Lights Dimmed on Ohio Highways for Energy Savings
In 38 Ohio counties utilities cut highway lights to save coal power. Officials report little traffic enforcement impact from a 50 mph night limit and say meters will show energy savings, though many signs were not yet posted.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
Highway Patrol
Robert Kehr
Field Trans Division
Kehr
David Weir
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric
Monongahela Power
Ohio Edison Co
Columbus & Southern
Robert Jones
Highway Safety
Department
Richard Jones
Jones
Ohio Edison
Inflation Signals Higher Prices Across Production Stages
Washington inning the government index measuring wholesale prices rose 0.6 percent in January as food costs climbed. Crude goods gained 2 percent, intermediate goods 0.9 percent, and consumer foods up 1.1 percent in January, signaling inflation may accelerate before reaching consumers.
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Washington
Far West Endures Severe Winter Weather Blizzard
The Associated Press reports heavy snow and disruption across multiple states with Montana National Guard units clearing snow while declaring a disaster in eastern Montana. Sun Valley Idaho records up to 23 inches in 30 hours, California and Nevada face storms, and Boston Massachusetts enforces a state of emergency with fines for nonessential driving.
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Associated Press
Montana
National Guard
Thomas Judge
Judge
Sun Valley
Idaho
Utah
California
Plateau
Rocky Mountain
Midwest
Nevada
Arizona
East
Boston
Massachusetts
Middletown Area Weather Upbeat Before Monday
A slight warming trend to start the weekend with clear skies. Tonight’s temperatures drop to the low teens and Saturday’s high near 30 under sunny skies. Morning low reached zero, yesterday’s high was 26. Extended outlook calls for fair Sunday around 30, with a chance of snow Monday and flurries Tuesday, highs mainly in the low 30s, early lows in the teens.
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Middletown
Flu Epidemic Alarm Across United States
Atlanta reports flu has reached epidemic proportions with over 3000 deaths from influenza and pneumonia in the last four weeks. Russian flu cases appear in Wyoming Colorado Michigan Texas New York while most damage comes from older strains. West Point and service academies report large outbreaks. Russians strain not yet linked to deaths.
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Atlanta
United States
National Center For Disease Control
Center
Wyoming
Colorado
Michigan
Texas
New York
Don Berreth
Soviet Union
Hong Kong
Miners urged to vote down union contract in Appalachia
About 500 demonstrators from Ohio, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and West Virginia arrived as bargaining council members, facing recall petitions from miners demanding rejection. The strike has lasted 67 days with protests over health card restoration and proposed company plans replacing current benefits. If rejected, leader Arnold Miller faces recall and renewed negotiations with the Bituminous Coal Operators Association.
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Arnold Miller
Ohio
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Appalachian
Jerry Ames
Wheeling
W.va
UMW
William Cunningham
Fairmont
W. Va
Miller
Hays
Bituminous Coal Operators Association Union
Washington
Appalachia
Indiana
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State Transportation
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Rockport
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Big Tujunga Canyon
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U.S. Military Academy
West Point
N.Y
US. Air Force Academy
U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Tod
Ann Landers
Ict
Rt A
Holstein
Cabin Creek
W.V
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