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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1977
Page
3
Akron’s Richard Lees, nicknamed Spider Man, sells Honduran tarantulas for 12.95 and red leg varieties for 19.95. He says tarantulas are easy to care for, slow movers, and make surprising conversation starters at parties.
The Telebook project in Columbus tests home delivered talking books for the blind via cable TV and FM radio hookups. The MITRE company Library of Congress and several local groups will provide 600 readings with 24 hour center access. updates and cost savings are expected compared with the traditional Talking Books program.
Ohio lawmakers adjourned hours before a House Senate Conference Committee could reconcile a bill to limit revenue losses to local governments from industrial credits. The Senate favored a tax credit on corporate franchise tax for machinery and equipment, while the House backed abatement of property tax. Leaders planned to reconvene as early as Thursday or the week of Dec 4 to finish 1977 items.
Washington AP reports the Carter administration task force on abortion alternatives has disbanded after concluding that the only real options are death by own action motherhood and some would add madness.
Karl Wallenda age 72 braces on a cracked vertebra walked 700 feet on a cable 100 feet above the Tangerine Bowl turf. The stunt drew about 1,000 spectators during a weekend radio station event and took about 10 minutes with no safety net.
The Ohio Department of Education launches five regional workshops for school administrators on energy conservation. Sessions run in Cambridge November 28 29 Independence December 1 2 and Toledo Dayton December 6 7 with superintendent Dr Franklin B Walter noting 25 percent of building fuel is wasted and new design operation and maintenance changes can cut costs.
About 200 fans were refused entry to a Jethro Tull show at Hara Arena in Harrison Township Dayton. windows and doors were damaged as deputies arrested 10 people on misdemeanor charges. Several deputies guards and spectators were treated for injuries after clashes outside the arena.
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