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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1978
Page
1
Thousands salvage mud filled property after the region endures its worst rainfall in years. Eight people are dead and more than 400 homeless as rescue crews search for nine missing amid washed out towns, collapsed cemeteries, and drifting debris. Buildings topple under 92 mph winds, harbors close, marinas collapse.
Experts renewed efforts to free an eight-barge tow jammed in the Markland Dam lock on the Ohio River. The U S Army Corps of Engineers planned to use an auxiliary lock to restore traffic, but the plan was scrapped due to dense fog hindering gasoline transfer from a ruptured compartment.
State health officials monitor outbreaks at high schools and colleges in Pike County, Cincinnati area, northeastern Ohio and Marietta to see if the Russian flu strain is causing heavy absenteeism. Dr. Thomas Halpin says tests won’t be finished until at least Tuesday to identify the strain.
Washington reports wholesale prices rose 0.6 percent in January, unchanged from the prior three months, with the White House arguing the gain underscores the need for the administration's anti inflation program.
President Anwar Sadat and Israeli opposition leader Shimon Peres expressed a willingness to contact and will meet in Salzburg to discuss the stalled Mideast peace drive. Sadat is on an eight nation tour to garner support. Peres attended a Socialist International meeting in Hamburg.
A weather update says snow develops this afternoon with upper teens overnight and cloudy skies through Sunday. Highs tomorrow reach the mid 30s with a 20 percent snow chance tonight and 50 percent Sunday. The extended outlook shows highs from the upper 30s Monday to the low 20s by Wednesday with continued chances of snow or rain on Monday.
Utilities across the East and Midwest face shrinking coal stocks as miners oppose the tentative pact. UMW council votes 33-3 against sending the deal to members for ratification. wages would rise 2.35 over three years. Carter administration officials discuss options as strike risks escalate and Indiana appeals for Taft Hartley action.
17 people including 15 passengers and 2 crew died when Columbia Pacific Flight 23 plunged after takeoff near Richland Airport. Fire consumed wreckage as investigators from NTSB and FAA arrived. bodies recovered by daylight amid charred remains. Airline official cited no unusual circumstances.
President Carter to announce a regional energy emergency for Ohio to help utilities cope with dwindling coal supplies during the United Mine Workers strike. Governor Rhodes requested federal action while Senator Metzenbaum and Senator Glenn called for protections for movement of non union mined coal and waivers of certain air pollution rules.
Soviet Embassy spokesmen accused Canada of entrapment and trying to polish the RCMP image after Ottawa expelled 13 Soviets amid allegations of a Soviet officer recruited to spy on Mounties. Moscow said Canadian claims were provocative and laughed at the charges as cynical speculation.
Ned T. York, a 32 year old actor, said he used the drug angel dust when he called police and implicated himself in the Hillside Strangler murders. He was released after two days of questioning with no charges filed. Police reported PCP in his bloodstream and urine tests confirmed it.
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