US Urges China to Withdraw Forces From Vietnam
The United States pressed China to pull back its invasion forces from Vietnam as fighting intensifies. Beijing insisted on a ceasefire through negotiations. Treasury Secretary Blumenthal told reporters the US opposes China's move and hopes for rapid withdrawal. Iran Orders Police Not to Renew Permits for Americans and Foreigners
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United States Today
China
Vietnam
U.S. Treasury
Michael Blumenthal
Teng Hsiaoping
United States
Tehran
Iran
UPI
Revolutionary Council
Ruhollah Khomeini
Ahvaz
Revolutionary Radio
Islamic Revolutionary
Israel Rejects Carter Invite to Begin Summit
Israel’s Cabinet spurned President Carter’s invitation for a summit with Prime Minister Begin due to Egypt’s hardening stance in peace talks. Begin offered to meet Carter anytime on US-Israel relations as ministerial talks in Washington produced no Israeli-Egyptian progress.
Gas shortage cancels flights as fuel limits hit major cities
United Press International reports fuel shortages from Iranian oil cuts force cancellations of multiple flights from New York Chicago St Louis and Kansas City. Trans World Airlines cancels four outbound and five inbound flights from Kansas City for Tuesday two days in a row. TWA notes this is the first major cancellation since the 1973 Arab oil embargo. ARCO announces strict product allocations starting Thursday in Los Angeles.
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United Press International
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
Trans World Airlines
TWA
Los Angeles
Arco Petroleum Products Co
Atlantic-Richfield
Detroit faces $1.5 billion military spending deficit in 1977
Michigan State University professor James R. Anderson reports a biased federal military spending pattern favors the Sunbelt, causing northern cities like Detroit to lose jobs and tax revenue. Detroit records a net tax loss of $1.5 billion in fiscal 1977, the largest deficit after New York and Chicago among the 40 biggest cities.
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Lansing
Mich
UPI
Midwest
Michigan State University
MSU
James R. Anderson
Detroit
New York
Chicago
Weather Summary and Births for February 27 1979
Fair tonight with a low near 20 and mostly cloudy Wednesday highs 35 to 40. Precipitation chances near zero tonight and 20 percent Wednesday. Winds westerly at 10 mph tonight. Monday temperatures 34 to 18 with total precipitation 0.7 inches and 6 inches snow depth at midnight. Births listed: David and Jean Martin Monroeville girl at Fisher-Titus and Michael and Carol Cooper Norwalk boy at Good Samaritan. A total solar eclipse will not be visible from North America again until 2017.
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David and
Jean Martin
Monroeville
Fisher-Titus
Michael and
Carol Cooper
Norwalk
Good Samaritan
North American
Jail space crisis in Huron County prompts expansion talks
County officials including Judge Robert W. Smith and Prosecutor Richard Hauser say the 92 year old jail on Seminary Street is too small to hold inmates under state rules. Capacity cut from 34 to 17 after 1976 renovations creates space shortages, forcing judges to curb sentences and rely on probation.
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Huron County
Huron County Commissioners
Thomas Carabin
Richard Hauser
Seminary Street
U.S
Hauser
Common Pleas
Robert W. Smith
Smith
Flothe
Norwalk
Donald H. Derby
Mansfield
Derby
Bellevue
Walter Butz
Borders Chosen For Board Seat In Norwalk School Board
Thomas N. Borders was named to fill the Norwalk school board vacancy created by Michael Myers's resignation. The decision was approved unanimously by President Fred Waugh and members Dorothy Delianides, Dale Rafie, and James Lawrence. Borders, 33, edged four other applicants after interviews on February 21. His term expires December 31, and he emphasized learning the board first before acting.
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Norwalk School Board
Thomas N
Nick) Borders
Michael Myers
Fred Waugh
Dorothy Delianides
Dale Rafie
James Lawrence
Borders
Stephen Senft
Douglas Colvin
Roger George
Waugh
Delianides
Clancy
Colvin
Senft
Charleston
Board of Education
Norwalk
George
First Church of God
Sheller-Globe
Salt Shortage Ahead For City and County Roads
Norwalk city and county face a salt shortage while the state reports adequate supplies The city expects a salt load from grinding mills in Painesville that did not arrive County officials anticipate shipments from International Salt in Cleveland at double Sandusky prices The EPA may restrict outdoor stockpiling pushing storage indoors and increasing costs as streets mix salt with cinders or calcium chloride to cope with rising demand and limited trucks
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State Highway Department
City Service
Melvin Shipley
Painesville
Coy Hillis
Sandusky
Shipley
Hillis
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Northwest
Ohio Epa
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