Retiring Ohio State School Superintendent Essex Plans March Departure
State Superintendent Dr. Martin Essex, 68, announced today he will retire March 15 after a decade leading Ohio's school system. Since taking office July 1, 1966, he has been the longest serving superintendent among 29 state boards. Essex praised Ohio as a national proving ground for education and cited that over 97 percent of eligible students have access to vocational education opportunities.
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Martin Essex
Essex
State Board
Ohio
Gard
UPI
Abandoned plane sinks in Lake Erie near Avon Lake
A Piper Cherokee abandoned on Lake Erie ice near Avon Lake sank after two days of salvage work. Curtis King, 51, of Sandusky, made an emergency ice landing Friday night and walked to shore. Workers salvaged about $3,000 of radio gear before the craft disappeared.
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Avon Lake
Lake Erie
Curtis King
Ford expansion plans mix with Elyria finance meeting
Ford confirms expansion at Engine Plant No 1 Brook Park but denies Avon Lake Truck Plant growth. reports linked a $30 million Brook Park foundry expansion creating 1,500 to 3,600 jobs, while Avon Lake expansion was disputed. Elyria officials held a secret meeting on city finances with Auditor Ferguson and others to review debts and potential accounting reforms.
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Ford Brook Park
Avon Lake
Cleveland
Brook Park
Ford
Ohio
Lorain
Thomas
Elyria
Ferguson
Arnold Tollett
D-2
Thomas M. Radican
Scribner L. Fauver
R-Elyria
City Hall
Radican
Bowman
Fauver
Ford's Final 17 Days Plan Before Jan 20 Inauguration
President Ford returns to Washington after vacation to oversee a busy final 17 days in office. He will push to end government gasoline price controls, seek a $10 billion tax cut for individuals and corporations, and weigh blanket amnesty for Vietnam era draft evaders. He also plans to propose admitting Puerto Rico as the 51st state amid opposition.
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Washington
Ford
White House
Vail Cole
Jimmy Carter
Congress
Puerto Rico
Weather outlook with light snow likely tonight
Warmer, cloudy with possible snow tonight and again tomorrow afternoon. Low near 20, high around 33. Snow chances 60 percent tonight? 40 percent tomorrow. Sunrise 7:45 a.m. Sunset 5:39 p.m.
Self-serve gas debuts with praise and profanity in Ohio
Ohio’s first self-serve gas stations opened after a new law took effect, but only a few dozen stations switched. Reactions ranged from praise to profanity with customers coping with cold and confusion. Elyria bars self-serve by ordinance, while Cleveland and Strongsville report mixed experiences and attitudes among customers and attendants.
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Ohio
Clearview Citgo
Broadway
Lorain
Elyria
Strongsville
Columbus
Dayton
San Francisco quake disaster forecast warns of millions homeless
A federal study foresees 24 hours after a 3.3 magnitude quake in San Francisco causing 10,360 dead or dying and 40,000 requiring hospital care. It predicts 136,000 deaths if three major dams fail, with bridges, freeways, and airports out for days, and widespread fires and collapsed buildings.
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San Francisco
Bay Area
Calaveras
James Turner
del Valle
Golden Gate
San Mateo
Bay Bridges
Oakland International Airport
Alameda Naval Air Station
Hamaiton Air Force Base
San Francisco International Airport
Stabbing Death of WHK Newsman in Middleburg Heights
A Cleveland man fatally stabbed WHK radio newsman Robert Potitas known as Bob Powers 34 at his apartment in Middleburg Heights along with injuring two others. Powers died from stab wounds while victims Debra Green and Ron Jones were treated and released. Police plan to charge the suspect with aggravated murder in Berea Municipal Court as investigators pursue motive and other details.
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Middleburg Heights
WHK
Bob Powers
Cleveland
Powers
Normandie Bivd
Robert Potitas
Cuyahoga County
Lester Adelson
Adelson
Jowet
Ron Jones
Southwest General Hospital
Middlebury Heights
Debra Green
Winton Place
Lakewood
Southwest General
Berea Municipal Court
Middleburg
Jones
Miss Greer
Kathy J. Kellerman
Chaerin Falls
Miss Green
Miss Gretn
Middlebury Height
Wises Greet
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George Verban
Vis
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U.S. Department of Interior
California
San Andreas
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