Ohio Youth Panel Urges 3 Rs Focus in Ohio High Schools
An 18 member Ohio Youth Task Force on Jobs urged lowering business taxes, welfare reform, and stronger emphasis on reading writing and arithmetic in high schools. The group proposed zero tax on machinery within 10 years with a one percent corporate tax hike to offset losses, and stricter unemployment compensation rules. They also called for regional job centers, funded by federal jobs funds, and expanded work hours for youths 16 and 17 on weekends and evenings.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
Rob Hovis
Helena
Power Struggle Likely to Intensify After Mao Dies
Tokyo AP reports Mao Tse-tung died at age 82 in Peking after months of illness. The Chinese leader who seized control in 1949 and ruled for 27 years died at 12:10 a.m. local time, leaving no designated successor and signaling a renewed power struggle within the Communist Party and government.
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Tokyo
Mao Tsetung
China
Peking
Chou En-lai
Chinese Communist Party
Hsinhua
Mao
Hong Kong
Tienanmen
Mao Tse-tung
Ford
Father
People's Republic of China
Richard
Mao Seen Frail as Visitors Report Mao Stroke Rumors
Observers note Mao Tse tung appeared pale and feeble in photos and TV footage. Medical experts reviewing his televised appearances say he showed signs of illness after a year of foreign and domestic visitors and a June excuse for pausing important visits.
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China
Mao
Mao’s Illness Spurs Leadership Change Amid Parkinson’s Symptoms
The article notes Mao’s Parkinsons like symptoms slowing movements and speech and suggests the illness has impaired day to day control of the country. It mentions actions taken in his name and a recent demotion and firing of a former official.
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Mao
Carter Stresses Unity and Sunset Law During Ohio Campaign
Jimmy Carter campaigns in Ohio stressing Democratic unity and ethnic outreach while hinting at a sunset law to shut down federal programs unless renewed by Congress. He calls for strong sunset provisions and broad national unity ahead of a torchlight parade with Chicago Mayor Daley.
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Columbus
Ohio
Jimmy Carter
Illinois
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Carter
Congress
Senate
Slovenia Society
Euclid
Whaley Hiring Ruling Signals Redo Of Athens High Coach Choice
Judge Lowell Howard ruled the hiring of Bill Whaley as Athens High School head basketball coach was improper. He ordered the school board to restart the hiring process. The decision appears on page 3.
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Whaley
Common Pleas
Lowell Howard
Bill Whaley
Athens High School
Gernhart to attend 21st funeral he’s held
Burlington Colo resident Jim Gernhart age ninety nine jokes about his 21st funeral to date. He says he hopes to attend Sunday but if he dies before then he would prefer burial in Goodland Kansas rather than Burlington.
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Burlington
Colo
Jim Gernhart
Gernhart
Goodland
Kan
Affidavits Accuse Cadets At West Point Scandal
Affidavits signed by cadets accuse fellow cadets at the U S Military Academy of passing exam questions at meals lying about attendance stealing athletic equipment and engaging in improper conduct in the academy scandal. Montgomery taps domestic matter Wallace says a bedroom taping system is a private matter between him and his wife.
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West Point
N.Y
U.S. Military Academy
Montgomery
Ala
George C. Wallace
Weather outlook with showers possible tonight
The forecast calls for showers and thunder showers tonight with lows in the mid to upper 50s. Showers end and cooler air arrives Friday with highs in the upper 60s to lower 70s and a 50 percent rain chance.
Ford Poles discuss ethnic jokes and Pulaski day
President Ford named October 11 as a Pulaski memorial day during talks with Polish American leaders at the White House and pledged open access to discuss issues including Polish jokes and high level federal jobs. In Pittsburgh Jimmy Carter toured the Polish Hill neighborhood and spoke on human rights at a B nai B rith convention in Washington.
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Ford
White House
Wayne Hays
Ohio
Associated Press
Jimmy Carter
Pittsburgh
Casimir Pulaski
Poland
Carter
Vention
B'nai B'rith
Ford Administration
United States
Bangladesh
Rioting Leaves Cape Town Area In Turmoil Five Dead
Armed police escorted white motorists in convoys in the Cape Town area after a night of rioting that left five dead and at least 12 injured. Police also said 30 people were under arrest as fresh unrest broke inland.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Soviet Pilot Belenko Defects To United States
Soviet pilot Lt. Viktor I. Belenko defected after flying a MIG 25 into Japan and departed on a commercial airliner for asylum in the United States. U.S. officials accompanied him while Soviet sources say his wife and daughter remained in the Soviet Union.
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Tokyo
Japan
United States
U.S
Viktor I. Belenko
Soviet Union
Democrats’ Final Reply to Rhodes Expected Friday
Ohio Democrats weigh a last response to Gov Rhodes on a joint session speech about Medicaid and inner cities as elections approach. Leaders clash over censorship and timing while pending Medicaid bills and urban tax breaks await action when the legislature reconvenes.
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Columbus
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Rhodes
Senate
Oliver Ocasek
Akron
House
Ocasek
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Chou
Mike Mansfield
Dmont
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People’s Republic of China
Richard M Nixon
Nixon
Athens
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Meigs
Point Pleasant
New York
Committee of Safety
New York City
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Kissinger
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Middle East
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America
Vernal G. Riffe Jr
D-69
New Boston
Riffe
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