Bridge opens two lanes in county state area
Middletown area reports the opening of two bridge lanes, improving traffic flow across county lines. Officials from the state and local government announce phased access to ease congestion and guide the public through the new configuration.
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Postal shift shows few underpaid letters after rate rise
The Postal Service reports minimal underpayment after increasing first class postage from 10 to 13 cents. A three day test at 57 post offices covered 639,799 pieces with only 0.2 percent underpaid. Officials expect some short-paid letters but say most errors are inadvertent.
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Lebanese army asserts control in Beirut as Syria backs move
Three hundred commandos with armored cars seized the Beirut hotel district and port area marking the army's first major effort to reassert authority in the capital. The action comes with Syria backing and signals a shift as Muslims gain voice in a government charter amid ongoing cease fire disputes.
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Syria
Armistice Commission
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Cincinnati Emission Stations Ordered Closed
Hamilton County Commissioners ordered abandonment of two auto emission testing stations citing inability to enforce EPA standards. One station in Newtown is shut, another in western county closed. Cincinnati and Norwood safety lanes stay open. EPA Chicago headquarters has not replied to a county notice, while Tri State Air Committee protests.
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Chicago
Sahara fighting escalates as Moroccan and Algerian forces clash
Heavy fighting continues in the Spanish Sahara for a third day with tanks and heavy artillery. Paris sources report both sides suffer casualties while Moroccan officials say they hold nearly 50 Algerian soldiers as prisoners near Amghala, about 175 miles from the border.
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Spanish Sahara
Paris
Rabat
Amghala
Ohio Board freezes property tax values at 1975 levels
The Ohio Board of Tax Appeals, by a 2-0 vote with one abstention, froze property values for tax purposes at 1975 levels. The rule affects 30 counties not yet reappraised and aims to limit inflationary tax increases while not altering current assessment rates. Republican member Robert E. Boyd Jr. says it restricts automatic tax hikes. Democrat Gene Abercrombie calls the move illegal.
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State Board of Tax Appeals
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Iowa Reform School Teaches Sex Education To Paroled Boys
At Eldora Iowa the reform school offers a voluntary sex education course for up to 200 boys aged 12 to 17. Linda Williams and a second female teacher lead the no grade class showing terminology anatomy puberty dating and contraception. Principal Ronald Christensen says the program fills a needed gap and shifts attitudes toward family life. Esther Walters of Planned Parenthood calls it outstanding and rare in schools.
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Eldora
Iowa
State Reform School
Linda Williams
Ronald Christensen
Esther Walters
Des Moines
Planned Parenthood of
Williams
Middletown Area Forecast Calls for Snow Flurries This Weekend
Clear skies and overnight lows from 16 to 22 degrees are forecast for Middletown tonight. Friday will bring highs in the low to mid-30s with a chance of snow. Yesterday's high reached 36 with a 31 degree overnight low. The extended outlook shows a chance of snow flurries Saturday through Monday.
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Middletown
Ohioans to vote on governor lieutenant governor team
The Ohio House approved a constitutional resolution to place a June 8 ballot question proposing electing a governor and lieutenant governor as a team rather than separately. The six member Senate panel backed the plan unanimously, signaling likely Senate approval. If voters approve, the first team ballot answer would appear in November 1978.
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