Ohio lawmakers face marathon session on three major bills
In Columbus, legislators push through three key issues before adjournment including public employee collective bargaining with binding arbitration terms, targeted tax breaks for new industry, and expanded charitable bingo. Debate centers on police and fire union language, tax credit options for new equipment, and bingo limits as lawmakers clash over revenue impacts and oversight.
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Tom Diemer
Associated Press
Columbus, Ohio
Leonard J Camera
D-Lorain
Camera
House
Ford Motor Co
Senate Ways and Means
Robert E. O'Shaughnessy
D-Columbus
O'Shaughnessey
William H. Massey
Batavia
Clermont County
Shaughnessy
General Revenue
O’shaughnessy
O'Shaughnessy
Ohio officials struggle to stockpile Ohio coal for winter
State officials disclose only 3,000 tons of planned 30,000 ton stockpile of Ohio coal for winter. They rely on 10,000 more tons from Kentucky sources after county ordinances restrict high sulfur content. The board also approves $650,000 for modular furniture for new state offices in Columbus amid building occupancy concerns.
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Robert E. Miller
Associated Press
Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
John M. Kiger
Administrative Services Department
Kiger
Robert S. Ryan
Energy Resources and Development Agency
A. G. Lancione
D-Bellaire
Broken Arrow
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Peabody Coal Co
Big Sandy
C&o Coal Co
Paintsville
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Montgomery
Lucas
Lancione
Belmont County
Bureau of Worker's Compensation and Industrial Commission
Columbus
Nationwide Insurance Co
FBI Counterintelligence Flops Mark 1956 71 Campaign
The AP reports a 15 year FBI effort to disrupt dissident groups used imaginative tactics some illegal and others unproductive. FBI released 52 648 pages under FOIA revealing operations from 1956 to 1971 that aimed to harass and disrupt groups, with many failures by the bureau’s own standards.
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Washington
FBI
Bureau
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Ku Klux Klan
Black Panthers
Students For A Democratic Society
Cointelpro
Justice Department
Senate Intelligence Committee
Department
New York
Communist Party
San Francisco
Black Panther Party
Eldridge Cleaver
Algeria
Huey P. Newton
Cleaver-Newton
Egypt Verbal Campaign to Support Sadat Israel Visit
Cairo reports say the government counters Arab opposition to President Anwar Sadat’s trip to Israel. Sudan’s Numairi plans arrival to congratulate, while spokesmen praise the Jerusalem visit as a step toward a Geneva peace conference.
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Anwar Sadat
Israel
Syria
Iraq
Libya
Jaafar Numairi
Egypt
Ian
Sadat
Jerusalem
Geneva
George Habash
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Menahem Begin
Middle East
Washington
White House
Embassy Row
Vance closes first tour stop with nuclear progress in Argentina
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, in Buenos Aires, reports good progress on nuclear issues with Argentina but limited gains on human rights. He says two thirds of talks focused on rights, while Argentina promises to aid OAS and allow possible future access for rights observers. He carries a list of 7,500 disappeared or imprisoned since the 1970s coup for official government reporting.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Cyrus R. Vance
Brazil
Vance
U.S
South America
Brasilia
Venezuela
Jorge Videla
Coal Use May Bring Disaster
Emory University physicist Dr. Peter Fong warned that using coal as the sole energy source could flood seven major U.S. cities within 225 years and uproot a large portion of the population. He noted carbon dioxide from coal traps heat, melting polar ice, and he suggested nuclear power could delay inundation but warned no solid alternatives exist today.
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Miami Beach
Fila
United States
Emory University
Peter Fong
American Physical Society
New Orleans
Boston
Miami
Washington
Houston
New York
Philadelphia
Fong
Atlanta
High School Improvement Bids Stalled by Grant Rules
Supt. Sam Henderson cites federal grant restrictions as the main cause of slow bidding for high school improvement work. The project is funded by an $188,500 grant, complicating procurement and delaying construction plans.
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Sam Henderson
Three Mile Jurisdiction Battle Over City Planning Edges On
Dispute over city authority to regulate subdivisions within three miles of the city limits persists with no near resolution. Page 3.
Chauncey Library Honors Lois Simpson for 30 Years
The Chauncey library marks Lois Simpson’s three decades of service as librarian with a special welcome. Her long tenure has fostered community ties and a lasting library presence.
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Chauncey
Chauncey Library
Lois Simpson
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