Reel opens - Ohio News Stories 1973

Talking head male talking with unseen reporter about the reasons for the increases in gas prices, competition and rising wholesale prices that are unjustified.

Mayoral Race Dinner for Mayoral Candidate Supporters:
Candidate for Mayor of Cleveland, Al Perk, making speech to a large room full of people having dinner.
Opposing female candidate, Mercedes Cotner, making campaign speech.

Interior large meeting room. People on the dais and man at podium. Lots of shouts and boos from the seemingly all male audience.

Perk-Cotner:
Scenes at political rally for Mayor of Cleveland, 1973. Candidate Ralph Perk walking around the room shaking hands with people at a political dinner. Perk's opponent Mercedes Cotner is seen hugging people, and standing at podium about to make a speech.

Cuyahoga Election Board (Virgil Brown): No Audio
People seated at a conference table headed by Cleveland Councilman, Virgil E. Brown.
Cutaway to large room of people seated at long tables at the Cuyahoga Election Board offices and all speaking on handheld telephones

Akron Pre-Election
Reporter standing outside talks to camera about an upcoming election a confusing vote for increased property taxes and the race for council at large seats having an impact on the 1975 electoral run for mayor in Akron, Ohio.

Mass Murder
WS suburban home. CU broken windows with an exterior air conditioning unit. Child's car wagon. Reporter seen questioning talking head woman. Upset, the woman talks about a man who seemed very depressed and must have went crazy and had a nervous breakdown to have shot his own two children in their beds.

TWA Strike
TWA plane on airstrip. TWA arrival and departure board, z'out from board revealing attendant standing behind the TWA desk at airport. Attractive young woman TWA reservationist at Hopkins Airport talking to unseen reporter about TWA flight cancellations due to a strike.
Reporter on runway at Hopkins Airport, Cleveland, standing nearby a TWA jet talking into camera about the TWA strike.

Nick Skorich - Brown vs Vikings:
Coach of the Cleveland Browns talking with unseen reporter about their Quarterback, Mike Phipps

Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
Bishop Fulton J. Sheen is seen speaking with a reporter about fear due to the threat of nuclear war and hHis message of hope - faith.

NO AUDIO - Transit Fuel Conservation
var shots of men seated around a conference table, papers in front of them, Man at head of table standing talking - audio comes back - about the importance of transit fuel conservation and is apparently from the Public Utilities Commission

Candidates for Mayor of Cleveland, Ralph Perk (incumbent) and Mercedes Cotner answers questions posed by an unseen Host - how many Blacks they have in their cabinets and what they plan on doing to improve minority representation in their administrations.

Reporter seen on the street interviewing talking head male wearing an orange banner "Kucinich" pinned to his jacket. He talks about campaining by going to people's homes with a printed piece of literature for the best way sto communicate rather than media and radio/tv advertising.

Newspaper article from the Call and Post editorials endorsing Mayoral candidate Ralph J. Perk.

Z'out from the Cleveland, Ohio African American newspaper, the Call and Post, revealing headlines of the various articles.

Reporter standing outside the SOHIO building (Standard Oil Company of Ohio - a successor of the original Standard Oil Company established in 1870 by J. D. Rockefeller). He reports about the raise in gas of 4 cents a gallon.

Representative from SOHIO speaking at a press conference (indoors) about a gas shortage. Has no idea how long it will last, they have limited reserves.

Business people at an indoor press conference -

B&W photo stills men with phone headsets
Elderly gentleman leafing through an old photo album and talking with interviewer about how election results were communicated back in the day. Z'in on an old newspaper article in the album with the headline, "Enter the 'Premier' Announcer.
Audio goes in and out.

Gas station attendant talking to reporter outside about the gas shortage and how they will compensate by cutting hours, fleet discounts, rationing gasoline.

Weather
Small American flag planted in the ground outside building. Woman walking into building. Man standing at curb wind blowing his jacket and pants, looks cold, people crossing the street. SSKresge store in city. Peds walking in city looking cold, wind is blowing. Day is dark.

CU on a gas pump shows sale price and gallons. Man at gas station kneeing, pumping gas into automobile.

African American male reporter sitting on an empty conference room table and talking about Perk's opponent candidate Mercedes Cotner.