Ohio News in Brief: Weekend Traffic Toll Rises
Three fatal accidents left Ohio with at least 20 traffic deaths for the weekend, five on Friday, nine on Saturday, six on Sunday, per State Highway Patrol. Governor Rhodes orders coal washing to curb sulfur emissions and bill-payer relief. DOE backs solar energy design for USS Chemicals plant. construction could start in 1980. Domestic killings in Parma Heights and Coshocton report multiple fatalities. Issue 1 supporters dispute Rhodes on sales tax for bottle deposits. debate frames voting Tuesday.
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Columbus
UPI
James A. Rhodes
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
Ohio
Ironton
UPS
USS Chemeials
Haverhill
Scioto County
Columbia Gas System Service Corp
U.S. Steel
Department of Energy
Columbia
Research Department
DOE
Stan Demski
Columbia Research
William F. Morse
USS Chemicals
Lynda James
Ohio Alliance For
Rhodes
Supreme Court
James
Sizzling races spur Elyria turnout with wide ballot
Incumbent auditor Beverly J. Renner faces Dorothy M. Klimcrak in a heated Elyria race. School board sees Repas seeking reelect while four others vie. five on the ballot, three write ins. County wide levies, state deposit issue, and numerous municipal levies plus school bonds shape a busy election across Lorain County.
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Elyria
Beverly J. Renner
Dorothy M. Klimcrak
Earl J. Wammes
James R. Couch
Mary Jane
Thomas Showalter
Lorain County
Two more Klansmen arrested in Greensboro killings
Police in Greensboro, North Carolina, arrested two more Ku Klux Klan members from Winston-Salem after weekend slayings at an anti-Klan rally. Fourteen Klan members, outsiders to the area, faced murder or conspiracy arraignments. A 16-year-old was among the latest arrests as investigators sought one remaining suspect. Witnesses say Klansmen opened fire amid a mixed crowd of about 50. Civil rights leaders urged independent inquiry and questioned police protection. Public officials debated lawful police action and constitutional limits as investigators continue.
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Greensboro
N.C
UPI
Winston-Salem
Trial opens in Mountbatten bombing death case
Dublin's court hosts the murder trial of Francis McGirl and Thomas McMahon accused in the Mountbatten yacht bombing that killed 79 year old Lord Mountbatten his 15 year old grandson and a boatboy. About 90 witnesses expected over three weeks with tight security after the bombing.
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Dublin
Ireland
UPI
Karl Mountbatten
Burma
Irish Republican Army
John Paul II
Portlaoise
Francis McGirl
Thomas McMahon
Mountbatten
Nicholas Brabourne
Lady Brabourne
Fires sweep Commodore Arms complex blaze details
Januszewski said three fires started in wooden storage lockers in utility rooms and spread quickly amid flammable carpeting and wall coverings producing toxic fumes. Two security men from R S Miller and Associates spotted today’s blaze. Asst. Fire Chief Rumph noted a prior minor fire a week ago extinguished before arrival.
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R.S. Miller and Associates
Beachwood
Asst
Floyd Rumph
Opposition leader calls for popular election in Korea
Kim Young-sam, head of the New Democratic Party, urged amending Korea’s constitution to allow presidential elections by popular ballot. He proposed delaying balloting by three months if needed after Park Chung-hee’s death to ensure broad citizen participation. Park’s state funeral and strong security marked the day.
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Kim Young-sam
New Democratic Party
Park
Republic of Korea
Kim
Dongjakdong National Cemetery
Judge denies bid to halt Georges Bank lease sale
A Boston judge refused to block the sale of 660000 undersea oil and gas exploration leases on Georges Bank off Massachusetts. Judge John J. McNaught of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court denied injunctions sought by Massachusetts Maine and the Conservation Law Foundation. He said Interior Secretary Cecil D. Andrus did not act illegally and the auction for 116 ocean-bottom tracts will proceed in Providence.
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UPI
Georges Bank
John J. McNaught
1St
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Massachusetts
Maine
Boston Based
Conservation Law Foundation
McNaught
Cecil D. Andrus
Providence
R.J. McNaught
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