20 Feb 1977
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1977
Page
1
Budget analysts say President Carter's Tuesday budget proposal has a good chance to pass Congress with minimal changes. The plan aims to increase spending by about 16 billion dollars, reflecting modest shifts rather than sweeping cuts.
In Columbus AP report, Columbia Gas of Ohio seeks to ease curtailments from 85 to 50 percent for large users, possibly allowing schools to reopen in March. PUCO chair Luther Heckman notes the plan suggests relief, while State Supt. Essex warns the gas crisis persists and triple shifts may be needed.
EPA reports a miscalculated river flow moved carbon tetrachloride down the Ohio toward Louisville. Officials trace discharge to Kinawha River industrial complex in South Charleston and press FMC Corp as a possible source. Boil-water orders remain in effect in parts of Ohio. monitoring and treatment are underway to reduce levels.
President Carter described his first month in office as largely successful yet challenging. He told a Democratic National Committee finance panel that the new administration has begun well, learned quickly, and remains confident about the United States' future despite Soviet tensions and concerns about isolation.
The GAO charges that federal overseers have not enforced maintenance rules for state interstate highways. The report to Transportation Secretary Brock Adams urges the Federal Highway Administration to crack down, citing lax guidelines and uneven state inspections across South Carolina Ohio and South Dakota. It notes 1.29 trillion vehicle miles in 1974 and warns worsening conditions if funds remain limited.
Cleveland police say Dr Stuart Kutler knows where the body of 8-year-old Arthur Noske is but he offers no comment. Kutler is jailed on aggravated murder charges in the boy’s disappearance after the boy was allegedly beaten on Feb 7.
The National Weather Service forecasts a drop in temperature with highs in the low 30s and morning lows near 15. A 40 percent chance of snow today and 30 percent tonight brings light flurries, with conditions easing tomorrow morning.
Ohio may follow Pennsylvania in lifting the Lake Erie gas drilling ban if one state legislator pushes the measure. Ted Pollard reports on page 32.
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