Ohio lawmakers reach large school funding increase
Gov James A Rhodes and legislative leaders agreed on a 784 million dollar school funding hike for 1979 81 starting July 1. The plan raises total school outlays to 3.5 billion, funded from projected 1.5 billion in revenue growth with no tax increase, and reflects a final package after education summit meetings.
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Radiation leak prompts near nuke plant safety concerns
Residents and officials debate the Three Mile Island incident as Gov Thornburgh faces calls for more information. NRC investigators cite a pressure valve fault and an auxiliary cooling system release while Met Ed and state officials dispute the level of danger and whether a steam release was disclosed.
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Washington
Gary Hart
Dcorp
Hart
TAM
Warrisburg
Gallina
The
Union of Concerned Scientists
Scranton
Frank Ingram
NBC
North Ridgeville approves 7.1 percent raises and binds future costs
The district approves 7.1 percent pay boosts for first year with 26 400 second year and 29 000 third year option. Building use will ease overcrowding at North Ridgeville schools. Most Allen students move to Ely elementary next fall. Demolition of Hamilton Elementary area discussed but no action. An 82 520 bid from Gerstenslager Co. buys two mobile classrooms for St Marys School using state funds.
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Ely
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Gerstenslager Co
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Public demand for asbestos hair dryer recalls
A public interest group urges the U.S. government to recall millions of handheld hair dryers it says may release asbestos. The Environmental Defense Fund cites models from General Electric, Hamilton Beach, Pro, J C Penney, Sears, Wards, Sunbeam and Norelco, noting identification does not prove asbestos discharge. Gillette stopped using asbestos in 1973.
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Penney
Davis-Besse Similar Reactor Design To Three Mile Island
Davis-Besse Nuclear Station near Port Clinton shares reactor design with Three Mile Island. Toledo Edison officials say the plant would not release radioactivity and monitor Harrisburg closely while noting Davis-Besse uses lake water for cooling unlike the river water used at Harrisburg. Davis-Besse began commercial power in late 1977. TMI units operated differently with Unit One in 1974 and Unit Two starting in late 1978.
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U S backs Israel with new guarantee amid Cairo backlash
The United States issued a nine point Memorandum of Agreement promising diplomatic economic and military steps to enforce the Israel Egypt peace treaty. Cairo rejected the document calling it null and void while Washington defended the pact and reiterated readiness to offer a similar guarantee to Egypt. A New York Times CBS poll shows Carter’s approval rising to 42 percent but concerns about the economy persist.
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State Department
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America
New York Times-Cbs
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Butz Keeps Joking At Florence Speech
Earl Butz, 69, told a Florence Mall audience jokes about aging and public life. He compared himself to Wilbur Mills and Wayne Hays, riffed on Lifebuoy soap, a baboon escape, and government workers, then recalled his modest upbringing with humor about four rooms and a path.
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Florence Mall
Wilbur Mills
Wayne Hays
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