Rhodes Seeks Amendment to Allow Housing Revenue Bonds
Gov James A Rhodes calls for a constitutional amendment to empower the Ohio Housing Development Board to issue revenue bonds at below market rates and fund direct loans to housing developers. He cites senior care facilities and sprinkler deadlines, aiming to revive Ohio housing industry with up to 150 million in bonds and possibly 500 million in total financing.
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Columbus
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Ohio Housing Development Board
Rhodes
Republi
Ohio lawmakers consider merit scholarships and tighter drug laws
Ohio legislators introduced a $3.6 million two year program to fund 4000 merit scholarships at 300 dollars based on achievement and ability, with exams set by the Ohio Board of Regents. The same day a tough drug law revision was proposed mandating minimum sentences for trafficking and related crimes. A separate bill would allow counties to abolish sheriff offices and contract policing with cities, with clerks handling paperwork and county commissioners contracting police to the largest municipality.
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Columbus
Ohio
General Assembly
Donna Pope
R-12
Parma
Ohio Board of Regents
Pope
William J. Brown
House
Brown
Wilkowski
Toledoan
Lucas
Kissinger to Probe Middle East Peace Steps
Henry Kissinger plans a Middle East swing to test a staged Israel Egypt disengagement. He will visit Jerusalem Cairo Damascus Israel Aqaba and Riyadh meeting Rabin Sadat and Hussein and later press for talks with Gromyko in Geneva. If the mission succeeds he will return to negotiate specifics on Gaza Gidi and Mitla and Abu Rudeis.
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Washington (Ap
Henry A. Kissinger
Middle East
Israel
Egypt
State Department
Kissinger
Jerusalem
Sinai
Cairo
Anwar Sadat
Damascus
Presi
Dent Hafez Hassad
Aqaba
Hussein
Jordan
Riyadh
Faisal
Yitzhak Rabin
Sadat
Gidi
Mitla
Abu Rudeis
Bonn
London
Paris
Andrei A. Gromyko
Geneva
Gas supply increases for 1380 industrial users in Ohio
Columbus announces that Columbia Gas of Ohio will supply more natural gas to 1,380 industrial customers starting February 15. The company will cut industrial curtailments from 55 percent to 40 percent of base allocations due to higher customer conservation and warmer weather. In Washington, Labor Secretary Brennan resigns clearing path for John Dunlop to succeed him. Brennan plans to return to New York and lead the Building and Construction Trades Council.
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Columbus, Ohio
Columbia Gas of
Ohio
Columbia Gas
Marvin E. White
White
Washington
Peter J. Brennan
John T. Dunlop
Cost of Living Council
Brennan
New York
Building and Construction Trades Council
Kalamazoo plant shuts down as taxicab demand falls
Kalamazoo based Checker Motor Co suspends assembly for at least a week, idling at least 700 of 800 hourly workers amid a sales slump. In Lima Peru tanks patrol streets after a military attack on a police strike, with about 100 killed. Ohio tourists cancel a Sheraton Hotel tour.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Checker Motor Co
Lima
Peru
Sheraton Hotel
Ohio
Weekend Weather Outlook With Snow Flurries Possible
Clear tonight with lows around 10 to 15. Increasing clouds Saturday bring a chance of snow flurries. Highs near the upper 20s. Details on Page 7.
Sit In Protester Pamela Smith Loses Ohio Supreme Court Appeal
Pamela Smith, 24, member of a 77 student sit in in Lindley Hall in May 1972, was convicted under Ohio campus disruption law. She challenged the statute as unconstitutional. Ohio's 4th District upheld the conviction last July. Smith faced a $50 fine, costs, and five days in jail in Athens County Municipal Court.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Supreme Court Today
Ohio University
Pamela Smith
Ohio
U.S
Miss Smith
Lindley Hall
Indochina
Athens County
4Th District Court of Appeals
Congress pushes tax cuts with rebates and corporate relief
The House Ways and Means Committee approves a $20.1 billion emergency tax cut bill offering 10 percent rebates on 1974 taxes up to $200, plus a $4 billion higher cut than Ford proposed. The package includes higher standard deductions, a $200 earned income credit, and a $3.8 billion corporate tax break with investment tax credits and expanded eligible investment limits.
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Washington
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Ford
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Ways and Means Panel
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Unemployment hits 8.2 percent in January
The United States posts 8.2 percent jobless rate for January, the highest since 1941, with about 7.5 million Americans unable to find work. The Labor Department notes broad layoffs across blue and white collar sectors, teens, women, and men, signaling a deepening recession.
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Washington
Labor Department
Evi
Railroad Bill Clears Committee
A bill to grant 347 million dollars in federal aid to cash strapped Northeastern and Midwestern railroads cleared the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee hours before a 10 day recess. Penn Central warned of a freight embargo by February 18 if funds are not provided, with shutdown expected about a week later. An additional 100 million dollar payment to railroads was approved by a House appropriations subcommittee, with full committee action expected after recess.
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Washington
House
Penn Central
Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
Nixon doubted Ford's ability to lead and control Kissinger
Colson said Nixon in December 1973 discussed resigning and questioned whether Gerald Ford could handle the presidency. He cited Nixon fearing Kissinger's influence, noting Nixon would resign if required to surrender tapes, and cited Justice Court actions and timing around the Watergate scandal.
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Henry A. Kissinger
Colson
NBC
Nixon
Jerry Ford
Jerry
Kissinger
Henry
Preme Court
Supreme Court
North Vietnam
Golden Age Sisters Arrested Over Fires Ring in Queens
Two elderly sisters Rose Shiffman and Sylvia Goldberg were arrested in New York on arson and conspiracy charges tied to a 12 year pattern of fires suspected to be part of an insurance scam. They allegedly hired a torch to burn vacant properties in Queens while the real estate owner and Shiffman’s son were involved. No deaths or injuries were reported.
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New York
Robert Perez
Rose Shiffman
Sylvia Goldberg
Far Rockaway
Queens
Miami Beach
Fla
Shiffman
Thomas Russo
Rockaway
Nicholas Ferraro
Ferraro
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