Radiation leak at Three Mile Island alarms nearby residents
A cooling plant malfunction at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant released radioactive steam. NRC reports some radiation detected up to 16 miles away and in Harrisburg. Officials fear long term health risks, especially radioactive iodine. About 60 workers were on duty and up to eight may have received 0.5 to 1 rem. Page A-4.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Three Mile Island
Pennsylvania
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
U.S
Metropolitan Edison Co
NRC
William Scranton
Scranton
Callaghan Sets Britain Election Date May 3
Prime Minister James Callaghan ordered general elections for May 3 after a one vote no confidence defeat. He informed Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace following a Cabinet meeting, choosing a vote between Labour and Margaret Thatcher's Conservatives for the next five years.
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London
UPI
James Callaghan
Labor Party
Margaret Thatcher
Britain
Callaghan
Downing St
Queen Elizabeth
Buckingham Palace
Amin flees Kampala as Tanzanian invasion nears
Amin escapes the Ugandan capital as advancing Tanzanian troops push toward Kampala. The Uganda National Liberation Front claims its guerrillas and Tanzanian forces will seize the city soon, while Libyan shipments and troops bolster Amin’s forces amid a mass exodus and deserted western and southern districts.
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Dar ES Salaam
Tanzania
UPI
Idi Amin
Kampala
Uganda
Uganda National Liberation Front
Entebbe
Elyria Board approves 7.1% raises for staff retroactive
Elyria Ohio educators receive a 7.1 percent pay increase retroactive to the 1978 79 year for teachers and administrators excluding the treasurer plus raises for central office leaders including Supt Showalter and other associates. Non certified staff get no raise while OAPSE negotiations begin. Board adjourns to tonight to consider appropriations and leases.
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Elyria Board of Education
Thomas L. Showalter
Don E. Swartz
Paul Stewart
Robert Herndon
Wayne R. McQuillin
Ed Haywood
Ohio Association of Public School Employees
OAPSE
Arson Firemen Battle Blazes At Two Boston Hotels
Fires set by arsonists at the Copley Plaza and Sheraton Boston Hotel forced about 1,800 guests to flee. The blazes caused at least a million dollars in damage, with 64 people hospitalized and many treated for smoke inhalation. No deaths were reported.
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Boston Copley Plaza Hotel
Sheraton-Boston
UPI
Boston
Copley Plaza
Sheraton Boston
George Paul
Copley
Sheraton
Ex Indian Lake Easter slain outside Euclid bank
Former Cleveland Indians first baseman Luke Easter, 58, was shot and killed outside a Euclid bank during a police chase of two bank robbery suspects. The suspects fled the scene but were cornered in Cleveland and wounded by police.
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Indian Lake
Cleveland
UPI
Luke Easter
Cleveland Indians
Euclid, Ohio
Easter
TRW, Inc
Euclid
East 140Th Street
Aspinwall Avenue
Euclid General Hospital
Weather outlook calls for showers and cooler night
Mostly cloudy tonight with showers possible by morning and a low of 35 to 45. Cloudy and windy Friday with more showers and thunderstorms and highs in the upper 60s. Precipitation chances 20 percent this afternoon and tonight, 70 percent Friday. northerly winds 10 to 15 mph. Details on page B7.
Suit targets Fisher Foods and First National markets
A $20 million lawsuit filed by Meyer Goldberg Super Markets against Fisher Foods Inc and First National Supermarkets Pick-N-Pay and Edwards Food Warehouse is challenged by a defendant. Fisher director Sam Giaimo says the plaintiff has no merit and no basis for the allegations. First National's Sam Colmery adds his firm will challenge the suit.
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Meyer Goldberg Super Markets
Fisher Foods, Inc
First National Supermarkets
Pick-N-Pay
Edwards Food Warehouse
Fisher
Sam Giaimo
Sam Colmery
Goldberg Sues Over Unfair Competition and Price Fixing
Meyer Goldberg, operator of six Lorain County stores, files in U S District Court Cleveland seeking a jury trial amid allegations of unfair competition since 1977 and price fixing by Fisher and First National. The suit seeks at least 4 million dollars, triple damages for federal violations, double for state violations, plus fees and interest.
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U. S. District Court
Cleveland
Robert Krupansky
Krupansky
Goldberg's
Lorain County
Goldberg
Akron
Jerome J. Joondeph
Lorain County Food Fight Alleged Monopolization Bid
A filed suit accuses First National Stores and Fishers' Fazio's units of price fixing to monopolize Lorain County food sales. It claims a conspiracy to destroy Goldberg's chain, restraint of interstate commerce, and artificial price manipulation funded by profits from other states. Goldberg pledges to keep lower prices locally than in nearby Cuyahoga County.
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Lorain County
Goldberg
First National
Edwards
Fishers
Fazio's
Goldberg's
Meyer Goldberg
Cuyahoga County
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LaGrange Rd
Sandusky Bay
Gene Krebs
Amin
Libya
Elyria
Elyria High School Athletic Department
Ing Levy
Showalter
Ronald Reimer
Franklin Elementary
Eileen Leuser
Jefferson Elementary
Reimer
Hamilton
Ce Editorial
Ole Eke
As - el
Robert Penick
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