Administration lifts 60 cent fee on imported refined oil
The Federal Energy Administration announced the fee rollback may save consumers up to 1.2 million dollars daily, signaling a step in President Ford’s decontrol plan after congressional pressure. Pravda notes beer shortages as factory workers complain of long lines and high costs.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Energy Administration
FEA
Frank Zarb
Ford
Moscow
Communist Party
Pravda
Ural Mountains
Nizhny Tagil
Scott's Daughter Arrested in Bucks County Drug Raids
Marian Concannon 41, wife of Hugh Scott's daughter, was among 12 people arrested in Bucks County drug raids by the state Bureau of Drug Control with 60 officers from 15 departments. She faced possession and sale of hashish charges.
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Doylestown
UPI
Senate
Hugh Scott
Philadelphia
Scott
Marian Concannon
Bucks County
State Bureau of Drug Control
Concannon
Castro submits CIA assassination report to U.S. Senate
Cuban Premier Fidel Castro provided a 86 page document detailing CIA assassination attempts from 1959 to 1971. Columnist Jack Anderson said the material was sent to Sen. George McGovern who will hand it to the Senate Select Intelligence Committee chaired by Sen. Frank Church as it probes CIA activities.
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Washington
UPI
Fidel Castro
Senate
Central Intelligence Agency
Jack Anderson
Anderson
George S. McGovern
D.-S.d
Senate Select Intelligence Committee
Frank Church
D.-Idaho
CIA
Wisconsin Tops Nation in State Local Taxes
Money magazine August edition reports Wisconsin residents pay the highest state and local taxes at 3219 dollars annually while Louisiana residents pay the lowest at 662 dollars. Ohio taxes stand at 1309 dollars.
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New York
Weather and births and deaths in Willard area
Mostly sunny Thursday with highs in the upper 80s and light winds. No rainfall expected. humidity around 93 percent at 7 am. Births: Greenwich girl to Mr and Mrs Robert Chandler. two Willard area girls to Mr and Mrs Vernon Hicks and to Mr and Mrs Pablo Pacheo. Deaths: Martha Estella Stein, 97, and Mildred E Wheeler, 57.
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Robert Chandler
Greenwich
F-T
Vernon Hicks
Willard
Willard Area
Pablo Pacheo
Martha Estella Stein
Milan
Mildred E. Wheeler
County to decide on federal jail grant amid adequacy concerns
A grand jury finds Huron County Jail inadequate and may accept a $50,000 federal grant to upgrade the facility though local funds could be needed. Voters are urged to call 668-8544 to vote yes by midnight if they approve the grant or 668-8345 to vote no.
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Huron County
Soviets Threatened To Invade Mideast In 1973 Crisis
Adm. Elmo Zumwalt says the Soviet Union threatened to send troops into the 1973 Middle East war unless the United States halted Israel from destroying an elite Egyptian unit. He notes Brezhnev sent a hard note on Oct 24, 1973, and Nixon ordered a worldwide alert the next day as Soviet fleets outnumbered the U.S. 6th Fleet.
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John Milne Washington
UPI
Soviet Union
Middle East
United States
Israel
Adm
Elmo Zumwalt
Nixon
U.S. 6Th Fleet
Zumwalt
Leonid Brezhnev
Soviet Communist Party
Suez Canal
Sinai
Anwar Sadat
U.S
Egypt
Syria
Yugoslavia
Norwalk Wins 256000 HUD Sewer Grant
Norwalk received 256000 dollars in federal HUD funds for a sewer separation project along Seminary Street and nearby areas. The grant covers about 65 percent of the city's request with no local matching funds required.
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Norwalk
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Ohio
Vernis George
George
HUD
Seminary Street
Norwalk Wins Share of Huron County Job Grant
Huron County commissioners allocate a $290 000 federal fund to hire unemployed with Norwalk receiving 32000 of the total, amounting to 32 percent for nine jobs. Willard Bellevue Greenwich New London Monroeville Wakeman Plymouth North Fairfield totals listed with specific grants.
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Norwalk
Huron County
Wayne Goodsite
Willard
Bellevue
Greenwich
New London
Monroeville
Wakeman
Plymouth
North Fairfield
Ford and Brezhnev Make Headway In Talks
In Helsinki the two leaders held a private 2 hour 10 minute session on arms control that delayed the 35 nation conference briefly. Brezhnev arrived to greet Polish leader Gierek while Ford, late, sat with Kissinger as Kekkonen opened the European security summit in a ceremonial mood.
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Ford
Brezhnev
Helsinki
UPI
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Finlandia Hall
Poland
Edward Gierek
Henry A. Kissinger
Community events fill an evening schedule
A band concert opens at 7 p.m. at Memorial Lake Park. Auditions for Towne and Country Players' Hello Dolly start at 7 15 p.m. at the Towne and Country Regional Art Center. The North Star Council of Governments meets at 7 30 p.m. at the County Administration building on Milan Avenue.
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Memorial Lake Park
Towne and Country Players
Towne and Country Regional Art Center
North Star Council of Governments
Milan Avenue
Judge Smith Recuses From Robinson Murder Case in Ohio
Judge Robert W. Smith asked that a different judge be assigned to the Lawrence D. Robinson murder trial in Huron County. Judge Harry Bozarth will preside at the trial, with costs set at 30 dollars a day plus mileage and expenses. Smith cites a protective order and previous recusals, noting a pattern of avoiding prejudgment in high profile cases.
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Robert W. Smith
Lawrence D. Robinson
Smith
Reflector
William Radcliffe
Ohio Supreme Court
Robinson
Huron County Common Pleas Court
Harry Bozarth
Seneca County
Common Pleas Court
Paralyzed Elyria Man Swims English Channel Attempt
Paraplegic Jack Robertson 25, a native of Elyria Ohio and Scottsdale Arizona teacher, began the 21 mile crossing from Shakespeare Beach Dover in a wetsuit snorkel and flippers. He passed Canadian Cindy Nicholas 17 who set a new women’s Franco England crossing record. The attempt was not official per Channel Swimmers Association rules.
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Dover
England
UPI
Jack Robertson
Elyria
Ohio
English Channel
France
Robertson
Shakespeare Beach
Shakespeare
Cindy Nicholas
St. Margaret's Bay
Linda McGill
Channel Swimmers Association
Jack
Joan Jacobs
Association
Electricity Price Drops in Ohio Edison Fuel Charge
The Ohio Edison Company said August bills will be $2.30 lower than January for the average residential customer. The fuel adjustment rate, tied to coal and oil costs, falls for the seventh straight month from $7.94 in January to 64 in July. Coal costs in June were $22.19 per ton and $21.79 per ton in July.
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Ohio Edison Company
Ohio Edison
Edison
Psemyss
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Ore
Oregon
Idaho
Finland
Urho Kekkonen
Kekkonen
Europe
Mark Schwiefert
Schwiefert
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