Tragic Canoe Outing Claims 12 Canadian Youths
A violent storm on Lake Temiscamingue swamped canoes during a school outing from St Johns School Clairmont. At least 12 boys aged 12 to 16 and a teacher died, with 15 boys and three teachers surviving. Rescue efforts and vigil held as families await formal identifications.
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Ville Marie
Quebec
UPI
Lake Temiscamingue
St. John’s School
Toronto
Clairmont
Wilderness Lake
Lincoln senator accuses Bell of long-distance eavesdropping
Lincoln Nebraska senator Ernie Chambers blasts Northwestern Bell amid claims an operator listened to a collect call to his office. He says eight male operators were on duty but denied handling the call, calling the incident illegal eavesdropping and accusing a male operator of lying.
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Lincoln, Neb
UPI
Northwestern Bell Telephone
Ernie Chambers
Omaha
Lincoln
Chambers
Phone Company
Jack McCallister
Soviet grain crop forecast for 1978 range set
The U S Department of Agriculture projects the 1978 Soviet grain harvest could exceed 195.5 million metric tons but defines a likely range of 185 to 225 million tons with about a two in three chance. In Cleveland, Mayor Dennis Kucinich faces recall petitions under a key city charter issue as an appeals court weighs who may sign.
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Washington
UPI
Soviet Union
Agriculture Department
Department
World Food and Agricultural Outlook and Situation Board
Cleveland
Dennis Kucinich
Ohio 8Th District Court of Appeals
Ohio Department of Energy Publishes Home Improvement Guide
The Ohio Department of Energy begins distributing the Complete Energy Home Improvement Guide to help residents reduce utility bills. State Energy Chief Robert Ryan says the book explains what to do and how to do it, available free by writing the department at 30 East Broad Street, Columbus.
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Columbus
UPI
Ohio Department of Ene
Complete Energy
Ohio
State Ener ‘Gy
Robert Ryan
Ohio Department of Energy
Fast Broad Street
Joshua judge jailed on stolen car charge mishap
Johnson County Judge Tommy Altaras was arrested in Joshua on a stolen car charge after a dispatcher mistook his name for the county attorney. He remained jailed until sheriff’s deputies verified his identity. Altaras later admitted past legal troubles including a prior erroneous murder arrest in Austin.
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Joshua, Texas
UPT
Johnson
Tommy Altaras
Altaras
County Commissioners’ Court
Joshua
Austin
Weather and marriage lic line item notes
Clear and cold tonight with a low in the 40s and sunny Wednesday with highs near 70. North to northwest winds five to ten mph. Marriage license applications listed for residents of Willard and surrounding towns, followed by births and a death notice for Mrs Lucy Meyer of Monroeville.
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Lake Erie
Severe Earthquake Kills 21 In Japan
A 7.5 magnitude quake struck Miyagi prefecture near Sendai causing 22 deaths and 698 injuries. Over 600,000 residents lost electricity gas and water as three oil tanks cracked at Sendai port. Officials rushed water tank cars to the area and warned it could take a week to restore services.
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Tokyo
UPI
Japan
Miyagi
Puak
Pacific
Sendai
Niigata
Japan Sea
Bill in State House Would Erase Some Crime Records
Ohio House to vote on revised expungement bill allowing limited erasure of criminal records after 20 years for ex convicts with clean behavior. Also on calendar are school funding measures including a $190 million supplemental appropriation with $106 million for grants and loans, plus a $90 million loan program for districts, and a state employees pay raise.
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Columbus
UPI
Ohio House
Senate
House
General Assembly
Senate Finance Committee
Senate Democratic
James A. Rhodes
Finance Committee
Big City
Rhodes
Columbia Predicts Ample Gas Supply for Winter
Columbia Gas vice president and chief engineer John H. Croom told the Public Utilities Commission that only large boiler operations may face curtailments next winter. He noted a weather reserve and a recent 18 percent drop in residential and commercial gas use over six years. The utility will have about 2 billion cubic feet of gas in local Ohio production for the coming winter, up from 134 million six years ago.
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Ville Marie
Claremont
Falta
Columbus
UPS
John H. Croom
Columbia Gas
Public Utilities Commission
Croom
Columbia
Ohio
OEA Opposes Loans to Keep Ohio Schools Open
The Ohio Education Association said it would oppose a proposed 50 million loan fund for financially pressed districts to stay open this year. The group urged redirecting funds to bolster general state school subsidies and city subsidies for eight urban districts with high welfare populations. John H. Hall stated the stance while Gov Rhodes and legislative leaders debated financing.
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Columbus
UPI
Ohio Education Association
OFA
John H. Hall
James A. Rhodes
Ohio General Assembly
Lack Of Entries Forces Canceling Golf Tourney
The Reflector cancels its Dad's Day golf tournament citing only 19 entries. Publisher Jack Brown says trophies will be saved for another event. Refunds will go to entries at the newspaper, while Elks Club pro shop entries pick up checks there.
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the Reflector
Elks Club Pro Shop
Elks Club
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Robert M Boetcher, Jr
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Donald J. Christiansen
Sandusky
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Norwalk
Lester W. Moneary, Jr
Greenwich
Cheryl L. Deibert
Hore
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Jeanette Brant
Sini
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