Power crisis grips Britain with two weeks of power left
Prime Minister Heath meets Trades Union Congress leader Vic Feather to avert a total blackout as coal strikes cut power. Up to 20 million jobs at stake, 800,000 laid off, three day workweeks spread nationwide. Government warns two weeks of electricity remain before hospitals, railways and homes face shutdowns.
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London
Edward Heath
Britain
National Coal Miners
Heath
Victor Feather
Trades Union Congress
Tthe
Trade and Industry
John Davies S
House of Commons
Labor Party
Davies
Commons
Central Electricity Generating Board
Middletown Churches pledge aid to low income housing
The Middletown Area Council of Churches voted to deepen its housing program for low income residents, pledging immediate aid and a $1,000 grant to Giant Step. Rev. Joseph C. Harvey outlined efforts to rehabilitate substandard homes and secure safe new sites, stressing nondiscriminatory access to housing assistance.
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Carl Thomas Journal
Middletown Area
Young
Chamber of Commerce
Middletown
Harvey
Council
Step
Aldridge
Taft Elementary School
Bethel Ame Church
Quinton Everest
Blue Ball Presbyterian Church
Jean James
Council of Churches
the Chamber
Giant Step
Lawrence Aldridge
Hamilton County to Count Votes By Hand
Hamilton County votes in the May 2 primary will be counted by hand instead of the Coleman Electronic Tabulation System. The board of elections cites speed and cost, and notes the large ballot with up to 300 names makes hand counting necessary.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Hamilton County Board For Elections
John Wiethe
Wiethe
Coleman
Ihand
Ohio
Provident Bank Cuts Prime Rate in Cincinnati
Provident Bank of Cincinnati lowers its prime rate to 4.44 percent, a likely national low, as the bank signals active participation in the 1970s economy. American Financial Corp. and bank officials say the move aligns with money supply policy and supports business lending.
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Cincinnati
Provident Bank
Provident
New York
Bankers Trust Co
Provident Board
Carl H. Lindner
American Financial Corp
Federal Reserve
Prosident
Joseph Rippe
Bombs hit Belfast center as damage rises
Gunmen set off two bombs near Belfast's center, one wrecking a tool plant and warehouse on Royal Avenue and sparking a major fire. A second bomb damaged a shop nearby. no injuries were reported. Relatives of Bloody Sunday victims call for boycott of the inquiry.
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Belfast
Royal Avenue
Londonderry
Britain
Cincinnati Plans Paper Recycling Start March Thirteen
Cincinnati will begin paper recycling on March 13 with four city sections receiving regular pickups. Thomas Welch cites hopes for broad citizen participation to expand citywide, as bids from mills and stock firms are due February 24. Nearby Middletown opens bids today for newspaper recycling.
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Cincinnati
Thomas Welch
Welch
Ohio
Middletown
Barber Reimbursed for Teen Haircut Breakthrough
The L. L. Stearns and Sons Club of Williamsport Pa sent Columbus barber Harold Schweikert a five dollar reimbursement after he trimmed a long-haired youth. The club praised it as the first major breakthrough with teenage generation.
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Columbus, Ohio
L. L. Stearns and Sons
Williamsport
Columbus
Harold Schweikert
Schweikert
Escaped Prisoner Robert Barnes Re-Arrested Near Philadelphia
Robert Earl Barnes, former federal inmate and author, held on burglary charges in Media Pennsylvania after posing as a burglary victim whose home was burgled. Barnes slipped from a minimum security prison in La Tuna Texas on January 7 and was recaptured following identification given under another man's name.
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Robert Earl Barnes
Media
Philadelphia
Barnes
la Tuna
Tex
Dayton NAB Accounting Chapter Meets for Professional Topics
The Dayton chapter of the National Association of Accountants will meet at 7 30 p m today at the Dayton Engineers Club. Speakers will discuss taxes inventory control profit planning and employee benefits.
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Dayton
National Association of Accountants
Dayton Engineers’ Club
Man Sues For Injuries in Middletown Crash
Jack D. McFarland seeks 25901.49 in damages from Patricia L. King and Hertz Rental Co for knee chin and mouth injuries and a broken partial dental plate after his car was struck by King's vehicle at Sunset Street and Manchester Road Middletown on February 16 1970 in Butler County Common Pleas Court.
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Hamilton
Middletown
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Jack D. McFarland
Dix Road
Patricia L. King
Meyers Road
Hertz Rental Co
Manchester Ave
McFerland
Miss King
Hertz
Sunset Street
Manchester Road
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