Blast injures eight at Cincinnati intersection during gas line test
Eight people were hurt, one seriously, when a compressed air test on a natural gas line exploded at Walnut and Fourth streets in downtown Cincinnati during evening rush hour. Ruth Dugan, 42, was left in serious condition after being hurled into the street. officials said a welded seam failed, not a human error. Police closed the area and checked for leaks as bystanders described a loud concussion like a sonic boom.
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Cincinnati
Ruth Dugan
James Wuenker
Cincinnati Gas & Electric
Walnut
Fourth
Wuenker
Linda Hayes
Vehicles Licenses on Sale March 1
Ohio registration opens March 1 through May 31 for non passenger motor vehicles at deputy registrar locations. New law creates a non commercial category for small farm trucks used non profit. Fees rise from 5 to 25 dollars. non commercial and motor homes begin March 7. A petrified forest on Lesbos is also noted.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Dean L Collison
Legislators reject quick use of Taft Hartley in coal talks
Ohio lawmakers urge restraint on invoking Taft Hartley while backing a resolution to press Governor Rhodes and Carter to secure coal delivery to utilities. The bill passed 87 to 4 in the House, with amendments signaling political maneuvering in an election year amid energy shortages and debate over using the National Guard and Taft Hartley powers.
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Columbus, Ohio
House Energy
Thomas J. Carney
Youngstown
Charles F. Kurfess
Perrysburg
James A. Rhodes
Carter
Ohio
House
Rhodes
Conurtess
Burfess
Carney
Senate
Richard H Finan
Cincinnati
Mack Pemberton
Columbus
Dennis E. Eckart
Euclid
Dennis Wojtnowski
Cleveland
Kurfess
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Agal
Clark Street
Middletown
Firestone
Lesbos
Aegean Sea
Charles R. Saxbe
Mechanicsburg
Thomas W. Johnston
Cambridge
Larry H Christman
D-Dayton
Thomas Fries
Dayton
William J. Healty
Dcanton
Robert W. Jaskulski
D-Garfield Heights
John E. Johnson
D-Orville
Paul R Leonard
United States
Norelco
McAlpin
General Electric
Towne
Mali
Sun
Welco
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