Kites And Soil Tie A Midwestern Life Of Ansel Toney
AP News profiles 89 year old Ansel Toney of Farmland Indiana who finds peace in soil and kite flying. He recalls a boyhood in Ohio, the grit of farm life, and a shop with a forge where he makes and repairs kites for neighbors and visiting children. He reflects on change, debt, and a stubborn love of the land and sky.
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Ind
Ansel Toney
mid-America
Toney
Here
Ohio
Carter Seeks Ways to Spur Construction Growth
President elect Carter met housing advisers to spur construction and revive the economy by subsidizing mortgage interest rates with up to 5 billion dollars. The plan leverages existing Emergency Housing Act funds while reducing red tape in federal housing programs. Carter also discussed cabinet appointments and governance with aides at Blair House before visiting the Pentagon.
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Washington
Carter
Congress
Ford Administration
Blair House
Presidential Guest
White House
Pentagon
Georgia
Atlanta
Judge Certifies Ohio Electors Amid Suit
Judge Joseph P Kinneary allowed Secretary of State Ted W Brown to certify Ohio 25 Democratic electors. He kept the suit alive by denying an injunction. Brown planned to issue certificates at 10 am Monday to avoid delaying the Electoral College meeting.
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Columbus
Ohio
Joseph P Kinneary
Ted W. Brown
Kinneary
US District Court
Brown
Electoral College
Secretary of State
Gilmore Seeks Freedom Over Execution Delays
Convicted killer Gary Gilmore urges release from Utah, arguing delays violated 60 day rule after his October sentencing. Attorney Ronald Stanger asks Provo court to set him free, while Utah County and another case seek trial dates for a second murder. The Supreme Court has stayed the December sunrise execution as it weighs an appeal.
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Salt Lake City
Gary Gilmore
Utah
Ronald B. Stanger
4Th District Court
Provo
Gilmore
Stanger
Utah County Atty
Noall Wootton
Wootton
U.S. Supreme Court
High Court
Lowed
Bennie Bushnell
Max David Jensen
Area school administrators consider joint contract talks
Athens County School Board on Wednesday approved a plan to convene a meeting of administrators from 12 districts to negotiate teacher contracts together. A separate Athens agency application to be the sole health planning body for 18 counties was denied.
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Athens County
Athens
Swine flu shots reach nearly eleven thousand in county
In Athens County about 11 000 residents received swine flu vaccines at recent clinics with a public session planned for Wednesday. Logan City Council delayed parking meter contract action while Utilities Committee recommended higher cable rates. Hamden officials report no contract with Vinton Township leaving volunteers unable to respond to alarms without a formal agreement. Mondale acts confident amid Carter’s support and public chatter about the vice presidency.
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Athens County
Logan
Council
Utilities Committee
Hamden
Vinton
Wetter Ahead with Warmer Temps and Showers Possible
Partly cloudy and warmer tonight and Friday with a chance of showers Friday. Lows tonight in the upper 20s to low 30s. Highs Friday in the upper 40s to lower 50s. Probability of precipitation 10 percent tonight and 30 percent Friday.
Ford Offered Visiting Professorship at Michigan
President Ford is weighing a visiting professorship offer in political science from the University of Michigan. A Detroit News quote from an unnamed friend notes Ford has received the invitation and will consider it alongside other post presidency offers after leaving the White House.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Ford
University of Michigan
Detroit News
White House
Democrats choose Brademas as whip in 95th Congress
Democrats who will control the House by more than a two to one margin named John Brademas of Indiana as whip and Dan Rostenkowski of Illinois as chief deputy. Republicans re elected their top leaders with Rhodes as minority leader Michel as whip and Anderson as conference chairman.
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Washington
House
John Brademas
Indiana
Dan Rostenkowski
Illinois
John J Rhodes
Arizona
Robert H Michel
John B Anderson
Illinow
Air Quality Improves Since 1970 Yet Polluted Air Persists
The EPA reports that despite improvements from 1970 to 1975 thirty percent of Americans still face polluted air from dust smoke and irritants. Rural sulfur dioxide sources threaten standards while central cities show only modest gains. Regionally the Northeast Great Lakes and urban California show the strongest improvements.
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Washington
America
EPA
Northeast
Great Lakes
California
Capitol Hill sex scandal cases closed no prosecutions
Justice Department ends the Capitol Hill sex scandal inquiries with no charges against involved lawmakers. The probe found insufficient evidence to prosecute Wayne Hays John Young Allan Howe Joe Waggoner John Dingell Donald Hiegie and others, while one associate pleaded guilty to separate theft charges.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Justice Department
House of Representatives
Hays
Miss Rays
Robert Stevenson
Miss Ray
Colleen Gardner
John Young
D-Tex
Young Department
Young
Congress
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Mondale
Walter F Mondale
Newport, RI
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Rep
John
Lisbon
U.S
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Columbiana County
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Joe Waggoner
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Donald Hiegie
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