Metzenbaum Warns Western Coal Switch Cripples Ohio
UPI reports Senator Howard Metzenbaum warns that utilities shifting from high sulfur Ohio coal to western low sulfur coal could trigger a tidal wave of job losses in southeastern Ohio. Governor Rhodes adds costs, reliability concerns, and possible regional economic damage from scrubbers and coal delivery issues.
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Cleveland
UPI
Howard Metzenbaum
Ohio
Metzenbaum
U.S
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
James A. Rhodes
Buckeye
Carter
Western Coal
Rhodes
Conesville Works
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co
Nyad abandons Cuba to Florida swim in 8 50 time line
Diana Nyad halted her Cuba to Florida attempt at 8 50 as 3 to 4 foot seas and jellyfish stings hampered progress in the Florida Straits. Coast Guard reported no further movement and she stopped the effort eighty miles from her goal.
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Miss J.C
UPI
Diana Nyad
Cuba
Florida
Coast Guard
Nyad
Florida Straits
Man sentenced to life for Brunswick woman's stabbing death
Thomas J. Yanasak, 31, of Strongsville, was given a life term by Medina County Common Pleas Court Judge Phillip A. Baird after pleading no contest to aggravated murder in the June killing of 22 year old Carol Smith. Smith's nude body was found in a Medina Township field after she was abducted from a Brunswick parking lot.
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Medina
Ohio
UPS
Brunswick
Thomas J. Yanasak
Strongsville
Medina County
Ohio couple rescued after 15 hour lake swim drift
A 21 year old man David Owens and his 20 year old wife Ann Marie Owens of Mayfield Heights bobbed for 15 hours in Lake Erie when their 20 foot inboard boat drifted away while they swam. Coast Guard units rescued them near Burke Lakefront Airport and they were taken to St. Vincent Charity Hospital for treatment.
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Cleveland
UPI
Lake Erie
Burke Lakefront
Coast Guard
David Owens
Mayfield Heights
Ann Marie Owens
St. Vincent Charity Hospital
Rhodes Open Ohio State Fair Amid Pie Protest
Gov James Rhodes and wife opened the 1978 Ohio State Fair behind closed gates as about 75 demonstrators with cream pies protested outside. Rhodes was pelted at a prior ribbon cutting and appeared cautious this year while troopers guarded the gate. The All-Ohio Youth Choir and All-Ohio Band performed and the first fairgoer, four-year-old Mark Richardson of Wisconsin Falls Texas, received a stuffed animal and free tickets.
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Columbus
UPI
James A. Rhodes
Rhodes
Ohio State Highway Patrol
Mark Richardson
Witchin Falls
Texas
Weather and Notices From ML M Page
Mostly cloudy humid conditions continue tonight and Wednesday with scattered showers and thundershowers. Lows 65 to 70 tonight, highs mid 80s Wednesday, 50 percent precip chance both days. Winds S about 10 mph tonight. Monday temps 86 and 59 with zero precipitation. Births list Norwalk and Willard hospitals shows four newborns, two girls. Deaths include Mr Fiance J Channing 90 and Mr Herman W Gandee 49 and Megan Skillicorn 11 days old. Pompeii graffiti note mentions Lucilia sells her body.
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Kenneth
Susan Cornwell
Norwalk
Fisher-Titus
Juan
Debra Sanchez
Fisher- Titus
Joseph
Cathleen Leroux
Sandusky Memorial
Harold
Connie Bolen
Willard
Willard Area Hospital
J. Channing
Herman W. Gandee
Wakeman
Megan Sarah Skillicorn
Fair Is Time For Politics Norwalk Fair Opening Crowd
Norwalk mayor Wayne Goodsite greets two out of town visitors Monday night at the opening day of the Huron County Fair. Richard Linder and Boyd Miller, both of Ohio, were among the guests at the event.
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Norwalk
Wayne Goodsite
Richard Linder
Boyd Miller
Mental Health Society elects new president in Huron County
The Huron County Mental Health Society elected Rev. David Plant as president and vowed to stay in business for at least a year. The Society, which ran the Mental Health Center at 86 W. Main St., was replaced July 1 by the George F. Linn Corp. and faced loss of all funding. Plant plans to recruit a core group of 30 to 40 supporters to decide future activities, possibly serving as a watchdog group, educational resource, or lobbying body while considering returning to direct services if Linn Corp. plans unfold.
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Huron County Mental Health Society
David Plant
Mental Health Society
W. Main St
George F. Linn Corp
Huron County Board of Mental Health and Retardation
648 Board
Linn Corp
Huron County
Plant
Bellevue Hospital
Fair schedule for junior and open classes across livestock and crafts
Open class judging begins at 9 a.m. for poultry horses and rabbits with junior fair events including booth art 4-H saddle horse crops shop and a food revue. Market livestock judging at 11 a.m. plus dairy judging at 1:30 p.m. Hair pin lace demonstrations and Agricultural Heritage lectures run 2 to 8 p.m. with square dancing and dances in the evening. Tractor and vehicle pulls and various demonstrations continue into night with King and Queen announced after the livestock pavilion dance.
Memphis Calm Follows National Guard Guarded Curfew
National Guard troops patrolled Memphis as police and firefighters held simultaneous strikes. The 8 pm to 6 am curfew kept the city largely quiet while arrests for curfew violations rose. Guards armored units protected police HQ and fire stations as firemen returned to work amid hope of easing tensions.
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Memphis
Friendly Cab Co
Ulyses Nesbit
Presley
Graceland Mansion
Robert Walker
Cleveland Couple Hurt In Fiery Pinto Crash
A West Side Cleveland couple suffered burns when their 1971 Ford Pinto exploded after being rear ended near Madison Avenue and Berea. Mark and Deborah Wisniewski were injured. he remained in fair condition at Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital, she released from St. John’s Hospital after treatment. The other driver fled the scene with hitchhiker Allen Lenio reporting the hit run and the driver walking east on Madison.
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Cleveland
UPI
West Side
Mark
Deborah Wisniewski
Madison Avenue
Berea and
Wisniewski
Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital
St. John’s Hospital
Allen J. Lenio
Madison
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Library of Congress
Plain States
Painesville
Jo Anna Hurst
Lake County
Radyard
Mont
State Fair
Pompeii
Lucilia
Rive
Bellevue
The
Clowns of
Paul Stafford
Marian
Greenwich
Ripley Congregational United Church
Shalom United Church of Christ
Societ
William Catalano
N. Old State Road
Margherita
Marylou Griffiths
Norwood Ave
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