Texas Heat Wave Kills 21 as 110 Degree Highs Persist
The record heat wave across Texas reaches 110 degrees with at least 21 heatstroke deaths reported, 14 in Dallas and seven in Fort Worth area. Forecasters warn the heat will continue through the week, driving record electricity use and ice shortages while pools stay largely unused.
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Dallas
UPI
Abilene
Allen Fain
Dallas County
Fort Worth
Fain
Parkland Memorial Hospital
National Weather Service
Jeter Pruett
NWS
Don Wilson
Dallas Power & Light Co
Two Portage County Jail inmates escape in dawn break
At Portage County Jail in Ravenna two prisoners pried a window screen, tied blankets into a rope and jumped 30 feet to flee before 3 a.m. One captive, David Phan of Aurora, was recaptured by 4 a.m. the other, Charles Logan of Akron, remains at large. Logan had just been sentenced to 15 years for grand theft.
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Ravenna
Ohio
UPI
Portage County
David Phan
Aurora
Charles Logan
Akron
Ohio Reformatory
Mansfield
Logan
Sheriff's Deputies
Evelyn Stebbins Fights Nuclear Power In Ohio Hearings
Evelyn Stebbins, 52, longtime Ohio anti nuclear critic, leads the Coalition for Safe Electric Power of Cleveland. She battles Ohio Edison’s Erie Nuclear Plant before the Ohio Power Siting Commission, sharing a table with Edison lawyers and other officials. Stebbins argues the plant isn’t in the public interest and cites a stronger OPS C staff position. She has fought prior plants and remains a determined, vocal advocate despite losses. She believes current hearings offer a better chance for opponents than federal reviews and highlights past environmental concerns about Lake Erie and public health.
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Evelyn Stebbins
Ohio
U.S. Atomic Energy Commissions
Sion
Coalition For Safe Electric Power
Cleveland
Stebbins
Ohio Power Siting Commission
OPSC
Ohio Edison
Erie
Berlin Heights
Firelands
Bowling Green
Ms. Stebbins
Davis-Besse
Perry
Edison
U.S
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRC
League of Women Voters
Lake Erie
Citizens For Clean Air
Davis- Besse
Weather and life events from LMT July 19 1978
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with scattered showers or thundershowers mainly late in the afternoon and evening. Highs in the mid to upper 80s, lows 65 to 70, 30 percent precipitation through Thursday. Winds south to southwest 10 mph or less. Tuesday temps 88 to 61. zero precipitation. Births list include Knoll, Johnson, Prout families. Marital licenses issued Wunder and Smith. Deaths noted Beckwith and Parrott. Olympic games canceled three times in 28 years due to world war.
Norwalk Council reverses liquor carryout hearing request
Norwalk City Council asked the Ohio Liquor Control Board for a formal hearing on a beer carryout permit at 120 E Main St owner John Stephens of Norwalk Beverage Center. Citizens opposed due to church, school, traffic concerns and lack of notice. The panel also discussed teenagers buying beer, a Columbia Gas rate hike, air spraying for mosquitoes, and helmet law changes for riders.
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Norwalk
Ohio Department of Liquor Control
E. Main St
Sunoco
Home Savings and Loan Co
Liquor Control Board
John Stephens
Norwalk Beverage Center
Stephens
Robert Williams
William Ream
Ream
Ohio General Assembly
Williams
Richard Fritz
Residents debate parking at Mental Health Center at 86 W Main
Residents and city officials protest the parking around the Mental Health Center at 86 West Main Street. They urge county commissioners to add parking or relocate, favoring the unused Shady Lane area for privacy and access.
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Newton
W. Main Streets
Main St
Wayne Goodsite
Melvin Shipley
Shady Lane
Benedict Avenue
Roger Waite
Newton St
Shipley
Waite
Smith
George F. Linn Corp
Newton Street
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Pat McGinty
Amarillo Ice Co
Houston
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Texas
McGinty
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Kucinich
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Dennis Kucinich
Afl-Cio
Frisco
San Jose
Calif
Santa Clara County
Jim Berkland
San Francisco Bay Area
Berkland
Washington
Postal Service
Pentagon
Postmaster General
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Presley
New York
Elvis Presley
Karen
McCall's Magazine
Hollywood
Columbus
Ohio National Guard
James A. Rhodes
Nukes
By Dick Hobson
Jimmy Ellis
Dan Fairfax
Huron River
Paul Stafford
Irvin R. Wunder
Linda Lee Smith
Bruce and
Gail Knoll
North Fairfield
Fisher-Titus
William and
Janet Johnson
New London
Fisher- Titus
Stephen
Betty Prout
Monroeville
Sandusky Memorial
Almeron E. Beckwith
H. Wayne Parrott
Greenwich
Council
Ronald Freeman
Police Department
Columbia Gas of
Columbia Gas Transmission Corp
Goodsite
Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Agriculture Department
Health Departments
Center
Don Bahnsen
W. Main St
Bahnsen
Maurice Smith
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