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July, 1975

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HIGH GEAR

July

VOLUME I

Convicted Rapists Sentenced

1975

Issue 11

Ethan Erikson

The five men convicted last month of raping an inmate of the Cuyahoga County jail, were sentenced this nast week. The leader of the group was convicted on three counts of rape, and was sentenced to three consecutive terms of from four to twent five years, in addition to the sentence he was serving at the time of the rape. Two of the five were convicted on two counts of rape apiece, and sentenced to from four to twenty-five year: for each count. The remaining two men were convicted of one count each, and were sentenced to from four to twenty-five years apiece.

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High Gear PGN Merger?

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The GEAR Foundation, Inc., has made tentative contact with the Pittsburgh Gay News, Inc., to consider syndication of the HIGH GEAR newspaper. Interested in providing Cleveland with a professional publication, but unable to provide the necessary facilities to their newspaper staff, the Foundation considers the potential syndication as a positive move, if the terms of the contract can be worked out. At this point, the Board of Directors of the Foundation have returned the contract offered by PGN Inc., until an agreement concerning the name of the publication can be reached.

"It is important that the Clevland community be able to feel a sense of continuity with the HIGH GEAR publication. Too many times, the gay community has seen attempts made for local communications, and too many times, those attempts have failed," said Art MacDonald, the acting secretary for the Gear Foundation. "We would like to have a quality newspaper, but not at the xpense of the pride of making this something from the local community, and for the local community. We really need to be concerned about the reaction of the local community. Since money is not the object of this publication, then we are not concerned about selling ourselves. Therefore, we have a great deal more latitude in considering the PGN syndication."

Since the contract was returned, the earliest the HIGH GEAR could syndicate would be for the September, 1975 issue. ******.

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