U.S. and Cuba move toward thaw in 14 year feud
President Ford and Cuban Premier Fidel Castro appear ready to ease 14 years of hostility. Sen George McGovern reported Castro will consider returning 2 million dollars in ransom and releasing nine Americans held in Cuban jails. White House officials said Castro accepted the mutual obligation to improve relations.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Fidel Castro
White House
Castro
Sen
George S. McGovern
D-S.d
Havana
Cuba
U.S
Ron Nessen
United States
McGovern
McCord suspected of bungling Watergate on CIA orders
Kansas City Star cites investigators as saying James McCord may have acted on CIA directives to expose the White House plumbers. The three part sequence cites Rockefeller panel and Senate Church Committee material. McCord allegedly served as a double agent with a background in security and bugging devices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City, Mo
UPI
James McCord
CIA
White House
Nixon
Kansas City
Presidential Commission
Kansas City Star
Rockefeller
Senate
Frank Church
FBI
McCord
Investigative
Abbott, Costello
Marx Brothers
Keystone Cops
Ohio state budget heads to House vote next Tuesday
A Democratic sponsored 10.688 billion dollar state budget with no new taxes for two years moves to a floor vote in the House. The 269 page document, prepared by House Democrats and fiscal experts, was to be distributed to members for weekend study before referrals to the Senate for study and revisions. Republican opposition was light in a 24 hour Finance Committee session, with two amendments failing and critics calling the plan underfunded and flawed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
UPI
House
House Finance Committee
Finance Committee
Asian leaders press U.S. on unity during White House dinner
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kwan Yew told President Ford that Asians are frightened by U.S. internal tensions delaying a united foreign policy. Secretary Kissinger agreed the concern is real as Asian leaders, including South Korea's Chong Il-Kwon, urged continued U.S. aid and troops amid regional fears of North Korean aggression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Lee Kwan Yew
Singapore
Ford
Asia
United States
Olympic leader Avery Brundage dies at 87
Avery Brundage, longtime president of the International Olympic Committee, died of heart failure in a Garmisch-Partenkirchen hospital. The Chicago native, who led the IOC for 20 years until 1972, had been treated for a respiratory infection. His death drew tributes from officials including Willy Daume of the West German Olympic Committee.
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Bonn
UPI
Avery Brundage
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Brundage
Willy Daume
Chicago
Princess Mariann von Reuss
Germany
Clear skies forecast with mild temperatures this week
Partly cloudy this afternoon and tonight with highs in the upper 60s and lows in the low to mid 40s. Saturday looks fair with highs in the mid to upper 60s and near zero to 10 percent chance of rain. Northeasterly winds 10 to 15 mph today and tonight. Humidity drops to around 25 percent in the afternoon with no rainfall expected.
May 9 History and Births Highlight Almanac Facts
May 9, 1975 marks the 129th day with 236 to follow. Notable events include Columbus’s fourth voyage beginning in Cadiz. Byrd and Bennett flying over the North Pole. Victor Emmanuel III’s abdication. Walter Reuther's death in Michigan. Born on this date is James Barrie, 1860.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Mars
Jupiter
Mercury
Venus
Saturn
Air James Barrie
Christopher Columbus
Cadiz
Spain
America
Richard E. Byrd
Bills to carry 44 amendments rework Ferguson Act repeal
Ohio lawmakers will extensively revise bills repealing the Ferguson Act and granting public employees the right to strike. Senate sponsor Anthony Celebreeze and House sponsor J Leonard Camera push 44 amendments through commerce and labor committees to balance policing, fire fighting, and other public labor relations with a five member state employment relations board.
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Jeff Woolnam
Columbus Bureau
Columbus
Ohio
Senate
Anthony J. Celebreeze
Dcleveland
House
J. Leonard Camera
Dlorain
Commerce and Labor Committees
Celebreeze
Hinckley Parade Meeting and Memorial Day Events
Representatives of parade participants meet May 20 at 7 p.m. in the town hall to organize the Memorial Day parade set for May 26 at 8 30 a.m. at Our Lady of Grace Church. Memorial Day services follow at the town hall then the library dedication at Ridge and Center roads with State Rep. William Batchelder as guest speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinckley Twp
Town Hall
Our Lady of Grace Church
Ridge and
Center Roads
William Batchelder
Medina
John Prior
Montville trustees press for help by registered mail
Montville Township will mail all help requests to the county prosecutor after zoning inspector Robert Young said four zoning questions have waited over three months. The board approved a short term $5000 loan for Poe School phase two and rejected paying a $1600 street light bill.
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Rosanne Hedeen
Montville
Montville Township
County Prosecutor’s Office
Robert Young
Board of Trustees
Young
Roger Ingraham
Old Phoenix Bank
Poe School
Rustic Hills
Ronald Bischof
Roberty Young
Blossom coupon books on sale for Blossom summer events
Medina coupon books for Blossom Music Center sales run through May 17. Each book exchanges for tickets to Cleveland Orchestra, Pennsylvania Ballet, Pop Concerts, and all Blossom summer shows. Two prices offer $12 in coupons for $10 and $25 for $20. Over 60 events slated including Carpenters and Basie Orchestra. Coupons available via Medina Blossom Committee, Old Phoenix Bank, Gazette Medina Brunswick offices, Wadsworth Cleckner's, and Mapleside Brunswick.
