Steel layoffs trigger up to 100 weekly for a year in Ohio
Supplemental unemployment benefits and retraining funds are approved for about 6,000 laid off Ohio steel workers under the Trade Readjustment Act. Up to 100 a week for 52 weeks plus moving costs and retraining aid. Temporary job centers operate as unions and officials match workers with new employment opportunities despite drastic industry changes.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Steel Mills
John Glenn
Howard M. Metzenbaum
Charles Carney
Youngstown Union
Jungle law in Middletown pet shop leads to cat heist
A Petland store owner frees two older cats to patrol for escaped mice but the cats raid the shop's canary, leaving an empty cage and scattered feathers. The canary, a $40 singer, becomes their unintended prize as the mice remain unharmed. The owner laments the birdsong betrayal.
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Petland
Middletown
George Magbee
Magbee
Strike at Longview continues in Cincinnati
The Longview State Mental Hospital strike extends beyond tomorrow as hospital leadership and OCSEA officials trade statements. Hospital director Myers Kurtz says administrators have taken over work for about 400 strikers and that active treatment has not been curtailed while negotiations remain open.
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Cincinnati
Longview State Mental Hospital
Charles King
Ohio Civil Service Employes Association
Ocsfra
Myers Kurtz
Kurtz
OCSEA
Crime Alert Number Publicized for Suspect Activity
Public safety notice urges residents to call 425 7700 with tips on crimes or suspicious activities. The phrase Crime Alert 425 7700 is highlighted as the contact line for reporting.
Hijacked JAL jet lands in Dacca amid ransom claims
A Japan Airlines DC8 with 156 aboard was hijacked and forced to land in Dacca after the crew reported demands for a ransom and the release of terrorists in Tokyo. Simultaneously a JAL DC8 crashed near Kuala Lumpur, killing or missing 36 people including two Americans. 47 survived.
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Dacca
Bangladesh
Japan Air Lines
India
New Delhi
Tokyo
Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
Administration mounts counterattack on Panama Canal treaty
In two days of testimony senior officials argued against anti treaty claims. Defense Secretary Brown and Gen. Brown warned a rejection would pose greater military risk to canal security than ratification. Former naval chiefs opposed ratification in House testimony.
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Washington
U.S
Panama
Senate
Harold Brown
George S. Brown
Military Joint Chiefs of Staff
Adm
Thomas Moorer
House International Relations Committee
Senate Foreign Affairs Committee
Defense
Brown
Senate Faces Overnight Clash Over Gas Price Plan
The Senate kept an all night session to break a filibuster led by Senators Abourez and Metzenbaum. Democratic Leader Byrd pressed for a final vote on replacing President Carter's price controls with an industry backed deregulation plan while lawmakers endured through hundreds of amendments and a coffee fueled dawn.
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Washington
Senate
Posal
Robert C. Byrd
Byrd
West Virginia
Carter
James Abourez
D-S.d
Howard Metzenbaum
Ohio
Middletown Weather Forecast Sees Clouds Return
A fall day with a high near 79 and a low around 50 gave way to clear skies. Tonight clouds will increase with a 20 percent chance of rain Thursday. highs in the low 70s and rain expected late Thursday into Friday, with fair Saturday and rain Sunday.
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Middletown
Congress Rejects Sioux Land Compensation Bill After Little Bighorn Echoes
The House defeated a bill to let the Sioux pursue compensation for Black Hills land seized in 1877, 7.3 million acres, after Little Bighorn outcomes and government policy. Lawmakers criticize past actions as unjust while courts cite res judicata and decline further review.
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South Dakota
Black Hills
Congress
Washington
George A. Custer
Little Bighorn
Court of Claims
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U.S. Department of Labor
Don Heineman
Ohio Bureau of Employment Service
Bureau
Armco Steel Corp
Heineman
Local 1418
Youngstown
Pet
Longview
Ann Landers
County
Heloise
Eh S
Area
Srts
Ee Elevision
Ee Ee
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A.Z. Mahmood
Bangladesh Air Force
Red Army
Bombay
Bangkok
Thailand
JAL
Robert Burkhart
Pacifica
Calif
Salimah
Maria
J.C
Linker
Chase Manhattan Bank
Hong Kong
Edward Rhodes
New York
Norco Scientific Company
Thomas J. McIntyre
Dn.h
Barry Goldwater
R-Aziz
Ernest Hollings
D-S.c
Little
Bighorn
James P. Johnson
R-Cole
House Interior Committee
Custer
Montana
Bighorn River Valley
Supreme Court
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