Maniac running around spurs fear in steel town
In Baden Pennsylvania residents arm themselves as a killer has slain seven in a wooded hillside community. Police consult computers in Pittsburgh while neighbors report gun purchases and tightened doors. Several couples were attacked and killed or vanished in a pattern across a 12 mile area.
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Baden
McNair Street
Pittsburgh
Sam Burson
Pete Neft
Sol
Ambridge
George Rizzo
Winter storm threatens Ohio with snow sleet and danger
A winter storm watch spans southern Ohio with snow likely from Mississippi Valley systems moving north through Missouri into Illinois. Sleet and freezing rain may affect extreme southern Ohio, prompting hazards through Friday. National Weather Service warns a broad Ohio impact. Ohio National Guard aids northern snow relief as Red Cross dials back blood collections amid frozen coal shortages. A woman and her mother were robbed by a man posing as a stranded motorist after a shovel was borrowed for digging out a car. no injuries reported.
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Missouri
Illinois
Arkansas
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Tennessee
Ohio
National Weather Service
Ohio National Guard
Sananen
Cleveland
Red Cross Blood Program
Paul Rega
Red Cross
Helen Sanfillippo
Winter storm watch casts Middletown in frigid spell
Miserable weather is in the outlook for the Middletown area through Friday with little relief for the weekend. A winter storm watch remains in effect through Friday with snow sleet and freezing rain possible. Tonight's low will be in the low 20s, Friday's high 25 to 30 degrees. Morning low was 4 above zero after a Wednesday high of 19. Weekend outlook calls for snow possible Saturday and Sunday turning fair Monday. Highs will be in the upper teens and 20s, with lows mainly zero to 10 above.
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Middletown
Crime Alert Phone Line Encourages Public Reporting
A community crime alert urges residents to call 425 7700 to report crimes or suspicious activity, emphasizing quick police notification and public safety.
High rise for elderly at Clark and Columbia in doubt
The Butler Metropolitan Housing Authority may lose HUD support for a 120 unit elderly high rise planned at Clark Street and Columbia Avenue. BMHA director Mark Petty said officials unofficially indicate no elderly units will be funded in fiscal 1978, risking the Trinity renewal site option expiring in March 1978. The project has faced repeated funding hurdles and local opposition to submitting proposals. The growing waiting list for BMHA elderly units underscores demand.
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Columbia Avenue
Mark Petty
Butler Metropolitan Housing Authority
U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development
Housing Authority
Petty
Trinity
BMHA
HUD
The
J. Ross Hunt
Middletown
Hamilton
Butler County
Butler Metropolitan
Townhouse
N. Verity Parkway
S. Clinton St
Burglars Get Help From Goat In Portland Chase
Police in Portland cornered two burglary suspects after mistaking a goat for a large dog. Officer Tilley spotted a fleeing youth in brush and collared him, then found a second youth hidden nearby as the goat looked on.
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Portland
Ore
Robert Colyer
Wholesale prices rise on food costs in December 1977
The Labor Department reported a 0.7 percent rise in wholesale prices in December, driven by higher food costs, with consumer food prices up 1.5 percent for the month. The agency also noted methodological changes shifting focus to finished goods, aiming for a clearer inflation gauge.
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Labor Department
Israel and Egypt hold second Sinai security talks
In Cairo, Israeli and Egyptian military negotiators, led by Defense Minister Ezer Weizman and War Minister Mohammed Abdel Ghany Gamassy, met for a second session to review Israel security concerns. The talks followed a first session that stressed conflicting demands over 20 Jewish settlements in the Sinai Peninsula.
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Cairo
Israel
David Kolitz
Ezer Weizman
Mohammed Abdel Ghany Gamassy
Mordechai Gur
Weizman
Gamassy
Sinai Peninsula
Historic Soviet linkup in space with four cosmonauts
Four cosmonauts conducted experiments aboard the Salyut 6 space lab after a historic three craft linkup with Soyuz 27. Tass said operations would last five days, with two returning to Earth for materials and mail, while two others remained aloft.
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Moscow
Tass
Earth
Salyut 6 Lab
Soviet Union
Vladimir Dzhanibekov
Air Force
Oleg Makarov
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