Possible Cleveland school closings debated amid deficit crisis
Ohio officials weighed emergency steps as Cleveland's 110000 pupil district faced a 19.1 million deficit. State auditor urged an October 17 closing to avert shortfall while the board sought to lift a federal injunction on closures without court approval.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Franklin B. Walter
Charles F Clarke
Cleveland School Board
Federal
U.S. District Court
Frank J. Battisti
Clarke
Battisti
Brownsville
Tex
Pesticide Use May Decline In Coming Years
Ohio researcher Dr. Franklin R. Hall predicts farmers may reduce pesticide use within a decade or two by leveraging natural predators resistant crop strains and better weather data. He estimates current spraying 8 to 10 times yearly could drop to 3 or 4 with integrated approaches and targeted treatments.
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Wooster
Ohio
Franklin R. Hall
Saids Science
Hall
Ohio Agricultural Research and Develpment Center
QUBE System Comes to Columbus Testing Interactive TV
Warner Communications begins installing QUBE in Columbus as the national test market. The system offers 30 channels including nine premium options and a five button left to right user console for tests games opinions and participation in programs. Responses are processed at Warner headquarters in Columbus. Classic films cost 1 and first run movies pay theater prices while premium channels have no commercials.
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Columbus
Ohio
Warner Communications
QUBE
J. Ronald Castell
Warner
Warren Local schools to heat buildings with on-site gas well
In Vincent Ohio Warren Local School District will heat its schools with gas from a privately drilled well on school property. A 1 865 foot hole near Warren High produced gas and the district will receive the first 400 000 cubic feet and one eighth of all additional gas. The lease to Wynn Oil Co was signed in July by Superintendent Edward Jones and the school board.
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Jones
Marathon teeter balance raises six thousand for charity
Iowa City participants from a University of Iowa fraternity and sorority undertook a 168 hour teeter in event to raise funds for the March of Dimes. About 90 students rotated in half hour to hour shifts rain or shine to endure the see-saw ride. Weights from barbell sets helped counterbalance mismatched pairs as organizers noted the physical toll.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Brian Walters
University of Iowa
Walters
Flynt Defends Porn Rights at Ford Hall Forum
Hustler publisher Larry Flynt argued that obscenity rulings exclude pornography from First Amendment protections. He claimed society must understand sexual repression to grant pornographic protection. A second item notes Fat Woman town for sale in California near Gorda with buyer asked at $950000.
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Boston
Hustler Magazine
U.S. Supreme Court
Ford Hall Forum
Larry Flynt
Flynt
Westland Is Top Choice in Band Festival
Westland High School of Galloway won grand champion at the Athens Invitational Marching Band Festival held at Ohio University's Peden Stadium despite rain. The 126-member band earned a $200 prize plus a trophy in a field of 32 bands across four classes with awards for best playing, marching, percussion, and other honors.
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Rhonda Rarick Messenger
Westland High School of
Galloway
Ohio University
Peden Stadium
Westland
Athens High School
Hilliard High School
Dayton Carroll High School
Hilliard
Wellston High School
Marching Rockets
New Lexington High School
Glenwood High School
New Boston
Berne Union High School
Sugar Grove
Berne Union
Canal Winchester High School
Claymont High School Mustangs
Uhrichsville
Springboro High School
Watkins Memorial High School
Pastaskala
Dayton Carroll
Fairborn Park Hills High School
Philo High School
Meigs High School
Athens Kiwanis Club
Downtown Kiwanis Club
Chauncey- Dover Lions Club
Athens Band Boosters
Bob Wilson
Westland High School
Officials Use Computer to Study Trash
A local official and a U S EPA representative use the Waste Resource Allocation Program WRAP to analyze rural garbage collection in Athens County. The EPA says this first rural use could aid policy decisions by computing trash volumes landfill counts truck numbers and crew sizes to test economic feasibility and reduce guesswork.
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Robert Ekey Messenger
U.S. Epa
Athens County
EPA
Frank McAlister
McAlister
Martha Gibbons
Miss Gibbons
Service Safety
Phil Goldsberry
Athens
Washington, D.C
Ohio University
Burglars Target Laundromat Then Home and Trailer Break-ins
Police report multiple incidents across Athens County including a window entry at The Plains Home Style Self Service Laundromat with undetermined change stolen from vending machines. Separate burglaries targeted a vacant house on County Road 25 a coal stove and table were taken, and a vacant trailer on County Road 75 had a wall telephone and skillet stolen.
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Jerry Ziegler
the Plains
Athens County
Cleveland Tops U S Mob Bombings By Crime Rings
Federal statistics show Cleveland led the nation last year in bombings tied to organized crime and labor disputes. The area saw several killings including Daniel Greene and John Nardi, with ATF expanding operations here as investigators note many bombs are amateur, black powder devices.
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Cleveland
Underworld
Daniel
Danny” Greene
John A. Nardi
John M. del Zappo
Greene
ATF
Sylvester T. Yockey
Cleveland Atf
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