Link Seen Between Women Dieing From Legionnaires in Columbus
Four Columbus area women died or were ill from Legionnaires disease with Riverside Methodist Hospital appearing as the common contact for most cases. Health officials caution the link is not proven but consider Riverside a strong possibility while testing blood samples from about 150 hospital staff and others.
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Columbus, Ohio
Riverside Methodist Hospital
Thomas J Halpin
Ohio Health Department
Columbus
Lucille Craige
Cumberland
Craige
Riverside
Catherine M. McCoy
Jennifer Guy
Taxpayer revolt tightens Ohio school finances
Ohio schools face a growing taxpayer revolt as districts across the state report money shortages. Nearly a quarter of 21 million students attend schools in financial distress with 37 districts from Toledo to the West Virginia border unable to operate past Christmas without funds. Toledo and Cincinnati voters have rejected education taxes, while others prepare new requests in November.
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Columbus
Ohio
Toledo
West Virginia
Cincinnati
Dayton
Crime Alert Prompt Urges Reporting Suspicious Activity
Public safety notice urges citizens to report crime by calling a dedicated police number for immediate assistance and to help curb suspicious activity in the community.
Armco to lay off hundreds amid steel profit slump
Armco officials confirmed hundreds of Middletown Works employees will be laid off in coming weeks amid low steel profits. The 7,400 workers at the plant plus 2,000 office staff face potential cuts as imports, energy costs, and a weak price–cost balance depress earnings.
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Armco
C.G
Si’ Kramer
Middletown
Kramer
Congress
Harry Holiday
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Middletown Weather Outlook Near Ideal Conditions
The Middletown area sees excellent conditions with mostly sunny days. A peak high around 85 degrees and lows in the upper 50s to low 60s are forecast through Monday with a chance of rain only on Saturday.
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Middletown
Heavy drinking in pregnancy linked to fetal deformities study finds
New England Journal of Medicine reports a Boston City Hospital review of 633 pregnant women shows heavy drinkers have double the odds of deformed or sickly babies compared with moderate drinkers or abstainers. The study defines heavy drinking as five or more drinks daily or over 12 ounces of alcohol daily.
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Boston
New England Journal of Medicine
Boston University
Boston City Hospital
Eileen M. Oullette
United Way Sets 1977 Middletown Campaign Goal Above $900000
Middletown area United Way targets $917 294 for the 1977 drive led by general chairman L E Weishofer. Campaign runs Sept 30 through October to fund 16 agencies plus a planned 17th in 1978.
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Middletown Area
United Way
L. E. Weishofer
Welshofer
United
Sue Harris
Middletown
R. S. Weatherwax Jr
Robert Arrell
Q. R. Reeder
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Halpin
Federal Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
Paul Briggs
Cleveland
Briggs
Mary Poston
D.N. Forman
Holiday
Wendt
Ann Landers
Eevee
Eevee Heloise Eee
Ee Sree
Area
Neu
Elevision
Jan Eeseetseres
Houston
Ashland
Big Steel
U.S
Armco’s New Medical Center
Civic Association
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