Big-time crime items loom large in Ohio claims
An Associated Press examination finds Ohio crime sprawling across prostitution, gambling, drug rings, and liquor smuggling. It notes Dayton as a drug distribution point and Youngstown as a Mafia power struggle area, with multi million dollar rackets tied to Lake Erie and cross state factions.
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Ohio
Associated Press
Columbus, Ohio
Dayton
Youngstown
Lake Erie
New York
Louisiana
David Kessler
Ohio Attorney General
Kessler
Cleveland
Detroit
Chicago
Carlos “Little Man
Marcello
FBI
Cincinnati
Ing
Boardman
Elyria City Income Tax Petition Circulated
Residents and workers in Elyria circulate petitions to compel council action on a city income tax. About 1000 signatures are expected as police firefighters and others push for third reading of the tax ordinance with the finance committee meeting at 7 30 tonight to review changes.
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Elyria
Frances F. DeBeves
Gulf Road
Chester Magda
Council
Avon Lake Weighs Taxes as Mayor Opposes Income Levy
Avon Lake's mayor and finance committee oppose an income tax to close a projected budget gap. The council prefers a levy of 1 or 4 mills and service charges for garbage, arguing a tax would burden residents who work outside the city. A budget-cutting study and a meeting are planned.
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Avon Lake
Edward Mitchell
Finance Committee
Mitchell
John Picken
Avor Lake
Picken
Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co
Salt mine fire traps 21 men
Twenty one workers are trapped more than a mile below the Belle Isle salt mine after a shaft head frame fire at the entrance. Officials say the blaze started near midnight and was extinguished early today at the world’s largest salt excavation.
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Morgan City
UPI
Belle Isle
Shrimp Dinner and Steak Dinner Ad Promos
A fragmented page ad promotes See oh Mea Shrimp Dinner 69c and a sizzling steak dinner for 195 dollars. It references Meyer Goldberg's Supermarket on Route 57 opposite Idway Mall and asks about O Henrys Pub at Midway Mall. Large Juicy Grapefruit offered at 5¢.
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Meyer Goldberg
Idway Mall
O Henrys
Midway Mall
Vietnam War reports heavy fighting near Quan Long and Khe Sanh
Vietnamese and American forces repel Viet Cong in Quan Long and defend Khe Sanh amid intensified Tet battles. A U S C123 transport is shot down near Khe Sanh with 47 aboard killed while Viet Cong losses and hospital battles near Quan Long are described as savage and costly.
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Saigon
UPI
Khe Sanh
Quan Long
South Vietnam
Ca Mau
Robert Kaylor
Hue
Imperial
Indonesia Bus Wreck Kills 26 In North Sumatra Train Collision
A crowded bus in North Sumatra collided with a passenger train, killing 26 bus passengers and injuring 25, with four in serious condition. Casualties aboard the train were not immediately known.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Sumatra
Antara
Westview sewer plan faces high cost and delays
About 100 residents attended a county hearing on a proposed 700000 sanitary sewer and treatment plant upgrade for Westview in Columbus. Officials cited orders from the Ohio Pollution Control Board to eliminate pollution and warned delaying the project could raise prices, while residents criticized the high assessments and topography complicating construction.
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Columbia
Westview
Lotam County
J .Norman Thompson
Ohio Pollution Centre Board
Thompson
Eugene E Roberts
Walter Carpenter
Clearview Upsets Top-Ranked, Reaches District Finals
Clearview jolted the state's third-ranked team to advance to the Class A District Tournament finals in Canton. The win shifts momentum for the upcoming matchup as the squad eyes the title game.
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Clearview Jolts
Canton
Page
Man to stand trial for tree stealing in Ohio case
Orville Switzer of New London is to be tried March 18 in Huron County Common Pleas Court on one count of tree stealing involving a single black walnut tree valued at $200. The case centers on the Ward farm dispute and claims Switzer sold the tree to Howard Hess while the Wards pursued the missing timber from 1965.
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Ohio
Huron County Common Pleas Court
Orville Switzer
New London
Switzer
Graydon
Eloise Ward
Townline Road
Robert R. Paton
Ohio Forestry Association
Wards
Paton
Huron County
J A Basinger
Hess
James Varga
Olena
John Katonak
Streator P
Lorain
Varga
Katonak
Weather Forecast and Temperatures Reported
Partly cloudy and colder tonight with a low in the teens and a continuation of cold conditions tomorrow. Sunset tonight at 6 24, sunrise tomorrow at 6 54. High 54 degrees around 4 10 p.m. yesterday, low 26 degrees at 8 34 5 a.m. today.
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Bai
S. Viets
Quan Leong
Reds
Viet Cong
U Minh II
An Xuyen
William C Westmoreland
US Army
US Marine Corps
Westmoreland
Creighton Abrams
I Corps
Demilitarized Zone
Maine
Robert Cushmen
Pittsburgh
Vietnam
White House
Commission
Roberts
Grafton
Better Health
Oberlin
Howard Hess
Ashland
Ward
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