Carter orders Canton task force in energy emergency
President Carter declares an energy emergency in Ohio and surrounding states as a 69 day coal strike drags on. A federal task force will coordinate efforts from Canton to minimize power cutbacks and move emergency coal where needed while waiving 30 day air pollution rules for coal plants.
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Washington
Ohio
Carter
Canton
United Mine Workers
East Central
Cane
East Central Area Reliability Council
Michigan
Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Secretary of Energy
United States
White House
Howard Metzenbaum
Griffin Bell
Tennessee
Energy Department
96 Years Later Flipper Restored to Honor in Georgia
Lt. Henry Ossian Flipper, West Point's first Black graduate, long buried without a headstone, is honored in Thomasville Ga after the Army's 1976 reversal of his 1882 court martial. The case ended decades of injustice tied to racism and conduct unbecoming an officer.
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Atlanta
West Point
Thomasville
Henry Ossian Flipper
United States
Secretary of the Interior
Southview
Flipper
South Georgia
16Th Cavalry
Southwest
Army
Ray MacColl
Valdosta, Ga
State College
MacColl
Mixed opinions on Ohio energy crisis persist
The Associated Press reports Ohioans split on the coal shortage and energy crisis. Some residents say concerns are overblown or a profits scheme, while others, like Zanesville resident Eileen Wiseman, express concern about energy troubles and reliability.
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Associated Press
Zanesville
Eileen Wiseman
Evacuation After Fire At J Ross Hunt Towers
About 75 residents of the J Ross Hunt Towers at 112 Clinton St were evacuated after a first floor fire started in a wastebasket in unit 104. The blaze, confined to one apartment, caused smoke damage throughout the east wing. two residents were treated for smoke inhalation, and fire crews estimated building damage at $2,000 with $1,500 to contents. Tenants were sheltered briefly across the street by Eagles members before most could return to their apartments. An investigation will begin Monday.
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J. Ross Hunt Towers
Clinton St
Eagles Lodge
Harry Phipps
Phipps
Dave Combs
Combs
Order of Eagles
Jetliner Crash in British Columbia Kills 40
A Pacific Western Airlines passenger jet crashed while attempting to land in Cranbrook British Columbia. At least 40 people died and a few survivors were pulled from the burning wreckage. The AP report notes the tragic accident occurred Saturday afternoon with rescue efforts underway.
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Cranbrook
British Columbia
Pacific Western Airlines
Snow likely in southwestern Ohio with mixed precip
A weather outlook indicates snow returning to southwestern Ohio with possible rain. Snow chance is 40 percent today, and the combined snow or rain chance rises to 90 percent tonight and tomorrow. Temperatures range from the upper 30s today to around 30 tonight and near 40 tomorrow, with a return of colder air Tuesday through Thursday.
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Ohio
Red Cross first aid program offer expands beyond basics
A Monroe account highlights a course enrolled by a woman who became an instructor, showing Red Cross first aid training spans many care areas and is open to all ages. Also featured are Mary Jo Klaber’s story and Necia Brasel’s debut in The King and I at La Comedia, with staff writer Shawnee Culbertson on Page 32.
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Red Cross
Monroe
Mary Jo Klaber
Necia Anne Brasel
la Comedia Dinner Theater
Journal
Necia
Shawnee Culbertson
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Frank Kelly
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Lt. Flipper
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Henry O. Flipper
Charles Simons
Willoughby
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Wiseman
Savings and Loan Association
Cleveland
John Grabner Jr
Grabner
Anna Esterle
Painesville
Raymond George
Baltimore
Columbus
Thomas Day
Day
Hunt Towers
Sheckler
Roberta Lasan
Thomas Collins
Cossonegvesn
Eens
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