Winter Storm Slams Hocking Valley With Freezing Rain And Outages
Arctic air drives temperatures toward zero as freezing rain sleet and wind batter the Hocking Valley. Two power outages affect about 200 customers, while schools close and Logan Meigs game proceeds under schedule with changed bus times. Nelsonville York Alexander game is postponed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hocking
Jim Gabris
Ohio Power Co
Logan
Gabris
U.S. 33
Daily News
Goodyear
Smead Mfg. Co
Metal Powder Products
General Electric
Metalbestos
Glen-Gery Corp
Carborundum
Logan Clay Products
General Hocking Brick
Midwest
Rockies
Dallas
Panhandle
Great Lakes Region
Firebomb and Shots Mark Ohio Mine Strike Violence
Violence flared at Ohio coal mines with a pre dawn shooting at Meigs No. 1 near Pomeroy and a later firebomb at Raccoon No. 3. no injuries or arrests reported. Union pickets disrupted access as 160000 UMW members enter fourth day of nationwide strike, with talks ongoing between UMW and operators.
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Associated Press
Ohio
United Mine Workers
Southern Ohio Coal Co
Meigs No. 1
Pomeroy
Meigs County Sheriff's Department
Raccoon No. 3
Vinton County
Kathryn Davis
Steve Hiles
American Electric Power Co
Lancaster
District 6
UMW
Southern Ohio Coal
Hiles
Southern
Meigs County
United Mine Workers Union
Wayne Horvitz
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Top ICC Official Receives Firing Notice
Washington AP A top Interstate Commerce Commission official Robert L. Oswald was given 30 days notice of termination amid allegations of improprieties and ties to organized crime sources say The firing follows a Justice Department probe into possible involvement in a Gambino family trucking franchise decision and subpoenas of Oswald and deputy Richard Kyle files by federal authorities
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Robert L. Oswald
ICC
Justice Department
New York
Daniel O’neal
Oswald
Commission
O’neal
Carlo Gambino
New York City
Gambino
Richard Kyle
Hussein Sadat talks cut short in Cairo mediation effort
King Hussein returned to Jordan after 242 hours of talks with President Anwar Sadat on peace overtures to Israel. Syrian President Hafez Assad toured the Persian Gulf seeking Saudi and Kuwaiti pressure to curb Sadat. Cyrus Vance warned Washington and Moscow split over Cairo talks and possible settlement.
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Cairo
Hussein
Anwar Sadat
Israel
Jordan
Sadat
Hafez Assad
Persian Gulf
Brussels
Belgium
Cyrus R. Vance
Middle East
Washington
Moscow
Vance
Atlantic Alliance
Kabbeh Palace
Syria
Assad
Kuwait
Riyadh
Khaled
Saudi Arabia
Fahd
Egypt
Mohammed Abdo Yamani
Allah
60 Americans Return Home From Mexican Jails
Loved ones welcomed home 60 Americans and 36 Mexicans in the first prisoner exchange between the United States and Mexico under the 1976 treaty. The Americans include a 60 year old grandmother and a 2 year old girl born in prison.
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San Diego
Mexico
Houston
Mexico City
United States
Walter Lumpkin
Lumpkin
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Rockbridge
Meigs
Joe Murtha
Chieftain
Logan High School
Nelsonville-York
Alexander
Mar
Rockbridge Enterprise
Hillcrest
South Logan
Paul Goss
Harry Nihiser
Lincoln Ave
Goss
General Telephone Co
Leroy
Connie) Wolfe
Nickel Plate Rd
Wolfe
Bill
Hocking County
Don Davis
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