Viking 91 Finds Wilderness Peace on Remote Namakan Island
Ingvald Stevens, a 91 year old Norwegian immigrant known as Steve, lives alone on a remote Namakan Lake island near International Falls Minnesota. He tends a self sufficient life, growing food, grinding wheat, and writing by gaslight as he endures harsh seasons to maintain independence. He visits the mainland 2-3 times a year for supplies and cherishes solitude over society.
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Namakan Lake
Minn
Ingvald Stevens
America
Steve
International Falls
Norway
Minnesota
Hibbing
Igvald Stevens
Nursing Homes Approved in Athens and Logan Plans
A local review committee approved proposals for two new 100 bed nursing homes in Athens and Logan. The Athens facility could start construction within six months and begin accepting residents in about 18 months. U S Rep Clarence Miller reintroduced legislation to speed Appalachian Highway development to cut state construction costs.
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Athens
Logan
U.S
Clarence Miller
Miller
Athens Opens Juvenile Justice Hearings Series
A local committee promoting juvenile justice opened its statewide public hearings in Athens on Thursday. The initiative aims to explore methods to improve youth welfare across the state.
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Athens
JVS Faces Gas Shortage Forces Fuel Hunt
Tri County Joint Vocational School faces a gas shortage after using 83 percent of its winter allotment. The board seeks alternate fuel sources from other industries while monitoring the weather forecasts.
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Nelsonville
Tri-County
Marathon Gas Gift Sparks Heat For Findlay Schools
The Findlay school system with 9 000 students will receive five million cubic feet of natural gas this winter. Marathon Oil Co gave up its allocation that was planned for heating its five-building corporate headquarters complex in Findlay Ohio.
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Findlay, Ohio
Findlay
Marathon Oil Co
Daoud Declares He Is Marked Man Vows to Fight On
Abu Daoud the Munich Olympic ringleader said he is marked for assassination but will resume fighting Israel and Zionists He called himself a revolutionary not a terrorist in a telephone interview from Al Fatah HQ in Algiers after his release France defended the move saying it followed domestic and international law West Germany says the warrant identified him as aiding the 1972 attack that killed 11 Israeli athletes and a German officer.
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Paris
Abu Daoud
Munich
Israel
Daoud
Associated Press
al Fatah
Algiers
Raymond Barre
France
West Germany
Jordan to Be Carter's Chief of Staff in White House
President elect Carter names Hamilton Jordan as chief of staff with three deputies. Landon Butler Rick Hutcheson and Mark Siegel named deputy assistants overseeing administration memos and policy. Also noted are Lipshutz as White House counsel and Jordan’s role as central coordinator of the transition.
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Landon Butler
Rick Hutcheson
Carter
Mark Siegel
Democratic National Committee
White House
Richard Cheney
Ford
H.R Haldeman
Richard M. Nixon
Butler
Hutcheson
Siegel
Jack Watson
Atlanta
Stuart Eizenstat
Gas Shortage Spurs FPC Dilemma Over Emergency Sales
The Federal Power Commission struggles between court limits on its authority and severe interstate gas shortages as it weighs approving new 60 day emergency sales to Transcontinental and United Gas Pipelines. Price concerns and potential deregulation disputes loom, with states like South Carolina and New York vulnerable to shortages.
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Washington
Federal Power Commission
FPC
Houston Pipe Line Co
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp
United Gas Pipe Line Co
Atlantic Coast
Gulf Coast States
Ernest F Hollings
DSC
National Weather Service
United States
Houston
Transcontinental
United
John H Holloman II
James G Watt
Congress
Houston Pipe Line
Texas
North
South Carolina
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
United Gas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Florida
Law challenged by state energy agencies in Ohio
In Columbus Ohio state energy regulators urged reconsideration and possible repeal of House Bill 1213 which blocks passing emergency natural gas costs to residential customers. ERDA and PUCO cited curtailments affecting industrial customers and warned the law may worsen shortages amid winter gas constraints.
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Columbus
Ohio
Michael Strnxiano
Columbia Gas
State Energy and Resource Development Agency
Commission
Strnziano
ERDA
PUCO
James A. Rhodes
C. Luther Heckman
Rhodes
William G. Ferguson
Erda Board
Peter Kochman
Kochman
Vance Wins Senate Panel Endorsement For Secretary of State
Cyrus R. Vance, Carter's nominee for secretary of state, won unanimous approval from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee without debate. The panel endorsement followed similar supports for Harold Brown and Bob Bergland as other Cabinet picks move toward confirmation ahead of inauguration.
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Vance
Washington
Carter
Cyrus R. Vance
Senate
Henry A. Kissinger
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Harold Brown
Brown
Senate Armed Services Committee
Agriculture
Bob Bergland
Senate Agriculture Committee
Ray Marshall
Senate Labor Committee
Joseph Califano
Department of Health Education and Welfare
Senate Finance
Crowded Field Sifts Through GOP Chairman Hopefuls
Republicans nominate seven candidates for party chairman as Ford seeks unity after endorsing James A Baker III. Favorites include William Brock Richard Richards Robert Carter and Arthur Fletcher with others like Thomas Milligan and Kent McGough in the running amid a fractured race and private meetings.
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Ford
James A Baker III
Baker
Mary Louise Smith
William E Brock III
Tennessee
Thomas S. Milligan
Indiana
Bueh Berentson
GOP
Senate
Arthur A. Fletcher
White House
Kent B McGough
Ohio
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Pat O’ Gold
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Griffin Bell
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Lonnie King
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