Coast Guard forms board on Edmund Fitzgerald sinking
A four member Marine Board of Investigation meets in Cleveland to probe the Edmund Fitzgerald disaster on Lake Superior. The Seafarers Union protests, seeking independent inquiry and notes lawsuits by survivors. A related $2 million suit targets Oglebay Morton Co. over ship conditions.
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U.S. Coast Guard
Marine Board of
Edmund Fitzgerald
Lake Superior
Seafarer
International Union Great Lakes Division
Coast Guard
Washington
Vic Hansen
Union
Hansen
Nel L. Mann
Mann
Fitzgerald
U.S. District Court
Oglebay Morton Co
Memorial service honors Edmund Fitzgerald crew in Toledo
In Toledo Ohio relatives and friends gathered for a memorial service for 29 men aboard the Edmund Fitzgerald. About 450 people attended at the Bay View Armory as taps played and a wreath was launched from a Coast Guard vessel. The Rev Robert Armstrong read each name while the USS Toledo bell tolled 29 times. Smoke rose from nearby coal and ore docks near the Maumee River as the ship’s memory was honored.
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Toledo, Ohio
Edmund Fitzgerald
Bay Viewaval
Fitzgerald
Lake Superior
Coast Guard
Lake Erie
Robert Armstrong
Maumee River
Five girls join Brownie Troop at Jefferson School
Five girls DeAnna Hall Jen Muir Cindy Burke Becky Neal and Bobby Jo Cockerham are invested into Brownie Troop 1036 at Jefferson School with Marcia Clark as leader. The Toledo port chaplain Rev Mr Armstrong called the crew lost at sea and saved by God, praising merchant mariners. The memorial service was organized by Marinengineers Beneficial Association US Steelworkers and Columbia Transportation Division of Oglebay Norton Co of Cleveland which operated the vessel.
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Jefferson School
DeAnna Hall
Jen Muir
Cindy Burke
Becky Neal
Bobby Jo Cockerham
Marcia Clark
Ohio Bell seeks 216 million annual rate hike in hearings
Ohio Bell Telephone Co faces continued Public Utilities Commission hearings over an proposed 216 million dollar annual rate increase. Cities universities and senior citizens oppose arguing the hike is extravagant and discriminatory while Ohio Bell cites inflation and service costs as justification.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
Public Utilities Commission
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Ohio Bell
Charles Ballour
Cleveland
Rhodes seeks utility freeze to aid Ohio seniors
Gov James A Rhodes urged the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to devise a formula to freeze heating and other utility bills for senior citizens on fixed incomes. He praised the Senior Citizens Coalition and said PUCO action is needed this winter, though water rates lie outside PUCO control.
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Columbus
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Rhodes
Senior Citizens Coalition
Cleveland
PUCO
TV set and radio reported stolen from Jessie Elam home
Butler County deputies report a television and a radio worth 550 dollars were taken from the Jessie Elam residence at 6590 No Mans Road sometime yesterday.
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Jessie Elam
No Mans Road
Butler County
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