Polluting plants cut air emissions since 1970 cleanup efforts
Lorain mills and CEI Avon Lake plant, previously tagged as the area’s worst polluters in 1970, have reduced soot and sulfur dioxide after major upgrades. U S Steel Lorain mill replaced open hearth furnaces with basic oxygen furnaces in 1971, cutting particulates and sulfur dioxide. CEI Avon Lake updated by converting coal to oil burning and installing electrostatic precipitators, with current emissions significantly lower though numbers vary by unit and year.
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Lorain County
Cleveland
U.S. Steel Corp
Lorain
Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co
Avon Lake
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
Lorain Mill
Bob Carney
Lorain Air Pollution Control Officer
CEI
EPA
Ohio Edison
Nixon Says Nation Is Sound and Promises Leaner Government
President Nixon declares the nation sound and full of promise in a 1973 address, outlining a program to tax less and rely more on individuals while stressing reaffirmation of federal responsibility. He promotes revenue sharing and reduced federal spending to empower local leaders and communities.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Congress
Union
U S Jobless Rate Drops to Five Percent in January
Washington AP reports the January unemployment rate fell to 5 percent, the lowest since 195?0s. total employed declined to 81 million as agricultural jobs fell. Average hourly earnings rose to 13.78, while weekly pay slipped to 13.35 due to a shorter workweek. Men’s unemployment eased to 33 percent, women’s rose to 5.3 percent, teenage joblessness fell to 14.3 percent with about 1.0 million unemployed.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Saigon reports Cease fire slackening and no major actions
South Vietnam acknowledges no major actions nationwide as cease fire violations reach 2088 since the truce. Officials note fighting has diminished with first UN cease-fire supervisors arriving, while battles persist near Hue Da Nang Pleiku Kontum Thuy Hoa and around the DMZ.
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Saigon
UPI
South Vietnam
Canada
Indonesia
Poland
Hungary
Hue
da Nang
Pleiku
Kontum
Thuy Hoa
U.S. Presses for More Laos POW Names in Paris Talks
In Washington, U.S. officials challenge North Vietnam's latest prisoner list as incomplete. Kissinger says Washington is querying for additional names beyond seven American servicemen and three civilians already acknowledged. The new lists raise total POWs to 562 servicemen and 35 civilians, with 1,300 officers and enlisted men and 22 civilians still unresolved.
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Washington
U.S
North Vietnam
Laos
Henry A. Kissinger
Vietnam
Kissinger
CBS
South Vietnam
Indochina
Pentagon
Air Force
Walter M. Stischer
Stephen G. Long
Navy
Henry J. Bedinger
Ernest C. Brace
Samuel A. Mattix
Springlake
N.J
Lloyd D. Oppel
Mattix
Weather outlook with showers possible tonight
The forecast shows cloudy conditions with a chance of showers tonight and cooler conditions tomorrow. Lows near 35, highs around 40, with 50 percent tonight and 20 percent tomorrow. West to northwest winds 15 to 25 mph. Sunset 5:45 p.m., sunrise 7:38 a.m. yesterday low 40, high 50 at 4 a.m.
Groundhog Day ritual details reveal scripted tradition
A page from Punxsutawney Pennsylvania recounts Groundhog Day rituals with Phil the groundhog seen shadow at 6 45 am amid pre arranged events. It notes the ceremony's long history dating to 1882 and mentions Quarryville Pennsylvania where a different groundhog did not see a shadow.
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Punxsutawney. Pa
Punxsutawney
Phil
Gobblers Knob
Lancaster County
Quarryville
Robert W Herr
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Carney
U.S. Steel
Pact Okd
International Commission of Control and Supervision
Joint Military Commission
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Cua Viet River
Vietnams
Donald A. Davis
Quang Tri City
Mr. John
Millinery Institute of America
New York
State Department
Paris
Edward W. Leonard Jr
Norbert A. Gotner
Jack M. Butcher
Charles F. Riess
Friedheim
E River St
Che Dale
Groundhog
The
Punxsultawney Groundhog Club
Puntsutawney
Sam
Carlton
Light
Puntsutawney Pril
Growndheg Club
Panxsatawney
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