Illinois picks New Athens for 237 million coal project
The Energy Research and Development Administration selects a New Athens Illinois site for a 237 million coal conversion plant. The project to demonstrate cheap conversion of high sulfur coal will create about 1200 jobs during construction and operation, with potential for a full scale plant if pilot success. Funding splits include 128.9 million federal, 107.4 million private, and 25 million state support.
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Springfield
Ill
New Athens
Illinois
St. Louis
Federal Energy Research and Development Administration
Coalcon
Marder
Charles Percy
R-Il
Sources Commission
Commission
General Assembly
Rhodes calls site choice a sad day for Ohio
Gov. James A. Rhodes laments New Athens Illinois as the first federally subsidized Coalcon plant site. He notes Ohio will pursue other coal conversion facilities while citing bond issue defeat as harming Ohio’s bid and potential 1400 jobs.
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Columbus, Ohio
James A. Rhodes
New Athens
Ill
Ohio
Federal Energy Research and Development Agency
ERDA
West Virginia
Illinois
Rhodes
Rhodes asks bill freeze for Ohio seniors
Gov. James A. Rhodes urged the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to devise a method to freeze utility bills for senior citizens on fixed incomes. He said government has caused their financial bind and must help them out.
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Columbus, Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Rhodes
Campbell Schools Close as Funds Exhausted in Budget Crisis
Campbell Ohio public schools suspend classes until January 5 because the district has run out of operating funds after two failed levies. About 2,000 students are affected as voters rejected a 5.9 mill levy on November 4 for a second time in three months.
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Campbell
Ohio
Campbell Public
Northeast Ohio
Ford faces political timing in energy bill decision
Senator Paul Fannin and Rep. Clarence Brown urged President Ford to veto the compromise energy bill, arguing it could boost imported oil reliance and affect the upcoming primaries in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Ford delayed a written decision as Congress moved to extend price controls for 30 days.
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Washington
Ford
New York City
House
New York
Paul J. Fannin
R-Ariz
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Fannin
U.S
Frank G. Zarb
Congress
Franco Bleeding Again In Madrid Health Crisis
Generalissimo Francisco Franco, aged 82, suffered a massive abdominal hemorrhage in Madrid. Doctors later said bleeding was controlled but not stopped, with blood transfusions underway and another operation considered as his condition remained unstable.
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Madrid
Spain
Francisco Franco
Franco
Former CIA Official Says Domestic Intelligence Scope Seen
Victor Marchetti, who served 14 years, told a Student Lecture Series audience in Athens on Monday that Congress is just beginning to scratch the surface of the CIA's role in domestic intelligence gathering.
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CIA
Congress
Victor Marchetti
Athens
Bell Rate Plea Heard by Ohio Utilities Panel
The Public Utilities Commission of Columbus continued hearings on Ohio Bell Telephone Co.'s request for an annual rate hike of 216 million dollars. Weather notes forecast clear tonight with lows 40 to 45 and sunny Wednesday with a high near 65 and only a small chance of rain.
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Columbus
Ohio
Public Utilities Commission
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Pact to stabilize currency exchange rates signed by USA and France
Washington expects a six nation economic conference next year like the Rambouillet summit where a still secret pact was signed by Henry Kissinger and William Simon. The agreement envisions a 20 nation monitoring panel to study sudden currency shifts and possible central banker intervention.
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Washington
United States
France
Henry A. Kissinger
Ford
Great Britain
West Germany
Italy
Japan
Paris
Kissinger
Rambouillet
Treasury
William E. Simon
Jean-Pierre Fourcade
Simon
Air Force One
Congress
International Monetary Fund
U.S
Fitzgerald Loss Cause Sought
A four man marine board opened an inquiry into the Edmund Fitzgerald disaster. Testimony from Ogle Bay Norton Co. managers will cover ship history and certifications as debris from the sunken vessel is examined at Coast Guard facilities.
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Clieveland
Fourman Marine Board
Edmund Fitzgerald
Lake Superior
Winford W. Barrow
Coast Guard Board
Ogle
Bay Norton Co
Barrow
Seafarer
International Union
Great Lakes
Coast Guard
Washington
Nixon urges shock to rekindle U S strength abroad
Former President Richard M. Nixon tells Ladies Home Journal that Americans may need a war scare to restore faith in the United States and in its need for strength. He cites possible invasions in Korea or Thailand and warns of a dispirited nation undermining pride and allies.
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New York
Richard M. Nixon
United States
Nixon
The
Ladies Home Journal
Korea
Thailand
William M. Fine
Journal
San Clemente
Calif
Fine
America
Far East
Middle East
Japan
Philippines
Cleaver Returns From Exile Faces Possible U.S. Trial
Eldridge Cleaver lands in New York after seven years abroad with FBI escort, facing parole violation charges and California assault with intent to murder counts. He says a more tolerant U.S. climate could yield a fair trial, while his wife Kathleen notes he may go to prison.
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Paris
Eldridge Cleaver
United States
America
U.S
FBI
Cleaver
New York
California
Kathleen
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Oris Rumsfeld
Donald H. Rumsfeld
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White House
James R. Schlesinger
Senate Armed Services Committee
NYC
Alan Greenspan
Council of
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Southern Newspaper Publishers Association
Boca Raton, Fla
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Fitzgerald
Coppermine Point
Sault Ste. Marie
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