Deadly Florida tornadoes and floods devastate South
A weather system spawned deadly tornadoes in Florida killing two students and injuring 94 at High Point Elementary near St Petersburg-Clearwater Airport. In Gainesville another tornado damaged homes and infrastructure as floods hit New Orleans with nine inches of rain. Dozens homeless, six flood deaths, and millions in damage followed. Spring snow hit the northern Plains with Casper and western South Dakota reporting heavy totals while travel advisories spread across the region.
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Ly United Press International
Florida
New Orleans
Gainesville
High Point
St Petersburg-Clearwater
Sue McFadden
Casper
Wye
South Dakota
Welfare decline linked to economy anti fraud in Ohio
Ohio welfare rolls fell 8.1 percent over two years aiding a budget drop. The Controlling Board holds the $1.3 billion allocation as the Public Welfare Department seeks $355.98 million for July to September. Officials credit stronger economy and new anti fraud measures for cuts in ADC and Medicaid spending.
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Dick Kimmins
Columbus
UPI
State Controlling Board
Department of Public Welfare
Controlling Board
Board
Vijay K. Jain
Department
Jain
Ohio House
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Department of Welfare
ADC
Wide-ranging land use plan wins NOACA approval
The five county area including Medina Lake Lorain Geauga and Cuyahoga counties adopts comprehensive land use and housing policies. John Moss says the plan may influence future decisions and must pass HUD approval to qualify projects. A Brunswick correction notes a Tuesday fight occurred in the parking lot outside Harry O's Back Door.
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NOACA
JO Becks
Independence
Northeast Ohio
Medina, Lake, Lorain
Geauga
Cuyahoga
Moss
Brunswick
Gazette
Harry O
Carter jet fighter sale faces House Senate opposition
Congressional opposition solid in both chambers threatens President Carter's 4.8 billion jet fighter sale to Israel Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Senate Foreign Relations Committee discusses pragmatic settlement while House expects disapproval. Other Capitol issues include drug education gun control and tuition tax credits. energy bill remains blocked in conference.
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Gregory Gordon Washington
UPI
House
Senate
Carter
Israel
Congress
White House
Capitol Hill
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
International Relations Committee
William Proxmire
Portant
John Ashbrook
Ohio
House Judiciary
Ashbrook
Ehrlichman Tried to Halt Kent State Probe NBC Reports
NBC News says John Ehrlichman told then Attorney General John Mitchell to block a grand jury inquiry into the Kent State shootings. The memo, dated after the 1970 incident, claims Nixon had decided no grand jury would be sought. Nixon later says Kent State was a dark day in his presidency.
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UPI
Nixon
John Ehrlichman
Justice Department
Kent State
NBC News
NBC
Ehrlichman
John Mitchell
Mitchell
Recall drives near target for Cleveland mayor
In Cleveland 80 percent of recall petition signatures were valid after 14 000 checked 11 200 valid. The Recall Committee to Save Cleveland aims for 37 552 required signatures. Law Director Schulman seeks to throw out some petitions. Clerk Cotner disputes this and vows to argue against invalidating individual signatures. Judge Angelotta ordered monitors barred and set a ruling for early next week on whether signers must have voted last November.
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Cleveland
Dennis Kucinich
Virgil Brown
Cuyahoga County Board of Elections
Brown
Recall Committee To Save
Jack M. Schulman
Mercedes Cotner
Common Pleas
John Angelotta
Kucinich
Election Board
Cotner
Elections Board
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Andrews Air Force Base
Mississippi
Plains
Rockies
Medina County Gazette
Antifraud
John Moss
Medina County
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Medina
Catherine Horn
Bish and Horn, Inc
Akron
Helen Wyman
Mansfield
D-Wis
Lester Wolff
D-N.y
Wolff
KSU
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