Widow’s Confederate pension dispute ends in uncertainty
In Nashville, 16 years of monthly payments of 175 dollars to Texanna Whitfield for a husband she believes may have fought for the Confederacy continue. Tennessee officials cannot halt the pension without proof, and the old Civil War claims board was abolished. Documents suggest Whitfield served in the US Colored Troops, while the VA seeks clarity on his uniform.
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U.S. Colored Troops
Eight Teens Die In Minster Wake Vigil At St. Augustine
In Minster Ohio the town girds for an all night vigil at St. Augustine Church for eight local teenagers aged 14 to 17 who died in a tragedy. The town of 2700 lines up outside the church as 1 000 students await viewing with a closing coffin for one girl. Four separate funeral masses are planned for five boys and three girls, staggered every two hours.
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Minster
Ohio
St. Augustine's
Minster High School
Indiana
Marion
Ohio primary ballot to include eight statewide issues
Ohio voters on June 8 face eight statewide questions eight to be numbered by the secretary of state three hold real substance five are housekeeping changes proposed by the Ohio Constitutional Revision Commission. The eight proposals cover a governor and lieutenant governor ticket, energy bonds, rail modernization funding, debt repayment clarity, tax powers consolidation, estate tax distribution to counties, voting age alignment with federal rules, and removal of obsolete language in elections terms.
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Ohio Constitutional Revision Commission
Amtrak and
Council
Ohio
Air Force targets first base shut down in Michigan
The Pentagon plans to close Kincheloe Michigan and announce further base reductions or realignments including Craig Alabama and Webb Texas. The moves aim to streamline the system and save up to 150 million annually starting 1978 with additional Army and Navy cutbacks to follow.
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Washington
Pentagon
John Tower
R-Tex
Webb
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Navy
White House
Local governments cut Social Security coverage
Growing numbers of local governments are pulling out of Social Security. The move reflects budget constraints and concerns over retirement program costs as municipal employers reevaluate participation in the federal system.
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California
Louisiana
Texas
Six charged in Cincinnati child slaughter case
Six people face charges in a brutal Cincinnati homicide. Verelene Jackson, 45, was found dead after being stabbed beaten and burned over a 10 hour period. Three girls aged 16 16 and 14 were charged as juveniles in connection with the crime.
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Cincinnati
Paul Organ
Verelene Jackson
Uptown Towers
Morgan
Jackson
Middletown Weather Outlook With Rain Late Tonight
A rain chance remains in the Middletown area late tonight with lows in the mid 30s. Rain continues Friday with highs in the upper 50s, after yesterday’s 55 high and 27 low and 1 inch of rain recorded.
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Middletown
Armco plans to save New Miami plant with pollution controls
Armco Steel outlined a four pronged plan to meet EPA standards and avert closing the New Miami coke plant. If approved, the proposal would protect 200 local jobs and reduce emissions by about 79 percent at an estimated cost of 7 million dollars. The plan includes staged charging, longer coking, leak repairs, and quenching to cut emissions before a September 1 deadline.
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Harry Holiday
Hamilton
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U.S. Epa
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Carl Fiora
Fiora
Butler County
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