Rhodes Signs Utility Discount Bill in Ohio
Gov. James A. Rhodes signed an emergency lifeline bill letting elderly and permanently disabled Ohioans with incomes of 7000 or less receive discounts on heating bills December through April for November to March heating months. About 750000 households qualify, with potential up to one million applications. discounts include $87.50 checks for non gas or electric heat.
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Columbus
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Dennis E. Eckhhart
D-18
Euclid
Taxation Department
Ohio Department of Taxation
East Broad St
Ohio Commission On Aging
Eckhart
Carnival Winner Turns Toys Into Tiny Treasures
Johnny Glaze of Sherwood Arkansas earned the nickname Robin Hood of the Midway by winning hundreds of toys at state and county fairs. He donates teddy bears and Kewpie dolls to Arkansas Childrens Hospital and the Salvation Army, saying the kids value the gifts more than the donors value the winnings. He estimates spending about 1000 dollars to win 300 toys over two to three years and stores the inventory in a spare bedroom.
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Lindel Hutson
Associated Press
Sherwood, Ark
Little Rock
Johnny Glaze
Robin Hood of
Arkansas Childrens Hospital
Salvation Army
Glaze
Childrens Hospital
Congress debates five year extension of Legal Services Corp
The Senate weighs a five year extension empowering tax paid lawyers to represent parents and children in school integration cases. The measure stirs debate amid discussions on school busing and racial balance. The House has passed the extension with a ban on participation in school integration cases still in place.
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Washington
Senate
Legal Services Corp
Corporation
Congress
House
Carter
Clinch River, Tenn
Turks Oppose Soviet Troops Near Turkish Border
NATO commanders say eighteen Soviet divisions sit in the Caucasus near the Turkish border while Turkey faces only about nine divisions on its side. Turkish officers indicate three Soviet tank divisions are ready to strike into the Kars River valley. They claim defense is possible though terrain and winter snows hinder any invasion attempt.
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Ani
Turkey
Caucasus
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Arpachai River
Kars
Athens County May Seek Efficient Trash Collection
A local official and a U S EPA representative use computer technology to study waste collection in Athens County for potential efficiency improvements. Westland High School Galloway claimed grand champion at the Athens Invitational Marching Band Festival. Federal statistics rank Cleveland first nationwide in bombings tied to organized crime and labor disputes.
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U.S. Epa
Athens County
Westland High School of Galloway
Cleveland
Hayseed experience boosts small towns against decline
In Boyne City Michigan a shift toward simple living by city folks returning to small town ways is cited as helping thousands of similar communities reverse a long standing population decline. The notice adds weather details for tonight and Tuesday with highs in the 60s and a 20 to 50 percent chance of showers.
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Boyne City
Mich
United States
Nobel Peace Prizes Awarded to Amnesty International and Irish Peacemakers
Amnesty International received the 1977 Nobel Peace Prize for its work on behalf of political prisoners. Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan were honored with the 1976 prize for their peace movement in Northern Ireland aimed at ending Catholic Protestant feuding. The prize was not awarded last year.
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Oslo
Norway
Amnesty International
Betty Williams
Mairead Corrigan
Mail volume up may ease future stamp price hikes
A five year Postal Service forecast shows mail volume rising toward 100 billion pieces by 1981, creating a potential surplus next year and delaying steep rate hikes. First class letters for businesses would rise to 16 cents while individuals pay 13, with rates to be set next June.
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Washington
Benjamin Bailor
Commission On Postal Service
Francis Biglin
Postal Service
Biglin
Ohio school districts shut until January unless levies pass
The Associated Press reports the first distressed districts in Ohio closed Friday until Jan 1. Monroeville in Huron County and Southern Local in Meigs County halted operations as districts seek emergency operating levies in upcoming special elections.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Monroeville
Huron County
Meigs County
Soviet space mission ends in docking failure
Soviet cosmonauts Vladimir Kovalenok and Valery Ryumin failed to dock with the Salyut 6 space station and returned to Earth after about one day in orbit. Tass cited deviations from the docking plan and did not explain the cause, marking another setback in the Soviet space program as it faces the third decade of space exploration.
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Vladimir Kovalenok
Valery Ryumin
Gagarin
Soviet
Moscow
Tass
Earth
Salyut-5 Space Lab
Baikonur Space Center
Sputnik
Kovalenok
Ryumin
Space Laboratory
Soviet Union
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Dean Rusk
Judiciary Committee
U.S
Frank Johnson Jr
Montgomery, Ala
FBI
Senate Finance Committee
Senate Human Resources Committee
Michael J. Duffy
Robert C. McAlister
Allied Forces South
Westland
Hayseed
Jeffrey Mills
Jim van Scoy
Limestone
N.Y
Jim Lehrer
Brockway
Paul Bunyan
Hocking Technical College
Messenger
Bob Wilson Jr
van Scoy
Lehrer
Harry Dunphy
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