Willow Island Locks Dedication Near Marietta Ohio
The Willow Island Locks and Dam on the Ohio River will be dedicated in a public ceremony at 4 p.m. on September 10. The site lies off Route 7, about 10 miles upstream from Marietta, with the Ohio River Sternwheel Festival sponsoring the event as part of a weekend that includes a sternwheel regatta. The $76 million project features two parallel locks, a main chamber 110 feet by 1,200 feet and an auxiliary chamber 110 by 600 feet, with the dam spanning 1,128 feet to the West Virginia shore.
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Marietta
Willow Island
Ohio River
Ohio
West Virginia
Heat ties evacuations at Columbus nursing home
Investigators probe mysterious heat buildup beneath concrete floors at Medic-Home Health Center in Columbus after more than 100 patients were evacuated. Fire officials reported 110 degree readings with floors too hot to walk on. no smoke or fire found. Fourteen patients relocated to nearby facilities.
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Columbus
Ohio
Medic-Home Health Center
Charlotte Uhring
Battalion
Robert Schrader
Schrader
Uhring
Cleveland leaders invited to discuss urban policy at White House
Cleveland City Council President George L Forbes and eleven city leaders were invited by the National League of Cities to meet with Patricia Harris and other federal officials on urban policy. Forbes plans to urge diverting Highway Trust Fund money to mass transit, a proposal opposed by the highway lobby.
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Cleveland
George L. Forbes
White House
National League of Cities
Patricia Harris
Housing and Urban Development
Robert Embry
Stuart Fizenstat
Carter
Forbes
League
Highway Trust Fund
Elizabeth Taylor Discharged From Georgetown Hospital
Actress Elizabeth Taylor left Georgetown Hospital Washington after treatment for a back injury flareup and bursitis. A spokesman said she was sent home Monday in greatly improved condition and ordered to rest for several weeks.
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New York
Elizabeth Taylor
Georgetown Hospital
Washington
Billy Carter to Appear on Hee Haw With Buck Owens
Billy Carter joins Buck Owens and Roy Clark on Hee Haw for a series of comedy bits taping in Nashville mid October. The syndicated show reaches 226 outlets coast to coast and Carter will be paid a standard guest figure, per spokesman David Ward.
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Nashville
AFL-CIO Attacks Carter Welfare Plan as Job Pool Risk
The AFL-CIO criticized President Carter's welfare reform package, saying it would create more than a million low-paying jobs that erode the wage structure. It called the proposal a pool of second-class citizens and inadequate for a four-person family, a sharp early volley amid expected widespread industry objections.
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Washington
Afl-Cio
Carter
Labor Federation
Federation
Strike Ends at Most British Airports As Slowdown Persists
Assistant air traffic controllers halted a weekend strike at six of seven major UK airports and renewed a work slowdown at Heathrow and Gatwick amid threats of suspension. The union urged coordinated action as delays affected hundreds of thousands, with Prestwick remaining on strike. The Civil Aviation Authority warned the 850 workers to resume normal operations by midnight Wednesday or face unpaid suspension.
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London
Britain
Assistants’ Union
Prestwick
Civil Aviation Authority
Grant funds youth services council across three counties
A $17,426 LEAA grant to the Community Mental Health and Retardation Services 648 Board will establish a three county youth services council for Athens Vinton and Hocking Counties. Start up is Oct 1 with a four year term and local and state matching funds. Grants for public defender and assistant prosecutor are on an approved hold list.
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Steve Robb Messenger
Youth Services Council
Community Mental Health and Retardation Services 648
Athens
Vinton
Hocking
Athens County
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Athens County Sheriff's Department
Andrea Neilson
648
Criminal Justice System
Thomas Coran
William Grim
Phyllis Scrubbie
Juvenile Bureau
Paul Brown
Rapid Air plans Athens to Cincinnati and Pittsburgh flights
A Denver company Rapid Air Inc. plans six daily non stop flights from Athens Ohio University airport to Cincinnati and Pittsburgh starting January 2. Planes will be eight seat Cessnas with limited air freight, fares between 35 and 40 dollars, and schedules showing morning and evening departures.
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Ohio University
Albany
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Denver
Colo
Athens
Terry Buff
Rapid Air Inc
Rapid Air
Buff
Scripps-Howard Grant Prompts Talk on Future Papers at Athens
Columbus editor Richard Campbell, editor of the Citizen-Journal, spoke at the Athens Rotary Club noon meeting about electronic journalism transforming newspapers. He described readers dialing for information via TV or cable and predicted the traditional paper may evolve but not disappear, as Columbus discusses a cable‑television program funded by Scripps-Howard.
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Campbell
Columbus
Guysville
Virginia
Scripps-Howard Represen
Guido H Stempel
School of Journalism
Rome-Canaan
Stewart
Cleveland Press
Cleveland
The
Press
Citizen-Journal
Settlement Sought by Railroad in Tax Case
Athens County officials set a public hearing to decide on Penn Central tax settlements. The bankruptcy court approved a 44 percent back tax payment plan or a 20 percent upfront with future installments through 1987. County owes about 190000 in delinquent taxes since 1969 and may seek full repayment if possible.
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Athens County
Penn Central Railroad
Penn Central
County Budget Commission
Coe
David Frey
Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association
Frey
Logan County
Douglas MacGillivray
OPAA
Couradis
Akron Loses Bid for State Sewer Repair Funds
The Ohio State Controlling Board rejected 4-3 an emergency request to release 1.5 million to Akron for repairing a sewer line damaged by last June’s explosion. City must secure a federal grant and assure repayment if an insurance settlement occurs. The decision follows health and safety concerns and prior denied disaster relief.
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Columbus, Ohio
Akron
State Controlling Board
Meshel
Ohio Health
John H. Ackerman
Stanley J. Aronoff
R-8
Cincinnati
Control Board
All
Akron Rubber Company
Aronoff
Department of Transportation
Howard Needles Tammen & Bergendorf
Cleveland
Maumee River
Toledo
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Senate
Harry Meshel
Youngstown
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