Perkins Township Firemen Die In Ladder Accident
Two Perkins Township firefighters Thomas Jenkins and Frederick Melville Jr died when an aluminium ladder toppled into power lines while stringing a church sign over a township street. Steven Miller was injured while attempting to aid Jenkins. Officials weigh if such public service tasks will continue.
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Sandusky, Ohio
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Perkins Township
Thomas Jenkins
Frederick J. Melville Jr
Steven Miller
Castalia
Jenkins
Japan Airlines DC8 lands in Algiers with hostages remaining
A Japan Airlines DC8 seized by the Japanese Red Army landed in Algiers on the sixth day of a $6 million hijack. Nineteen hostages remained aboard as the plane arrived from Damascus after hijackers freed ten captives, including two Americans and eight Japanese.
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Algiers
Algeria
API
Japan Air Lines
Red Army
India
Damascus
Syria
Federal workers receive 7.05 percent pay raise nationwide
About 3.4 million white collar government workers and military personnel gained a 7.05 percent raise starting Saturday, costing the Treasury roughly 3.4 billion dollars annually. The increase aligns salaries with private industry, though civilian pay rose faster than private rates over the past decade and military salaries climbed about 250 percent since 1979.
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Washington
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Treasury
Commerce Department
U.S. Campaign Spending Tops 60 Million as 1976 Totals Rise
The Federal Election Commission reports House candidates spent 60.9 million in 1976 general elections as part of the first comprehensive study of presidential and congressional spending. Senate totals reached 38.1 million with presidential spending at 77.8 million, totaling nearly 177 million for federal races. Dayan warns U.S. pro Palestinian shift risks Israel’s existence, citing a Soviet American communique recognizing Palestinian rights.
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Washington
UPI
House of Representatives
Federal Election Commission
House
FEC
Senate
Tel Aviv
Israel
Moshe Dayan
U.S
Soviet Union
Middle East
Treasury finds five Japanese steel firms dumping to U.S.
Treasury tentatively ruled that five Japanese carbon steel plate producers sell at a loss in the United States and must post dumping bonds estimated at 32 percent of imports.
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Washington
UPI
Treasury Department
United States
Weather Outlook and Birth Announcements
Partly cloudy tonight with a low 40s and a 20 percent chance of rain. Tuesday mostly sunny with a high 60s and similar precipitation odds. Birth announcements list Everett and Penny Wood Norwalk a boy and Debra Obermeyer Norwalk a girl, plus Jerry Dickerson Willard a boy. Obituaries note Irene May Russ 68 Milan Orpha Eyler 81 rural Willard Norman Keysor 53 rural Greenwich Ledford Angel 89 Greenwich.
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Norman
Debra Obermeyer
Norwalk
Jerry
Karen Dickerson
Willard
Willard Area
Irene May Russ
Milan
Orpha Eyler
Norman E. Keysor
Greenwich
Ledford Angel
Joan Gilger Crowned Miss Ohio at Willard Oktoberfest
Joan Gilger of Mansfield was crowned Miss Ohio at the Willard Oktoberfest, impressing crowds with talent and poise. She plans weekend appearances as Miss Ohio while studying health and physical education at Bowling Green State University.
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Willard
Joan Gilger
Mansfield
Joan
Ohio
Bowling Green State University
Civic Theater
Sohio Oil Co
Sohio
Indira Gandhi Arrested on Corruption Charges in India
Former prime minister Indira Gandhi was arrested under the Prevention of Corruption Act after prosecutors said she used her position to obtain jeeps for her campaign. A magistrate signed the warrant as police surrounded her Delhi home. She contends the arrest is political and vows to continue her duty to the country amid ongoing investigations from her emergency era.
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New Delhi
India
UPI
Indira Gandhi
Mrs. Gandhi
Cosmic River Milky Way Flows At 1.3 Million MPH
Berkeley researchers led by Richard Muller George Smoot and Marc Gorenstein report the Milky Way moves like a cosmic river at about 1.3 million mph based on NASA Ames data. The team published in Physical Review Letters while noting the galaxy’s motion opposes previous direction estimates.
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Berkeley, Calif
Upi
Berkeley
Milky Way
Lawrence Laboratory
Richard Muller
George Smoot
Marc Gorenstein
Physical Review Letters
NASA
Ames Research Center
Mountain View
Calif
Muller
Berkely
Vera Rubin
Teachers Clash With Supt Over Impasse Panel Report
Norwalk Teachers Association Executive Council criticized Supt. James Rubright for comments on the 30 day deadline in the three member impasse panel report. The panel was to report within 30 days of appointment, not 30 working days, per the Master Agreement.
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Norwalk Teachers Association
NTA
James Rubright
Board of Education
Jerry Emmons
Rubright
Reflector
Norwalk Teachers Association Executive Council
Norwalk Reflector
Jeffrey) Belkin
Impasse
Chances of Ending Nuke Deadlock
Geneva talks open with American Soviet and British negotiators hopeful for a comprehensive test ban. They aim to produce proposals within three to four weeks for the 31 nation Disarmament Conference. The key obstacle is Soviet insistence that peaceful nuclear explosions be excluded from any ban.
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Geneva
Switzerland
UPI
U.S
China
France
New York
United States
Soviet Union
Students Help Build Home in Milan After Explosion
About two dozen EHOVE carpentry students volunteered Friday to help close in and protect the Ray Valentine house at 206 Seminary Road. The address was gutted by a July 27 explosion and fire, leaving the Valentincs living in a garage while cold nights persist.
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EHOVE
Milan
Ehove Carpentry
Ray Valentine
Seminary Road
Cora Valentine
Valentine
Valentines
Mrs. Valentine
Ohio 113
George Bogan
Bogan
Ray Clark
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