Ohio lawmakers near end of session with tax breaks in focus
Ohio legislators faced final actions on two measures. A Senate approved public employee collective bargaining plan, which could allow limited strikes by about 500,000 workers, awaits final votes. A tax incentive bill to cut taxes on new machinery aims to lure Ford to Batavia, but faces revenue concerns and possible gubernatorial veto.
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Columbus
Ohio
Senate
Ways and Means
Fraternal Order of Police
James A. Rhodes
Rhodes
Robert E. O'Shaughnessy
D-Columbus
Ford Motor Co
Batavia
O'Shaughnessy
House
Robert Boggs
Jefferson
George Tablack
D. Campbell
Anthony J. Celebrezze Jr
Dcleveland
Celebrezze
Tablack
Ways and Means Committee
O’shaughessy
Ford
Carter Plan Backers Say Schlesinger Comments Hurt
Energy Secretary James Schlesinger faces criticism from Carter allies on Capitol Hill for public hints about compromises to win energy bill approval. House lawmakers back the plan while the Senate rejects key elements, including price controls on natural gas and a crude oil tax. Conferees work to reconcile broad differences as Ashley calls the comments harmful.
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Washington
James Schlesinger
Congress
Capitol Hill
Carter
House-Senate
Schlesinger
Thomas L. Ashley
Ohio
White House
House
Senate
Ashley
Turkey Love They're Stupid Nervous Birds
AP reports pre Thanksgiving lore on turkeys. Benjamin Franklin argued for the bird as national symbol while turkeys are described as stupid and nervous needing teaching to eat and easily startled by cage doors. References cover habits, names in other languages, early arrivals, and slang use of turkey.
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Sam Harti
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Benjamin Franklin
Turkey
India
England
Poland
Italy
France
Russia
Europe
Wisconsin
Texas
Turkey River
Iowa
Turkey Flat
Baby Survives Plunge to River Court Case in Ashtabula
An 11 month old girl survived a plunge into 37 degree Ashtabula River as Ronald Crawford faces an attempted aggravated murder charge. He waived plea, request psychiatric tests, bond set at 10000. Police say he threw the baby into the river near the Ashtabula A and B Dock Co. where he worked. Coast Guard rescuers stood at the baby's bedside as her mother expressed shock and love for the man charged.
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Jackie Crawford
Cassie
Ronald
Sergivia
Associated Press
Ashtabula, Ohio
Ashtabula River
U.S. Coast
Crawford
Ashtabula A & B Dock Co
Conrail
Road project forecast links Rock Springs to Route 7 by 1981
Glenn Smith, transportation director for District 10 in Marietta, predicted at a Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce meeting held at the Meigs Inn that construction on a four lane limited access road connecting the Rock Springs interchange with Route 7 at Five Points may be underway by 1981.
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Pomeroy
Rock Springs
Glenn Smith
District 10
Marietta
Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce
Meigs Inn
Morrison Elementary riders amid highway hazards prompt rides
City school officials say students who normally walk to Morrison Elementary will receive rides due to hazards from highway construction along Richland Avenue.
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Morrison Elementary School
Richland Avenue
Miners Face Uncertain Lives As Industry Struggles Deepen
Steve Gorham, a 23 year old coal miner, quit Ranger Fuel Co. Belt mine due to looming strikes as the United Mine Workers contract nears expiration. He now works as a carpenter on a dam project in Justice, Mingo County, commuting 120 miles daily. Gorham and about 25 co workers cite better pay and stability, despite long hours, as a reason to leave mining. He notes welfare and food stamps helped survive last year’s wildcat actions and says unrest spreads as strikes continue over minor grievances.
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Beckley
W.va
Steve Gorham
United Mine Workers
Gorham
Ranger Fuel Co
R.D. Bailey
Justice
Mingo County
Pat Underwood
Egypt cracks down on PLO figures in Cairo after Sadat visit
Three top Palestinian officials including Gamal Sourani and Ribbi Awad were arrested in Cairo as Egypt moves to expel the PLO and possibly close its Cairo office. The action follows a PLO radio broadcast denouncing Sadat’s Israel trip and amid UN debates on the Middle East.
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Cairo
Egypt
Anwar Sadat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Gamal Sourani
PLO
Ribbi Awad
al Fatah
Ahmed Sakhr Basaso
Sadat
Israel
U.N. General Assembly
Middle East
United Nations
A. Esmat Abdel Meguid
Meguid
Mowaffak Allaf
Jerusalem
Miller Warns Strike Likely Amid Coal Benefit Cuts
UMW President Arnold Miller warns a strike could occur if health and pension benefits are reduced by the Bituminous Coal Operators Association. He says nearly a million miners and families would lose benefits, with 81,500 retirees facing January pension cuts.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
Arnold Miller
Miller
UMW
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
BCOA
Harry Huge
Huge
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