Ohio factory earnings and employment decline in January
Ohio production workers earned an average of 258.12 dollars weekly in January, down nearly 12 dollars from December. The average work week fell to 39.9 hours as seasonal unemployment rose to 385,000, lifting the jobless rate to 8.2 percent. Total employment declined 1.9 percent to 4.3 million with nonfarm payrolls at 4 million, down 1.2 percent.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
Bureau of Employment Services
Ohio Senate committee opens transfer days to summer
In Columbus the Senate committee shifts discussions to June July and August. Senator Galbraith champions a bill to resume natural gas drilling on the Ohio side of the lake claiming energy cuts by one third. Also in Columbus Senator Hall wins cross state support from Texas Wisconsin and Minnesota for sweeping voting reforms including statewide postcard registration and election day registration.
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Columbus, Ohio
Senate
Galbraith
Ohio
Columbus
Tony P. Hall
Carter to Visit Clinton Massachusetts for Meet the People Tour
President Carter will tour Clinton Massachusetts March 16 to 17 for a meet the people trip. He will attend a St Patrick's Day event and a town meeting staged for his visit as the town grapples with unemployment inflation and racial tensions in a slow economy.
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Clinton
Mass
Carter
Massachusetts
House Adopts Ethics Code After O Neill Appeal
Washington AP reports a dramatic appeal by Speaker Thomas P. O Neill prompting the House to pledge a tougher ethics code. Central features include extensive personal finance disclosures and a limit on outside earned income at 8625 dollars or 15 percent of the 57500 dollar legislative salary.
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Washington
Thomas P. O'Neill
House of Representatives
Patrick accuses rivals of incomplete states for UMW ballot
Washington AP Harry Patrick secretary treasurer of the United Mine Workers and a 2021 presidential candidate says opponents in the June 14 election lack complete states and cannot appear on the ballot. He argues the UMW constitution requires states to have 14 members and his slate is the only one eligible.
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Washington (Ap
Harry Patrick
United Mine Workers
Patrick
UMW
Arnold Miller
International Board
Leroy Patterson
Abductors Identified in Niehous Kidnapping Case
Caracas newspapers quote sources as saying Donna Niehous identified at least one kidnapper in a lineup. Venezuelan officials declined to confirm she visited suspects captured after a shootout with army troops. Airport reporters noted her passport and a Tuesday flight to New York.
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Caracas
Venezuela
William F’. Niehous
Steen
Donna Niehous
Toledo
Immigration Control
New York
Niehous
Owens-Illinois Glass Group
Japanese extremists seize hostages at Keidanren headquarters
Four armed Japanese extremists stormed the Keidanren headquarters in Tokyo today using a samurai sword a rifle and a pistol. Officials said they initially took up to 12 hostages from the federation of 896 business groups and released all but two by sundown.
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Tokyo
Japan
Keidanren
Second Senior Housing Project Near Elliott Street Proposed
The Athens Flooring Co. warehouse site may host a seven story senior housing project presented to the City Planning. The group Fe the ee Alan Goldsberry seeks a sponsoring partner from rent companies to the Authority. The Jaycees seek a limited construction interest as Brace ment of Housing and Urban Development weighs rent subsidy programs and funding eligibility.
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Elliott Street
Fe the
Alan Goldsberry
Sie
Athens Flooring Co
City Planning
Jaycees
Ci Planner Bracement of Housing and Urban Development
City OKs 35000 for new maintenance vehicles
City Council's Capital Improvements Committee approved using 35000 in revenue sharing funds to buy new maintenance vehicles for water sewer and street departments after officials cited aged fleet and safety concerns. Mayor Barrett defended the move saying it will ease street work for the rest of the year.
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Wwe
Donald Barrett
Barrett
Jerry Adams
Three More Stores Set to Open at Athens Mall
Three new tenants join the Athens Mall lineup with Beth's Place decorating center Geri's Tobacco Tin smoke shop and Peddler's Wagon handcrafted jewelry. The mall opens March 16 and will house 16 businesses including Kroger Superstore, SuperX, and Ponderosa.
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Athens Mall
Beth's Place Decorating Center
Geri's
Tobacco Tin
Peddler’s Wagon
Beth's Place
Geri
New Jersey
Glenn Huffman
Ohio University
Kroger Superstore
Superx
Geri Burns
Beth’s Place Inc
Board Completes Review Schedule for 1978 Grants
The Athens Vinton Hocking Counties 648 Board has set a series of meetings to review state and local grant funds for fiscal year 1978 from July 1 to June 30. Planning and Priorities, Personnel, Budget and Committee meetings run March 14 28 and April 4 5 18 with all sessions at 7 p.m. in the board office.
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Local
Mental Health and Mental Retardation Services Board
Athens-Vinton- Hocking Counties
Geriatrics
Mental Health Center
Dohn to Attend National VFW Washington Conference
Norman H. Dohn of 17 Briarwood Drive will join more than 100 Ohio overseas veterans for the four day Washington conference of national officers and state commanders of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He will accompany R D Smith national commander to Capitol Hill to present the VFW legislative program to Senate and House committees. Senator Herman Talmadge will receive the Congressional Award at a VFW dinner.
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Norman H. Dohn
Briarwood Drive
Ohio
Washington
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Dohn
National
VFW News
R. D. Smith
VFW
Capitol Hill
Senate
House Committees On Veterans
Fellowship Baptist Church Celebrates Second Anniversary
GLOUSTER The Fellowship Baptist Church will mark its second anniversary on Saturday at 7 p.m. Special guest Joe Brock of Cincinnati will provide music and lead a gospel sing. NELSONVILLE Nelsonville High School Class of 1962 meets Monday at 7 p.m. at 83 vy. Franklin St to plan the 15th reunion with the Nelsonville High School Alumni Banquet on May 28.
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Fellowship Baptist Church
Joe Brock
Cincinnati
Nelsonville
Nelsonville High School
Tanya Howe
Franklin St
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