State Lawmakers On Call For Energy Bill Vote
Ohio lawmakers go on call to finish action on a major energy bill after swift House passage. The measure sets an energy agency with five governor appointees and four nonvoting legislators, aims to aid coal gasification, and includes a tax abatement to attract the Coalton facility amid Senate calls for study. The session also approved unemployment benefits rise and $823 million for higher ed and mental health capital projects.
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Columbus
Ohio
House
Senate
A. G. Lancione
Bellaire
James A. Rhodes
Rhodes
West Virginia
Lancione
Oliver Ocasek
Akron
Robert
E. O’shaughnessy
D-15
Senate Energy and Environment Committee
O’shaughnessy
University of Cincinnati
Energy Agency
Silvio O. Conte
Mass
Congress
Clarence J. Brown
U S Consul Seized in Kuala Lumpur Embassy Siege
Terrorists took hostage the U S consul Robert Stebbins and other foreigners at the U S Embassy in Kuala Lumpur. They demanded the release of seven Japanese prisoners and a plane to transport them, firing at guards and threatening to blow up the building. Malaysian and Japanese officials engaged in talks after a deadline passed without incident.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Red Army
Japan
U.S
Robert Stebbins
Takeo Miki
Tokyo
Miki
United States
Ford
Japan Air Lines
V. Manickavasagam
Ford May Approve Arms For Yugoslavs
President Ford told Yugoslavia president Tito he will give my very personal attention to a Yugoslav request to buy second line American arms and spare parts. He also stressed attention to bilateral economic relations as they seek a Middle East settlement.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Ford
Tito
U.S
Middle East
United States
Henry A. Kissinger
Soviet Union
Dzemal Bijedic
Park of Friendship
Weekend Rain Dampens Hocking Valley Outlook
Rain fell over the weekend in the Hocking Valley. At Ohio 93N the gauge showed .05 inch while other county areas reported heavier totals. Overnight low was 70 with 83 at 11 am. a 40 percent chance of rain tonight fading to 20 percent Tuesday. then sunny with highs in the 80s and lows in the 60s on Tuesday.
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Hocking Valley
Ohio 93N
188 Die in Moroccan Boeing 707 Crash Over Atlas Mountains
Rescue teams comb the Atlas Mountains for 188 dead after a chartered Boeing 707 carrying Moroccan workers home from France crashed in heavy fog. Officials say seven crew members were aboard and four passengers had non-Arabic names. nationalities not yet confirmed.
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Agadir
Morocco
France
Atlas Mountains
Swimmer Drowns At Hartmann's Pond Near Oroville
Carl D. Bibler, 23, of Rushville Rt. 1, drowned at Hartmann's Pond in Oroville on a Saturday afternoon. New Straitsville fire crews searched about 20 minutes before recovering him. Dr. Owen F. Yaw ruled the death a drowning. Roxanne Adams, Lancaster Rt. 1, and another youth witnessed Bibler swimming across, resting, then sinking mid pond.
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Carl D. Bibler
Rushville
New
Straitsville
Bibler
Randy Gill
New Straitsville
C. B. Bibler
Six Arrests Mar Weekend In Hocking State Parks
Weekend activities in Hocking Hills State Park ended with six arrests and two minor accidents. Five cited for after hours swimming in Old Man's Cave pool. one for cutting a live tree. A youth cut on the foot by a pop bottle cap. another minor cut at Hocking Hills Lodge pool. Rental cabins and camping were full. park attendance listed as medium. Lake Logan turnout reached about 4,900 with 2,400 swimmers, 500 fishermen, 100 boaters, 20 hikers, 700 picnickers and 12 horsemen.
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Hocking Hills State Park
Old Man’s Cave
Hocking Hills Lodge
Cording
Lake Logan
Oil Bill Stalls as Both Sides Brace for Price Rise
Washington AP reports Congress left for a month vacation after voting to extend current oil price controls for six months. Ford is expected to veto, letting prices jump from 5.25 to over 11 dollars a barrel. Retail petroleum prices could rise up to 6 cents a gallon over eight months.
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Washington
Congress
Ford
Europe
Administration
Decision To Die Brings Mail Flood
Chuck McCracken, a 36 year old dialysis patient in San Bernardino, chose to end his life, saying the machine he relied on was painful. His decision drew worldwide attention with media visits and flood of calls from around the world. His family, including wife Barbara and four children, receive numerous messages offering prayers, advice, and criticism as doctors warned he might not live past his 37th birthday.
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San Bernardino
Calif
Chuck McCracken
McCracken
London
McCrackens
Jesus
Loma Linda University Medical Center
Barbara
Metalbestos Workers Return to Jobs in Ohio Plant
Local 456 of the Sheet Metal Workers International voted 85 to 49 to return to work at Wallace Murray Corp’s Logan Metalbestos Systems Division. The ratified contract adds 28 cents per hour first year and 20 cents per hour in each of the next two years, mirroring a previously rejected offer. Job guarantees at the Ohio 93N plant given, with some positions needing new hires.
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Sheet Metal Workers International
Logan Metalbestos Systems
Wallace Murray Corp
Metalbestos
Ohio
Hocking Valley
FBI Joins Hoffa Search in Detroit
The FBI coordinates a multi-agency hunt for Jimmy Hoffa, missing since last Wednesday. Officials believe he was kidnapped or killed amid union power struggles and probe of Teamster pension funds totaling about 1.3 billion dollars. Federal agents had worked alongside local police since Hoffa’s disappearance became public.
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Detroit
FBI
Jimmy Hoffa
Teamsters
Detroit News Today
Hoffa
Bureau
Market Falls Again as Inflation Fears Persist
New York stock market declined broadly amid ongoing inflation worries. Trading was light as the noon Dow Jones industrial average slipped 7.74 points to 818.76 while decliners outpaced advancers by about three to one on the NYSE.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
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Historical Society
Daily News
Norma Gable
Robert S. Dillon
Bassador Michiaki Suma
Central Intelligence Agency
Portugal
U.S. News & World Report
Cleveland
Kent State University
Hartmann’s
Hocking State Parks
Democratic National Committee
Robert S. Strauss
Strauss
Clarence M. Kelley
Teamsters Union
Frank Fitzsimmons
Teamster
Kelley
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