Nation's Health: Personal Habits Demand Change
The HEW three volume report notes improvements in medical care but urges better personal habits to curb heart disease cancer and respiratory illness. It highlights that alcohol tobacco lack of exercise and poor diet contribute heavily and that individual behavior changes could raise overall health. Infant mortality has fallen while chronic diseases rise among older adults.
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Washington
U.S
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Theodore Cooper
HEW
United States
Lottery Ticket Found on Suit Wins $100000
Vincent Skladany, 47, disabled, and his wife won $100000 from a Lucky Buck lottery ticket found in a suit brought from the cleaners. The ticket, unsigned, was discovered when the couple retrieved the suit after celebrating their silver anniversary at the Fleet Cafe on Cleveland's southeast side. The winner plans to use the money to address family needs.
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Cleveland
Vincent Skladany
Skladany
Fleet Cafe
Ted Zdanowski
Where Will Money Come From Statehouse Project Stalled
Ohio lawmakers open the year with no plan to fund a $12 million remodel of the Statehouse. The Legislative Budget Office notes no appropriation is set, while the Ohio Building Authority faces a $7 million rent shortfall on the nearby 41 story office tower and must begin a $78 million loan payment in April. Governor Rhodes urges quick action to prevent damage to Ohio’s credit rating.
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Columbus
Ohio
Max H. Dennis
Wilmington
Con
Richard G. Sheridan
Legislative Budget Office
Myrl Shoemaker
D-88
Bourneville
Shoemaker
House
Sheridan
James A. Rhodes
Rhodes
Building Authority
Hearings Begin on Expanded Consumer Protection Bill in Ohio
The Ohio Senate set the first hearing for a broad consumer protection bill expanding the Consumer Sales Practices Act to include unfair sales methods and real estate sales. The measure increases penalties, allows triple damages for consumers, and shifts enforcement to the attorney general from the Commerce Department amid partisan debate.
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Columbus
Ohio
General Assembly
Senate Judiciary Committee
Attorney General's Office
Commerce Department
Robert Tongren
Reagan Says His Cuts Proposal Misinterpreted
Ronald Reagan says his plan to cut 90 billion in federal programs was misinterpreted. He clarifies he proposed a systematic transfer of responsibilities and resources to the states and not a complete shutdown of federal programs.
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Reagan
Dave Riley
Associated Press
Ronald Reagan
California
Bloomington
Ill
Ford
New Hampshire
Chicago
Arabs Blend Moderates and Radicals for UN Draft on Palestine
The Arabs name a five member committee with Egypt Syria Jordan Libya and the PLO to draft a Security Council resolution on Palestinian rights as debate on the Arab Israeli dispute opens. New York police disarm a fourth bomb timed to explode near the Iraqi mission and three lead pipe bombs found beneath the UN library in a separate security incident. Anonymous tips claim Jewish groups planted the explosives.
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United Nations, NY
Palestine Committee
Security Council
A. Esmat Abdel Meguid
Egypt
United Nations
Syria
Jordan
Israel
Libya
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
U.S
Farouk Kaddoumi
Middle East
Palestine
Council
U.N
Golan Heights
New York
U.N. Library
Associated Press
Summit on Angola Ends in Deadlock
The three Angolan nationalist movements vow to continue civil war as the OAU summit ends with deadlock. Danilo Moi laments the failure to help Angola and calls for UN intervention. MPLA, UNITA, and FNLA pledge to fight on amid backers from the US, South Africa, Zaire, and Zambia.
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Angola
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Organization of African Unity
Danilo Arap Moi
Kenya
Moi
Africa
United Nations
OAU
Lope Do Nascimento
Popular Movement
MPLA
Luanda
Jonas Savimbi
National Union
UNITA
Holden Roberto
National Front
FNLA
United States
South Africa
Zaire
Zambia
City Faces $5000 Labor Negotiator Bill Since August
Meigs County residents learn their subdivision road is private and not eligible for maintenance by county or township. The report notes a signed contract with one of three city labor groups and mentions page references.
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Meigs Pomeroy
Meigs
Middleport police auxiliary ordinance sparks discrimination claim
A Middleport councilman questioned a proposed police auxiliary ordinance claiming it discriminates against women and the elderly during Monday night discussions. The report mentions the topic appears on page 3.
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Middleport
Editorial: Rocks Roam Streets as Pet Rocks Proliferate
Editorial interview with Art Buchwald features the director of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Rocks. He warns of a growing problem as children tire of Pet Rocks after Christmas and abandon them in urban streets.
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Art Buchwald
American Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To
Agatha Christie Dies at 85 in Wallingford England
Agatha Christie queen of mystery dies at her Wallingford home on Monday at age 85. The obituary notes her status as a world renowned author and influential crime writer.
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Agatha Christie
Wallingford
England
Kroger Conviction Upheld in Kidnapping Case
In Cincinnati the 1st Ohio District Court of Appeals unanimous decision upholds Clifford Kroger age 38 conviction for kidnapping Allison Mechem four, daughter of Taft Broadcasting Corp chairman Charles Mechem Jr., sentence five to fifteen years in prison from September 1974.
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Kroger
Cincinnati
Clifford Kroger
Ohio District Court of Appeals
Allison Mechem
Taft Broadcasting Corp
Charles Mechem Jr
Metzenbaum Announces Bid for Democratic Senate Nomination
Former Sen. Howard M. Metzenbaum of Cleveland, a 58 year old millionaire, declares his candidacy for the Democratic senatorial nomination. He vows innovative answers to national problems and to fight the vacuum of leadership in Washington. Metzenbaum began in the Ohio Legislature at 25 and was appointed to the Senate in 1973. He later lost to John Glenn in 1974.
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Cleveland
Howard M. Metzenbaum
Metzenbaum
Washington
Ohio
Senate
William Saxbe
John Glenn
Stebbins Reinstated as Ohio Industrial Commission Chairman
Gregory J. Stebbins returned to his post as chairman of the Ohio Industrial Commission after a federal court order reinstating him following his dismissal by Governor James A. Rhodes. The ruling restored Stebbins to the position amid ongoing personnel contention.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Industrial Commission
Gregory J. Stebbins
James A. Rhodes
State Funds Transferred To Mend Cash Flow In Ohio
The state controlling board in Columbus approved moving 21.6 million dollars from Ohio’s federal sharing trust to the general fund to ease a cash flow problem. The funds will be repaid when revenues rise next month, and the panel also approved 84 thousand dollars for land to expand seven parks.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
Federal Sharing Trust Fund
General Fund
Natural Resources Department
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Tongren
Ohio Association of Realtors
Ohio Real Estate Commission
U.N. Secretariat
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Bill
Tri-County Board
Nelsonville
Tri-County Joint Vocational School Board of Education
Don Young
Logan
Wellston Wellston
Wellston
Duke’s New Venture
Hartford
John Wayne
Duke Engineering Co
Irvine
Calif
Connecticut
Duke
Stebbins
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