Mills May Not Return to Congress Amid Health Struggles
Rep. Wilbur D. Mills, former Ways and Means chairman, faces illnesses beyond acknowledged drinking problems. After discharge from Bethesda Naval Medical Center, he entered an undisclosed medical facility for further treatment and has not appeared on the House floor or at committee meetings this session.
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Wilbur D. Mills
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Bethesda Naval Medical Center
Inside Ann Landers Puzzle and Local Notes
Local page features Ann Landers column preview and a 19 crossword setup. Middletown area listings include vital statistics and regional notes with references to county and state sections.
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Ford plans energy price supports and floor options
The Ford administration signals keeping energy prices high to shield new U S fuels from foreign competition with potential price guarantees between seven and nine dollars per barrel. The plan may use a price floor tariffs quotas or subsidies. Separately the US Railway Association backs rehabilitating nine Ohio railroads as ConRail pilots and prioritizes Alliance to Cleveland lines with subsidies or abandonment of 767.1 miles.
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Midwest
Area railroad cuts proposed in ConRail plan
The Middletown to Union Village line faces abandonment risking Miami Valley Industrial Park rail service. Other lines including Eaton to New River and Warren County routes are also slated for shutdown with hearings to resume March 17. The plan calls for upgraded Chicago Toledo Cleveland Buffalo routes and expansion of intermodal yards at Crestline Buckeye Columbus and Sharonville with new passenger services between Cleveland Chicago and Buffalo and other corridors.
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Tolltaker Shot Dead in Ohio River Bridge Booth
James Marshall 71 of East Liverpool died from a shotgun blast delivered at close range while he worked the tollbooth on the Ohio River bridge to Newell West Virginia. Police say robbery was not the motive and the shooter’s vehicle was moving when fired.
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James Marshall
East Liverpool
Ohio River
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Marshall
Lottery moves to TV screens in Ohio backdrop
Ohio lottery shifts to live television from Cleveland studios WEWS and five other stations ending Gold Rush 75 drawings. The first show reveals the week’s single winning number, with Buckeye 300 contestants already eliminated before air. Each contestant is guaranteed at least $15,000 with top prizes possible.
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Ohio
Elevision
Ken
WEWS
Beef checkoff change rejected in Ohio cattlemen vote
Columbus Ohio AP cattlemen rejected a proposed amendment to the Ohio Beef Marketing Program. The plan would raise the checkoff from 10 cents per head to one tenth of one percent of the selling price, according to John M Stackhouse director of Agriculture.
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Middletown Weather: Cloudy Tonight into Thursday
Cloudy skies forecast for the Middletown area with tonight’s lows in the mid 20s and tomorrow’s highs in the 30s. Yesterday’s high reached 42 and overnight low 30. Extended outlook call for fair skies Friday through Sunday.
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Middletown
Amtrak to Start Cleveland Toledo Rail Service in September
Amtrak confirms passenger service across northern Ohio linking Cleveland and Toledo on a Boston to Chicago run will begin in September. An Amtrak spokesman cited equipment availability as the reason for the September startup.
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Cleveland
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Dreher Children Harvest Can Pile For Education Fund
Five children of Mr and Mrs Charles Dreher of Cary North Carolina climb a giant pile of beer cans collected over two years. Dreher aims to get about 15 cents a pound totaling roughly nine hundred to one thousand dollars for an education fund to teach the kids the value of work toward a goal.
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