Early voting reports show heavy turnout across suburbs
Ehria O reports on November 6 1979 election day turnout in Olmsted Falls Westlake Berea Strongsville Middleburg Heights and Middlebrook Elementary School. Voters decide mayor trustee clerk fire levy and school board seats while experimental punchcard ballots roll out with mostly positive feedback and steady participation.
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Barbara Bollinger
Middlebrook Elementary School
Arsonist strikes again at apartment complex four times in five days
Johnson reports the arsonist slipped past employees and police, entering locked entrances and laundry rooms without force. Raymond Veard and wife Beth lost radios and a tape deck worth about 1000 dollars, with insurance not covering the loss. Miller suspects a disgruntled former tenant, while Rumph says fires occurred in utility locker rooms and were set by the same person. A residents committee at College Park and Commodore Arms aids the investigation.
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Kennedy gains $100000 and Chicago endorsement
Sen Edward Kennedy nears his formal Democratic presidential bid. He raised about $100,000 at a closed New York fund raise attended by around 100 corporate executives and won a Chicago endorsement from the Cook County Democratic Central Committee, signaling machine support for his campaign.
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First Lady Rosalynn Carter to Visit Cambodian Refugee Camps
Washington reports that First Lady Rosalynn Carter will fly to Thailand on Wednesday to inspect Cambodian refugee camps. Mary Hoyt said White House meetings were under way to arrange the trip with refugee officials and the first lady is expected to be accompanied by Surgeon General Julius Richmond.
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Mott presses for action over Iran oil blackmail
Motts and 33 co sponsors back a bill to withhold food until OPEC oil prices drop and urge cutting ties with Iran if hostages are harmed. He predicts oil cutoff would force belt tightening or gasoline rationing, as he plans a one minute floor speech around noon Wednesday.
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Bazargan resigns as Iran premier amid embassy seizure crisis
Amid the Tehran crisis, Bazargan formally resigns after weeks of pressure as revolutionary hard-liners erode government authority. Moslem religious leaders endorsed the student embassy seizure while the United States faces the seized U.S. Embassy with hundreds of Americans held inside.
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Park assassination plot tied to bid for power detaild
Seoul police and the Martial Law Command released a four page report on the Oct 26 Park Chung-hee murder detailing Kim Jae-kyu's four month plan to seize power. The document states the military did not support him and foreign influence was absent. It notes the assassination killed Park and five bodyguards, with 111 questioned and 33 still detained.
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Callahan found guilty in double murder case in Cleveland
Thomas P Callahan 85 of Maple Heights was found guilty of aggravated murder in the death of his mother in law Betty Jaroscak 64 and voluntary manslaughter in the killing of his wife Catherine 31. Sentencing delayed for psychiatric evaluation. In separate action Parma Police Captain Edward Fink filed a 500000 lawsuit in federal court against Parma Police Chief Francis N Szabo Captain John Wonworth and Detective Clarence Bennett accusing them of instigating the charge against him. A grand jury in Cuyahoga County indicted truck driver William Davis 32 of Lakewood and two foreign women he kept with him for alleged vice operations and deportation hearings were set for November 14. Charges of murder conspiracy and possessing a sawed off shotgun and a stolen license plate against Gary Pircio 22 were dropped after he pled guilty to receiving stolen property and felonious assault. Three others remain to face trial on conspiracy to murder O Donnell.
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Danny” Greene
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Morocco Sends 7000 Troops in Sahara Offensive
Morocco launches its largest Western Sahara assault in four years with 7000 troops 1500 tanks and armored vehicles. Army sources say the operation began secretly Saturday and involves regular garrisons in the region amid Algerian-backed rebels.
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