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Newspaper
The Gazette
Location
Medina, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1971
Page
1
A train derailment two miles west of Lorain County involved twenty cars and two flammable vinyl cyanide tank cars that exploded within 30 minutes. Forecasters warned of rain creating a blanket effect, but precipitation did not arrive and authorities credit weather and decisions for preventing a worse catastrophe.
The Nixon administration moves to enforce the 90 day wage-price freeze with a civil suit aimed at Texas Governor Preston Smith and State Treasurer Jesse James after Smith ordered raises for 132 000 Texas state workers. A Sin dlinger poll shows strong public support for the measure despite labor opposition and protests outside the White House.
Medina firm Gone Printing Co will host the Medina County Pledge Center for the 1971 Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon. Volunteers will man phones to collect pledges for muscular dystrophy research from Medina County residents during the 20 hour telethon airing from New York City and locally on WKBF Channel 61.
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