State Warns Of Fake Sales Pitch For Blind
The Bureau of Services for the Blind in Columbus warns the public about fraudulent sales pitches claiming to offer inferior products made by blind persons. Although Middletown has had no recent local incidents, Dayton reports past cases. The bureau urges buyers to seek authentic catalogs with seals, notes the effort to help sightless individuals, and cites Ohio law penalties for fraud. Police should be alerted to violators.
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Leonard Gabriel
Bureau of Services For the Blind
Columbus
Middletown
Dayton
Everett R. Steece
Ohio Department of Public Welfare
Gabriel
Bureau
Ohio
Areau
Bill would extend jobless pay to state employees
The Senate Commerce and Labor Committee approved legislation to extend unemployment compensation to state employees for the first time, potentially affecting about 60,000 state and public education workers across Ohio.
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Columbus
Ohio
Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
John J. Gilligan
Ren Howard Cook
Scout Honored for Rescue and Derby Patches
Stuart Mitchell of Troop 26 received a certificate of merit from the Mound Builders Area Council for rescuing a child on University Boulevard. Eight scouts earned patches for Klondike Derby participation and three were recognized for hiking the Miami Erie Canal Trail.
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Stuart Mitchell
Boy Scout Troop 26
Mound Builders Area Council
University Boulevard
Ker Jennings
Jesse Peebles
Dwight Passmore
Barry Jones
Raymond Powers
Jeffery Terry
David West
Ronnie Williams
Cedric Glover
Miami Erie Canal
No Rain for a Year Across Arabian Desert
Riyadh reports that about one fifth of the Arabian Peninsula is desert and receives less than 10 inches of rain annually. Some areas see as little as one inch, and in central deserts rain may not fall for a year or more.
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Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
Arabian Peninsula
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