Word: cleveland
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...federal grand jury in Cleveland indicted seven former and one present Ohio National Guardsmen, all enlisted men. They were members of the units that fired into the crowd of about 500 students, including some rock throwers, who demonstrated on the Ohio university campus against the U.S. invasion of Cambodia on that bloody afternoon of May 4,1970. When the 13-second volley was over, four students lay dead and nine others wounded...
...Mitchell said, "There is no likelihood of successful prosecutions of individual Guardsmen." Yet parents, surviving students and their sympathizers refused to give up. They petitioned the Federal Government to reopen the inquiry. Finally, on orders from former Attorney General Elliot L. Richardson, a federal grand jury began hearings in Cleveland last Dec. 18. Over a 39-day period, the 22 jurors heard 173 witnesses...
...Artist Robert Rauschenberg for only $900 in 1958 and resold it recently for $85,000-a return on the original investment of more than 9,300%. One expert estimates that a good coin collection has appreciated in value by 75% annually for the last few years. Last summer Cleveland Coin Dealer Alan Yale, an ex-stockbroker, bought Mexican gold 50-peso pieces for $173 each; today they are selling for $241 each. Even collectors of the cheapest U.S. coin may soon be able to turn a profit. If the price of copper reaches $1.51 per Ib. (it is now more...
Police scandals have erupted lately in many cities, including Philadelphia, Chicago, New York, Indianapolis and Houston. What can a beleaguered mayor do about it? In Cleveland, where various police have stood accused of protecting pimps, accepting payoffs to influence court cases and operating burglary rings, Mayor Ralph J. Perk is attacking corruption from the highest ground. Two weeks ago he picked a panel of five clergymen to investigate the charges. It was a beautifully balanced ticket: two Roman Catholic priests, one Baptist minister who is a black, one Hungarian Reformed Protestant minister and one rabbi...
Almost universally, Perk's idea was condemned as a copout. "A ridiculous diversion," scoffed the Cleveland Plain Dealer, which has been uncovering much of the chicanery. Republican Perk's political opponents said that he was merely grandstanding to raise support for his announced candidacy for the U.S. Senate, and indeed Perk has been having trouble getting his campaign off the ground. Speaking of the clergymen, Gerald T. McFaul, Democratic majority leader in the city council, thundered...