OPEC moves to two tier pricing with new base price
OPEC ministers approve a two tier pricing system with a new base price of 18 dollars per barrel. Saudis UAE and Qatar set 18 while other members quote 21 to 22. Kuwait Iran set 19.50 to 22 and premiums up to 23.50. Ortiz says price stability sought. Weather outlook calls for a few showers Friday.
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OPEC
U.S
Saud Arabian
Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Yamani
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
Qatar
Kuwait
Iran
Renee Ortiz
Ecuador
Ohio motorists assured of ample July gas supply now
C-T staff writers report that Standard Oil of Ohio Sohio and Marathon Oil have begun July allocations to dealers and will continue through the weekend. Sohio supplies 40 percent of Ohio gasoline and markets Boron in surrounding states, jointly providing over 60 percent to Ohio motorists. Elyria Mayor Bowman invites station operators to meet July 5 to arrange staggered hours to reduce long pump lines. Sohio expects July supply to rise to 113 percent of last July, with refiners at full capacity and heating oil inventories prepared for winter.
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Ohio
Standard Oil Co. of
Marathon Oil Co
Sohio
Boron
Marathon
Michigan
Indiana
Kentucky
Robert G. Griffin
Griffin
Truckers' strike hurts Elyria chip company supply
Thomasson Potato Chip Co in Elyria reports severe delivery slowdowns from an independent truckers strike. Company official William Thomasson III says shipments have been disrupted, driving workers home at noon and threatening production. he notes most Ohio chip makers faced shutdowns and cites a dangerous supply chain, with July Fourth fast approaching for the snack industry.
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Thomasson’s Potato Chip Co
Elyr+ia
William Thomasson III
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Columbus
Elyria City Vehicles Keep Gas Supply Despite Shortages
Elyria will receive enough gasoline for its fleet of 482 city vehicles and equipment, with supplier Scip pledging allocations equal to last year. Superintendent Bobby L. Jones said monthly consumption runs about 18,000 gallons for cars, trucks, tractors, bulldozers, and maintenance gear.
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Elyria
Lorain
Bobby L. Jones
Scip
Sohlo
Jones
Elyria High School dropout rate exceeds Ohio average
The Elyria High School dropout rate is 7.5 percent, 2 percentage points above the Ohio average of 5.5 percent and about 5 percent higher than Lorain district rates. The Citizens Council for Ohio Schools report lists 199 Elyria students dropping out in 1977-78, with 20 junior high and 179 senior high. Lorain junior high dropout rate is 1.1 percent and 123 senior high dropouts, while statewide junior high average is 1.6 percent.
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Elyria High School
Lorain
Citizens Council For Ohio
Ohio Department of Education
Elyria
Lorain Schools
Southwest Hospital trustee quits over levy dispute
Middleburg Heights council president Pat Cahill will resign from the Southwest General Hospital Board of Trustees effective July 1 over disagreements on spending more than 3 million dollars in surplus funds. He questioned a one mill renewal levy approved by Middleburg Heights for this fall, noting the hospital sits on 3 to 4 million dollars and raising concerns about levy use for capital improvements including a proposed 25 bed mental health unit and 36 bed surgical unit.
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Middleburg Heights — Council
Pat Cahill
Southwest General Hospital Board of Trustees
Cahill
Middlebury Heights
Southwest General
Middleburg Heights
Berea
Strongsville
Olmsted Falls
Brook Park
Columbia Township
Southwest
Old Oak Boulevard
Elyria abduct suspect captured near Toledo
Cleveland man Vernal Victor Lloyd, 25, arrested after traffic stop near Toledo in the April kidnapping and rape of Kathy Moore. He appeared in Elyria Municipal Court with bond set at 10000 on kidnapping and rape counts and will enter a plea July 6. Police seek accomplices Henry and Herman Carpenter.
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Cleveland
Kathy Moore
Toledo
Vernal Victor Lloyd
Woodland Ave
Elyria
Lloyd
Elyria City
James P. Horn
Moore
International Transport Co
West Avenue
Lake Township
Ms. Moore
Henry
Herman Carpenter
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Southwest Hospital
Metropolitan Health Planning Corporation
Vernal
Victor Liegd
Elyria Ptl
Hubert Whittacre
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