90s. Tonight will be fair and warm with lows in the 70s. A chance of afternoon thundershowers tomorrow, with a high around 82.
Vietnam battle deaths fall as week ripples with fewer fights
In Vietnam, U.S. headquarters report 247 American fatalities in the seven days ending Saturday, down from 335. Wounded total 1,686 with 797 hospitalized. South Vietnamese losses 474 killed, 1,496 wounded. Enemy dead 3,988, raising U.S. KIA since 1961 to 36,625 and total enemy killed to 520,219.
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Cambodia bills U S for damages over defoliation
Cambodia has billed the United States for 8.6 million dollars for damages alleged from U S defoliation operations. State Department spokesman Carl Barth said a team of American experts would travel to Cambodia to study the claim. Defoliants were used in the Vietnam War to clear jungle cover for enemy forces.
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State Department
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Mall plan calls for three new traffic lights
A plan to ease Mall area traffic was shown to Elyria City Council. Barton and Aschman Associates proposed lights at Leona Street Griswold Road Leona Street 49th Street Bridge and Tillotson Street Bridge to control flow and left turns. Future rapid growth requires a new east west access. cost about 6000 for planning. city to install lights when funds exist.
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Visconsi
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Griswold Road
49Th Street
Tillotson Street
James Bates
Gerald Lindgren
Medicare fraud allegations rise to 200 monthly
Social Security Administrator Robert Ball says 150 to 200 Medicare fraud allegations are received each month. Fourteen cases have been referred to the Justice Department for prosecution, including a New York doctor billing for office visits by patients who only collected medicines and a Mississippi doctor billing for services allegedly rendered after a patient died.
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UPI
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Justice Department
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Mississippi
Lorain and Cuyahoga steel works linked under one head
U S Steel announces consolidation of its Lorain Works and Cuyahoga Works in Ohio under a single operating head. Alvin Scheel will move to Pittsburgh as assistant to the administrative vice president tubular, with L Keith Smith and William Ashton taking lead roles at Lorain and Cuyahoga respectively.
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Ohio
John E. Angle
Pittsburgh
Alvin J. Scheel
Tubular
Scheel
L. Keith Smith
William H. Ashton
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Ashton
Cuyahoga Works
Angle
Steel
Gary
Ind
U.S. Steel
Ohio University
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Lorain Works Steel Complex
Avon Voters Contemplate Sewer Bond Issue This November
Avon residents may face another sewer bond proposal at the upcoming November election. Officials say the plan would fund needed improvements, with details on cost and repayment to be released before ballots.
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Spain to Cut Gibraltar Off From Sea Access Tonight
Spain will sever sea access to Gibraltar after midnight, halting the Algeciras to Gibraltar ferry and widening a land border closure begun June 8. Travelers would face a four hour Straits crossing to Tangier then another ferry to Algeciras, or a single weekly flight via Madrid.
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Senate urges Congress to approve foreign commitments before action
The Senate adopted a sense of the Senate resolution by 70 to 16 urging Congress to share in decisions before military or monetary commitments abroad. The nonbinding measure defines commitments as armed forces use or financial aid and seeks affirmation prior to action. President Nixon opposed the resolution, and a bid to soften it failed. Other cited issues include Spain base negotiations.
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