Delay Cuts Boost Blackout Odds for Edison Customers
Ohio Edison announces a delay in mandatory power cutbacks until at least the end of next week, reducing immediate layoffs for about 1,000 industrial customers but raising the chance of short blackouts. The utility cites coal supply at about 33 days and plans to eliminate backup spinning reserve to save coal, warning that brief outages could occur.
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Ohio Edison
Edison
Norwalk
John R. White
Turn Off The Signs Carney Calls For Night Lights Shutoff
Rep Thomas J Carney Democrat from Youngstown urged Ohio public utilities to order gasoline stations to switch off bright outdoor signs during the energy emergency He criticized the practice as irresponsible while noting voluntary conservation efforts by electric utilities. He cited driving from his home to Columbus to support his appeal.
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Columbus
UPI
Thomas J. Carney
Youngstown
Carney
Ohio Public Utilities
William S. Newcomb
House Energy Committee
Ohio
Diamondback snake bites shopper in Fountain store
In Fountain, Melvin Privett was bitten by a three foot diamondback rattlesnake in a men’s clothing aisle. Firemen gave first aid and he was briefly hospitalized. Police could not explain how the snake entered the store. The species is uncommon in the area.
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Fountain
Colo
UPS
Melvin R. Privett
Privett
Weather and notices from The Record for Feb 17 1978
Occasional snow tonight and Saturday with lows in the low 20s and highs in the upper 20s to lower 30s. Precipitation chances 60 percent tonight and 40 percent Saturday. Winds west to northwest around 10 mph. Temperatures Thursday 31 to 7. A year ago today 24 to minus 3. Humidity morning 7 am 84 percent, 1 pm 81 percent, 7 pm 78 percent. Total Thursday precipitation 0.01 inch. Sunrise 7:20 am Sunset 6:03 pm. Marriage license applications for Larry D. Adkins and Susan K. Stander. Births: Roger and Elizabeth Laws boy. Richard and Dorthea Krupp boy. Larry and Mary Taylor girl. Deaths: Arthur E. Koch 84 Sandusky. Gladys Wolfe 82 Norwalk. Ruth Beiter Young 63 South Pasadena California.
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Roger and
Elizabeth Laws
Monroeville
Richard and
Dorthea Krupp
Norwalk
Larry and
Mary Taylor
Plymouth
Willard Area
Arthur E. Koch
Sandusky
Gladys Wolfe
Ruth Beiter Young
South Pasadena
Calif
Norwalk Furniture Seeks Bonding for Plant Expansion
Norwalk Furniture Corp seeks approval of 400000 in industrial revenue bonds to fund a 26000 square foot addition on Ohio 18, boosting production and creating about 40 new jobs. The Norwalk Area Community Improvement Corp will meet Thursday to recommend the bond request, which awaits county commissioners’ decision.
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Norwalk Furniture Corp
California
Wayne Klein
Newton Street
Ohio 18
A.E.D. Corp
Klein
Norwalk Furniture
Ohio
Norwalk Area Community Improvement Corp
Maple Tree
John R. Gerken
Norwalk
CIC
Nixon Turns Down Soviet Joint Nuke War Plan
Former aide Haldeman details in forthcoming book that Nixon and Kissinger rejected Soviet overtures for a joint attack on China in 1969. They feared Russian retaliation and wide fallout threatening Japan, Korea, and Pacific troops, and allegedly warned of a staged U.S. umbrella to deter a solo Soviet strike.
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New York
UPI
Richard Nixon
China
H.R. Haldeman
Nixon
Henry Kissinger
Russia
Japan
Korea
Pacific Islands
Haldeman
Kissinger
Cuba
Nixon- Kissinger
Newsweek
U.S
Pacific Island
George Keegan
Nikita Khrushchev
Siberia
Juror Serves His Time In Pokey
Keith B. O'Dell age 24 failed to report for jury duty in Norwalk Municipal Court. Judge Donald Derby ordered him jailed until 6 p.m. or trial end after he was arrested at home and brought to court for a civil case turning into a jail stay. This was his third failure to appear for jury duty.
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Keith B. O’dell
U.S. 250 South
Norwalk
Donald Derby
O’dell
Donna Stively
Baliff
Derby
Mail Pouch Man Harley Warrick paints iconic barn sign
The Belmont Ohio painter, 53, is the last of the Mail Pouch Tobacco sign artists and gained fame in a CBS On The Road segment. He estimates painting 16,000 barns over 32 years, passing on the craft to his children while earning rental fees from farmers and occasional private commissions.
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Harley Warrick
Barnside
Warrick
Norwalk
James Londot
Garcia Dr
Charles Kuralt
CBS Evening News
Ohio University
Belmont
Ohio
I Nees
Ohio State
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Ford Motor Co
Henry Ford II
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Jo Ann Shields
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Cincinnati
Ohio Lottery
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Wakeman
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Gerken
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