Ford to Build 500 Million Clermont County Plant
Construction starts on a 350 acre Clermont County site for Ford Motor Co. a 500 million small car plant near Cincinnati employing 3500 with a 70 million dollar annual payroll. Ohio officials tout incentives including tax breaks saving about 2 million yearly while foreseeing state and local tax payments of 5 million.
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Columbus, Ohio
Clermont County
Cincinnati
Ford Motor Co
James A. Rhodes
William C. Rourke
Ford
Bourke
Ohio
Michigan
Dubeegh
Rhodes
Rourke
General Assembly
House
Vernal G. Riffe Jr
Drew Boston
Senate
Oliver Ocasek
Akron
Earl T. Barnes
Barnes
Israel Egyptian Peace Confab Opens With Brief Agenda Session
Israeli and Egyptian peace negotiators held a two hour closed session in Cairo to set an agenda for the Middle East talks as legal teams prepare for substantive discussions. U S officials note moves on West Bank land concessions while Pope Paul VI calls for serious consideration of Palestinian rights. Sadat visits the Sphinx area amid security and public interest.
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Cairo
Cairo Middle East
Eliahu Ben Elissar
Vance
Mideast
Israel
Egypt
Rome
Paul VI
Vatican
Anwar Sadat
Jones Gets Judge Post In Athens Probate Appointment
Athens attorney Roger Jones Jr. was named probate and juvenile judge by Gov. James Rhodes, succeeding retiring Harold Rose. Officials seek to commit 65 000 from the county children’s home building fund to an agency office addition. EPA will decide in January on Miami Springs Properties strip mine discharge permit in Bern Two.
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Athens
Roger Jones Jr
James Rhodes
Harold Rose
Athens County Childrens Services
Childrens Home Building
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
Miami Springs Properties Inc
Bern Two
EPA
Vance Says Israel May Change Stance On West Bank
London AP report says Israel may liberalize its approach to the West Bank amid a shift in mood from Prime Minister Begin and his advisors. Vance noted cautious optimism on the Arab peace process during his six country Middle East tour and planned White House briefing with Carter.
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London
West
Jordan River
U.S
Menahem Begin
Cyrus R. Vance
Middle East
Vance
West Bank
Jordan
Anwar Sadat
Jerusalem
Begin
Carter
Egypt
Evansville Tragedy: Basketball Team Mourns Loss of Coach and Players
In Evansville Indiana mourners fill a chapel as 29 people including coach Bobby Watson and 14 young basketball players die in a crash. Friends describe shock and a campus grieved by the sudden loss amid a struggling NCAA division I season.
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Evansville
Ind
University of
Conrard
University
Wallace Graves
Bobby Watson
Graves
Watson
The
Anthony Bess
Washington,c
Purple Aces
Ten years since Silver Bridge disaster at Point Pleasant
The 1967 Silver Bridge collapse on the Ohio River near Point Pleasant WV killed 46 people. Survivors Frank Wamsley and Paul Scott recall the tragedy and mark the anniversary with memories and parties. Scott narrowly escaped after leaping from a sinking car. Wamsley survived clinging to a rayon bale.
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Point Pleasant
W.va
Ohio River
Gallipolis
Ohio
Frank Wamsley
Paul Scott
Scott
Middleport
Wamsley
Miner Grandma Hopes For Short Coal Strike
TRIMBLE Ohio AP Miner Estell Vickers 47 and 10 000 Ohio UMW members begin the 10th day of a nationwide strike seeking higher pay and better benefits. She cites medical bills and family needs while hoping the three month dispute ends with a fair contract and improved image of miners. Negotiations in Washington show cautious progress.
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AP Laserphot
Estell
Vickers
Trimble
Meigs No. 2
Wilkesville
Ohio
Estell Vickers
United Mine Workers
UMW
Washington
Violence Flares as Coal Strike Moves Toward Returns
Non-union workers at C&K Coal in Clarion Pa prepare to resume limited operations amid picket threats while striking miners clash with authorities in Metropolis Ill and Owen Fork Ky. Talks in Washington show progress on health funds as Utah officials plan violence controls.
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Charleston
W.va
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers Union
Jack Hellman
C&k Coal Co
Clarion
Wayne McCoy
C&k
Kentucky
Letcher County
Hazard
Scotia Coal Co
Owen Fork
West Virginia
UMW District 31
Fairmont
Dennis Scafford
Ohio
Virginia
Washington
D.C
Joseph P. Brennan
UMW
Harrison Combs
Brennan
Utah
Scott Matheson
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Batavia Township
Ancient Sphinx Monument
Sadat
Pyramids Area
Don Pattit
Foreign Ministry
Meir Rosenne
Nabil el-Arabi
Abdel Raouf el-Reedi
Jones
Agency
Jacksonville — Trimble
Palestine Liberation Organiza
Ernie Simpson
Middle Tennessee State
Simpson
Owensboro
Bob
Junior Scott Barnhill
Boonville
Silver Bridge
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