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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1977
Page
5
Senate leaders move to halt a filibuster on a natural gas pricing bill to enable a vote on a compromise. President Carter warned he may veto if the bill removes price controls. Carter, in Norfolk Virginia, pledged to protect voters if the measure reaches his desk.
President Carter recalled the 1976 campaign turning point when he stood with Rev. Martin Luther King Sr. at a Washington church rally. He embraced King and praised their friendship as instrumental to his victory amid an overwhelmingly black audience at the church’s 113rd anniversary.
Steven DeGroote, 24, from South Africa and Curtis Institute, won first prize and $10,000 plus a three year world tour. Jury awarded silver to Alexander Tornadze of Moscow Conservatory and bronze to American Jeffrey Swann, the sole U.S. finalist.
Showers and thunderstorms covered much of the nation east of the Mississippi as a frontal system interacted with the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes. Heavy storms moved east over Lake Erie toward Cleveland and Ashtabula while a flash flood watch was in effect for parts of New York after heavy weekend rains.
The Joint Economic Committee warned that recovery is slowed by unimaginative unemployment remedies and credit policies. It urged coordinated action by the Carter administration Congress and the Federal Reserve as unemployment sits at 7.1 percent in August and growth slips from 7 percent to about 5 percent.
Former Georgia Governor Lester Maddox, 61, suffered a heart attack while in his front yard and was admitted to an intensive care unit in Marietta, Georgia. He remained alert and able to talk, according to hospital officials and his wife Virginia. Maddox served as governor from 1966 to 1970 and lieutenant governor from 1971 to 1974.
Ohio lawmakers move toward final regular session with a $92 million Lifeline heating subsidy intended for seniors and disabled residents earning up to 7000 dollars annually. The plan would create a 25 percent credit on bills, or 87.50 per oil user, funded by accelerating gas and electric tax payments. Senate action and possible immediate effect upon Rhodes signature are pending.
Robert Yost an 18 year old carnival worker from Columbus Ohio was shot and died on a Memphis sidewalk after bystanders waited about an hour to call for help. Police blame apathy while a suspect claimed self defense and a fight over a pistol.
Births announced for several local families with addresses in Monroe Franklin and surrounding communities. Includes Courtney Caudill Curtis Metcalf James Stiver II Douglas Perkins Robert Ferguson Jerry Newman and others. Visiting hours at Monroe Hospital listed for medical surgical and pediatric patients Monday through Saturday 11 am to 2 pm and 5 to 8 pm.
A Cleveland attorney for the ACLU charges about 6000 Ohio mental patients are barred from institutional employment they can perform. The complaint to HEW seeks reinstatement for Lawrence McKee with back pay and asks Ohio's Mental Health and Mental Retardation department to end discriminatory practices under the Rehabilitation Services Act of 1973.
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