Russia arming Baluchi tribe to stir Mideast trouble
Indian intelligence says Soviet officers arm and train 3000 to 4000 Baluchis in Kandahar province to widen influence toward the Persian Gulf. The Baluchis seek homeland across Afghanistan, Aram, and Pakistan’s Baluchistan. Rebels claim heavy fighting, but reports vary on casualties and Soviet involvement beyond Afghanistan.
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Elyria
Russia
New Delhi
India
UPI
Afghanistan
Persian Gulf
Aram
Pakistan
Arabian Sea
Gulf of Oran
Baluchistan
Moscow
Tial
Kandahar
Babrak Karmal
Karmal
Peshawar
Jadran
Paktia
U S panel urges compensation for Nevada fallout victims
Washington reports that Carter era task force recommends federal responsibility for some cancer deaths and illnesses of Nevada downwind residents from 1951 1958 nuclear tests potentially affecting other groups including Vietnam veterans asserting Agent Orange harm. About 172000 downwind residents faced cancer risk. 9 to 96 cases possibly linked. Claims exceed 2 billion dollars.
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Washington
UPT
Nevada
Carter
Interagency Task Force
Utah
Arizona
Firestone realignment costs 19000 jobs amid plant shutdowns
Firestone plans to close facilities by November while seeking a union settlement to save operations. If no agreement is reached, steps include possible employee ownership. The realignment targets bias-ply capacity with layoffs across Akron Barberton Dayton Los Angeles Salinas and Pottstown plants, totaling thousands of workers facing reductions.
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Firestone
Brown
Riley
Rubber workers angry as Firestone shutdown looms
In Summit County, 1415 Firestone workers face six months to find new jobs. Old timers fear retirement cuts while younger workers seek revenge. Akron and Barberton linger in uncertainty as rubber industry fortunes sag and local business fears collapse. Bar owners warn their livelihoods hinge on the plant’s fate.
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Firestone
Akron
Barberton
Carter
William Judge
Cop probe findings sent to prosecutor in Strongsville
Seven new policemen were sworn in by Mayor Walter Ehrnfelt as a months long probe into alleged department misconduct was turned over to the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's office. The mayor described internal strife affecting duties morale discipline and relations. He did not specify how many officers or the exact allegations though reports include possible felonies. The probe began after anonymous letters in fall 1979 accused officers of wrong doing.
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Strongsville
Walter Ehrnfelt
Cuyahoga County
Prosecutor's Office
Council
Police Department
Guerrillas seek new talks in embassy siege
Guerrillas holding 32 hostages at the Dominican Republic Embassy in Bogota request renewed ransom talks to break a 23 day stalemate. Government confirms talks will resume Friday, with no condition met for freeing jailed leftists, while a handful of hostages include U S Ambassador Diego Asencio and Papal Nuncio Angelo Acerbi.
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Bogota
Colombia
UPI
Dominican Republic
Diego Uribe
Ricardo Galan
Foreign Ministry
U.S
Diego Asencio
Monsignor
Angelo Acerbi
Americans Arrested At Milan Fashion Show
MilanItaly cops detain ten American models after Italian models protest that foreign workers are taking jobs and higher pay at Milan ready to wear winter shows. Police order the Americans out within 72 hours as tensions rise among fashion workers and a noted Italian photographer defends the hires.
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Milan
Italy
UPI
Carol Miles
Paris
Gious
Miss Miles
Loretta
Gianna
Victor Zevani
Ohio News in Brief: Oct 7 start. Flynt libel suit set
Mansfield district moves to begin the 1980-81 school year on October 7 after rejecting a renewed $1 million loan, amid 9.6 mill tax levy defeat. Columbus vows a $10 million libel suit against Larry Flynt’s Hustler goes to trial July 14, with Loeb the plaintiff. Mansfield veteran sheriff seeks re‑election after petitions filed by wife Betty amid prior misconduct. Cleveland lottery nightly number hits 432 with $574,475 in ticket sales and $371,593 payout. Continental Board of Education stands by decision to keep John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men off the classroom list, library restricted instead.
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Mansfield
UPI
Mansfield City
Board of Education
James Fox
Columbus
Larry Flynt
Hustler Magazine
Franklin County Common Pleas Court
William Loeb
Manchester
Loeb
Flynt
Penthouse
Robert Guccione
Guccione
Richland County
Thomas Weikel
Weikel
Richland County Board of Elections
Betty
Cleveland
Ohio Lottery
Continental
Continental Board of Education
John Steinbeck
Michael Mitchell
Union Fight Over Fired Electricians Moves to Mediation
After nearly ten hours of hearings, IBEW Local 673 and management failed to resolve the firing of 15 electricians for wearing American flag decals in support of Iranian hostages. An intermediate grievance session will include the union’s 4th District and the NECA national director as mediation continues this week.
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Modic
Fluoridation Ruling Delayed for Ohio City
A federal judge in Cleveland delayed for at least a month the fluoridation of the public water supply for Cuyahoga Falls in Summit County. Judge John M. Manos gave 24 citizens 20 days to file briefs claiming civil rights violations of a state ruling mandating fluoridation for systems serving more than 5,000 people. The citizens sought a restraining order to block officials from obeying the mandate, arguing fluoride poses health risks including cancer genetic damage and worsening of diabetes and kidney conditions.
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Cleveland
Cuyahoga Falls
Summit County
John M. Manos
Manos
Gravediggers Strike Affects Cleveland Cemeteries
United Steelworkers Local 14290 walkouts at Lake View Cemetery Cleveland and Knollwood Cemetery Mayfield Heights halt burial services. Lake View strike began Wednesday. Knollwood began last Saturday. Previously, Lake View endured six weeks on strike and Knollwood faced about six months in 1978.
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Cleveland
UPS
Cleveland Area
United Steelworkers of America
Lake View Cemetery
Knollwood Cemetery
Mayfield Heights
Lake View
Knollwood
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