Coal strike ends but hardships linger in southern West Virginia
AP reporter visits coal towns in Boone Kanawha and Logan counties after a four week wildcat strike. Miners cite financial strain, distrust of companies, and fear of renewed strikes, while some accuse agitators and a suspected union split. Many want paychecks, not blame, as families survive on meager earnings and rising living costs.
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Strat Dou
Associated Press
Madison
W. Va
West Virginia
Ralph Kerns Jr
Logan
Dehue
Harvey
Vance
Ohio approves utility rate hikes fueling legislative clash
Three Ohio utilities win rate increases totaling over 187 million dollars as PUCO raises returns to 9.02 percent for CEI, 7.4 percent for DP and L, and 6.15 percent for East Ohio Gas. Legislation to curb inflationary pricing gains Senate scrutiny as hearings begin.
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Ohio
Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
PUCO
East Ohio Gas Co
Dayton Power & Light Co
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Ways and Means Committee
Ohio Supreme Court
Commission
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McCormack
Ohio Bell
CEI
Cleveland
Karl Ruddolph
Cuyahoga
Ashtabula
Geauga
Lorain
Dp&l
Robert B. Killen
Troy
East
Ford Weds Unity Effort With Key GOP Leaders
President Ford gathers running mate Bob Dole Vice President Rockefeller and John Connally for a working dinner and strategy session aiming to unify the party after a split convention. Morton leads a steering committee with Rockefeller and Connally as potential members to monitor progress. Ford plans a charity golf event before resuming travel to Yellowstone Park and Rapid City for non political stops.
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Nelson A. Rockefeller
John Connally
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Connally
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James Baker III
Morton
Ronald Reagan
California
Reagan
Carter Plans Campaign Kickoff After West Coast Swing
Carter readies for Labor Day launch after a positive foray to Los Angeles San Francisco Seattle and Des Moines with crowds at a farm rally and the Iowa State Fair He backs a platform clause on embargoes only in extreme grain shortage cases and warns of nonfarm food embargo if Arab oil curtails supply. Carter frames Ford Nixon policies as continuing and links Watergate to trust in government while avoiding a direct Watergate focus. He schedules Atlanta Voter Education Project event Monday AFL CIO meeting Tuesday and a New York fundraiser thereafter.
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Lee Elder
Jack
Steve
Washington
Yellowstone National Park
Who
Rapid City
S.C
White House
Kansas City
America
Ming
Carter
Plains
Richard M Nixon
Atlanta
Voter Education Project
Aflcio Executive Council
New York
Athens projects miss eligibility for federal public works funds
City and county officials sought aid from a federal Public Works bill, but several Athens area projects listed as eligible by officials appear ineligible. The item notes that school boards fire districts and townships remain eligible while local projects face rejection.
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Athens
Abortion Parental-Consent Law Struck Down in Cleveland
A three judge federal panel ruled Ohio's abortion parental consent law unconstitutional as applied to unmarried girls 18 and under. The Senate meanwhile remains opposed to restricting federal funds for abortions.
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Cleveland
Ohio
U.S. Senate
Young Oak Harbor Boy's Fish Bait Stand Closed
Columbus report notes 11 year old Jeff Gyde opened a front yard fish bait stand in Oak Harbor and earned 4.50 in two weeks before state undercover agents shut it down for operating without a license.
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Columbus
Jeff Gyde
Oak Harbor
Sports
Toxic gas link suspected in legionnaires' deaths
Farmington Connecticut researchers report fatal nickel levels in tissue from legionnaires victims supporting a theory that toxic gas may be involved in the outbreak that has claimed 26 lives.
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Farmington, Conn
Forest fire policy clashes in Michigan UP blaze
The U S Forest Service favors letting natural fires burn out while Michigan officials report a blaze in the Upper Peninsula has grown to nearly 19000 acres. The fire affects nesting sites for rare sand hill cranes and bald eagles.
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Seney
Mich
U.S. Forest Service
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
Weather Outlook Hazy Warm With Showers Tonight and Friday
Hazy warm and humid conditions persist with a 50 percent chance of rain tonight and 30 percent Friday. Lows tonight in the upper 60s, highs Friday in the upper 80s. Details on Page 7.
Rifleman Holds Hostages at Cleveland Tower
A man armed with a rifle held eight people hostage on the 36th floor of Terminal Tower in Cleveland Public Square. A woman calling from the scene identified herself as one of the hostages and said she was instructed to contact regional news media.
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Harvey Vance
Youngstown Mines Co
Cleveland
Terminal Tower
Public Square
Carl Miller
Huntington
W. Va
Ohio Highway Deaths Rise Through June
Ohio safety director Donald D. Cook reported 846 highway deaths in the first half of 1976, up from 749 in the same period of 1975, indicating a worsening trend on state roads.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
Highway den
Ecw
Department of Highway Safety
Donald D. Cook
Mondale Criticizes Ford Over School Busing Tension
Senator Mondale accuses President Ford of stirring anxieties about court ordered school busing and urges leaders to ease public hostility while the FEC chief counsel says LWV debates would not violate election laws.
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Ford
Jimmy Carter
New York
Walter F. Mondale
Washington
Federal Election Commission
League of Women Voters
Rhodes opens Ohio State Fair with governor’s wife ribbon-cutting
The 123rd Ohio State Fair opened with Gov. James A. Rhodes and his wife Helen cutting the ribbon at 6 am as Barbara Thomas of Columbus won the right to enter first by lottery. Attendance last year was 2,281,987. this year features a demolition derby and Santa Gertrudis cattle exhibit with Osmonds and other stars as free grandstand shows.
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James A. Rhodes
Barbara Thomas
John Evans
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Bob Hope
Neil Sedaka
KC. & the Sunshine Band
Telly Savalas
Pat Boone
Tanya Tucker
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