Lava Threatens Kalapana as Lava Flows Toward Village
A 1,000 foot wide lava stream from Kilauea inches toward Kalapana Hawaii threatening Star of the Sea Catholic Church and 18 of 50 homes while residents watch trees explode and instruments show ongoing underground lava movement. Evacuation began Thursday and officials warn no immediate end to eruption nine miles away high on the volcano.
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Kalapana
Hawaii
Kilauea
Jack Lockwood
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Star of the Sea Catholic
East Rift Zone
Lockwood
Mideast impasse on Palestinian representation nears breakthrough
United States and Soviet Union near a proposed agreement on Palestinian representation at the Geneva peace talks. Cyrus Vance and Andrei Gromyko framed a plan to seat Palestinians linked to the PLO while not widely identified with it, contingent on Israel and Syria’s buy in.
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United Nations
N.Y
United States
Soviet Union
Mideast
Cyrus R. Vance
Andrei A. Gromyko
Geneva
Israel
Palestine Liberation Organization
Gromyko
Vance
Conrail halts Dayton train as Ohio service ends
Amtrak will temporarily discontinue the National Limited service to Dayton after Conrail downgrades 22 miles of track in Indiana. The route will reroute via Piqua and Muncie, skipping Dayton and Richmond. Last eastbound trains depart Dayton Oct. 29 and westbound Oct. 30.
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Columbus, Ohio
Amtrak
Dayton
Conrail
Indiana
Washington
National
Carter Reconsiders Steel Quotas Amid Bethlehem Layoffs
The Carter administration, shifting from its earlier stance, weighs steel import quotas to aid U S manufacturers as Bethlehem Steel announces 2 500 salaried layoffs this month bringing industry job cuts to 18 000 in two months. Strauss says quotas are not a simple fix and interagency work will study the problem.
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Washington
Carter
Robert S. Strauss
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Bethlehem Steel
Strauss
Saxbe
Labor Dept Grants Aid to 5200 Auto and Steel Workers
The Labor Department certifies 5200 automobile workers as eligible for federal aid due to import competition. Benefits cover 4600 GM plant workers in Lordstown Ohio and Wilmington Delaware plus 600 GM stamping plant workers, with up to 208 dollars weekly. Earlier approvals reached nearly 5000 Youngstown Ohio steel workers and investigations began for 3500 Lackawanna New York steel workers.
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Washington
Labor Department
General Motors
Lordstown
Ohio
Wilmington
Del
Youngstown
Lackawanna
N.Y
Saxbe warns of steel trade war and dumping
Former Senator William Saxbe warned a US nip in the bud trade war could hurt the nation and urged negotiation with Japan to curb steel dumping. He urged the Carter administration to seek anti dumping agreements possibly with a voluntary quota, calling Japan's actions damaging to Ohio steel.
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William Saxbe
Middletown
Japan
Ohio
Cleveland
Saxbe
Carter
Rhodes to tour for Ohio jobs amid Youngstown layoffs
Gov. James A. Rhodes unveiled a plan to seek new industries for Ohio regions hit by plant layoffs and announced a $20 million Belmont County coal washing plant by R&F Coal Co. He warned Democrats to pass industrial tax incentives to prevent further job losses.
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Columbus
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Youngstown
U.S
Legislative Democrats
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
Rhodes
Riffe
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Long Range Reforms Also Studied Tax Cut Proposals Considered
A confidential Treasury memo outlines a three stage tax cut from 1979 to 1981 affecting withholding rates exemptions and credits. It proposes replacing personal exemptions and credits with a 250 dollar per person credit by 1981 and to raise the no tax on income for a family of four to 9500. The plan would erase several deductions while preserving state and local income and real estate taxes. It also changes the two earner marriage deduction to a 600 dollar maximum writeoff and notes a potential 1978 withholding cut if Congress delays action.
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Washington
Carter
Treasury Department
Congress
Longshoremen Strike Shrinks Nonperishables Supply
About 50,000 Atlantic and Gulf coast longshoremen walked off Friday night as a three year contract expired. The strike targets containerized cargo with perishables and military goods exempted and will not affect conventional freighters or passenger ships. Supplies of some nonperishable consumer goods are expected to dwindle if the walkout continues into next week.
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New York
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
International Shoremen's Association
Aflcio
Hijackers Hold 141 Hostages as Japan Delivers Aid
In Dacca the Japanese government sent 6 million dollars and six prisoners to the airport while the Japanese Red Army hijackers refuse to free all 141 hostages from the jetliner. The group says 58 will be freed but 83 kept aboard to secure arrival at a distant revolutionary state possibly Libya or South Yemen. no government confirmed acceptance.
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Dacca
Bangladesh
Red Army
Foreign Ministry
Tokyo
Libya
South Yemen
French Skyjack Ends in Death at Orly Airport
A hijacker seized a French jet at Orly Airport and threatened to broadcast a political message. The gunman was captured after police used teargas grenades. a passenger died and at least four others were wounded when a hand grenade was thrown toward the cockpit.
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Paris
Orly
Ohio Enters Flood Watch As Torrential Rain Pours In
A flash flood watch covers southern and central Ohio today and tonight as downpours drench the region. Rain is likely to persist into Sunday with a 90 percent chance tonight and 70 percent Sunday, cooling temperatures with highs around 60 to 65 tomorrow. Showers may linger into Monday before a return to fair and warmer weather Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Ohio
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Cincinnati
U.S. Steel Corp
Conneaut
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