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Newspaper
The Gazette
Location
Medina, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1978
Page
3
Jane Pauley of Today was splashed with coffee by a Columbia University student during a live interview. Officers quickly moved in and escorted the unnamed student for questioning.
The U S Army Corps of Engineers releases a 19 page environmental impact statement on the proposed 3 billion U S Steel plant at Conneaut Ohio. It finds air and water pollution controllable with action but notes potential adverse effects on Lake Erie shoreline crops wildlife and erosion.
In Mansfield Ohio a sequence of fires and explosions hit about six homes while others suffered minor damage. Six residents were injured all identified as Mansfield firefighters. The blaze stemmed from overpressuring in a low pressure pipeline near downtown and the system was restored soon after. Local crews worked about three hours and Columbia Gas of Ohio aided the investigation.
Former Columbia Pictures president David Begelman pleaded no contest to stealing forty thousand dollars by forging endorsements on studio checks including a phony paycheck to actor Cliff Robertson. He faces up to ten years in prison and will be sentenced by Superior Court Judge Thomas C. Murphy.
The government pledges to continue ballot tallies in the presidential race after a military pause, with Antonio Guzman proclaiming victory from hiding. Guzman leads Balaguer as soldiers patrol the capital and questions linger on when counts will finish.
Gov. Rhodes signs a bill exempting Ohio purchased machinery parts used in production from the 4 percent sales tax effective Aug. 16, prompting a $6.2 million annual revenue loss, while another measure creates an orderly agency sunset process and enables state income tax withholding for Ohio residents serving in the armed forces overseas with withholding to begin 120 days after request.
Gov. George C. Wallace said he quit his bid to replace retiring Sen. John Sparkman for personal reasons not health or finances. He refused to detail motives while denying reports of a University of Alabama at Birmingham chair offer and noted he may pursue other options in politics or outside it.
The Ohio Department of Insurance asserts rate hikes are actuarially justified due to higher costs and prior undercuts by the Gilligan administration. Deputy director Robert Ratchford says director Harry Jump rejected $17 million in Blue Cross requests since last October, framing current increases as a catch up. Senators OShaughnessy and Valiquette, on a legislative review subcommittee, criticized the department for weak enforcement of premium controls.
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