Ink Smith Named New Councilman in Logan
Ink Smith of 239 Florence Ave was chosen by the City Council Tuesday night to fill the remainder of Fred Malone's term as councilman at large. Smith, a former third ward councilman, is engineering director at Hocking Technical College and was sworn in by Mayor Evans S. Hand Jr. The council set a public hearing for a proposed 56 bed nursing home on E Front St and approved an engineer study of water and sewer services for the area.
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Ingraham
Ink) Smith
Florence Ave
Fred Malone
Malone
Smith
Evans S. Hand Jr
Ed Dalton
James Stewart
Bob Schultz
Goodyear Co
Logan Planning Commission
Council
E. Front St
Arlington Ave
First Baptist Church
George Yonek
Sandusky
Neal Dillon
Logan
Yonek
Mark Tarvainen
Westerville
Dillon
Chuck Mann
Engineering Associates Ltd
Wooster
Hand
Mann
South Logan
Yanek
City Council approves pay raises and benefits package
The council adopts emergency legislation providing 15 cent hourly wage increases for city workers effective after June 27 and 10 cent raises from Jan 1 1978. Health coverage costs shift to 90 percent city 10 percent employee. Fire chief hours reduced to 44 per week with pay changes. Recreation director and lieutenant grades updated. Volunteers paid for training and alarms. Several funds appropriated for maintenance improvements and rentals. TRAP Center lease decision tabled pending search for a suitable building.
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Council
Martinize Dry Cleaners
Logan Elks Lodge
OPEC Drops July 1 Price Hike Plan
In Vienna, OPEC announced the majority of its 13 members canceled plans for a 5 percent crude price increase set for July 1. The cartel has been split since December over price strategy with eleven members backing a two stage 15 percent rise for 1977.
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Vienna
Austria
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
Ali M. Jaidah
Organization
Algeria
Ecuador
Gabon
Indonesia
Iran
Kuwait
Nigeria
Qatar
Venezuela
Libya
Iraq
Hamid Zaheri
Opec Information Department
UAR
Carlos Andres Perez
Perez
Washington
Middle East
U.S
Carter oil tax plan would refund $22 per adult next year
The Ways and Means Committee backed a crude oil tax that would raise prices from 1978 to 1981 and return about 22 dollars to every adult as a share of revenues. The report also covers U S and OPEC price moves, the B1 bomber debate, and Wimbledon results.
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Washington
Carter
House
Ways and Means Committee
U.S
Administration Opposes Higher Federal Funding For Appalachian Highway
Carter administration opposes bills to raise the federal share for Appalachian highways to 90 percent. Scott, new ARC cochairman, says review of transportation programs pending. Whitehead testifies in support of current authorization. Rahall urges no delay.
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Administration
Washington
Appalachian
Carter Administration
North Carolina
Robert W. Scott
Appalachian Regional Commission
House
Scott
Donald
Department of Transportation
Supreme Court bars death penalty for rape nationwide
The Supreme Court ruled 7 to 2 that states may not impose the death penalty for rape, calling it disproportionate. The decision voided Ehrlich Coker’s death sentence for raping a 16 year old in Waycross Georgia and suggested the rule applies to child rape as well.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Byron R. White
Georgia
Ehrlich
Anthony Coker
Waycross
White
Potter Stewart
Harry A. Blackmun
John Paul Stevens
William J. Brennan Jr
Thurgood Marshall
Lewis F. Powell Jr
Coker
Ohio Senate Backs Openness in Government
The Ohio Senate approved 31 to 1 a bill repealing parts of the state privacy act that restricted public records disclosure. The measure, sent to the House, removes disclosure references but keeps open records as the default. Senator Aronoff said all records will be open unless the legislature says no.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Senate
Senate
House
Stanley J. Aronoff
Cincinnati
Aronoff
Market Edges Down in Early NYSE Trading
New York stock market trends lower in early trading as declines outpace gains by more than two to one, continuing Tuesday's slide after the opening bell at the NYSE.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Black Democrats Block Passage of State Budget in Ohio
Black Democrats in the Ohio House bolted the chamber to block the $13 billion general appropriations bill over a Central State University subsidy dispute. The move left the budget’s fate uncertain as a looming midnight deadline approached. Senate leaders voiced confidence the measure could be revived and sent to Governor Rhodes.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio House
Central State University
Senate
Oliver Ocasek
Akron
GOP
James A. Rhodes
Chamber
Conference Committee
Central State
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Ink Smith
Ingraham Smith
Fairgrounds
House of Representatives
Air Force
Leonid I. Brezhnev
White House
Brezhnev
Wimbledon
England
Britain
Virginia Wade
Chris Evert
Columbus, Ohio
Hocking Valley
Lonime
United States
Gerald R. Ford
Congress
Appalachia
Nick Joe Rahall II
D-W.va
Rahall
Whitehead
Department of Transporation
Carl Dahlberg
Southeastern Ohio Regional Council
Ohio State
William H. Massey
Dennis Garwood
Ohio Department of Transportation
M.T. Brooks
South Carolina
High Court
Petitioner
Warren E. Burger
William H. Rehnquist
Vernal G. Riffe Jr
New Boston
William L. Mallory
Rep
C. J. McLin Jr
Dayton
Rules Committee
Democrats of Ohio, Inc
House Finance
Myra H. Shoemaker
Bourneville
University
Harry Meshel
Youngstown
Liberal Arts
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