Car repairs top consumer mistrust in U S homes
Washington UPI reports a House subcommittee hearing on auto repair costs and quality. The NHTSA estimate of 20 billion dollars yearly in unnecessary repairs is challenged by industry reps who cite flaws in the data, while critics say many owners fear poor service and inflated charges.
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Washington
UPI
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NHTSA
Joan Claybrook
Miss Claybrook
William Raftery
Motor and Equipment Manufacturers Association
Raftery
Ronald Weiner
Automotive Information Council
Planners gird for battle to stymie SMSA switch
Lorain County planners threaten legal and political action to block the SMSA merger citing loss of federal funding and missing data. A coalition of about a dozen congressmen and Department of Commerce officials will meet to keep SMSAs unchanged or alter the 15 percent commuter rule.
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SMSA
John Hall
Lorain County Regional
Department of Commerce
U.S
Don Pease
D-Oberlin
Ex-aide to testify as Ferguson probe widens
In Columbus a former employee of State Auditor Thomas Ferguson is set to testify before a Franklin County grand jury about alleged irregularities in the auditor’s office. Jerry May, supervisor of the preaudit section, testified that criminal acts occurred in the office over the past three years, with a rise in the last year, while Ferguson denounced the probe as political assassination and criticized Prosecutor George Smith’s involvement.
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Thomas Ferguson
Franklin County Grand
Jerry May
Ferguson
Franklin County Common Pleas Court
May
Franklin County
George C. Smith
Smith
Ohio
Willy Messerschmitt Dies At 80 Designer Of ME109
Munich reported designer Willy Messerschmitt, 80, died after an operation. Known for the ME109 fighter that dominated European skies, he also built modern passenger planes and the ME262 jet. In a birthday interview he quipped about 200 more jets halting Normandy. Herzogenaurach also said Adolf Dassler, founder of Adidas, died at 77 after a heart attack.
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Herzogenaurach
West Germany
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Adolf Dassler
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Intimate town dinner planned for Cicero Indiana
Newcomer James Peachey invites 1,300 Cicero families to a Sunday park dinner to unite old residents with newcomers. He runs a catering business and will serve about 8,000 to 10,000 chicken pieces along with biscuits, potato salad, green beans, corn and apple butter. He aims to foster communication and a sense of community.
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Cicero
Ind
James Peachey
Peachey
Morse Reservoir
Ohio House delays capital punishment bill vote
Ohio House panel work on a death penalty bill stalls as campaigning resumes after the November election. The Judiciary Committee planned amendments but time ran out amid a lengthy process and doubts about panel approval.
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Columbus
UPI
Ohio House of Representatives
House Judiciary Committee
Mill can open with aid for Campbell Works revival
Economists for the Ecumenical Coalition of the Mahoning Valley say reopening Campbell Works of Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. is feasible with 525 million dollars in federal support. The study criticizes the Justice Department for approving a large steel merger and hindering reactivation of the mothballed plant, which caused permanent layoffs for about 5,000 workers a year ago.
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UPI
Justice Department
Campbell Works
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
National Center For Economic Alternatives
Washington, D.C
Mahoning Valley
Bomb Explodes In Car Of Flynt Relative in Columbus
A bomb exploded Thursday outside the home of William B. Rider in suburban Gahanna near Columbus. Rider, 33, a former Columbus police officer and Flynt Publications sales representative, is related to Hustler owner Larry Flynt by marriage. Damage was estimated at $1,000.
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Columbus
UPI
William B. Rider
Hustler Magazine
Larry Flynt
Rider
Flynt
Althea
Flynt Publications
Gahanna
Ohio lottery winner may buy an island
William Kinninger 56 of Sidney became the third person in Ohio Lottery history to win the maximum $500,000 prize in the weekly drawing. He added $200,000 this week to a string of past wins and plans to keep playing. Also winning amounts tonight included Fred Lewis and others, while the week’s numbers and other state lotteries across Michigan Pennsylvania and New Jersey are listed.
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UPI
William Kinninger
Sidney
Ohio Lottery
Kinninger
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
Fred Lewis
T.J. Tobbe
Columbus
Edward Ryder
Springfield
William Toth
Wainwright
Ohio
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Davitt
Maine
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