Rhodes Signs Youth Job Camp Bill Into Law
Gov. James A. Rhodes signed a bill creating experimental youth job camps in Ohio. Pilot projects start in Southeastern Ohio for workers 16 and older to reclaim strip mined land. The program runs until mid 1982 unless extended and includes tree planting park work insect control and highway beautification.
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Columbus, Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Rhodes
Arthur Wilkowski
Toledo
Civilian Conservation Corps
Ohio
General Assembly
Wilkowski
Power Failure Shuts Four Florida Plants
A mid day blackout shut down four major plants darkening the southern tip of Florida from Fort Myers to Marathon including Miami Fort Lauderdale and the Palm Beaches. Power was restored gradually but some areas remained dark over an hour after the outage.
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Miami
Florida
Fort Myers
Stuart
Marathon
Florida Keys
Fort Lauderdale
Palm Beaches
Fire destroys brick factory in Oak Hill area
An equipment malfunction sparked a fire that destroyed the A P Green refactory four miles north of Oak Hill Ohio. No injuries were reported. Officials estimated a $200000 loss and said 10 to 15 of 58 workers would be laid off. The blaze started from a malfunction in a heat chamber used for drying bricks.
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Oak Hill
Ohio
A.P. Green
Weather forecast for Hocking Valley turns warm this week
Partly cloudy and warm conditions are forecast for Tuesday in the Hocking Valley with highs in the 80s and lows near 60. A 10 percent rain chance tonight and 20 percent Tuesday. Currently 76 degrees at 11 a.m. after a low of 45 earlier today.
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Hocking Valley
Tax Cut Nears Completion With June 1 Changes
Congress moves toward final passage of a multibillion dollar tax bill that cuts taxes for 46 million filers and raises them for two million singles. The bill provides a $2,200 to $3,200 standard deduction and a June 1 payroll withholding change, aiming to spur job growth with employer credits for new hires.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Carter
Treasury
U.S
Department of Energy
South Africa
Angola
Crowds Flock to Hocking Valley Parks Over Weekend
Perfect weather drew large crowds to Hocking Hills State Park and Lake Logan with heavy weekend use. Eight arrests occurred for after hours trespass and other offenses while minor injuries were treated by rangers. Harold Green, 15, was lost and found unharmed after a three hour search at Old Man's Cave. The Hocking Valley Scenic Railway reported its heaviest weekend of the season with about 3500 visitors and two daily rides expanding to three from June through October.
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Hocking Valley
Hocking County
Ed Salabsky
Hocking Hills State Park
Salabsky
Harold Green
Columbus
Old Man's Cave
Conkle’s Hollow
Dennis Wilson
Logan Rt
Craig Webber
Bremen
John Stufflebean
Nelsonville
Becky Woolever
Second St
Daniel Ferandez
Lewisville
James Price
Cleveland
Mark Stephens
David Duncan
Baltimore
Lower Falls
Old Man’s Cave
Chuck Dalton
Lake Logan State Park
Monday Creek Valley
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Carbon Hill
Ohio House weighs omnibus energy bill to create cabinet post
Ohio House Speaker Vernal G. Riffe Jr says lawmakers may bundle winter energy crisis measures into a single omnibus bill creating a cabinet level energy and environment department absorbing the EPA and parts of other agencies. The plan targets mid June floor action with Senate timing before August adjournment.
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Columbus
Ohio
Vernal G. Riffe Jr
New Boston
Riffe
Associated Press
House
Energy and Environment Department
Environmental Protection Agency
Natural Resources Department
Energy Resources and Development Agency
House Energy and Environment Committee
Thomas J. Carney
Youngstown
Senate
Senate Energy and Public
Coal Breakthrough Opens New Vistas
TULLAHOMA TENN AP breakthrough in energy tech enables the world’s only coal fired MHD plant to burn high sulfur coal with 95 percent sulfur capture without scrubbers. UT Space Institute researchers say production plants could yield 50 percent more power per ton and become commercially available by 1985 to 1990.
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Tullahoma, Tenn
John Dicks
University of Tennessee Space Institute
Energy Conservation Division
America
UTSI
University of Pittsburgh
Michael Farady
Demos push for election day registration in Ohio
Democrats move quickly as a House vote on the election day registration bill nears, facing a possible statewide ballot referendum led by OPHE. If approved, the law could take effect in 1977 or 1978 depending on vetoes and signatures, with implications for party control and redistricting.
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Columbus
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
112Th General Assembly
State
Senate
Rhodes
House
Ohioans For
Ophe
Ted W. Brown
James Marsh
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