Nelsonville York approves levy to restart broke district
In Nelsonville Ohio voters back a property tax to reopen the Nelsonville York City School District after a 13 day shutdown. The levy raises about 47.25 a year for a 30 000 home while teachers and students describe tight budgets and supply shortages. The district serves 2000 students across 78 square miles and joins Toledo and West Muskingum in recent tax decisions affecting funding for schools.
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Nelsonville
West Muskingum
Here
Ethel McConnell
Nelsonville York
FTC Targets Deceptive Insulation Claims Nationwide
The Federal Trade Commission moves against misleading home insulation advertising. It warns 200 to 300 manufacturers to curb exaggerated R value claims and unsafe products while preparing potential civil suits and a new rule requiring substantiated ratings disclosures.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Commission
Commission J
Carter
Congress
Limited Right to Strike Bill Reaches Final Stage in Ohio
After three months in a conference committee a toned down public employee collective bargaining bill advances with an employer option for binding arbitration or strike in impasse cases for safety forces. It includes a 60 day cooling off period and separate bargaining units for patrolmen and firemen. An amendment ends religious exemptions to agency shop fees.
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Columbus, Ohio
House
Senate
Harry Meshel
Youngstown
Farmer Wins Gas Battle in Ohio curbs no more
Doyle Hale, an 81 year old farmer from Stockport, wins after nearly a year long protest against Columbia Gas of Ohio. The Public Utilities Commission orders the utility to continue service by installing a free propane system and to cover the cost difference between Hale's regular natural gas bill and propane for as long as he remains on the property.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
Doyle Hale
Stockport
Columbia Gas of Ohio Inc
Hale
Columbia
Morgan County
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Hales
Commission
Raid victims feared as Lebanon toll tops one hundred
Lebanese and Palestinian searchers sift rubble after Israeli air raids that killed and wounded hundreds in southwest Lebanon. Officials say 100 plus dead, 150 wounded, most civilians. Camp and village ruins include Burj el Shimali and Azzieh. Israel cites Palestinian rocket fire as trigger.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Sidon
U.N. Security Council
Israel
Burj el Shimali
Azzieh
Blizzard Slams Upper Midwest Stranding Motorists
A major blizzard swept the upper Midwest dumping up to 10 inches of snow and causing store, industry, and school closures. Two Minnesota deaths were blamed on the storm as the National Weather Service warned of continuing dangerous conditions and high winds. Median drift heights reached six feet with winds to 65 mph. the Minnesota National Guard opened emergency shelters and hundreds were stranded on I-94 near Fergus Falls.
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Associated Press
Upper Midwest
Minnesota
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Iowa
Wisconsin
National Weather Service
Louisiana
John Graf
The
Nebraska
Dakotas
Minnesota National Guard
Fergus Falls
OU Study Expands Committee on University Finances
Ohio University will enlarge a committee reviewing financial investments and holdings. The panel will examine OU investments in South Africa and may add a third student representative to replace the current two.
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Ohio University
South Africa
Hyatt Wins Reelects Albany Mayor Troy Hyatt
Voters in Albany village elected Mayor Troy Hyatt on Tuesday with 119 ballots casting his name in a clear show of support. The result returns Hyatt to office and concludes a local race highlighted by a focused write-in or name recognition vote.
County weighs payout to former deputy fired in March
Athens County Commissioners weigh a $2,932 payment to a former sheriff's deputy fired in March as reported on page 3.
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Athens County
Carter order aids veterans as colleges close for energy
President Carter signed an executive order to pay GI bill benefits when schools shut to save energy. Rep. Clarence Miller says about 900 veterans at Ohio University will receive benefits during the Christmas vacation.
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Carter
Clarence Miller
Ohio University
Jolly at 100 with Anna Sinnott
Mrs Anna Elizabeth Sinnott marks her 100th birthday at Logan. She credits being jolly to making friends and spends much time sewing saying you cant just sit and twiddle your thumbs.
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Logan
Anna Elizabeth Sinnott
Freeze on Grants by MAC Council of Presidents
The Mid-American Conference Council of Presidents announced a nonbinding freeze on all future athletic grants in aid. The front page note mentions sports coverage in page 11 and a weather sidebar predicts windy, colder conditions with a 50 percent chance of showers or snow flurries tonight and Friday, with lows 30 to 35 and highs near 40.
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Mid-American Conference Council of Presidents
Sports
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Janie Thompson
Kimberly Culp
Gordon Sullivan
Sullivan
Nelsonville Elementary School
York City
Patrick Kelly
Consumer Protection Bureau
Ohio Afl-Cio
Ohio Municipal League
Meshel
Farmer
Aly Yacoub
Hanieh
Hell
Jebal Shebli
Tyre
Nahariya
Mordechai Gur
Weather Service
Minneapolis
Jolly
David Frey
Common Pleas Court
Lowell Howard
Athens County Legal Secretaries Association
Thomas
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