Ohio News in Brief Roundup from Cleveland to Cincinnati
Multiple Ohio items: Harr iell Jones sues federal and local officials for 42 million over false imprisonment related to a 1970s murder conviction overturned on due process grounds. Gov Rhodes resists federal thermostat rule in public buildings. Lt Gov Voinovich leads endorsements in Cleveland mayoral race. Cincinnati faculty strike ends with tentative contract granting about 18 percent wage hike. Sixth Circuit rejects a light-skinned Black applicant’s discrimination claim for a police supervisor job in Dayton.
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Cleveland
UPI
Harriell Jones
FBI
Cuyahoga County
Jones
Frank J. Battisti
Columbus
James A Rhodes
America
United States Department of Energy
Chuck Morris
Ohe Department of Energy
Ohio
George Voinovich
Dennis Kucinich
Voinovich
Kucinich
Ralph Perk
Frank Lausche
Gerald McFaul
U.S
Mary Rose Oakar
Basil Russo
Virgil Brown
Robert Sweeney
Vincent Campanella
Cleveland Board of Education
Arnold Pinkney
Cleveland Press
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Call & Post
Cincinnati
6Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Robert L. Scott
Dayton
Scott
Jail escape plot witness and suspect in detective room
In a jail plot case suspect Danny Fels and his girlfriend Sandra Shanks faced a dramatic hearing as Fels threatened to kill officers with a cocked .38 derringer. The ordeal included a struggle, a hospital transfer, and a dramatic escape attempt that ended with Fels recaptured after a chase through a garage.
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Said
Feis
Nagy
Bruce Johnston
Danny
Zieba
Johnston
Fels
Pels
Detective Bureau
Shamblin
Sandra
Gary Abicht
Abicht
Ms. Shanks
Elyria Memorial Hospital
AFD
Elyria
Gerald Smith
Smith
Survivors of Western Airlines Crash in Mexico City
Fireman fights flames at Mexico City airport scene after Western Airlines flight 605 from Los Angeles crashes. Seventy six passengers and 13 crew were aboard. Survivors include Tandara Scott. court proceedings discuss charges of complicity to attempt aggravated murder and motives linked to insurance money.
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Western Airlines
Los Angeles
Mexico City
Tandara Scott
Smith
Ms. Shanks
Linda L. Shamblin
New procedure announced for car complaints
Washington outlined new steps for consumer car complaints through AUTOCAPS panels. Panels across 44 locations will add consumer representation, open press coverage, publicize services, and make binding dealer decisions. Participation remains voluntary with a 50 percent consumer representation minimum. Consumers may accept or reject panel findings.
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Washington
UPI
Automobile
Esther Peterson
Carter
William Doenges
National Automobile Dealers Association
Autocaps
Cops receive one extra day in slaying case ruling
A UPI report details US District Judge Ross Sterling adding one day to sentences of three Houston officers convicted of beating and drowning Joe Campos Torres after arresting him for drunkenness. The 4th Circuit had urged longer penalties, and the officers now serve one year and a day concurrently with a one year misdemeanor sentence. Ruben Bonilla of LULAC condemned the decision as a travesty of justice.
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Houston
UPI
Ross Sterling
4Th U §. Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Sterling
Ruben Bonilla
Corpus Christi
Texas
League of United Latin American Citizens
Bonilla
Federal
Terry Wayne Denson
Stephen Orlando
Joseph James Janish
Joe Campos Torres
Torres
Bayou
Trade deficit sinks dollar as gold rises in Europe
The dollar weakened across European money markets after a widening U S trade deficit. In West Germany Switzerland Brussels Amsterdam Paris and Milan the dollar fell against local currencies. It opened in Frankfurt at 1.6015 marks, down from 1.8006. The dollar also weakened against the British pound as European rates slid.
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London
UPI
U.S
West Germany
Switzerland
Brussels
Amsterdam
Paris
Milan
Frankfort
Zarth
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Detective Bruce Johnston
James Couch
Elmer Bessick
John Rosenbaum
Judge Nagy
Elyria Municipal
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