Carter halts fast breeder project and bans plutonium extraction
President Carter orders stop to the fast breeder nuclear reactor project and bans plutonium extraction from spent fuel to curb weapons material. He argues nuclear power remains real but warns of weaponization risks amid global use. In Ohio, the Senate passes a Democratic voter registration reform bill moving to the House, amid GOP fears of chaos.
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UPI
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Wholesale prices jump 1.1 percent in March
UPI reports the Labor Department shows wholesale prices rising 1.1 percent in March the largest monthly gain in 18 months. Food costs especially coffee fueled the increase sparking concern that consumer prices may rise if trends continue. Farm and food sectors drove the bulk of March’s rise, impacting the overall inflation outlook.
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UPI
Labor Department
Eaton unveils variable displacement engine for fuel savings
Cleveland dispatch reports Eaton Corp introduces a dual displacement engine that idles cylinders to save up to 15 percent fuel. The system uses valve selectors triggered by an electronic device on the engine housing. Ford experiments with the tech on 300 cubic inch six cylinder van engines.
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UPI
Eaton Corp
Ford Motor Co
Ohio House moves to ban fluorocarbon aerosol sprays
The Ohio House favors a bill to ban sales of fluorocarbon propellant aerosols after 1978 with exceptions for medicines. Rep. Dennis Eckart and Rep. Thomas Carney cite environmental duty to children as the bill heads to committee approval.
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Quakes Kill 36 In Iran Near Isfahan Zagross Range
A pair of earthquakes struck southwest of Isfahan near the Zagross Mountains killing at least 36 people. The Ministry of Information confirmed fatalities from the Wednesday night quake that devastated villages about 250 miles south of Tehran.
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Iran
UPI
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Zagross Mountains
Ohio grants 10 extra makeup-free school days
Gov James A Rhodes signed a bill giving Ohio public schools ten additional makeup free closing days this year for hazardous weather. The measure takes effect immediately to provide calendar flexibility amid heavy snows that caused many days off last January and February. Public schools already have five calamity days and up to fifteen fuel shortage closures that do not require makeup.
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UPI
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Forecaster notes cloudy night and cool Friday in Ohio area
Weather forecast calls for cloudy conditions with lows in the mid 20s and highs in the upper 30s. Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph tonight, 20 percent precip tonight and 10 percent Friday. Also lists marriage license applications birth and deaths in the Norwalk region.
Norwalk Schools launch key four mill levy campaign
Norwalk City Schools plan a June 7 four mill operating levy with a broad campaign led by Supt James E Rubright. The drive includes a hot line, two speakers bureaus, literature distribution, and volunteer calls to homes to explain the levy which would raise 332000 annually. The district faces a 300000 funding shortfall this year due to inflation and state funding gaps.
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Norwalk
Levy
James E. Rubright
Rllbright
Floods Leave West Virginia and Kentucky Reeling
Floodwaters cut routes and strained towns in West Virginia and Kentucky as the region faced a four day weather rampage. At least 23 flood related deaths were reported with thousands displaced while aid including typhoid vaccines arrived by air. authorities declared Kentucky a disaster area as efforts focused on human needs.
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Head transplant possibility raised by Cleveland doctor
Cleveland neurologist Prof. Robert White told Italian experts that head transplants could be technically solvable within a year but warned moral, religious, legal and economic hurdles. he stressed no plan to perform such procedures and cited monkey experiments by his team at Cleveland University.
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Naples
Italy
UPI
Cleveland
Robert White
Cleveland University
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Power outage interrupts sermon at St Paul Catholic Church
Early morning at St Paul Catholic Church Rev Nelson Beaver spoke on life’s light when the lights suddenly failed. Power was restored within minutes by Ohio Edison, just as the homily touched on darkness.
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Nelson Beaver
St. Paul Catholic Church
Ohio Edison
My Experience With God in Norwalk Lent Series
In this personal Lent essay a Norwalk homemaker shares how God called her to Jesus and how health crises and inner unrest led to renewed faith. She reflects on returning to fellowship, studying the Bible, and letting God guide daily chores into acts of love. Her faith journey ends with gratitude for Christ’s ongoing presence.
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Fairhill Rd
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Christ
Ethics Code Proposed for Huron County Officials
The Huron County Commissioners will study a five point ethics code for county officials and employees. George Russell, county grantsman and former Navy officer, presented the proposal and briefed on project status. commissioners had no time to respond.
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George Russell
Russell
C. B Roscoe
Immunization push targets 20 million unprotected children
HEW Secretary Califano labels a dangerous apathy toward vaccines and announces a broad program to immunize the unprotected. The plan aims to exceed 90 percent coverage by fall 1979 and establish a permanent system for three million births yearly, amid lessons from past swine flu efforts.
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Washington
UPI
Joseph A. Califano Jr
America
Califano
HEW
Bess Free After Agreeing To Pay Fine Under Protest
Bess, 82, former Fitchville police officer, freed after agreeing to pay the remainder of a $1,000 contempt fine in $50 monthly installments. He was jailed two weeks ago for not cleaning junk from his property. payment under protest cited compliance with court order.
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Fitchville
Bess
Huron County Common Pleas Court
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