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The Circleville Herald, Tuesday July 11, 1 978 Ohio Industries Using Less Coal IN THK SWIM Walter Poenisch, 85, a retired cookie baker from Grove City, adjusts his goggles before a practice swim off Fort Lauderdale, Fla Poenisch plans to swim from Havana. Cuba to the Florida coast later this month. Kings Island Unveils Plans For Faster, Higher Roller Coaster KINGS MILLS, Ohio (AP) Just reading about the new roller coaster at Kings Island Amusement Park is enough to raise the hair on the back of your neck. Park officials are sure, however, that there will be lines of people waiting to be shaken up when their new roller coaster opens in the spring of 1979. don't see how anyone can go said Kuth Voss, of the public relations department.

is really going to have to go some to go faster. think we have the ultimate she said. Park officials unveiled Monday what for three years has been a closely guarded secret plans for a new $3.2 million whirlwind with a top speed of 70 miles per hour and vertical drops of 135 and 141 feet. In an updated version of the story about building a better mousetrap, amusement paiks around the country are trying to outdo themselves in scaring people to death. Kings Island officials claimed Monday that they had achieved the fastest speed and steepest drops of all.

features of our new coaster that make it different than any other are the use of tunnels in the natural terrain on which it is being built and the fact that we have designed it and will construct it said William C. Price, park general manager. UNIQUE COMBINATIONS OF WOOD SLATS AND YARNS Of the four tunnels on the ride, three will be underground. Both of the veitioal drops on the ride lead into tunnels. The first one, 135 feet at an angle of 45 degrees leads into an underground tunnel.

The second one, 141 feet at an angle of 18 degrees, dips into a covered helix circle tunnel in which the coasters completes a 540 degree, 1 1-2- i evolution turn at the top speed of 70 miles an hour. The coaster has been in the designing stage for three years, according to Charles J. Dinn, director of construction, maintenance and engineering at Kings Island. The coaster will be of a traditional wood frame construction, with the wood treated and stained to blend into the natural setting. studied every major coaster in the said Dinn, incorporated the best features of each one into our new Kings Island has two other roller coasters, including which has had more than 17 million i iders since the park opened in 1972.

By TOMGILLEM Associated Press Writer COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Statistics that show Ohio industries using less coal in favor of more petroleum products are disturbing to state energy officials. Robert S. Ryan, director of the state Department of Energy, says another oil embaigo could put thousands of Ohioans out of work if industry becomes too dependent on gas and oil. portends a major problem for Ohio, ami we can't let that Ryan said in a recent interview. The most recent department figures show Ohio is the fifth largest overall Columbus Schools Ask For Audit COLUMBUS.

Ohio (AP) Columbus school officials plan to ask the state auditor today to audit the books as the first step toward qualifying for an emergency state loan. The move eventually will allow the financially strapped school district to dip into the $40 million school loan fund set up by the state legislature. Columbus School Superinendent Joseph L. Davis said the district will lequest a loan of $9.5 or $10.7 million, depending on whether the state agrees to pay part of the cost of extra school buses for Columbus. City school officials also said Monday they plan to appeal a federal ruling that the city is ineligible for about $5 million in grants for desegregation-related programs.

The U.S. Department of Health, Education and Office of Education said recently that Columbus cannot qualify for the grants because it has been found guilty of discriminatory practices. School Superintendent Joseph L. Davis said the district has applied for a waiver of the discrimination rule. letter contends that the district should be eligible because it is starting a court-ordered desegregation plan in two months.

The federal Emergency School Aid Act funds were requested for teacher training and support, counseling, compensatory education, educational aides and a model program for handicapped children. Davis said failure to get the funding would result in less staff and fewei programs rather than increased debt. Columbus schools already have received $315,000 in ESAA funds for the new North Alternative High School. Davis said the district also will apply for federal funds to set up their own monitoring system for desegregation this fall. In Cleveland, a desegregation monitor reports to the federal judge overseeing the desegregation plan.

The Columbus school board plans to seek $350,000 in federal funds to hire a monitoring specialist who would i eport to Davis and the board. In addition to the $32,000 annual salary, the money would be used for in-service training for teachers and substitute teachers. user of energy among the 50 states, ranking first in coal consumption, fouhth in natural gas use, fourth in electric power generation and ninth in petroleum consumption. But coal consumption in Ohio industries decreased both in total tonnage and the percentage used compared to other coal burners between 1974 and 1978, statistics show In 1974, industry burned 24,341 tons, dropping to 20,863 in 1975 and 20,142 in 1976. Industrial users accounted for 35 percent of all coal burned in Ohio in 1974 30.7 percent the next year and 28.4 percent in 1976.

However, the use of petroleum products in industry has raised dramatically since before the Arab oil embargo of 1974. In 1973, industry used 7.3 percent of Ohio's total petroleum consumption, and 7 percent during 1974. But after the embargo was lifted, industrial users consumed 13.6 percent of the petroleum products in Ohio in 1975, latest year for which figures were available. The total number of barrels of petroleum used by the industries jumped from 14.7 million in 1973 before the embargo to 30 1 million in 1975. President energy program calls for more dependence on coal, and Kyan said the state certainly wants industry to use more of the fuel since it is abundant in Ohio.

But environmental restrictions on burning the sulfur-laden Ohio coal is causing utilities and industries to seek other alternatives. Research and development into ways to clean dirty coal are stymied at present because a coal use tax designed to provide the money is being challenged by several large users and suppliers. Ryan said pilot projects to study the fluidized method of cleaning coal could begin soon after the money becomes available. A temporary resolution of the coal use tax problem could come a bill that awaits Senate action The measure guarantees the state will refund the collected money if the tax is declared unconsitutional in the challenges 7 HOURS ONLY Ohio's LEAA Share Could Increase COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) share of federal crime fighting money would increase by nearly 70 percent under a Carter administration proposal. The plan calls for a reorganization of the law enforcement assistance administration.

Ohio Sen. Howard Metzenbaum said the share would increase from $13 million to more Hum $22 million if President plan became law. The senator said most of the money would be earmarked for urban areas. The proposed changes in the I Enforcement Administration would prohibit use of federal funds for police salary increases. A PANTS Angels Flight Slacks i99 9 jpr Woven woods ore available in a broad palette of colors in over 100 patterns.

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