Petrochemical Tax Fights Rise to 1980s World Prices
New York AP Carter energy plan includes a $3 oil levy and a user tax that would lift feedstock costs, risking a shift of U.S. industry to the Mideast and potential loss of export markets worth about $10 billion of the $40 billion annual sales. Industry warns of job losses and higher domestic prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Carter
Congress
Petrochemical
Petrochemical Industry
House
Ways and Means Committee
Robert Mitchell
Celanese Corp
U.S
Ronald S. Wishart
Union Carbide
Mitchell
Shale Gas In Eastern States Seen As Long Term Supply
Federal gas officials say shale rocks under nine Eastern states may hold 2 400 trillion cubic feet of gas. If 10 percent is recovered, it could meet national needs for over a century. The Eastern Gas Shales Project aims to make production economical and tests fracturing methods with Ohio partners.
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Cleveland
Overbey
United States
Big Sandy Valley
Kentucky
Eastern Gas Shales
Morgantown
W.va
Ohio Energy and Resource Development Agency
Foundation Work Begins on Hocking County Senior Center
Work progresses on the new Hocking County Senior Citizens Center at Front and Spring Streets. A Henry Bros. Masonry employee begins laying concrete block walls while a backhoe digs footers and brick facade erection is planned. The $321,675 project is financed through a federal Community Development Act grant. six were held June 14.
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Hocking County
Senior Citizens Center
Front and
Spring Sts
Henry Bros. Masonry
Lancaster
Logan-Hocking Town Meeting Sets Evening Discussion
A Logan-Hocking town meeting will be held at 7 30 tonight in the Logan Federal community room to discuss raised funds for purchasing the Kroger Co building as a community center.
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Logan-Hocking
Logan Federal Community Room
Kroger Co
Supreme Court agrees to hear Ohio death penalty challenge
The Supreme Court will review Ohio death penalty laws in the Willie Lee Bell case. Bell, condemned to die for the 1974 Cincinnati murder, argues the method of applying the death penalty is cruel and unusual. Co defendants include Samuel Hall, who admitted he fired the fatal shot.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Ohio
Willie Lee Bell
Julius Graber
Cincinnati
Bell
Samuel Hall
Graber
Hall
Hocking Areas Draw Big Weekend Crowds and Few Incidents
Hocking County outdoor spots reported good to heavy crowds over the weekend. Lake Logan State Park saw a packed beach and thousands of visitors while Hocking Hills filled campgrounds and cabins. A minor spillway accident involved a 7 year old girl with abrasions. Ten citations issued at Hocking Hills.
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Hocking County
Chuck Dalton
Lake Logan State Park
Ed Salabsky
Hocking Hills State Park
Mary Beth Adams
Columbus
Rose Lake
Old Man’s Cave
Salabsky
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
Hocking State Forest
State buys land to form Rock Bridge Preserve
Ohio Department of Natural Resources purchases 45.5 acres around the Natural Rock Bridge near the Hocking River. The $50,600 deal, paid to Zora Crawford who owned the land 45 years, followed an earlier 3 acre purchase. The site, once for scientific study, will gain hiking trails and a parking area for limited public use.
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Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Natural Rock Bridge
Rockbridge
State Controlling Board
Zora Crawford
State
Hocking River
Three Charges After High Speed Cruiser Chase Crash
Police filed three counts against 19 year old Dale E. Waddell for reckless driving fleeing police and motorist endorsement violation after a high speed pursuit ended with a police cruiser wreck in the early Saturday incident. Officer Harold Fickel reported the cruiser was destroyed when the power steering failed during the chase.
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Dale E. Waddell
Front St
Ptl
Harold Fickel
Grand Jury Eyes 16 Cases in Hocking County
The Hocking County grand jury is in session today to consider about 16 cases. Foreman Herry R. McVey and members Bitty E. Routt Elizabeth A. Tolliver Ruth Lantz Rita Jones Barbara Donaldson Barbara McGathey Lee H. Carpenter and Sherman Cooksey serve on the jury.
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Hocking County
Herry R. McVey
Bitty E. Routt
Elizabeth A. Tolliver
Ruth Lantz
Rita Jones
Barbara Donaldson
Barbara McGathey
Lee H. Carpenter
Sherman Cooksey
Fire at Maury County Jail Leaves 42 Dead
A 16 year old inmate started a foam padded cell fire at Maury County Jail in Columbia Tennessee killing 42 people including 34 inmates and six visitors. Deputy struggled to retrieve jail keys delaying rescues as victims were evacuated by helicopter to Nashville hospitals.
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Columbia, Tenn
Maury County
Dist. Atty
Robert H. Gay
Andy Zinmer
Gay
Zinmer
Nashville
Waukesha
Wis
Superior
Lad Lake, Inc
Doussman
Bob Farme
Farmer
Columbia
Ray Blanton
Tennessee
Weekend Rainfall and Warm Forecast for Hocking Valley
Rainfall in the Hocking Valley over the weekend totaled six tenths of an inch. A 60 percent chance of more rain is expected tonight and Tuesday with highs in the 80s and lows in the 60s. It was 85 muggy degrees under overcast skies at 11 a.m. today after an early low of 55.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hocking
Fate of B1 Bomber to be decided this week
Congress and President Carter face crucial choices on the B1 bomber with a House vote to cut production funds from a 110.6 billion defense bill and Carter's decision by week’s end on whether to proceed, while amendments on assassinations and intelligence limits loom.
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Washington
Congress
Carter
House
U.S
Joseph P. Addabbo
D-N.y
Addabbo
Senate
Bill D. Burlison
D-Mo
CIA
House Rules Committee
Labor Department
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
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Jim Bishop
Feds
William J. Overbey
East Ohio Gas Co
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Ilinois
West Virginia
Alabama
James A. Rhodes
Myrl H. Shoemaker
D-88
Bourneville
Tel Aviv
Israel
South China Sea
Menahem Begin
Taiwan
Japan
Hong Kong
South Vietnam
Frankfurt
Ofakim
Negev Desert
Soviet Union
Dalton
Rock Bridge
Grand Jury
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