Columbus Fire Devours Downtown Block Near Statehouse
A late night blaze north of the Statehouse destroyed two Columbus buildings, damaged a third, and caused smoke damage to nearby structures. Fire officials kept gas burning to avoid a dangerous explosion, estimating $1 million plus in damages while firefighters battled icy streets and frostbite injuries.
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Columbus, Ohio
Statehouse
Columbus
Raymond Fadley
Columbia Gas Co
Fadley
High and
Gay Streets
High Street
North High
West Gay Streets
Ohio Supplier to Buy Canadian Gas
Canadian officials announce sale of 12 billion cubic feet to Columbia Transmission, owner of Columbia Gas of Ohio, Cincinnati Gas & Electric, and Dayton Power & Light. FPC approval needed. plan must state storage or direct delivery. Ohio officials wary of how much gas reaches homes, with 70 billion cubic feet still short for winter storage.
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Ohio
Columbus, Ohio
Canada
Columbia Transmission Corp
Columbia
Columbia Gas
Cincinnati Gas & Electric
Dayton Power & Light
Federal Power Commission
Washington, DC
Ryan
Heckman
Columbia Transmission
PACO
FPC
Southern Natural
Lawmakers back plan for Ohio Civilian Conservation Corps
State lawmakers voted to create a new agency to reduce crime and welfare costs by establishing an Ohio Civilian Conservation Corps. The CCC would employ youth on strip mine reclamation and related public works, but the agency would sunset in four years if results fail to materialize. Rep. Arthur Wilkowski led the bill with allies.
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Columbus
Ohio
Arthur Wilkowski
Ohio Civilian Conservation Corps
CCC
Ohio House approves agency to cut crime and welfare funding
The Ohio House approved a bill 76 to 17 to fund a pilot reclamation program for 180000 acres of strip mined land in southeast Ohio. The measure faces Senate doubt as funding remains unclear tied to federal support with a sunset amendment setting a four year reexamination and renewal vote.
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House
Senate
Ohio
Wilkowski
Barney Quilter
D-47
Toledo
Ment
Quilter
GOP
James A Rhodes
Measles Outbreaks Rise Amid Slipping Immunization
Measles outbreaks surge in several states as public health officials warn of weak enforcement of vaccination laws. AP findings show large increases from 1975 to 1977 with 39,585 cases nationally last year, while CDC notes a mortality risk of about one in a thousand and potential brain damage in rare cases.
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Atlanta
National Center For Disease Control
Walter Orenstein
CDC
Orenstein
Clean Coal Procedure May Get State Funds
Gov. James A. Rhodes toured the Battelle Memorial Institute in Columbus to see a fluid bed combustion clean coal process. He indicated support for state funding to accelerate development and shift about 25 percent of Ohio energy users from natural gas to Ohio coal, amid EPA emission standard debates.
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Columbus, Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Battelle Memorial Institute
Columbus Laboratories
Rhodes
Battelle
Carl Lyons
Lyons
Ohio
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Ned Williams
Ohio Epa
Carter seeks restraint and human rights path with Cuba
President Carter calls for Cuba to pursue restraint abroad and respect for human rights at home as a condition for closer ties. He notes indirect word Cuba may remove troops from Angola, while Cuba demands lifting the trade embargo for any extension of the anti hijacking accord.
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Washington
Carter
Cuba
Havana
United States
Island
White House
Angola
State Department
Agriculture Department
City committee weighs brick streets amid pothole woes
A City Council committee discussed resurfacing options on brick streets in Athens as asphalt prices rise and pothole repairs lag this winter. The report notes broader funding changes could speed construction of five group homes in Southeastern Ohio. Ohio University medical school plans class size increase from 24 to 36 this fall.
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Athens
Ohio
Ohio University
Medical School
FPC Chief Sees Gas Shortage Easing After Winter Crisis
Federal Power Commission chairman Richard L. Dunham says the natural gas shortage of winter 1977 may be over thanks to emergency legislation and milder weather. He credits the Feb 3 emergency gas act and a weather break for preventing mass cuts as he warns of potential cold snaps and continued energy-related layoffs.
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Washington
Federal Power Commission
Richard L. Dunham
FPC
Carter
Dunham
National Weather Services
Midwest
Commerce Department
Rebates to be Altered In Favor of the Poor
The House Ways and Means Committee averted $50 payments for high earners and extended rebates to Aid to Families with Dependent Children recipients. The plan removes the $50 rebate from those earning over $30,000 and scales down or eliminates middle and upper income groups while expanding eligibility for welfare families. Double dipping rules may delay checks and reduce the stimulus effect.
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Washington
Congressional
Carter
House
Ways and Means Committee
Lion
Nayaug the 51st State of Mind in Glastonbury
AP reports Nayaug, a southern Glastonbury enclave along the Connecticut River, as a humorous “state of mind” with satire and whimsy. Chet Hodge is named Man of the Year and Elmer Gardiner Governor as villagers stage parades, a pancake breakfast salute, and a village green dedication under Mayor Jim Finne.
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Hartford
Conn
America
Nayaug
Glastonbury
Jim Finne
Chet Hodge
Chets
Nayang
Ruth Witherspoon
Chet
Elmer Gardiner
Finne
E P Mangan
John Finney
Hilda Moe
Ruth Dufford
Archibald Ascoulbrooch
Vatican
Joe Puzzo
Roaring Brook
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T.L. Ryan
Ohio Energy
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Maumee
Irma Karmel
Galbreath
Karma
Richard H. Finan
Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Office of Civilian Conservation
Natural Resources Department
Associated Press
Peter Crippen
Indiana
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Organization of American States
Sneer
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