Rockefeller retains high popularity in poll
Gov. Jay Rockefeller maintains solid public support with 68 percent favorable views and 15 percent unfavorable, despite controversy early in his term. The Charleston Gazette commissioned the poll through the Research Analysis Corp of Boston, Massachusetts.
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UAW Local 696 Approves GM Delco Moraine Contract
Dayon Ohio AP reports UAW local 696 ratified a new contract ending a strike at the Delco Moraine plant. The vote stood 75 percent in favor after a low turnout, following a tentative Friday night deal and workers returning to the third shift after a weeklong walkout.
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Ohio Weekend Traffic Claims Eight Lives
Eight motorists died in weekend crashes across Ohio with two double fatality scenes confirmed by the Highway Patrol. The tally covers incidents from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Sunday.
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Hearst Lawyers Seek Dismissal of Indictment
Patricia Hearst's attorneys ask California courts to drop state charges of kidnap robbery and assault to avoid trial set for May 18. They contend the indictment is invalid as grand jurors were not instructed that she had been kidnapped. Hearst, 23, remains free on 1.25 million bail while appealing her March 20 1976 bank robbery conviction.
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Mondale Says He Has Better Job Than President
Vice President Walter Mondale told Michigan Democrats at the Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner that his post puts him ahead of President Carter. He joked that on Inauguration Day he rode while the President walked and quipped about luggage duties on planes.
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Domingo Sings Anthem at Shea for Seaver Honor
Opera tenor Placido Domingo performed The Star Spangled Banner at Shea Stadium to honor Tom Seaver. Domingo met Seaver in the dugout amid warm exchanges as Seaver’s team beat the Chicago Cubs 6-0 before about 30,000 fans.
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Zaire Forces Repel Invasion Near Kolwezi
President Mobutu Sese Seko's troops pushed back southern invaders by 15 miles and halted their advance on Kolwezi, the copper center. AZAP reports a counter-offensive seized arms medical supplies and one wounded prisoner, though no independent confirmation.
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Club Observes Anniversary at McBee Systems Event
The Quarter Century Club of McBee Systems Litton Industries marked its 25th anniversary with more than 100 attendees. New officers included Pierce as secretary and treasurer Edith Cochran president in charge of general systems, and David Kuch Kim ball's personnel director Richard Wohlstein Athens ebony Richard Jones national operations manager and Bill Van Hall. Maxine Jones gifted items for members as a display showcased McBee's original forms and past issues of the McBee Progress from 1938.
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Brown Proposes Electric Bill Rebates In Ohio
Ohio Attorney General William Brown promised rebates on winter electric bills from 25 to 180 dollars. He sued American Electric Power Co for alleged overcharges and cited a suspended Clean Air Act. Brown blamed Columbia Gas and AEP for short-term profits and mismanagement by Gov. James. William Lavelle reported favorable ruling on Democratic committee rules and announced upcoming elections for Southeast Ohio positions.
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West PTA Dinner and Art Show Set for Tuesday
West Elementary School PTA hosts a dinner and art show Tuesday at the school. Dinner admission is 2 for adults and 1.50 for students from 5 30 to 7 30 p.m. The art show is free to the public during the same hours with student works on display and a bake sale.
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Program on Safeguard Against Crime at Athena Cinema
The Athens Kiwanis Club and Athens High School’s distributive education class sponsor a program titled Safeguard Against Crime. It runs Tuesday from 10 a.m. to noon at the Athena Cinema with speakers from the Athens Police Department and FBI.
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Family Weekly Poll Names Top Stars in Hall of Fame
Readers chose the biggest celebrities in a Celebrity Poll with strong showings for familiar favorites and surprising upsets. The Family Weekly Hall of Fame adds a new pair of all-time heavyweights as cover stars for the April issue.
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