Indictments in Elgin Postmistress slaying spark manhunt
Van Wert County prosecutors indicted Delaney Gibson Jr of Hyden Kentucky and John George Spirko of Toledo on aggravated murder and kidnapping charges in the 1982 killing of Elgin Postmistress Betty Jane Mottinger. The case, the product of a 13 month postal inspector investigation, involves death penalty specifications for both suspects.
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van Wert
Ohio
Elgin
Betty Jane Mottinger
van Wert County
Stephen Keister
Delaney Gibson ,Jr
Hyden
John George Spirko
Toledo
Keister
Gibson
Spirko
Mottinger
Blanchard River
Findlay
Lestie County
Kenton County
Thomas Strausbaugh
Strausbaugh
Lorain Mayor Warns Salary Restoration May Trigger Layoffs
Mayor William Parker says attempts by council to restore 6 to 8 workers’ salaries would cost Lorain money and likely cause layoffs later this year. He notes civil service rules prevent cutting pay but freezing and reclassifying pay raises could hit the city budget hard.
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Lorain
William Parker
Parker
New jet engine may cut costs
A GE and Pratt & Whitney led experimental engine shows fuel use cut by 18 percent and operating costs down 10 percent in a five year, 206 million dollar project with NASA Lewis Center. The engine toured 65 hours of tests at Peebles Ohio and exceeded the original 12 percent fuel savings goal.
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Cleveland
General Electric Co
Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Division
United Technologies Corp
NASA
Lewis Research Center
John M. Shaw
Peebles
Ohio
Carl C. Ciepluch
Lewis
Service Members Reported Entering New Assignments
Airman Ramiy Tilbert son of Lois Jonila and George Tilbert of Lakewood and Brunswick is assigned to Keesler Air Force Base Mississippi after completing basic training. Pvt. Brian Wolford son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Wolford of Wakeman finished one station unit training at the US Army Infantry School Fort Benning Georgia.
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Ramiy Tilbert
Lois Jonila
Lakewood Ave
Lakewood
George Tilbert
Brunswick
Keesler Air Force Base
Miss
Air Force
Brian Wolford
Gerald Wolford
Cooper St
Wakeman
US. Army Infantry School
Fort Benning
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