City Officials Face Budget Tightening Over Wage Demands
Mayor Goodsite invites scrutiny of city books as union seeks 50 cent hourly raise with quarterly COLA adjustments. City has 6.56 million invested, much committed to bonds, sewer projects, and capital improvements. tax hikes rejected without ballot approval. End of year funds earmarked for water tower painting and waterline work.
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Janet Conway
Wayne Goodsite
Douglas Colvin
Richard Striker
Goodsite
Municipal Electric System
Ohio Edison Co
City Sanitation Department
Treasury
France Cuts Oil Imports To Fight Soaring Prices
France led Western powers in curbing oil imports in a bold bid to ease record energy costs. The move follows President Ford's push to pressure exporters to roll back prices and marks the first major step in countering rocketing oil bills.
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United Press International
France
Ford
Waterbeds go mainstream debut with mirrored beds
In San Francisco waterbeds shown at a two day convention include a $180 crib version for infants and a $450 waterbed with large mirrors. An industry spokesman calls it the new look and concept. He notes not only newlyweds but older people are adopting the trend.
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San Francisco
UPI
Four year old Mechem kidnapped in Cincinnati abduction
Cincinnati police charge an ex convict and seek an unidentified man and woman in a child abduction case. Allison Mechem daughter of Taft Broadcasting board chairman Charles S. Mechem Jr. was found unharmed in a suburban motel room a day after she was taken from Mt. Lookout.
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Cincinnati
UPI
Allison Mechem
Taft Broadcasting Co. Board
Charles S. Mechem Jr
Mt. Lockout
Banks ease lending with 48 month car financing option
Major U S banks cut rates slightly to ease credit strain and First National City in New York offers 48 month auto loans of four thousand dollars or more. The bank bills 11.40 percent for 48 months versus 13.38 percent for 36 months to give borrowers more repayment flexibility.
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United Press International
U.S
New York
First National City
Weather improves with mild Friday in Norwalk area
Clear tonight with temperatures in the upper 40s and a 10 percent chance of precipitation. Friday will be mostly sunny and mild with highs in the low to mid 70s and a 20 percent chance of rain. Winds will be southerly 5 to 12 mph. Also listed are local births in Norwalk and nearby towns and the death of Edith Lucille Rogers, 62, in New London.
Fuel stamps proposed to aid poor heating costs
Federal Energy Administrator Sawhill says the office is considering issuing fuel stamps for low income households to cover home heating costs. The idea, echoing Pennsylvania Governor Shapp, would function like food stamps and aid those on fixed incomes this winter.
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Washington
API
John C. Sawhill
Pennsylvania
Milton Shapp
Senate
GOP
Hugh Scott
Sawhill
Shapp
Congress
Scott
Sen
Lawton Chiles
D-Fla
Nixon Faces Prolonged Hospital Stay Over Lung Clot
Nixon develops a blood clot in the right lung linked to phlebitis in the left leg. Doctors warn this could worsen and extend his hospital time beyond the current week as he remains unable to testify at the Watergate cover up trial in Washington.
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James J. Doyle
Long Beach
Calif
UPI
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Walter Lungren
Washington
Joseph Fratantoni
National Heart and Lung Institute
Fratantoni
Lungren
Ohio Farmers Lose 356 Million Dollars in Crop Drought
Ohio farmers report about 356 million dollars in losses from a combination of drought spring rains frost and fertilizer shortages. Swank of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation cites losses of 250 million in corn 100 million in soybeans and 6 million in tomatoes with nitrogen shortages from the energy crisis as a major factor. The hardest hit area is the northwest with 6 percent of the tomato crop destroyed by frost and temperatures in the 20s.
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John T.rady
Columbus
UPI
Ohio
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
C. William Swank
United Press International
Swank
Norwalk Man in Fair Condition After Ohio 113 Crash
A Norwalk man Raymond Spangler age 20 is in fair condition after a collision on Ohio 113 east of Milan. He suffered multiple fractures and lacerations and was moved from Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital to Elyria Memorial Hospital. The other driver William Kohlman age 22 from New London was treated and released.
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Norwalk
Ohio 113
Milan
Raymond Spangler
Glover St
Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital
Elyria Memorial Hospital
William H. Kohlman
New London
Open houses set for Benedict and Pleasant Schools
Benedict and Pleasant Schools will host open houses tonight starting at 7 30. Parents and students can tour facilities meet staff and learn about programs and admissions.
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Benedict
Pleasant Schools
Voters split on steel pool cover and Calley ruling
Wednesday's poll shows 51.2 percent against a steel pool building with 48.8 percent in favor while a federal judge overturns Lt. William Calley's My Lai murder conviction for pretrial publicity, confrontation rights, and charge issues. Call in votes by midnight.
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My Lai
Army
William Calley
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