Coal talks in delicate stage as Carter presses for settlement
Washington UPI reports extremely delicate coal negotiations resume under Labor Secretary Ray Marshall after a 2 a.m. session. Officials warn of progress but remain far from a settlement in the 74 day long strike affecting power supplies. Marshall sets a two day deadline with a Saturday target while weighing possible Taft Hartley act options.
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Ohio Edison gambles to delay power cutbacks
Ohio Edison announces an unprecedented move to turn off its reserve power system delaying 50 percent mandatory cutbacks for 800,000 customers effective Tuesday. Company officials say duration of delay is uncertain but risk of brief outages if main generators fail is possible. President John R. White says the risk is worth buying time. James Markle compares backup generation to two engines in a car. TURN TO PAGE 4, COL. 1.
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Weather Update Flurries Likely Tonight And Saturday
Flurries possible tonight and Saturday with 50 percent precipitation. Temps forecast lows in the upper teens tonight and highs in the mid to upper 20s Saturday. Winds west to northwest 10 to 15 mph today, about 10 mph tonight. High 32 at 2:15 yesterday. low 13 at 6 am today. Details on Page 7.
Spectacular underground gas line explosion disrupts Euclid intersection
An underground 12 inch gas line exploded during rush hour at East 222nd Street and St. Clair Avenue near the White Motor Co. plant. Flames rose to 150 feet for over 90 minutes as traffic lights melted and windows blew out. No major injuries reported. EUCLID gas officials investigating cause and restored service.
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St. Clair Avenue
White Motor Co
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City Council pulls gay rights measure from agenda
Casey Turton reports the equal employment rights law for homosexuals is temporarily set aside amid public reaction. Council committee chairman Oliver Jones says the issue was pulled to avoid rushing amendments. equal opportunity officer Jone Barlow hopes it is not killed in committee. The approved amendment would ban city hiring discrimination and cover contractors over 2500 dollars, with additional provisions on political affiliation and handicaps.
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FourYearOld Killed By School Bus In Lorain
A four year old boy, Christopher Rose, was run over by a 16 passenger school bus delivering him from Head Start to his home at 102 Arizona Ave. He died at St Joseph Hospital of severe head injuries. Driver James Pye Jr. said he stopped to let him off, then drove off after not seeing the boy. Witnesses say the child slipped on ice and grabbed the bumper before the bus moved, and the front and rear wheels struck him. Police investigate. coroner rules accidental death.
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James Pye Jr
Livingston Ave
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Nixon spurned Soviet joint attack on China in 1969
H R Haldeman writes in his forthcoming book that Nixon and Henry Kissinger rejected several Soviet overtures for a joint strike on Chinese atomic targets. They feared Russian retaliation and fallout could devastate Japan and troops in Korea and the Pacific. The book also claims the Soviets halted a Cuban nuclear base project after Kissinger exposed it.
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