O Bleness Trust Donates 10000 for Athens High Band Uniforms
The O Bleness Trust contributes 10000 to fund new uniforms for the Athens High School Marching Green and Gold band. Page A-2. Hazel Chesser retires after 25 years as Shade postmistress on Friday. Page A-4. Steve Stanley leaves Tri County CA A after three years to join COAD as acting program development planner. Page A-2. Meigs County plan for a school and workshop for retarded children faces a funding shortfall of 103637 to continue sending about 30 to Gallia County facilities. Page B-1. Mary Virginia Hendricks of Welch Town near Minersville is sentenced to 15 years to life for the shotgun killing of her husband. Page B-3.
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O’bleness Trust
Athens High School
Hazel Chesser
Shade
Steve Stanley
Tri-County Community Action Agency
Corporation For Ohio Appalachian Development
COAD
Athens
Meigs County
Gallia County
Pomeroy
Mary Virginia Hendricks
Welch Town
Minersville
Meigs County Common Pleas
John C. Bacon
Page
Weather forecast: cooler highs in mid to upper 70s
Partly cloudy and cooler today with highs in the middle to upper 70s and a clear night with lows in the lower 50s. Mostly sunny Monday with highs in the upper 70s and a 20 percent rain chance today and 10 percent tonight.
Legionnaires Disease Outbreak Declared Over in Pa
Federal officials say the legionnaires outbreak that killed 28 people appears finished. A panel of 12 tissue specialists was named to aid the search for clues into the mysterious illness that hospitalized more than 150 after a Philadelphia American Legion convention last month.
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Harrisburg
American Legion
Philadelphia
Goodyear workers approve three-year contract ending strike
Akron AP reports rubber workers backed a new three-year Goodyear Tire contract Saturday, ending their 130 day strike against the four major industry firms. Firestone locals were to vote on a similar master agreement starting today.
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Akron, Ohio
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
Iranian Guerrillas Kill 3 Americans in Tehran Ambush
In a Tehran suburb, Ur ban guerrillas blocked a car carrying three Californians employed by Rockwell International and killed them with a machine gun barrage during morning rush hour. The victims were 43-year-old William Cottrell Jr., Robert Krongard, and Donald Smith, all listed with Autonetics in California.
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Tehran
Iran
U.S
California
Rockwell International
Rockwell
Richard Helms
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Autonetics Group
Anaheim
Calif
William C. Cottrell Jr
Los Gatos
Autonetics
Robert R. Krongard
Sunnyvale
Donald G. Smith
Yorba Linda
Suburan
Tehrannon
Kayhan
12 Percent Welfare Benefit Cuts Hit Ohio Recipients
Ohio moves to cut Aid to Dependent Children and Medicaid by 12 percent effective Oct 1. For a four person family on ADC, monthly loss about 30 dollars. individuals lose 10 dollars. Medicaid beneficiaries face partial cost sharing for services and drugs. Senate leader blames Gov Rhodes, while Aggrey defends the decision amid funding stalemate.
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Columbus, Ohio
Rhodes
Kwegyit Aggrey
Aggrey
ADC
Two C141 Crashes Kill 39 At McGuire Bases
AP reports 39 killed in two C141 transports from McGuire Air Force Base. One crash at Sonderstrom in Greenland leaves 21 dead, six survivors. The England crash near Peterborough kills 18. No sabotage suspected. investigations launched. next of kin notification ongoing.
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Associated Press
U. S. Air Force
McGuire Air Force Base
England
Greenland
Military Airlift Command
Pentagon
Army Burn Center
San Antonio
Tex
New Jersey
Washington
John B. Richmond
McGuire
Sonderstrom
Peterborough
Mildenhall Royal Air Force Base
Maddox Chosen AIP Nominee Faces VP Battle
The American Independent Party pivots to selecting a vice presidential candidate with Lester Maddox as the presidential nominee. Candidates include Eileen Shearer and former Madison mayor William Dyke. Shearer advocates a woman on the ticket, citing party roots in the Wallace movement.
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Chicago
Lester G. Maddox
American Independent Party
Madison
Wis
George Wallace
Eileen Shearer
Lemon Grove
Calif
William Dyke
Church
Rusher
Morris
Maddox
Viguerie
AIP
Shearer
Lester Maddox
Ford on Nonpolitical Trip for Park Plan
President Ford visits Yellowstone and Ellsworth Air Force Base to unveil a 1.5 billion parks and recreation program. The trip recalls his 1936 ranger days and includes a reunion at Artist Point with former colleagues while Mrs. Ford remains in jail with osteoarthritis flareups.
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Ford
Vail
Colo
Yellowstone National Par
Jimmy Carter
White House
Ron Nelsen
Yellowstone
Bob Dole
Washington
Ellsworth Air Force Base
Rapid City
S.C
Air Force One
Ronald Reagan
Wayne Repogle
Artist's Point
Grand Canyor
Repogle
William Lukash
Carter Campaign Sees Poll Gap Narrowing In Race
Jimmy Carter campaign manager Hamilton Jordan says polling leads will shrink further but margins will spur harder work. He and chief pollster Patrick Caddell say debates may not be pivotal and Carter will prepare without long hiatuses, noting Ford gains stemmed from Reagan Republicans.
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Atlanta
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Ford
Hamilton Jordan
Carter- Mondale National
Jordan
Gallup
Patrick Caddell
Caddell
Reagan
Jimmy
Gerald Ford
Unsung Hero John Glover Led America's Dunkirk
John Glover led Marblehead seamen to rescue Washington's pinned army after Long Island. The 1776 action, with hay boats and batteaux, helped evacuate about 9 000 American troops while 20 000 British and Hessian bayonets loomed across the water.
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George Washington
Long Island
Manhattan
John Glover
America
Dunkirk
Sid Moody
Brooklyn
N.Y
New York
William Howe
Howe
Washington
Marblehead
Glover
Paulus Hook
Bayonne
Jersey City
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CODA
Goodyear
Harold Weed
Messenger
Bob Wilson Jr
Central Ave
Bob Daft
Gerald Daft
N. Shafer
Pengaton
Next of Kin
Brooklyn Bridge
Barbados
Jamaica
New England
Europe
West Indies
Madeira
Greenwich
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