Ex-Scotland Yard chief on U S and British policing
Former Scotland Yard director Sir Robert Mark notes police reflect societal norms and contrasts arms use. He cites Britain’s arms policy, crime patterns, and crime control, praising Britain's combination of national structure and local autonomy while stressing enforcement fairness and deterrence through likelihood of detection and conviction.
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Great Britain and
Wales
United States
Scotland Yard
Sir Robert Mark
Britain
Mark
Robert Mark
Lorain County Community College
Dave Zapotosky
Legislature eyes laws on prison labor in Ohio
Ohio lawmakers weigh a constitutional amendment to expand prison labor programs and remove current limits. Senator McCormack says inmates face idleness while about 9,800 prisoners work in roles from cleaning to electrical techs, earning roughly $20 monthly for 90 hours of work. The Senate approved the measure. the House approval is pending.
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George F Denton
McCormack
Ohio Constitutional Revision Commission
Senate
House
Ohio
Carter to Meet Egypt and Israel Ministers at United Nations
President Carter meets Egyptian Foreign Minister Ismail Fahmy and later Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan in New York to press for an Arab Israeli settlement and Palestinian participation in a Geneva peace process. Egypt rejects the U S Soviet declaration urging recognition of Palestinian rights. Also notes Ohio prison labor debate and Mahoning Valley steel delegation delay for a Justice Department briefing on steel dumping.
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United Nations
Carter
Egypt
Israel
Ismail Fahmy
Anwar Sadat
Eign
Moshe Dayan
United States
Youngstown
Mahoning Valley
Japan
Justice Department
Jack C. Hunter
New York
Tokyo
Hunter
William A. Sullivan
Western Reserve Econome Development Agency
Steel Communities Coalition
Frank Leseganich
District 25
United Steelworkers
Sullivan
Treasury Department
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Campbell Works
Watchdog Fred Russell Promenade At Fair Exhibit
Fred Russell of Ponchatoula Louisiana strolls with Dolly as a harmless poster figure looms over his shoulder at a recent street fair exhibit. The scene captures a quirky moment from the AP dispatch.
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Fred Russell
Ponchatoula
Dolly
Hall sworn in as Amherst police chief
Amherst history includes Hall as 34 year old married father of three. Hall, a 12 year veteran and former lieutenant, was sworn in by Mayor Anthony De Paola in city hall after outscoring Capt. Edward Kobal on civil service exam. He replaces Arthur Koppenhafer who retired following a felony theft indictment.
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Mark
Manchester
London Metropolitan Police
Amherst
William Hall Jr
Hall
Edward Kobal
Arthur Koppenhafer
Kobal
Anthony DePaola
Audit faulted Sheffield school spending on football field rights
A state audit criticized the Sheffield-Sheffield Lake School District for improper payments tied to Brookside High School football field rights from 1972 to 1977. The $12,334 purchase was technically incorrect though no money was lost, with loans and interest tied to booster club funding and a district personal note. Russell, then board president, defended actions amid election-year politics while noting a potential conflict of interest as he was also secretary-treasurer of the lights supplier Elyria Superior Electric Co.
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Columbus
Sheffield-Sheffield Lake
Brookside
Anson Russell
Henry Zaborniak
Russell
Elyria Superior Electric Co
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Tom Chernitsky
Great Britain
Olves
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London
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Sherlock Holmes
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Sacha
Rome
Legislature
John T. McCormack
D-Euclid
Corrections Department
Ohio Prison Industries
Revision Commission
Mike Mansfield
John Glenn
Lesegamich and Sullivan
Mansfield
Seattle
Sheffield
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