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Medina
Blossom Music Center
Cleveland Orchestra
Pennsylvania Ballet
Blossom
The
Carpenters
Glenn Miller
Ray McKinley
Ray Eberle
Paula Kelly
Modernaires
Scott Joplin
New England Conservatory
Helen Reddy
Barry Manilow
Ella Fitzgerald
Count Basie and His
B.B. King
Ramsey Lewis
Judy Collins
Seals and Crofts
America
Richard Gross
Old Phoenix National Bank
Gazette
Brunswick
Wadsworth
Cleckner’s
Mapleside
Medina County Deaths and Obituaries Highlight Local Residents
Three Medina County deaths are reported. Henrietta P. Clark, 93, longtime Bloodmobile worker and Republican leader, dies at home. memorials to her church requested. Barbara Ann Wright, 19, drowns in Zanesville after disappearing April 25, with funeral Saturday in Medina. Howard C. Clark, 81, former farmer and grocer, dies at Shangri La Rest Home with services Monday at Longacre and Sons Funeral Home.
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Henrietta P. Clark
Marks Road
Omega- Pike County
Charles Pendergrass
Olive Scott Pendergrass
Medina County
Arthur Clark
Ellis Pendergrass
Lucasville
Barbara Ann Wright
Medina
Zanesville
Howard C. Clark
Beechwood Drive
Shangri-La
Mr. Clark
United Church of Christ Congregational
Longacre and Sons
Funeral
St. Francis Xavier Cemetery
Admissions and Births in Medina County Hospitals Report
Admissions list includes Edward L. Hor watch Brunswick Michael A. Doty Strongsville Audrey L. Derifield Valley City Alyce J. Placek Medina Janice Fisher Brunswick May E. Newsome Litchfield Gregory A. Hinerman Medina. Birth announced for a girl to Mr and Mrs Douglas L Moehle Medina. Discharges list many names including baby boy among others. May 8 admitted names include Daniel L Sexton Brunswick Barbara L Winland Litchfield Paul Maradin Emma Klink Rose M Carter Medina Joel A Jarrell Shirley A Williams Akron Virginia Mae Smith Cleveland Patricia L Farber Darlene Foster Sandra K Sharpe Medina Robert L Carpenter Jr Columbia Station Michael A Shadi Brunswick Dorothy Kramer Medina. Births report a boy for Mr and Mrs Robert Askew Lakewood. Discharges final list many names including Mrs Alice Ritche Shelly J Atkins Nola D DeLong Everett L Felda Sarah M Hickling Heather L Huff Edna My Morgan Christel M Morris Dominick M Raymond Terry A Tipton Wesley H Weber Sheila L Zikursh Paul E Lowery Arrie R Madden Irene R Richardson Michelle D Mullins Alan L Stambaugh.
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Edward L. Horwatch
Brunswick
Michael A. Doty
Strongsville
Audrey L. Derifield
Valley City
Alyce J. Placek
Medina
Janice Fisher
May E. Newsome
Litchfield
Gregory A. Hinerman
Douglas L. Moehle
L. Max High
Ida J. Barnes Franklinc. Feckley
Mary A. Koenig
Evelyn G. Swingle
Daniel L. Sexton
Barbara L. Winland
Paul Maradin
Emma Klink
Rose M. Carter
Joel A. Jarrell
Shirley A. Williams
Akron
Virginia Mae Smith
Cleveland
Patricia L. Farber
Sterling
Darlene Foster
Sandra K. Sharpe
Robert L. Carpenter Jr
Columbia Station
Michael A. Shadi
Dorothy Kramer
Robert Askew
Lakewood
Alice Ritchie
Kelly J. Atkins
Shelly J. Atkins
Nola D. DeLong
Everett L. Felda
Sarah M. Hickling
Heather L. Huff
Edna My Morgan
Christel M. Morris
Dominick M. Raymond
Terry A. Tipton
Wesley H. Weber
Sheila L. Zikursh
Paul E. Lowery
Arrie R. Madden
Irene R. Richardson
Michelle D. Mullins
Alan L. Stambaugh
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U.s.-Cuba
Frederick N. Young
Dayton
Henry A. Kissinger
Vietnam
the Almanac
Floyd Bennett
North Pole
Victor Emmanuel III of
Italy
Crown Prince
Humberto
United Auto Workers
Walter Reuther
Michigan
Daniel Webster
Camera
State Employment Relations Board
Hinckley
George Frost
Harry van Horsten
Henrietta Clark
Omega
Pike County
Kings Daughters
Barbara Wright
Lee and
Flabia Hoffman
Cynthia Phillips
Stephen
Northeast
Michael
Paul
Phillip
Wayne
Robert
Waite and Son Memorial Home
William Russell
Howard Clark
Clark
Nell
John of
Eleanor Culver
May Greisinger
Emily Indoe
Florida
Medina Hospital
Conner Nursery
Hickory Ridge
Grant City
Adina
Medina Farmers Exchange CO
S. Court
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