Three Arab Oil Nations Turn To West For Loans
London AP reports Iraq Algeria and Oman seek more than 2.5 billion dollars in Western loans to fund development plans paused by high oil prices and reduced demand. Algeria eyes about 2 billion, half from US banks and half from Export Import Bank and World Bank. Kissinger aims to help but Algerians delay energy conference.
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London
United States
Europe
Iraq
Middle East
North Africa
Algeria
Oman
Export-Import Bank
World Bank
Henry A. Kissinger
Soviet Union
Sultanate
Saudi Arabia
Iran
Libya
Beiruti fighting rages as cabinet dispute reshapes Lebanon
The Beirut violence enters its eighth day with 210 plus fatalities and about 1000 wounded as Moslem and Christian factions clash. Amid cabinet wrangles, 91 deaths are logged in the 24 hours to dawn, marking the heaviest one day toll of the conflict.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Reconciliation
Weather and politics mix in regional news briefs
Forecast calls for sunny weather in the Hocking Valley with little temperature change and near zero rain chances. In other items, Solzhenitsyn criticizes detente, Ford discusses Middle East diplomacy with Israel, and New York stocks ease after profit taking as orders rise.
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Hocking Valley
Right Turns On Red Light Permitted
Ohio approves permissive right turns on red at intersections after stop and yield to traffic and pedestrians. Local and state signs mark prohibitions, with 2,240 intersections able to accommodate and 250 requiring restrictive signs for safety.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Department of Transportation
Transportation Department
Logan Post Office hours revised by postmaster Vaughn Collins
Postmaster Vaughn Collins announces revised Logan Post Office hours. The lobby opens 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sundays and holidays. Windows operate 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday and 8:30 a.m. to noon Saturday.
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Vaughn Collins
Logan Post Office
Ohio Eyes Bumper Corn and Soybean Crops This Year
Ohio agronomists report potential bumper yields for corn and soybeans with slightly reduced acreage from 1974. Rain in coming weeks and moisture, not heat, will determine if yields reach near 90 bushels per acre, boosting farmer incomes amid price prospects around $2.50 a bushel.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
Wallace Barr
Ohio State University
Ohio Crop Reporting Service
OCRS
Hearing on Oil and Gas Drilling Tonight in City Council
A public hearing is scheduled at 8 tonight in City Council chambers on oil and gas drilling in Eastgate Industrial Park. City Council received a committee report in March and planning commission recommended keeping current ordinances prohibiting drilling within city limits. The hearing fulfills the law requiring input before any ordinance is adopted.
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Eastgate
City Planning Commission
Planning Commission
Pennsylvania state workers walk off in historic strike
In Harrisburg, three of the largest unions representing about 90 000 of Pennsylvania’s 120 000 workers began a midnight walkout. Guards briefly walked out at Greensburg State Prison and 75 workers picketed Rockview State Prison prompting a state of emergency. The administration seeks court injunctions to halt strikes at prisons and possibly hospitals.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Greensburg State Prison
Rockview State Prison
Milton H. Shapp
Gerald McEntee
Ohio Agencies Paring Costs Across-The-Board
Governor Rhodes orders a two percent cut in all state agency budgets to cover a $100 million deficit in a $10.6 billion package. Department heads must adjust as needed with potential layoffs, particularly in Natural Resources where up to about 500 jobs could be affected.
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Columbus
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Rhodes
Natural Resources
Robert W. Teater
Metalbestos Plant Workers Strike Over Wage Proposal
Local 456 of the Sheet Metal Workers International Association conducted a strike at the Logan Metalbestos plant of Wallace-Murray Corporation after an 111 to 17 vote against a new three-year contract. About 159 workers participate, with pickets at the plant entrance. The old contract expired at midnight and no negotiations are scheduled. Joe Christman criticizes the wage package as inadequate and notes a three-year 5.5 percent wage freeze while other unions gain cost-of-living raises.
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Sheet Metal Workers International Association
Logan Metalbestos
William Wallace
Wallace-Murray Corporation
Logan
Joe Christman
Ohio Power Workers OK New Contract
Local 981 IBEW workers for Ohio Power Co in Newark and Zanesville approve a new 3 year agreement. The pact grants seven percent across the board raises, a wage reopener on anniversary dates, 11th paid holiday starting in 1977, and improved fringe benefits. The two divisions cover Cambridge, McConnelsville, Logan, Lancaster, Newark, Mt. Vernon and Coshocton.
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International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Ohio Power Co
Newark
Zanesville
Local 981
James Gabris
Lancaster-Logan
Ohio Power
Gabris
Cambridge
McConnelsville
Logan
Lancaster
Mt. Vernon
Coshocton
Ann Landers Announces Divorce After 36 Years of Marriage
Chicago columnist Esther Lederer says she and Jules Lederer are divorcing after 36 years of marriage. She cites no reasons, asks readers not to seek details, and notes their daughter Margo. The announcement appears in her Sun-Times column carried by Field Newspapers Syndicate.
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Chicago
Ann Landers
Esther Lederer
Jules
Lederer
Field Newspapers Syndicate of
Jules W. Lederer
Budget Rent-A-Car Corp
Miss Landers
Margo
United States
Gallup
Masonic Temple Trustees Seek Court OK to Sell Bowen Property
Trustees of the Logan Masonic Temple petition Hocking County Common Pleas Court for guidance on rights to the Bowen estate at 95 S Mulberry St. The suit names Mildred McNaghten and Rochester relatives as defendants and seeks authority to dispose of the real estate to fund a new temple.
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Masonic Temple
Court OK
Bowen
Logan Masonic Temple
Hocking County
Masonic Temple of
Logan
S. Mulberry St
J. O. Leonard
Mildred McNaghten
R. W
Fred H. Rochester
Lodge
Chakeres Theatre
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