High DDT levels found in Triana residents
In Triana Alabama residents along Indian Creek show alarming DDT body levels. Joe Fletcher and 11 others tested have similar results to workers exposed to the pesticide. The creek’s contamination traces to an Olin Chemical plant upstream, operated for 23 years before a nine year ban. Local officials accuse slow federal action and point to racial disparities.
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Triana
Ala
UPI
Joe Fletcher
Indian Creek
Joe
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
Fletcher
Olin Chemical Co
Carter visits Lorain amid civic honors and praise
First Lady Mrs. Carter received the key to the city from Lorain Mayor Joseph J. Zahorec after a cultural program featuring the Lorain Pops Orchestra and local groups. A jeweled chandelier pin and a plaque honoring volunteers were presented, while Chet Atkins performed. Separately Elyria Mayor Peg Bowman criticized lack of political courtesy in White House arrangements and security clearance questions surfaced as Cleveland visited.
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Lorain
Ohio
Lorain High School
Joseph J. Zahorec
Carter
Cleveland
Dennis Kucinich
President Carter
Douglas
Joe Ashelyi
City of
Elyria
Peg Bowman
White House
Plains
Kucimech
Kucinich
Sandy
Mayor and council clash over street repairs in city budget
City leaders spar over street priorities as residents on North Olive Street demand resurfacing this summer. Mayor Bowman cites tight funds and council control of expenditures while defending Ford Road repairs and noting checks require council money. Residents press for action amid long‑standing road neglect.
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Weber
North Olive Street
James S. Syrios
N. Olive St
Bowman
Syrios
Council
Ford Road
Black River Reservation
Sykes
Olive Street
Poplar
Cleveland Street
Black River
I 76 Bridge Collapse Kills Couple in Akron
An Akron bridge section failed on I 76 while construction was underway. A car on an access road under the Grant Bridge was crushed in half, killing two occupants. A tractor trailer was struck. injuries to that vehicle’s occupants were not yet known.
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Akron
UPI
Amananda
Grant Bridge
Profits surge under anti-inflation program in Q1
Washington reports U.S. business firms earned profits in the first quarter under the anti-inflation plan up 26.4 percent from a year earlier. The Commerce Department release may complicate White House efforts to curb wage gains to 7 percent, as Alfred Kahn calls the trend a catastrophe.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Commerce Department
White House
Alfred Kahn
Wellington council clash over street department and mayoral bid
The Wellington meeting featured a heated exchange over staffing in the street department and a mayoral bid by elder Stafirski. Ward faces questions about a retirements and a press note while allies accuse opponents of bias and misstatements amid Democratic party splits.
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Page
Council
Pressner
Joseph Stafirski Sr
Ward
Stafirski
Joseph Stafirski Jr
Edwards
Alspach
Street Committee
Can a bad jail be good excuse for escape
Four prisoners claim intolerable jail conditions justify escape from the New Detention Center of the District of Columbia jail. The Supreme Court agreed to decide if such conditions can be a defense to federal escape charges, potentially overturning lower court rulings that ordered new trials.
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Washington
UPI
District of Columbia
Supreme Court
D.C
U.S
Wade McCree
Oliver Gasch
Massey to join Rhodes administration in Ohio
State Sen. William H. Massey, a 12 year veteran from Batavia, will resign March 31 to become deputy director at the Ohio Industrial Commission overseeing safety and the injured workers insurance fund. Also in Columbus, two more employees of Auditor Ferguson are indicted for theft, bringing total indictments to six in the seven month probe. In Washington, EPA and Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. reach an $84 million, multi state pollution cleanup plan affecting five Ohio plants and safeguarding about 15,000 jobs.
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Columbus
UPI
General Assembly
James A. Rhodes
William H. Massey
Batavia
Ohio Industrial Commission
OIC
Massey
Commission
Lewis
Clerk of Courts
Washington
Environmental Protection Agency
Wheeling- Pittsburgh Steel Corp
Ohio
EPA
Douglas Castle
Fifteen year old cancer patient back home after long operation
Michael Southerland fourteen the fourth of five siblings to suffer cancer returns to Miami from Cincinnati's Children's Hospital after a twelve hour surgery removing a cancerous vertebra. He will wear a shoulder to knee cast for months and resume chemotherapy in six weeks.
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Cincinnati
UPI
Michael Southerland
Miami
Fla
Children’s Hospital
Ius
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Huntsville
Rosalynn Carter
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport
C-T
John G. Kenney
Civic Center Committee
Carl Nielsen
Ms. Hoke
Ford
Stokes
Secret Service
Ashelyi
Stewart
Wellington
Mitchell
Moody
Presnell
U.S. Appeals Court
J. Skelly Wright
Appeals Court
Malcolm Wilkey
Ohio News
Ferguson
Ohio Steel
Cincy
Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority
Richard
Louise Bazier
CMHA
Bazier
Kathleen Shakkour
Cleveland Society For the Blind
ST. Clairsville
Belmont County
Raymond Brubaker
Kathy Crumbley
Powhatan
Larry Teich
Cambridge Ave
Outy Schau
Go Feioker
Cron
Abo
Ebre
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