Thousands Hurt By Fireworks Across Nation
Chicago report notes that despite bans and laws, thousands are injured each Independence Day due to fireworks. FDA allowance of Class C sparklers drew critique from NFPA official Denel Richardson. Phil Dykstra urged banning all but licensed displays after a NFPA NSB study linked Class C fireworks to 42 percent of injuries.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Denel Richardson
National Fire Protection Association
NFPA
Boston
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Richardson
Phil Dykstra
National Society For the Prevention of Blindness
TOPICS Traffic Improvements Cut Red Tape in Ohio
TOPICS Traffic Operations Improvement Programs speed road work across Ohio with 50 50 cost sharing and quicker waivers from federal rules. Greene Mahoning Cuyahoga Trumbull Richland Hamilton Franklin counties participate as 43 area wide plans and 72 early projects progress. The program aims to ease congestion with signal upgrades bus bays and minor widening while avoiding delays of major highway projects.
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Boden
Ohio
Greene
Mahoning
Cuyahoga
Trumbull
Richland
Hamilton
Franklin
Jury Picked In Robbery Kidnap Case Stop-N-Go Trial Begins
Jury selection stretched into the morning in Athens County Common Pleas Court for the robbery kidnapping case of Michael Warner after defense attempts to move the case and exclude the press. Prosecutors plan to present witnesses later today and take the jury to the crime scene at the Stop-N-Go market on Stimson Avenue following selection. Warner faces nine charges tied to a 2 a.m. March 22 incident.
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Athens County
Michael Warner
Common Pleas Court
Claire M. Ball Jr
Michael Nolan
Warner
Athens’ Stimson Avenue
Pinewood Derby and Scout Achievements at The Plains Pack 58
The Plains Cub Scout Pack 58 hosted a Pinewood Derby with racers carved by the scouts, awarding Bobcat badges to Todd Grubb Earl Goldsberry and Tony Porter and Wolf silver points to Tim Grubb and Joey Flowers. Trophy caps went to Flowers 8 Jay Talbert 9 and Randy Szabo 10. Tim Sinninger won 8-year-old first place. Kevin Williamson led 9-year-olds. Brian Jones topped 10-year-olds. A final heat crowned Sinninger. A separate pre trial hearing discussed change of venue for Warner case. judge Lowell B. Howard denied the request and emphasized publicity and fair trial can co exist.
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Cub Scout Pack 58
the Plains
Todd Grubb
Earl Goldsberry
Tony Porter
Tim Grubb
Joey Flowers
Neal de Mell
Webeloes den
Jay Talbert
Randy Szabo
Tim Sinninger
Mike Day
Jim Tope
Kevin Williamson
Doug Jones
Mike Roberts
Jeff Dixon
Brian Jones
Mike Warner
Billy Jewell
Sinninger
Columbus
Warner
Ronald DeVeau
DeVeau
Athens
Sam Sheppard
Cleveland
Common Pleas
Lowell B. Howard
Sheppard
Pa Flood Fallout Cuts Deep as Jobs Disappear
Pennsylvania faces a grim recovery with at least 52 100 jobs lost to flood damage across the state. Harrisburg and Wilkes Barre see large plant shutdowns and widespread unemployment while 13 000 homes need major repairs. Red Cross surveys show 2 500 businesses destroyed or damaged. Utilities struggle with outages and health concerns rise as residents return to mud and sewage.
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Commonwealth
Harrisburg
Wilkes- Barre
Red Cross
Milton Shapp
Wilkes-Barre
State Agriculture Department
Property transfers listed for several Ohio townships
A series of life estates and deed transfers are recorded, naming Manning D. Webster and Alfred W. Schroath as decedents to Leonard and Estella McGill, many parcels in Racine Middleport Sutton Two Pomeroy Salem and other townships passing to individuals such as Gary Wellford Ann Wellford Clyde Morlan Ethel Morlan Dennis Saelens Carla Saelens Virginia Schroath Clyde Morlan and Union National Bank of Clarksburg trustees. Other transfers name Maxine Hobbs Harvey Hobbs Jimmie Fred Crow Jr. and Crow's Steak House interests along with several other heirs and recipients. The document includes ancillary administrations certificates of transfer and a transfer to the Pomeroy Emergency Squad Inc. and to various named individuals in multiple townships.
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Manning D. Webster
Alfred W. Shroath
Life Estate
Ae Aa
Leonard McGill
Estella McGill
Stanley KE. Cozart
Allie Mae Cozart
Racine
Gary Keith Wellford
Ann Wellford
En Bourlard
State of Io
Mildred Carson
Middleport
Martin R. Orson
Archie E. Lee
June P. Lee
Sutton
Larry B. Haynes
Paula Haynes
Sutton Two
Donald B. Harden
Angela D. Harden
Russell Quillen
Velma Quillen
Letart
Elwood Bachus
Gloria Bachus
Carl O. Gilmore
Mildred E. Gilmore
Dennis E. Saelens
Carla S. Saelens
Virginia
K. Schroath
Orange
Clyde J. Morlan
Ethel Marie Morlan
Aldred D. Schroath
Union National Bank of
Clarksburg
Trus
J. Morlan
Maxine A. Hobbs
Harvey Hobbs
Salem
Jimmie L
Fred W. Crow, Jr
Clarence J. Struble
Alice A. Struble
Victor S. Hysell
Mary M.alots
Pomeroy
Eugene Fields
Barbara Lynn Fields
Virginia K. Shroath
Union National of
Mary H. Heines
Eva L. Robson
Ronald Hart
Hilda Hart
Lebanon
John Philip Pickens
Pickens
Jesse Frazier
Elva Frazier
Great Com. Association
Florence C. Wilson
Thomas H. Crow
Josephine Crow
Crow’s Steak House
Thomas F. Cee
Colum Irene Cross
Harry M. Cross
Lenore S. Slack
Jesse M. Sloan
Ernestine E. Sloan
Bedford
Charles O. Sloan
Samuel Lewis
Faye Lewis Case
Scipio Twp
General Telephone
Connie Swick
Salem Re
Alva Swick
Paula Swick
Marjorie McLaughlin
Goldie Huson
James Glassburn
Margaret Matheny
Mary.a. Webster
Penn Central Dorm Burns in Cleveland Yard
A 69 year old Penn Central dormitory at Collinwood yards East 152nd Street burned. The four story frame building had been empty since January and was slated for demolition. Train crews had used the old dormitory since its 1903 construction by the Lake Shore Michigan Southern Railway.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Penn Central Transportation Co
Collinwood Yards
East 152Nd Street
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern Railway Co
Penn Central
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Syracuse
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