High-Speed Train Proposed For Ohio
Ohio lawmakers reveal a $1 billion ORTA high speed rail plan to run Cleveland to Cincinnati via Akron Mansfield Columbus Springfield Dayton and Middletown and Toledo to Youngstown and Columbus. Trains reach 110 mph with 1.2 million riders projected by 1985 and thousands of jobs expected from construction and operation.
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Columbus
UPI
Ohio Rail Transportation Authority
Orta Board
Ohio General Assembly
ORTA
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Akron
Mansfield
Springfield
Dayton
Middletown
Toledo
Youngstown
Elyria
Arthur Wilkowski
Nat Simon
Wilkowski
Ford
Clermont County
Ohio
Simon
Detroit
Pittsburgh
Louisville
Anthony O. Calabrese
Park Questioned on Bribery Charges in Seoul Lie-Detector Session
U.S. investigators led by Assistant Attorney General Benjamin Civiletti grilled millionaire Tongsun Park in Seoul on 36 counts of conspiracy bribery mail fraud and racketeering linked to the South Korean influence buying scandal. The session, closed to the public, followed an immunity deal and secret testimony pact with U.S. Justice and Embassy officials.
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Seoul
South Korea
UPI
U.S
Tongsun Park
Park
William Hundley
Benjamin Civiletti
FBI
Capitol Hill
Washington
London
Bruce Caputo
R-N.y
House Ethics Committee
Daniel Swillinger
Senate Ethics Committee
U.S. Justice Department
Weather advisory and wintry forecast tonight through Saturday
The forecast continues a traveler advisory with snow, squalls and wind tonight and Saturday. Lows in the teens and highs 20 to 25 with northeast winds 15 to 20 mph. Near 100 percent precipitation tonight and 80 percent Saturday. Also notes Thursday temperatures and local sunrise sunset. Births and deaths listed: a Willard girl born to Jeffrey and Diane Phipps at Willard Hospital. Mrs Daisy G Croxford 82 Wakeman. Mrs Mamie A Hindley 87 Monroeville. Mr Albert H Hess 63 Sandusky.
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Jeffrey
Diane Phipps
Willard
Willard Hospital
Daisy G. Croxford
Wakeman
Mamie A. Hindley
Monroeville
Albert H. Hess
Sandusky
Michigan Town Plans Police Fire Over Budgets
GRAYLING Mich UPI city officials say they cannot afford maintaining a five member police force under Teamsters Local 214 pay standards and will lay off all officers. The city will rely on state police from Gaylord and the Crawford County Sheriff’s Department after Feb 12. Union agent says cops’ 15 percent raises loom. lawsuit possible to block layoffs.
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Michigan
Derek McEvers
Gaylord
Crawford County
Paul Gully
Teamsters Local 214
Grayling, Mich
UPI
Teamsters Union
Snow Storm Hits East. 18 Dead Across Regions
A blizzard and freezing rain sweep the Middle Atlantic Seaboard and Appalachians, killing at least 18. Baltimore and Washington area schools closed. federal workers stayed home or arrived late. Snow plumes reach Upstate New York and New England with up to 15 inches in spots.
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Middle Atlantic Seaboard
Appalachians
Plains
Baltimore City
Washington
Atlantic
New York
New England
Midwest
Conserve Power Edison Asks Ohio Customers Tonight
Edison and six other major Ohio utilities urged customers to conserve electricity until 9 p.m. as coal stockpiles were frozen and new supplies unavailable amid the United Mine Workers strike. Bay Division supervisor Robert Kensinger said the appeal may be lifted for the weekend if operations normalize, with reserves expected to cover through Monday morning as warmer weather and reduced usage lessen demand.
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Ohio Edison Co
Akron
Ohio Edison
Edison
Ohio
United Mine Workers
Bay Division
Robert Kensinger
Kensinger
London Thwarts Thames Floods With Dikes
London escaped a major flood disaster as dikes along the River Thames held back rising waters during Britain's worst storm in 25 years. Winds up to 62 mph battered coasts from Belgium to Italy, with hundreds evacuated as flood waters reached five feet in spots. Five died in accidents and a 70 year old woman perished at Wisbech as roofs ripped off and trees toppled.
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London
UPS
Britain
Thames
North Sea
Belgium
France
Holland
Spain
Italy
England
Laas
Ot & Cor Sievers
Scotland Yard
Seenaess
Lundreds
The
Automobile Association
Wisbech
Cambridgeshire
Women Picked As Astronauts for Shuttle Program
NASA chief approves a 35 member astronaut list for the space shuttle program with some women among the finalists. Names to be announced next Monday at a news conference after initial notification by phone or telegram. Of 8,079 applicants, 1,544 were women. 21 women among 208 final candidates.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Space Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Astronaut Corps
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Edward M. Davis
Davis
Howard Metzenbaum
Carter
Metzenbaum
Bridlington
Yorkshire
Japan
Tokyo
United States
Robert Strauss
Agriculture Department
Tom Billet
Billet
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Pat
Jupiter
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Presque Isle Bay
Erie
Coast Guard
United Press International
Norwalk
Upper Sandusky
Norwalk Junior High
Alabama
Tennessee
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Mississippi
Illinois
Texas
Louisiana
North Carolina
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