Rail giant Norfolk Southern leads bid for Conrail sale
Norfolk Southern is the front-runner to buy Conrail as the Transportation Department weighs three bids in a sale opposed by Conrail’s leadership and some lawmakers. A merger would create a roughly 35,000 mile eastern freight network with over 7 billion dollars in revenue, potentially facing antitrust action from CSX and the Justice Department.
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Ohio Governor's Wife Becomes Newspaper Columnist
Ohio first lady Dagmar Celeste will write monthly newspaper columns on topics such as peace and child care, modeled after Eleanor Roosevelt. Her pieces, read in at least 27 papers, include memories of Israel and Jews policies and the need for daycare as a family necessity.
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tax cut nerves spark welfare aid push in Ohio
Ohio groups pressure Gov Celeste and lawmakers to use part of a budget surplus to raise welfare benefits for about 800,000 needy residents as debate over the pending income tax cut continues. The coalition cites studies on welfare needs and highlights hardships for female-headed households while unions seek higher state employee wages.
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Wife Pays First Installment On $1.75 Million Fine
Mary Lee Miller delivered a cashier’s check for $311,094 to the U S attorney’s office as the initial payment on her husband David Miller’s $1.75 million plea bargain fine for marijuana trafficking in the 1970s. The couple escorted by police carried cash and gold coins to a bank vault for counting, then planned sentencing for January 28.
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