Crime in Ohio Cities Drops Overall Despite Rapes Rise
The AP reports 1972 totals across Cleveland Columbus Cincinnati Toledo Youngstown and Akron show a 7.5 percent decline in serious crimes from 1971 to 1972 despite higher murders and rapes. Murders rose 7 percent to 561 and rapes 22 percent to 1 243, while robberies assaults burglaries larcenies and auto thefts fell between 3.2 and 18 percent. Authorities credit enforcement funding interagency cooperation and court efficiency for the overall drop.
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Columbus
Ohio
Associated Press
Better Coopera
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Toledo
Youngstown
Akron
Dayton
Canton
Mizell Stewart
John Ledingham
Atty
William J. Brown
Robert Zitko
U.S
Ohio Supreme Court
C William O'Neill
Mosher Blasts Delay In Lake Erie Flood Warning
U S Rep Charles A Mosher told a House subcommittee that officials failed to predict Lake Erie flooding in time. He urged a thorough IJC review to ensure timely warnings and examined jurisdiction over lake level control and water management across the Great Lakes.
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Washington
U.S
Charles A. Mosher
Oberlin
House
Lake Erie
Mosher
International Joint Commission
Inter-American Affairs Subcommittee
IJC
Great Lakes
United States
Canada
LJC
LIC
Lake Superior
Lower Lakes
Lakes Superior
Ontario
Congress
Kennedy to head Easter Seal drive in Elyria
William J. Kennedy has been named 1973 Elyria City chairman for the Easter Seal Campaign. Door to door paraders will visit homes this weekend, delivering Easter Seals and fact sheets about free services benefiting over 600 crippled children and adults in Lorain County in 1972. Volunteers are still needed to participate. ward captains and area coordinators across the county are listed.
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William J. Kennedy
Columbus St
Elyria City
Lorain County
WARD
Elyria
Judy Willis
David Cannon
Beverly Yankee
Jack Weaver
Treva Appleton
John Sokol
Thomas Skaugen
Ann Santora
Marsha Reisinger
Charles Faragher
Amherst
Dennis T. Wicks
Avon Lake
Brownhelm
Helen Kozapas
Clearview-Vincent
Richard Pierce
Columbia Station
Wayne Moss
Gene Galley
Elyria Township
Doris Everson
Grafton
Dale Wakefield
Marge Kline
Grafton Township
Ohio House to vote on ERA split among area lawmakers
In Columbus two area legislators clash on ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment with Donald Pease backing a yes and J Leonard Camera opposing. Pro ERA supporters argue it would erase discrimination in credit employment and alimony while opponents fear government intrusion into family matters and traditional structures.
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Columbus
Ohio House
Donald Pease
D-Oberlin
J. Leonard Camera
D-Lorain
Pease
Camera
Hinckley Buzzard Day attendance taps 10 000 crowd
An estimated 10 000 gathered for Hinckley s second Buzzard Day. rain and late winter snow limited outdoor activity with most visitors indoors at pancake breakfasts. Three stuffed buzzards were shown at Hinckley Elementary School as the event drew crowds from the Cleveland area.
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Hinckley
Buzzards
Chamber of Commerce
Hinkley Reservation
Cleveland
Dumpy the dog rescued after brutal gassing and gunshot
In Salem, Dumpy the stray, rescued from a landfill after surviving gassing in a dog van and a gunshot, slowly recovers with partial paralysis. Calls pour in from across the country as two women seek a loving home while officials suspend the deputy warden for five days and pledge policy changes.
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Salem
Dumpy
Joyce Guiler
Mahoning County
Pilot missing in Ohio from Buckeye Air Service flight
The search for Olmsted Falls man William Finney, 51, who left Cleveland Hopkins at 11:15 p.m. Tuesday in an empty Buckeye Air Service plane bound for Detroit, has been called off over the weekend. Finney has logged over 20,000 flight hours and had been with Buckeye about two years.
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Cleveland Hopkins International
Detroit
US Coast Guard
William Finney
Cook Rd
Buckeye Air Service, Inc
Cleveland
Coast Guard
Finney
Buckeye
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Tom Spiroff
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