Marsico receives 15 year prison term in drug ring case
Richard Marsico, 34, of Columbus, is sentenced to 15 years in prison and a $10,000 fine for masterminding a multi million dollar drug ring. He also receives a concurrent three year term for illegal interstate travel. Bond revoked and appeal options noted. Others named include Linkous and Ripley with varying sentences. The case stemmed from an 18 month Columbus and DEA investigation ending after a second jury verdict. Page turn indicated.
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Columbus
Richard Marsico
Marsico
Centurion Drive
Jeffrey Linkous
U. S
John Holschuh
Fred Jurek
Raymond Ripley
Lake Ave
Linkous
Winthrop Hong
Terry Freeman
Florida
Ohio
Canada
Columbus Police
US Drug Enforcement Administration
Intervention by Goldberg delays price-fix settlement talks
Former Lorain County grocer Meyer Goldberg seeks to intervene in one of five civil suits against Pick-n-Pay Fisher Foods and Stop-N-Shop overprice fixing. His motion aims to recover losses from wages loans and stock. Attorneys urge denial arguing creditors like Goldberg lack special status while Judge Lambros pursues settlements and possible plea changes.
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Cleveland
Lorain County
Meyer Goldberg
Goldberg
Pick-n-Pay
Fisher Foods
Fazio’s
Stop- N-Shop
Frances
U.S. District Court
Thomas Lambros
Lambros
Beachwood
Florida man, wife get long sentences in nine year fraud case
John Henry Owens and Nellie Owens pleaded guilty to reduced charges in a nine year insurance fraud scheme tied to faked death of Owens. Owens received 30 years and a $10,000 fine, Nellie 10 years. Kenneth Barnes, 19, was buried with honors after the faked death was uncovered.
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Augusta
John Henry Owens
Florida
Amherst
Kenneth Barnes
Owens
Nellie
Barnes
Fort Gordon
DeLand
Fila
Robert McMahon
Richmond County Sheriff’s Office
Joe Parks
Voinovich Invincible He Defeats Sweeney In Cleveland Runoff
The piece compares George Voinovich's landslide win over Patrick Sweeney in 1981 to Ralph Locher's strong 1962-63 mayoral run. It details Voinovich's large margins across wards and notes Sweeney's weak campaign, with Locher later losing support amid civil rights and urban renewal issues.
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George Voinovich
Patrick Sweeney
Cleveland
Voinovich
Sweeney
Ralph Locher
Anthony Celebezze
John F. Kennedy
Candiate
Willard Brown
Locher
Carl Stokes
Jobless Rate Hits 8 Percent Highest in Six Years
The U S unemployment rate rose to 8.0 percent in October, the highest since the end of the Ford era. The Bureau of Labor Statistics notes a 0.5 point rise from September and a full point since July, with 8.52 million unemployed and an additional million discouraged workers.
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Washington
UPI
Bureau of Labor Statistics
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C-T
Mario Adamo
Hector Garcia
Miami, Fla
Square One
Elyria
Fazio
Tony Gordyan
Richard Gordyan
Downing Ave
North Ridgeville
Lake Ridge Academy
Lorain County Children’s Pioneer Theatre
Tony
Dave Zapotosky
Diane Owens
Edward J. Wilhelm
Freddie Sanders
Wilhelm
McMahon
John Fleming
Voinovich Invincible
East Side
West Side
Dennis
Kucinich
Stokes
Fred
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