Winter Of 78 Sets Ohio Snow Depths Records
United Press International reports dramatic snow depths across Ohio as the winter of 1978 shatters multiple records. Dayton tops with 22 inches on the ground, Columbus 17 inches, Cleveland 19 inches, and several cities posting new monthly or historical depth highs.
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Ohio
Dayton
Zanesville
Cleveland
Columbus
Youngstown
Akron
Mansfield
Toledo
Deceber
CB Industry In Turmoil Signals Market Slump
New York UPI reports the Citizens Band radio sector, booming three years ago, now suffers severe sales decline with US CB transceivers dropping from 11 million units in 1976 to about 8 million in 1977 as prices fell sharply from peak levels.
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New York
UPI
United States
Japan
Hong Kong
Korea
Taiwan
America
Snow Buries Stores as Lancaster Roof Collapses
Lancaster entrepreneur Ron Ketner faced twin misfortunes when heavy snow caused the 40,000 square-foot showroom roof of his Unclaimed Freight Co. to collapse, followed by a similar fate for his York store. Estimated damages reach about 625,000 dollars with modest retail prospects. The piece also surveys a glut in CB radio gear, industry pressures, and a trade commission dispute involving U.S. manufacturers and imports.
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UPI
Ron Ketner
Ketner
York
International Trade Commission
Taiwan
Korea
Hong Kong
Japan
Asia
U.S
Marshall
E.F. Johnson Co
Waseca
Minn
Pace- Pathcom
Los Angeles
Hy-Gain
Lincoln
Neb
Johnson
Eiting
Swine Producers Update Tuesday in Norwalk Ohio
Swine producers in Huron and Erie counties are invited to a Swine Producers Update on Tuesday January 24 at 8 p.m. at the Huron County Administration Building in Norwalk. County extension agent Carlos Tucker says the annual meeting updates producers on a swine topic to improve production. OSU extension animal science specialist Gene Isler will discuss Improving Breeding Herd Efficiencies and cover litter size birth weights rate of gain and hog market quality influenced by breeding. Slides of European swine operations and facilities will be shown.
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Huron
Erie County
Huron County Administration Building
Extension Service
Carlos Tucker
4-H
Gene Isler
Ohio State University
100 Percent Parity The Standard Of Fairness
Ohio farmers heard Tony Dechant president of the National Farmers Union demand 100 percent parity as the standard of fairness at the Ohio Farmers Union annual convention He said parity is the only legally recognized yardstick for farm prices and rejected any formula that would reduce farmers costs.
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Dechant
Northeast Snowstorm Seen Like Siberia Across U S
The historic blizzard dumped up to 38 inches in parts of the Northeast and left major cities crippled. Airports, stock markets, and transit shut as death tolls rose while officials warned another storm could follow toward the region.
Proxmire Plans Minute of Laughing in Luckenbach
Luckenbach Texas hosts a worldwide chuckle in honoring humorist Hondo Crouch as a bronze bust is unveiled. Sen. William Proxmire, Sen. Robert Dole, Madalyn Murray O’Hair, and columnist Rona Barrett were asked to stop nagging for one minute to join the event. Proxmire said he would stop all activity at 1 p.m. to laugh for a full minute. The ceremony celebrates Luckenbach’s famed beer parties and songfests led by the late mayor.
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Ron Brinn
Boston
Ohio Valley
Huntington
N.Y
Donald Mullen
Logan
New York
LUCKENBACH, _ Texas
UPI
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Jack Harmon
Luckenbach
Proxmire
Robert Dole
Madalyn Murray O’hair
Rona Barrett
Hondo Crouch
Real Estate Tip Warns Against Overlooking Flaws
Realtors caution buyers not to dismiss homes for peeling paint etc noting repairs can cost little and value may rise with good location. Older houses may hide serious defects that are cheap to fix, suggesting negotiations after estimating repair costs with Rench Diversified Real Estate Co. in Norwalk.
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Rench Diversified Real Estate CO
Citizen's National Bank
Norwalk
Rench
Mule Gets Him To Work
David Gann, an Illinois Central Gulf Railroad engineer in Tupelo, rides his 7 year old mule Ruth 18 miles to his office to beat ice on the road. He leaves at 3 a.m. and arrives by 7 a.m. claiming never been late in 18 years of service.
Hospital work scene and mule crossing on icy morning
A man recalls arriving late after hospital work and describes Ruth guiding a mule that balked at an icy bridge. He and Ruth reached home with a truck and trailer. The note lists hospital admissions and discharges at Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital and Navy Seaman Recruit Thomas W. Kenley completing recruit training in Orlando after Norwalk High School graduation in 1977.
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Gann
Navy
Thomas W. Kenley
Dwight Dunmire
North West St
Naval Training Center
Orlando
Fla
Norwalk
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