Yellow school bus touted as world’s largest mass transit
Cincinnati report notes 500 delegates at the National Pupil Transportation Conference hear that the yellow school bus serves as the world’s largest mass transit system. Ohio officials cite 20 million rides daily, rising costs, and buses as energy savers while outlining consolidation challenges and a future pilot for in-seat audio programs by 1976.
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Ohio
Hanford L. Combs
Ohio Department of Education
Combs
Miners Vote Under Way as Strike Pushes Toward End
United Mine Workers members continued voting on a proposed contract that could end the three week soft coal strike. Early unofficial returns from about 20 922 ballots show a tight race, with UMW President Arnold Miller predicting a 60 percent approval amid a potential close outcome. The pact promises a 64 percent wage and benefit increase.
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Fatigued Mills rests in hospital and seeks leadership
Rep. Wilbur Mills, 65, rested in Bethesda Naval Medical Center after a fatigued collapse on the House floor. Democrats mull replacing him as Ways and Means chair as the panel gains subcommittees amid uncertainty over his illness.
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Wilbur D. Mills
House
Ways and Means
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Mills
Navy
Annabel Battistella
Mills’ Auto
House Democratic Caucus
Ohio in grip of season's first major storm stalls several counties
Northern Ohio digout leaves Medina County and nearby areas with school closures and hundreds of homes without power. Utilities race to restore lines as roads reopen for stranded motorists. Akron Canton Airport records 22.4 inches, the most since 1913. Red Cross closes last shelters for motorists and evacuees.
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Youngstown
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Maryland Storm Strands Hundreds on I-40
A new autumn storm and lingering weekend snow leave Western Maryland with over 30 inches in patches. State police estimate about 600 motorists stranded on U S 40 west of Cumberland as road crews cleared one lane.
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Pacific
Ohio
Michigan
Maryland
U.S. 40
Cumberland
Middletown Weather Forecast Clears for Tonight
Clear skies and lows in the mid 20s are forecast for the Middletown area tonight. Sunny skies and highs in the low to mid 40s are expected Thursday. Yesterday’s high was 37 and the overnight low 24. An extended outlook calls for partly cloudy skies Friday with a chance of rain Saturday and Sunday.
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Middletown
Two Die In East Toledo Duplex Fire
Two people died when a duplex on Toledo's east side burned early today. Norman Jones, 4, and John Miller, 19, perished in the blaze of undetermined origin. Jones's mother Debra was hospitalized with burns. Miller was a relative.
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