Merchants accuse police of neglect near West Broad Street
West Broad Street shopkeepers claim police fail to protect businesses from derelicts panhandling and vandalism. Larry Hodgson Mason Pence and Billy Stephenson cite broken windows, trashed deliveries, and unprosecuted suspects, while Officer Curtis notes few charges pressed and limited manpower.
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Broad Street
Larry Hodgson
Larry
W. Broad St
West Avenue
Police
Hodgson
Mason Pence
Mason's Furniture
Billy Stephenson
Bottoms Up Shoe Repair
Pence
Pen
Ptl
William Curtis
Police Crime Prevention Bureau
Curtis
Elyria
Princess Diana expectant of baby next June
Buckingham Palace announced Princess Diana, age 20, is pregnant and due next June. The child will be second in line to the throne after Prince Charles. The palace said both families are delighted and Diana is in excellent health after her Parliament appearance and royal engagements.
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London
Diana
Prince Charles
Buckingham Palace
Palace
Prince
Princess of Wales
Duke of Edinburgh
Charles
Back to Work Poli Delivers Pep Talk to PATCO Strikers
In LORAIN the UAW Local 425 Union Hall echoed a halftime locker room as Robert E. Poli, PATCO’s national president, urged 440 striking members at Oberlin Center to rally. Families and supporters listened, cheered, and pressed Poli with questions about futures, benefits, legal fees, and ongoing actions.
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Lorain
UAW
Robert E. Poli
Professional
Patco Local 203
Oberlin
Poli
PATCO
Local 203
Ed Zacovic
Bob Bailie
Indian summer teases then yields to frost and cold
Indian summer lingers with unseasonably mild days in the area after a killing frost on Oct. 17. Weather observer Ray Diederich says more good days may come but a quick end is likely as a stronger cold snap approaches mid November.
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John Hall
Parma
Rocky River
Rocky River Reservation
Gene Krebs
North Ridgeville
Ray Diederich
Diederich
Oberlin budget methods under fire in 1978 audit
State auditors found 29 recovery findings totaling 4945 dollars against Oberlin officials for budget and accounting violations in 1978 including duplicate payments to 14 companies. Expenditures exceeded appropriations in 19 funds and warrants were issued without proper city auditor preparation.
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Oberlin
Thomas Ferguson
Doug Ward
Treasury
Ward
Hausser & Heinzel
C.P
Elyria
Ohio Municipal Electric Association
the Windsor Manufacturing Co
Erie Pipeline Co
Cincinnati Legal Blank Inc
Wolff Brothers Supply Inc
Greybar
Callaghan & Co
Prentice- Hall Inc
S.R. Smith Co. Inc
Revenue Sharing Advisory Service
Bill Long
John Conley
State Auditor’s Office
Two set to plead in Barnes death case in Augusta
In Augusta Georgia two defendants John Owens and Nellie Pearl Owens faced expected guilty pleas to lesser charges in the death of Pvt Kenneth Barnes of Amherst. Robert McMahon an Army recruiting officer faced murder and deception counts with McMahon set to begin trial November 10.
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Pvt
Kenneth Barnes
Amherst
Richland County Superior Court
Franklin H. Pierce
Augusta
John Owens
Barnes
Nellie Pearl Owens
Robert McMahon
Army
Owenses
McMahon
Owens
Georgia
Norman
Lillian Barnes
Ft. Gordon
Army Signal Corps
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W. Broad St. Blues
Wales
Diana Spencer
Victoria and Albert Museum
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Britannia
Mediterranean
Royal Estate
Balmoral
Scotland
Nasty Mr. November
Cat ‘N Mouse
Stephanie Hilf
C-T
Norman Barnes
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