Boy Fights Move To Raise Drinking Age In Michigan
Chris Magnus of the Three O'Clock Lobby, a 17 year old from East Lansing High School, challenges proponents at a Lansing press conference. He says statistics misrepresent youth alcohol involvement and opposes raising the drinking age, arguing 18 year olds are adults with full rights. He notes easy access to alcohol for teens and cites alleged anti youth backlash.
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Lansing, Mich
UPI
Chris Magnus
Three O’clock Lobby
Magnus
Secretary of State
Lobby
East Lansing
Automatic flush urinals waste water in Milwaukee study
Milwaukee's mandatory automatic flush urinals may waste 4 million gallons of city water daily, says an MSOE study. The report notes potential $422,000 in sewage treatment savings if men used hand or foot flushing devices. Pepe Rodriguez directed the student research, highlighting473 that Wisconsin remains the only state with such mandates.
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Milwaukee
UPI
Milwaukee School of Engineering
Wisconsin
Pepe Rodriguez
MSOE
Guard Helps Lover Escape From Federal Jail
Norma Jean Spearman a 30 year old former guard at a coed federal jail was sentenced to six months in jail for aiding the escape of Roy Madison Snipes 40 a convicted swindler. She served the term in the county jail with permission for her three children to visit. The escape involved a friend delivering civilian clothes and a visitors elevator route to the street. Snipes promised to call but has not been heard from since.
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San Diego
UPI
Norma Jean Spearman
Metropolitan Correctional Center
Federal
Roy Madison Snipes
Snipes
Valve Bursts At Davis-Besse Plant Injures Worker
Kent Yarger, 47, in serious condition at St. Vincent's Hospital with second and third degree burns on his back shoulders and arm after a valve burst at the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Plant near Port Clinton. Three other employees were inspecting the main steam line when the blast occurred. no other injuries reported.
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Toledo, Ohio
UPI
Kent Yarger
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Yarger
Toledo Edison Co
Davis-Besse
Port Clinton
Roger Buehrer
Buehrer
Woman shatters gender roles by building wall in Bethlehem home
Cecilia Kipp, 37, rips out and sands walls in her 100 year old Bethlehem area house while husband Bruce, a plumber, relaxes weekends. She handles heavy carpentry and repairs, mows grass, hunts, and enjoys hands on work. The couple says many jobs suit women if they choose.
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Bethlehem
UPI
Cecilia Kipp
Bruce Kipp
Cynthia Kope
Kipps
Steel City
Kipp
Freemansburg
Huron County Projects 9.1 Million for 1978 Budget
Huron County plans 9.1 million dollars for 1978 funding, a rise of about 400000 from 1977. The increase reflects revenue from a half percent piggyback sales tax effective February 1, with taxes collected in ten of twelve months and first receipts in March. County Auditor Kenneth Reed estimates a full year could bring up to 500000 more to the general fund.
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Huron County Budget Commission
Kenneth Reed
County General Fund
TV Listings and Highlights From Evening Schedule
Evening lineup includes ABC and NBC programs with guest stars Abba Eban and Dan Aykroyd in specials. Notable entries feature The Three Sons emergency episode, Mary Tyler Moore, Jeopardy style games, and a Vietnam Veterans segment. Also listed are One Day at a Time, Lou Grant, and a 1955 Barbara Stanwyck feature Escape to Burma.
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Abba Eban
Israel
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Weather cancels two Norwalk sports events tonight
Two tonight events are cancelled due to weather. The wrestling match against Bellevue in Bellevue and the girls basketball game versus Upper Sandusky at Norwalk Junior High are called off per Norwalk Athletic Director Bob Hart.
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Norwalk
Bob Hart
Bellevue
Upper Sandusky
Norwalk Junior High
Judge Burwell Cuts Truancy With Jail Policy
IRONTON Ohio UPI Juvenile delinquency and school absences in Lawrence County have declined as Judge Lloyd Burwell imposes a policy of one day in jail for each day skipped. Juveniles jailed for truancy are held apart from other inmates. Absences dropped from about 20 percent to 5 percent and city juvenile crime fell about 22 percent per police chief George Akers.
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Ironton
Ohio
UPI
Lawrence County
Lloyd Burwell
New
George Akers
Public Hearing on Republic Street Extension
A public hearing on the Republic Street epee extension from Gallup Avenue to U S 250 will be at city hall at 7 p.m. February 13. Maps and studies will be shown there from 8 30 a.m. to 7 p.m. on the hearing day. Written statements or exhibits must be mailed to the mayor's office before February 24.
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Republic Street
Gallup Avenue
U.S. 250
City Hall
Wakeman Council Tables Septic Tank Ordinance Amid Health Review
Wakeman village council delayed a septic tank measure requiring risers, capacity limits, sewer permits, and subsurface filter beds draining to the Vermilion River awaiting Huron County Health Department review. A zoning hearing was set for February 22, and 1978 appropriations and pay raises were approved, including police and village staff increases.
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Wakeman — Village
Huron County Health Department
Vermilion River
David Graves
Council
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