New Congress Begins Work on Carter Jobs Plan
Democratic leaders of the 95th Congress start implementing President-elect Carter's job program with a $4 billion public works bill, aiming to create up to 600 000 jobs. They plan to shelve Ford tax-cut proposals and await Carter's tax plans this week.
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Congress
Carter
Ford
Robert A. Roe
D-N.j
House
Thomas P. O’neill
Massachusetts
Plains
O'Neill
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capitol
White House
North St to Be One Way From Market to Spring
Logan Service Director F Page Backus announced that North Street from Market Street to Spring Street in front of Hilltop school will become a westbound one way as of Thursday. The City Council approved the plan at its August 24 1976 meeting and posts and signs are in place ready to enforce the traffic flow.
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Market St
Spring St
Hilltop
Logan Service
F. Page Backus
Backus
Spring St. City
Smith
Logan
Hocking
Shareholders Meetings Set For Banks
Logan hosts annual shareholder meetings for Citizens Bank Farmers and Merchants Bank and Logan Clay Products Co. Citizens Bank will meet at 7 30 p m January 12 in the bank F&M Room attendees will hear reports Farmers and Merchants Bank meets at 2 p m January 26 in the F M Room Logan Clay Products Co annual meeting at 10 a m February 26 in the F M Room attendees will review company affairs
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Citizens Bank
Farmers & Merchants Bank
F&m
Logan Clay Products Co
City Solicitor Moves Offices to Logan Federal Building
City Solicitor L. Jackson Henniger relocates from 82 E. Main St to the Logan Federal Building and practices with Drew Rolston as Henniger & Rolston. Office phones remain 385-6811 and 385-5604.
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L. Jackson Henniger
E. Main St
Logan Federal Building
Henniger
Drew Rolston
Henniger & Rolston
Snow Deluge Snarls Traffic and Closes Schools in Hocking Valley
A fresh two inch snowfall layers the Hocking Valley slowing traffic and prompting school closures again. State crews worked through the morning to clear primary and secondary roads while motorists were urged to use caution as highways remained hazardous.
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Hocking
Ohio
Terry Smith
Hocking County
Arbaugh Resigns Park Manager Post In Ohio
William Wesley Arbaugh has resigned as manager of Hocking Hills State Park effective January 21 for personal reasons. Arbaugh has led the park since July 17, 1972 after transferring from Forked Run State Park.
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Hocking Hills State Park
Ralph Vanzant
Ohio Division of Parks and Recreation
Vanzant
Arbaugh
Forked Run State Park
Meigs County
Partisan Strain Hits Ohio Legislature Opens 112th Session
The 1977 Ohio General Assembly opens with partisan tensions as bills target a six day war history and PUCO jobs. Sen Aronoff urges a January swearing in of governor and legislature, while Rep Thompson proposes Civil Service protection for PUCO and other state posts. Governor Rhodes signals industrial tax breaks and defends bipartisanship amid policy clashes.
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Ohio
Public Utilities Commission
112Th General Assembly
Senate
Stanley J. Aronoff
Cincinnati
General Assembly
Aronoff
John J. Gilligan
Ohio Supreme Court
Gilligan
Puco
Thompson
Rhodes
Cuyahoga County
Arthur R. Bowers
Steubenville
Arthur Wilkowski
Toledo
Virginia Aveni
Lyndhurst
William J. Healy
Canton
A.G. Lancione
Bellaire
Firestone Thieves Take Guns Watches From Store
City police are investigating a burglary at the Hermann Strait Firestone Store on 54 E Main St. Entry through a broken garage door was found during a routine patrol at 1 25 a m. Missing items include three revolvers numerous shotguns rifles and four watches. A separate auto battery theft was reported by William Nihiser at 1229 Trimmer St. and Logan Clay Products Co. lot between 3 and 555 a m today.
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Hermann & Strait Firestone
E. Main St
William C. Nihiser
Trimmer St
Secret Chinese quake toll shockingly high says document
Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post cites a top secret Chinese report claiming the July Tangshan earthquake killed 655,237 people and injured 779,000, with 79,000 seriously. It notes Tangshan’s destruction, limited foreign aid, and post quake military guard actions.
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China
South China Morning Post
Shensi
Calcutta
India
Alaska
San Francisco
Hsinhua
Tangshan
Chiang Ching
Mao Tsetung
Communist Party Politburo
Breeze sentenced to two terms in Ohio Penitentiary
Harry Breeze, 33, Nelsonville, one of four men charged in blank auto titles and drivers license thefts, drew two consecutive sentences totaling 3 to 7 years and a $400 fine. He was arrested Sept 29 in Columbus, tied to Coshocton County Courthouse and BMV warehouse thefts. Other suspects include John Mathews and Bert Mastell. John Warren remains at large.
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Harry Breeze
Nelsonville
Ohio Penitentiary
Fairfield County Common Pleas
Merlin Parent
Breeze
Columbus
Coshocton County
Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles
John Mathews
Bert Mastell
Millersport
John Warren
Logan
Hunt For Lost Tanker Widens
The Coast Guard says it may begin searching for life boats and life jackets from the tanker Grand Zenith missing in the North Atlantic with 8 million gallons of oil. Seven planes from U S and Canadian crews plus U S Navy and Air Force units cover about 100000 square miles off southeastern Canada and the U S Northeast, three times Tuesday’s area. The Panamanian registered ship with 38 aboard was due in Somerset Massachusetts last Sunday and last reported position 60 miles south of Yarmouth Nova Scotia.
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Coast Guard
North Atlantic
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