Construction Plan Delayed At Poston Power Station
The Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co announced a four year delay to about 225 million dollars of new generating plants including two 375000 kilowatt coal plants at Poston Station near Nelsonville. The PLC approved a roughly 19 percent system wide rate increase for residential and commercial customers, adding about 2 million dollars per month in revenue. Public bills will reflect the new rates within one to two weeks as customers are notified.
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Fred Whissel
Athens County
Poston Station
Nelsonville
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Poston
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Bob Jones
PACO
C&sof
City of
Columbus
Jones
Ford urges rapid practical steps at White House economics summit
President Ford told a White House conference of 28 economists and eight lawmakers that Americans are tired of politics over pocketbooks and demand tangible solutions to inflation. He outlined public-television public sessions and a Sept. 27-28 summit, calling for coop eration and practical action to dismantle inflationary pressures.
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Washington
Ford
White House
Congress
Haig
H. R. Haldeman
Nixon
Nixon People Appointed To Key Diplomatic Posts
Ford fills foreign postings with officials tied to Nixon while restoring Alexander Haig to military duties. George Bush becomes ambassador to China and Kenneth Bush to France, with John Sherman Cooper named ambassador to East Germany.
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Nixon
Washington
Ford
Richard M. Nixon
White House
U.S
Alexander M. Haig Jr
NATO
George Bush
Peking
France
Kenneth Bush
State Department
Kentucky
GOP
John Sherman Cooper
East Germany
Cooper
Bush
Mary Louise Smith Named First Woman GOP National Chair
Iowa GOP activist Mary Louise Smith was picked by Ford to lead the Republican National Committee replacing George Bush as chair. She plans to appoint Richard Obenshain as co-chairman and join Dean Burch as campaign coordinator for 1974 elections while Bush moves to a China mission.
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Washington
Ford
GOP
Mary Louise Smith
Iowa
George Bush
Bush
Richard M. Nixon
U.S
China
Smith
Republican National Committee
Richard Obenshain
Virginia
Jerald F. JerHorst
Dean Burch
White House
Gwen Anderson
Washington State
Burch
Ter Horst
States Reassemble for First Continental Congress Bicentennial
Delegates from 12 of the original 13 states gather in Philadelphia at Carpenters Hall to mark the bicentennial. The meeting opens with draft resolutions including a proposed constitutional amendment to guarantee personal privacy and a broad declaration of faith in the American system. Georgia is absent.
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Continental Congress
Pennsylvania
Milton J. Shapp
Carpenters’ Hall
Independence Hall
Massachusetts
Boston
Georgia
First Continental Congress
Delaware
New Jersey
Connecticut
Maryland
South Carolina
North Carolina
Virginia
New Hampshire
New York
Rhode Island
Range sells 1st day to Nelsonville couple
Mrs Elvin Bean of 892 Poplar Street Nelsonville sold her gas range in one day using an Action Act. She reported five calls and a sale to another Nelsonville couple, noting same day results are commonplace.
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Elvin Bean
Poplar St
Nelsonville
Ohio sculpture by Mayer spells Ohio in pieces
Edward Mayer of Athens designed four plywood and formica elements that interlock to spell OHIO when arranged correctly. The work is on permanent display on the third floor outside the Ohio Supreme Court chamber in the State Office Building Columbus. Mayer, associate professor of art at Ohio University, began the project March 1973 and completed it after a stay in Italy.
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Edward Mayer
Athens
State
Columbus
Mayer
Ohio University
State Building Authority
Ohio
Morris Ave
Ohio Supreme Court Chamber
Italy
Brown University
Providence
R. I
University of Wisconsin
Huntington
Local Men Win $15,000 in Buckeye 300 Draw
Harriet R Motz of Bath Township won 300000 in the Buckeye 300 second weekly drawing in Medina Ohio. Ray Brewer of Dayton won 30000. No 60000 winner due to lottery rules. 15,000 prize winners were Terry McClure Madison Thomas FE Fowles North Canton Donald Green Amesville Charles C Lewis Middleport. Prizes depend on validated tickets at drawing time.
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Medina
Ohio
Harriet R. Motz
Bath Township
Akron
Harriet Motz
Ray Brewer
Dayton
Commission
Terry McClure
Madison
Thomas FE. Fowles
North Canton
Donald Green
Amesville
Charles C. Lewis
Middleport
Ohio Lottery Draws New Numbers
Cleveland AP reports the Ohio Lottery Commission announced the winning three digit number 055 and the winning double number 085 168 for the week, detailing the latest payout results.
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Cleveland
Ohio Lottery Commission
Gulf finds 180 billion cubic feet gas field off Louisiana
Consolidated Natural Gas Co reports estimated and proven reserves totaling 180 billion cubic feet of natural gas in the Gulf of Mexico near Louisiana. Chairman Robert E. Seymour calls it among the largest gas and oil fields in four years in the area.
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Pittsburgh
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana
Consolidated Natural Gas Co
Consolidated
Robert E. Seymour
Median U.S. household income climbs to 1973 level
The Census Bureau reports that the 1973 median household income reached 10,512 dollars, up from 9,689 in 1972. Real purchasing power rose only 2.1 percent due to inflation, while nominal income increased 8.4 percent.
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Washington
U.S
Census Bureau
Weather Forecast Details for Friday
Light to moderate conditions with a mostly clear night. Lows will be in the upper 40s to 50s, while Friday brings increasing cloudiness and mid 70s temperatures. Details on Page 2.
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