Oil firms seek repeal of Elyria self-serve ban
Oil companies hope to win repeal of Elyria’s ban on self-serve gasoline stations. Fire Chief Rumph will enforce the ordinance until council acts, with a possible repeal or amendment planned for the January 17 meeting. Standard Oil halted conversions pending city approval. The issue hinges on state law permitting self-serve after January 1 and local fire safety rules.
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Floyd Rumph
Rumph
Felix Klimezak
D-6
Klimezak
Standard Oil Co
Cleveland
C-T
Wrk
Kevin Bower
Fire Marshall
Kumezak
East Bridge Street
Gene Krebs
Weather advisory and snowfall forecast updates
A traveler advisory warns of flurries tonight with wind and a drop in temperatures. Snow flurries are possible today and tonight with one to three inches likely mainly in the eastern snow belt, followed by continued cold conditions tomorrow and a high in the mid to upper teens. Precipitation probability is 80 percent tonight and 38 percent tomorrow. Details on Page C-3.
Liberian tanker spill widens as oil hits Delaware River
A Liberian tanker named Olympic Games ran aground in the Delaware River spilling at least 133 500 gallons of light Arabian crude. Coast Guard crews fought to prevent the slick from reaching New Jersey marshlands while BP worked to contain damage at Marcus Hook after towing the vessel to safety.
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Philadelphia
Delaware River
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New Jersey
Nantucket Shoals
Massachusetts
U.S. Atlantic
Boston
Union
Los Angeles
Groton
Conn
Thames
Oswego Peace
Amerada Hess Co
British Petroleum
Marcus Hook
Freeport
Bahamas
Amtrak touts safety record amid derailments
Amtrak argues its yearly safety record improves, noting 26 derailments this year versus 28 in 1975 and 4 in 1973, with no fatalities since 1973. Spokesmen blame bad tracks and negligent drivers, cite roadbed work in Michigan Illinois and Texas, and plans for a Washington to Houston upgrade worth 1.6 billion to reduce crossings.
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Amtrak
Michigan
Ilinois
Texas
Houston
Third Mrs Sharp Reveals Marital Web of Michi gan Busin essman
Ohio authorities confirm a third wife, Wendy, who married Joseph Gordon Sharp last summer in a Montreal suburb, joining a growing list of brides linked to Sharp. Sharp, who died in a plane crash on December 1, had four marriages overlapped and was twice a bigamist. A Detroit area hospital technician and a Gahanna, Ohio wife are among those identified, as Sharp’s brother plans a reunion of past and present spouses.
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Detroit
Joseph Gordon Sharp
Michigan
Cessna
Ohio
Sharp
Montreal
Wendy
Grosse Pointe Park
Gahanna
Taral Indiana
Chicago
Robert
Elyria Faces Nearly $900,000 In Past Due Bills
Elyria city auditors estimate about $900,000 in past due bills for 1976, to be paid with 1977 funds. Council will consider yearend transfers and reappropriations to close out accounts as notes on city hall financed purchases near renewal. Municipal leaders discuss revenue measures including sanitation rate increases and hotel tax, with police and fire levies on the June ballot.
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Thomas M. Radican
Radican
Marguerite E. Bowman
Sanitation Department
Police and Fire Department
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