Hodel warns of future oil crunch and gas lines
Interior Secretary Donald Hodel told reporters the United States faces another oil shortage within two to five years driven by rising import dependence and possible OPEC price squeezes. He cited past embargo lessons and urged U.S. restraint while pursuing domestic oil gains amid offshore and Arctic wildlife refuge debates.
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Washington
Donald Hodel
United States
Hodel
Interior
U.S
James Watt
California
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Wildlife Refuge
Gun ring tied to Ohio sales in NYC crime web
Lorain County links emerge in a federal probe as 19 grand jury indictments target a gun running operation. The scheme recruited buyers to purchase large handgun quantities in Ohio for $35 to $50 each, shipping them to New York for resale to street criminals at higher prices. ATF officials say New York’s strict laws fuel demand while Ohio requires only a driver license and a nonfelon signature. White notes the case points to needed tools to fight crime.
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Elyria
Ohio
Lorain County
New York City
William J. Wood
U.S. Treasury “Department
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Wood
Gregory White
Martin Mahony
ATF
White
Spitzer eyes lakefront hotel joint venture plan
Spitzer Great Lakes Ltd may finance 6.8 million of a stalled lakefront hotel project and seek a joint venture with Landmark Hotel Corp. if terms satisfy council support. Alan Spitzer would shape design and participate in the deal, with decisions due within two weeks and a mid March deadline to secure a federal grant. Landmark officials would have input, and city council members indicated they might reconsider if the Spitzers join.
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Lorain — Spitzer Great Lakes Ltd
Landmark Hotel Corp
Alan Spitzer
Spitzer
Spitzer Great Lakes
Landmark
AmShip Yards
Spitzers
Council
AmShip
Outside Tonight and Friday Weather Update
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies tonight with a low around 20 to 25 degrees and a 20 percent chance of precipitation. Friday should be partly sunny with a high near 30. A note on page A-3 and a Chuckle joke about split personalities appears in Today's Accent Our Town profile on Jimmie Sue White and her art advocacy.
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Oberlin
Jimmie Sue White
Detroit trip aims to delay Elyria Fisher Guide sale
Mayor Michael Keys and Lorain County officials traveled to Detroit to press General Motors to postpone for six months the sale of the Elyria Fisher Guide plant. They seek time for employees to arrange financing to buy the plant and will present a resolution signed Jan 31 by business, union and community leaders urging the delay.
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Elyria
Michael Keys
Detroit
General Motors Corp
Fisher Guide
Lorain County
George Koury
Herb Jacoby
Larry Baker
Keys
Fisher Guide Division
Centel to face public hearings on service complaints
Ohio PUCO will hold a public hearing at City Hall in Lorain on March 24 at 6 pm to review Centel Central Telephone’s response to service complaints from last year. An Ohio Consumers’ Counsel forum follows March 18 at 6 30 pm. Centel must show improvement after a five cent rate increase conditioned on better service.
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Lorain
Central Telephone Co. — Centel
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Ohio Consumers” Counsel
PUCO
Steven Ostrander
Consumers' Counsel
Ostrander
Milt Tomaser
Centel
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Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
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Laurel Paganelli
Steve Keatley
Westlake
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Duck Pond
Gus Chan
North Olmsted High School
Wanda Tully
Residence Inn
Accent
Amherst
Abby
Fo Entertainment
BT Wellington
Pentagon Today
Businss
Rockwell International Corp
Wickes Companies Inc
ITT Corp
Salomon Brothers Inc
New York
Columbus Paco
Alltel
Gripes
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