Rostropovich to testify on Soviet citizenship revocation
Cellist and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich will testify before a U.S. commission on Thursday about losing his Soviet citizenship. His wife Galina Vishnevskaya was labeled an ideological renegade when citizenship was revoked on March 15.
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Mstislav Rostropovich
U.S
Rostropovich
Galina Vishnevskaya
Sarah Vaughan
Lionel Hampton
Ornett Coleman
Billy Taylor
David Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Isabel Peron
UPI
Toledo teachers ratify new contract after strike
Toledo federation of teachers and AFSCME ratify a tentative agreement with the Board of Education. The 3400 school employees, on strike since April 10, approve the contract unanimously after late negotiations. Details were not immediately released.
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UPI
Board of Education
Ratifica
Tion
Toledo Federation of Teachers
American Federation of State
MHPC Receives Federal Approval For Health Plan Region
The Metropolitan Health Planning Corp in Cleveland gains federal Health Systems Agency designation for Cuyahoga Lake Geauga Medina and Lorain counties. Full designation solidifies existence, with a 30 member board and about 55 staff. The agency draws plans and reviews hospital and facility improvement proposals under federal health planning laws.
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Cleveland
UPI
Metropolitan Health Planning Corp
Health Systems Agency
Cuyahoga
Lake
Geauga
Medina
Lorain
MHPC
Robert Titko
Titko
MPHC
Vance Defends Arms Sales Tied to Mideast Peace
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance argued that increasing arms sales to Israel Egypt and Saudi Arabia is not contradictory to pursuing peace. He backed President Carter’s 4.8 billion dollar defense package and discussed efforts to revive stalled Middle East talks with Prime Minister Menachem Begin after a LWV convention speech.
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UPI
Cyrus Vance
Middle East
Mideast
Vance
Carter
Israel
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
League of Women Voters
America
Washington
Menachem Begin
Begin
Ohio utilities to be surveyed for consumer attitudes
The Ohio Consumers' Counsel won approval to hire Elrick & Lavidge Inc. for a 196490 contract to survey 4200 electric and gas customers. The study will profile usage and attitudes on a household basis by September, with cooperation from the Public Utilities Commission and the Ohio Energy Credits Advisory Committee.
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Columbus
UPI
Ohio
State Controlling Board
Elrick & Lavidge, Inc
California
William Spratley
Elrick & Lavidge
Public Utilities Commission
Ohio Energy Credits Advisory Committee
Spratley
East Ohio Gas Co
Columbia Gas
Cleveland sees rise in crimes against people in early 1978
Police statistics show Cleveland crimes against people rose 15.3 percent in the first quarter of 1978 from a year earlier led by a 42.6 percent jump in rapes from 94 to 134. Homicides fell 10.9 percent to 49, while the overall crime index edged up 0.1 percent.
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Cleveland
UPI
Michael J. Haney
Police Department
Supreme Court backs press on confidential judge hearings
The Supreme Court, in a 7-0 decision, reversed Landmark Communications Inc. and the Virginian-Pilot conviction over a story about a judge's incompetence hearing. Chief Justice Burger says states cannot criminalize truthful coverage of confidential judicial proceedings. Perry Morgan, publisher, calls the ruling gratifying and common sense.
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Washington
UPI
Virginia
U.S. Supreme Court
High Court
Perry Morgan
Virginian-Pilot
Norfolk
Supreme Court
Landmark Communications Inc
Virginian Pilot
Warren Burger
Cleveland Schools Get State Advance With Levy Threat
The Ohio Controlling Board approved a 9.3 million advance to Cleveland Schools to cover May payroll and bills, bringing total 1978 funding to 30.8 million but warning no reopening without a June 6 9.9 mill levy. Debate focused on strings and plan if the levy fails, amid a federal court directive to keep schools open.
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General Assembly
Robert F. Howarth Jr
James A. Rhodes
Harry Meshel
Youngstown
Cleveland Board
Paul Briggs
Cleveland
Meshel
Gen. Custer
Rose
A.G. Lancione
Bellaire
Japanese explorer Uemura reaches North Pole solo by dog sled
Naomi Uemura, 37, becomes the first person to trek to the North Pole alone, after 54 days and 500 miles across the Arctic Ocean from Ellesmere Island. The journey faced a polar bear attack, a three day snowstorm, and impassable ice ridges, with satellite tracking and an aerial confirmatory meet at the pole. The plan shifted to airlift into Greenland’s north to climb a 10,000 foot ice peak before attempting a 1,678 mile traverse of the island.
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UPI
National Geographic Society
Naomi Uemura
North Pole
Uemura
Pole
Arctic Ocean
Cape Columbia
Ellesmere Island
Canada
Northwest Territories
Space Agency
Greenland
Ohio Lottery chief resigns amid corruption charges
Gerald J. Patronite, 30, Ohio Lottery Executive Director, says he will resign by June 1 amid corruption allegations. The Lottery Commission also fires field personnel coordinator Joseph Tirone and faces calls for a broader shakeup and relocation of the Lottery’s headquarters.
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Ohio
Robert Langeorge Cleveland
UPI
Ohio Lottery Commission
Ohio Lottery
Gerald J. Patronite
Patronite
Lottery
James A. Rhodes
Lottery Commission
Joseph Tirone
Cleveland Press
Tirone
Lewis Berger
Pasquale Gallina
Cuyahoga County
John Corrigan
Thomas Ferguson
Commission
Ferguson
Gallina
Cleveland
Columbus
Marietta
John Burnworth
Thomas Crowley
Burnworth
Crowley
Civil Service
Department of Administration Services
Ohio Attorney General’s Office
Rhodes
Robert M. Chiaramonte
Ohio unions vote to strike over pay demands next week
About 6,000 Communications Workers of America members authorize a strike with up to 101 margin for a wage boost far below their $11 per hour demand. OCSEA may join, signaling a statewide work stoppage to shut down state liquor stores and tax refund processing if needed.
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Columbus
UPI
Communications Workers of America
Herschell Sigall
CWA
Sigall
Ohio Civil Service Employes Association
OCSEA
General Assembly
Fukuda Opens Two Day U.S. Japan Economic Talks
Japanese Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda launches a two day summit with U.S. leaders in Washington focused on stabilizing the dollar and reducing Japan’s rising trade surplus with the United States. Talks include Carter meeting, Vance discussions, and energy bill approval.
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UPI
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Fukuda
Cyrus Vance
Carter
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House International Relations Committee
America
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Middle East
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