Rehearsals Begin for Middletown Junior Miss Pageant
Rehearsals start Sunday as 22 Ohio Junior Miss contestants gather at Middletown High School for a two night pageant February 5 and 6. Sets designed by Keith Wolfram feature adjustable columns. Sounds of America band led by William Svarda provides music. tickets $6 for two nights downstairs, $2 balcony.
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New Middletown High School
Chevrolet
Detroit
Ohio
Keith Wolfram
Bill Harrison
Mary Tobias
Sounds of America
William Svarda
Mack’s Record Shop
Irving’s
Middletown
Carol Riggs
Allen County
Margi Boner
Belmont County
Senate probes Blue Cross expenditures
A Senate inquiry into Blue Cross expenses cites Virginia operation paying staff country club dues and $291000 in travel for hospital insurance. Virginia Blue Cross added a $30000 rental car contract inflating costs while giving $200000 to Norfolk Data Center. Officials say reforms cut annual expenses by about $3 million since June and 200+ jobs were eliminated.
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Senate
Blue Cross
Virginia
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Hart
American Hospital Association
Alden E. Flory
Virginia Plan
California
Michigan
Hiltonhead Golf and Country Club
Georgia
Norfolk
Flory
Plans
Uganda Says Tanzania May Attack to Restore Obote
Uganda's Maj. Gen. Idi Amin says Tanzania plans to invade to restore Milton Obote to power. Obote, in Dar es Salaam, denies seeking asylum and says he remains Uganda president awaiting return. Amin, commander of the Ugandan army and air force, notes intelligence on an impending attack.
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Uganda
Tanzania
Milton Obote
Idi Amin
Obote
Dar Es Salaam
Amin
Singapore
Julius Nyerere
Crippling Weather Lingers After Blizzards Hit State
The Associated Press reports winter weather persisted across Ohio with blizzards and strong winds. Northeast Ohio faced road closures and school cancellations as the Ohio Turnpike restricted trailers and reduced speed. Hospitals treated at least 50 storm injuries. a Sears Center frame was damaged in Columbus. a chain collision near Lima involved 15 vehicles. Weather service warned of continued snow squalls and flurries statewide.
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Ashtabula
Ohio Turnpike
Turnpike
North Olmsted
Lorain County
Pennsylvania
Cleveland Area
Lake Erie
Canadian Coast Guard
Columbus
Sears
Interstate 75
Lima
National Weather Service
Arctic Cold Persists with Teens High Tomorrow
Weatherman reports no relief from the arctic air as tomorrow brings partly cloudy and very cold conditions with a high in the teens. Tonight's temperatures may dip to zero while yesterday's high reached 22 and this morning's low was 2.
Judge Threatens Prisoner Release After Slaying
In Miami a jailhouse killing of 17 year old Cloyce Cook spurs circuit judges to threaten release of all unconvicted prisoners from Dade County jail unless the county manager cleans up the jail by Thursday. Johnnie Lee Jones and Melvin Shelton, both awaiting trials, face first degree murder charges. Cook was killed by strangling in a maximum security cell after an argument over cleanup duties.
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Miami
Circuit
Dade County
Cloyce Cook
Piedmont, S.C
Paul Baker
Ray Goode
Johnnie Lee Jones
Melvin Shelton
Cooke
Cook
Floyd Alsbury
Sheriff's Department
Shelton
Raiford
Jones
Stoplight Swings Like Pendulum Against 78 MPH Gusts
A street light at First Avenue and Verity Parkway swayed like a pendulum as high winds reached 78 mph. The gusts persisted through the day amid a mid winter chill, with wind battered the corner.
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First Avenue
Verity Parkway
Sheckler
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Hamilton County
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Holmes County
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Kati Bryan
Portage County
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Preble County
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Richland County
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Trumbull County
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Warren County
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Ray Craycraft
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M.E. Dowden
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Robert R. Greenwood
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Ralph E. Kah
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