Strikers Meet Today Over Coal Mine Sick Policy
UMW Local 9177 representing Wharton No. 2 mine workers in Boone County West Virginia schedules a second Madison meeting this afternoon to decide on actions as miners protest an Eastern sick policy. A Sunday meeting saw 350 miners vote not to return to work.
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Associated Press
UMW
Eastern Associated Coal Corp
Wharton No. 2
Boone County
W. Va
Madison
White
Wharton
Ohio PUCO gas probe stalls awaiting state funding
Ohio public utilities board stalled a 1.2 million gas study as commissioners await word on state funding. The PUCO voted three to zero to send a staff proposal to Gov. Rhodes and lawmakers with a letter asking if the state will pay. A spokesman noted criticism over using information from utilities.
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Columbus
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
PUCO
Ohio Lawmaker Proposes Tax Break for Solar Systems
Rep. Sherrod Brown of Mansfield plans to introduce a bill in Columbus offering a sales tax exemption on solar energy equipment and an income tax credit up to 1500 dollars when solar heating and cooling systems are installed.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
Goodyear to Expand Polyester Resin Production
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company plans a 25 percent capacity expansion at its Point Pleasant West Virginia facility to meet rising demand for a lightweight polyester resin used to make Pepsi-Cola 64 ounce bottles. The resin, similar to material used in frozen-vegetable pouches, was FDA approved in 1954.
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Akron, Ohio
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Pepsi-Cola
Goodyear
Point Pleasant
W.va
Food and Drug Administration
Carter to Meet Bukovsky Over Human Rights Policy
President Carter will meet briefly with Soviet dissident Vladimir Bukovsky in the White House. Bukovsky, who spent 12 years in Russian prisons, also has a planned 20 minute discussion with Vice President Mondale in the Roosevelt Room as administration officials seek to advance human rights.
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Washington
Carter
Vladimir Bukovsky
White House
Walter F. Mondale
Roosevelt Room
Oval Office
Bukovsky
Coast Guard Enforces 200 Mile Fishing Limit
The United States begins enforcing a 200 mile exclusive fishing zone off the Gulf of Alaska New England and waters near Cuba. The Coast Guard increases staff aircraft and vessels as Adm Owen Siler pledges readiness after Congress and the Ford Administration backed the move from a 12 mile limit.
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Gulf of Alaska
New England
Cuba
U.S
Coast Guard
Washington
Adm
Owen Siler
Congress
Ford Administration
Governors Meet With Carter
President Carter assured the nation’s governors of a working relationship as 22 hours of talks with the governors and Cabinet began. Some governors complained the administration canceled water development projects without warning, and Carter said states would get a hearing to argue for reinstatement.
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Washington
Carter
Walter F. Mondale
El Salvador Declares State of Siege as Protests Continue
In San Salvador the government declared a state of siege after troops and police dispersed thousands demanding a new presidential election. Authorities reported at least five dead and 78 arrests as a special legislative session approved the measure amid a week of demonstrations.
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San Salvador
el Salvador
Central America
Arturo Armando Molina
Africans Plan U.N. Test Against South Africa Arms Embargo
Andrew Young became United Nations Security Council president for March at the U.N. in New York. African delegates from Africa plan a council debate around March 21 to push a resolution calling for a mandatory arms embargo on South Africa to curb apartheid.
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United Nations, N.Y
Andrew Young
United Nations Security Council
Africa
Carter
Young
United Nations
James Murray
United Kingdom
Council
South Africa
Group home for emotionally disturbed children eyed for this summer
The Athens Vinton Hocking 648 Board approved a reimbursement funding procedure to start a group home for emotionally disturbed youths as early as this summer. State funds totaling 200000 for construction and 100000 annual operations are guaranteed, with the Dairy Lane site to be acquired from the state for 1 and transferred within months.
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Garry Goolsby
Mental Health and Retardation Services Board
Athens-Vinton-Hocking
Vance Alston
Ohio Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
Alston
Dairy Lane
John Ross
Athens
Andrea Neilson
Greyhound Hearing Reopened On Route Cut Plan
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio orders a new public hearing March 24 at 10 a.m. in Columbus to reconsider Greyhound Bus Lines plan to discontinue the Parkersburg Athens Columbus route after Athens residents complained. The earlier Athens hearing on October 24 examined ridership and costs, later deemed inadmissible due to missing testimony from the compiling staff.
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Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Greyhound Bus Lines
Parkersburg
Athens
Columbus
Commission
E. Broad St
Paco
Greyhound
Gaskill
Ohio University
Rae
Kent State Geology Professor to Study Highway Landslides
Kent State University geology director Murray McComas has earned 24000 dollars from state and federal highway agencies to study causes of highway landslides. He notes most slides are not serious but repairs cost Ohio about 1 million annually. He cites the Cuyahoga River valley in Summit County as the worst area and says avoiding hillside construction is best.
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Kent, Ohio
Kent State University
Murray McComas
Kent State
State Transportation Department
Federal Highway Administration
Ohio Highway Department
McComas
Cuyahoga River
Summit County
Nelsonville Fire Truck Breaks Down At Grass Fire
A Nelsonville fire department pumper broke down while responding to a grass fire at the Harry Barber property on the east city limits. Firemen were dispatched at 3 01 p m Monday afternoon to assess repairs needed.
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Nelsonville
Harry Barber
Pomeroy Dance Instructor To Resume Classes
Gerald Powell a dance instructor announces ballroom classes will resume Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Orchid Room Pomeroy inviting local dancers to join the sessions.
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Pomeroy
Gerald Powell
Orchid Room
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