Olympics Hit by Munich Crisis as Israelis Are Held
Israel calls for immediate Olympic suspension after Arab guerrillas seize nine hostages and kill two. Prime Minister Meir demands Games halt until all Israeli captives are freed. West Germany vows action and President Nixon voices outrage as the Games face a 24 hour suspension and possible cancellation. Egypt withdraws from the Olympics.
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UPI
Golda Meir
Munich
Meir
Knesset
Israel Olympic Committee
Germany
San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Ronald Ziegler
White House
Ziegler
Avery Brundage
International Olympic Committee
Moshe Weinberg
Earli
Olympic Games suspended after hostage raid at Munich village
Arab commandos storm Israeli quarters in the Olympic Village killing two men and taking nine hostages. Brundage suspended the games for 24 hours to seek hostage freedom. Moshe Weinberg and Joseph Gottfreund killed, others escaped. Mark Spitz moved under guard. Demands include release of 200 Arabs and transfer of hostages to an Arab capital by non Israeli planes. Page 4 continued.
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Interor
Olympic Village
Munich
UPI
Israel
Moshe Weinberg
Joseph Gottfreund
Seck Babacar
Senegal
Brundage
Tuvia Sokolsky
Mark Spitz
U.S
United States
SpitzisaJe
Black September Organization
Tel Aviv
Lod International
Ohio uniform districting proposal nears public hearings
Ohio moves toward a single uniform districting plan for all state agencies calling the current maze of 366 districts in 41 formations a nightmare. The Gilligan administration aims to avoid federal money loss with districts by mid next year while Lorain County seeks alignment with nearby counties and resists joining Cuyahoga.
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David Sweet
Ohio Department of Economic and Community Development
Oheans
Ohio
Lorain County
Cuyahoga County
Gilligan-appointed
Ohio Commission On Local Government Services
Sweet
Lorain
Bureau of Employment Services
Ohio Department of Highways
Department of Mental Health and Retardation
Norman Thompson
Lorain County Health Planning Association Inc
Ford expands Econoline plant plans loom in Lorain County vote
Ford Motor Co board to decide about 80 to 100 million expansion funds for Econoline production. Options include purchasing the Fruehaus plant in Avon Lake or expanding the Lorain assembly site. Ford aims to hire about 2,000 more workers if expansion proceeds, with talks on Fruehaus ongoing and evaluation of plant suitability and needs for truck production.
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Ford Motor Co
Lorain County
Chronicle-Telegram
FORD
Avon Lake
Loran
C-T
Froehauf Corp
Froehaufl
American boxer Denee Bebick knocked out in quarterfinals
In Munich Olympics 1972 Denee Bebick suffered a technical knockout in the heavyweight quarterfinal as Cabana Teolite Seevensen floors Bebick twice forcing the referee to stop the fight. Bebick exits the tournament as plans for future world titles proceed.
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Denee Bebick
Cabana Teolite Seevensen
Bebich
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