State probe receives nearly six hundred thousand in funding
The State Controlling Board considers about 616000 in requests for a statewide probe of the Bureau of Workers Compensation and Industrial Commission scandal. Attorney General Brown seeks 250000 to finance his share of the investigation with six lawyers to assist Highway Patrol detectives. Governor Rhodes expresses cautious support for Attorney General Szolosi’s expanded role in January if grand jury action occurs.
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Columbus, Ohio
State Controlling Board
Bureau of Workmen's Compensation
William J Brown
Control Board
Highway Patrol
Brown
Industrial Commission
William W Johnston
Michael Szolosi
Investi
Attorney General's Office
Ernst and Ernst
Compensation Bureau
Ford Blasts Carter in Campaign Storm Headlines
President Ford labels Carter foreign policy as potentially dangerous and warns of domestic plans that could wreck the economy. As votes near, both campaigns race through pivotal states with Carter in Illinois and South Carolina while Ford stresses fiscal damage from proposed programs and tax increases.
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Associated Press
Ford
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Time to gain an hour on daylight saving switch
Washington notes the return to standard time as clocks are set back one hour at 2 a.m. This annual ritual is governed by the 1966 Uniform Time Act, with Arizona Hawaii and parts of Indiana exempt from time changes.
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Richard Nixon
Washington
Uncle Sam
Arizona
Hawaii
Indiana
Weather outlook with cold temps and mixed precipitation
Parts of the forecast call for partly cloudy skies tonight and Wednesday with a 10 percent precipitation chance. Overnight lows will dip into the upper 20s to lower 30s and Wednesday highs near the low 40s. The outlook suggests rain or snow Thursday followed by fair skies Friday and Saturday as temperatures stay cold.
Inside Pages Digest Features Briefs and Advertisements
A compact page digest highlights sections such as Editorials Heloise Markets and Women’s News from Middletown area. It lists departments including Deaths Sports Television Theaters Vital Statistics and Want Ads with cross references to comics bridge and crossword puzzles.
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Ann Landers
Heloise
Middletown
Area
Women's News
Lions Rampage at Private Zoo Near Ringgold Georgia
Seven to four 400 pound lions escaped from a private zoo near Ringgold Georgia and killed several animals in the menagerie. Officers shot and killed four lions and searched for two more as residents were warned to stay indoors. Linda Keown who runs the zoo with her husband said the escape began when vandals possibly tampered with the gate.
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Ringgold, Ga
Ringgold
Georgia Tennessee Line
Linda Keown
Vernon
Matt
Three teenagers die in US 224 crash near Findlay Ohio
Three teens died when their car left US 224 near Findlay and swerved into an oncoming vehicle. The victims were Jeffrey Yingling 16 Findlay Tod Schafer 16 Mt Cory and De Thomas 14 Findlay all Liberty Benton High School students. The other driver Bradley De Puy 17 Findlay survived with injuries. Hancock County coroner withheld verdict pending further investigation.
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Findlay
Ohio
US 224
Highway Patrol
Putnam County
Miller City
Neig
Hancock County
Liberty-Benton High School
Jeffrey Yingling
Tod Schafer
Mt. Cory
de Thomas
Bradley de Puy
Blanchard Valley Hospital
Byron Vorhees
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Gry J. Stebbins
Stebbins
Lee Melvin
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Senate
James A. Rhodes
Szolosi
Heckler
Seattle
Plains
South Carolina
Illino
Pittsburgh
Yugoslavia
Richard Daugherty
Daugherty
Friday
Kenneth A.c Krouse
Rhodes
Kwai Reunion
Kwai River
Thailand
Doug Liddiard
Australia
Dennis Rowland
New York City
Mrs. Keown
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