Ohio Blizzard Strands Thousands as Six Die Across State
Violent weather sweeps Ohio with wind and snow closing roads and stranding motorists. Arctic cold drives record lows as gas supplies strain. National Guardsmen assist, shelters open in Findlay and northern towns. Five men die in Fostoria area. a Milan woman found frozen near her home.
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Milan
Bessie Ransey
Erie County
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van Wert
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Findlay
Officials Set Disaster Plan
A Hocking County Red Cross committee led by Don Gable and Dr. Dan Alder outlined disaster plans if natural gas supplies fail. They urged shelter under alternate fuels, conserve energy, drain water lines, secure homes, and carry essentials while authorities, law enforcement, and volunteers prepare shelters and transportation if the crisis worsens.
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Hocking County
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Columbia Gas
Ohio
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Red Cross
Mercury Plunges to Eight Below in Hoc Valley Blizzard
The Hoc Valley sees an eight below zero plunge with limited new snow amid drifting. By morning thawing began but temperatures fall again at night. County crews plow drifted roads while state workers assess open lanes. Weather stays very cold with rising highs by midweek. Logan airmail routes continue despite severe cold and snow. Local events including Hocking Valley Variety Show practice and Martha Circle meeting are canceled.
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PUCO Proposes Federal Probe Of Gas Curtailment
PUCO in Columbus decided to seek a federal inquiry into Columbia Gas Transmission Co's latest 18 percent curtailment if affected suppliers do not act. The commission will also evaluate the justification for the cuts and denied a request to deduct unused gas allotments from curtailed customers. Chairman C Luther Heckman argued the plan would penalize prudent consumers and shift to month by month curtailments, not aiding conservation.
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Columbia Gas of Ohio
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Logan Mayor Praises Early Closures to Conserve Gas
Logan Mayor Evans S. Hand Jr. thanked businesses for voluntary early closures on Friday to save natural gas. He noted most stores closed by noon and many kept short hours, with pride in residents for their cooperation.
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Evans S. Hand Jr
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Daily News Carriers Praised as Unsung Winter Heroes
In Logan area severe blizzard conditions idled motor routes of the Daily News for the first time in years. Deliveries resumed as roads cleared and drivers faced drifting snow and sub zero cold. Carriers, often supplementing small pensions, plowed through snow to tubes, with residents urged to clear around delivery tubes to help them reach stops.
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Daily News
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Oresville
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Oroville
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Murray City
Buchtel
Carbon Hill
Freddie Prinze Improves Odds After Head Injury
Prinze, star of Chico and the Man, remains near death as doctors report improved survival odds from one in a million to about one hundred to one. Family friend Paul Wasserman cites the shift amid marital problems a lawsuit and a DUI charge as context for the crisis in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Freddie Prinze
Paul Wasserman
Prinze
Chico and the Man
Ohio lawmakers consider 15 energy crisis days shortening school year
Ohio faces an energy crisis plan to cut the minimum classroom days from 182 to 160 for districts forced to close by gas shortages or severe weather. The bill would retroactively allow counting 15 energy shortage days, with pay rules for teachers and waivers on make up days. Governor Rhodes and the Department of Education back the measure, which targets districts already over the weather day limit.
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Oliver Ocasek
Akron
Ocasek
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Adams County
Riffe
James A. Rhodes
Department of Education
Martin Essex
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