Connections Dead Quake Hits Cincinnati Boutique Founder
Michael Hodesh owner of Made in Guatemala in Cincinnati lost his goods chain after the February Guatemalan earthquake toppled the source of his inventory. He has nine Guatemala trips in 18 months and says many villages and craftspeople were wiped out leaving his Guatemalan partners homeless and asking for aid.
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Cincinnati
Michael Hodesh
Guatemala
Hodesh
Guatemala City
Made
Middletown Daily Page Highlights Local Arts and Sports
A compact page features comics and crossword hints with deaths and editorials. Markets, television listings, theaters, and vital statistics accompany Middletown area sports and want ads.
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Ann Landers
Heloise Markets
Middletown
Area
Women’s News
Two Deans Killed at American University of Beirut
A Palestinian student expelled for radical activity killed two deans at the American University of Beirut. Najim Najim, 54, and Raymond Ghosn, 55, were slain. Najim held six hostages before surrendering to army commandos.
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Beirut
Lebanon
American University of
Robert Najemy
Raymond Ghosn
Naje
Giant 44-whistle calliope powers new Mississippi Queen
Jeffersonville Indiana. A computer programmer from Seattle built a 44 whistle calliope for the Mississippi Queen steamboat at Jeffboat shipyards. The brass whistles are gold coated to resist tarnish and the instrument will debut next month ahead of the steamboat’s May 11 maiden voyage on the Ohio River.
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Jeffersonville, Ind
Age of Steam
Arthur Davis
Seattle
Wash
Ohio River
Jeffboat, Inc
Jeffersonville
Ind
Delta Queen Steamboat Co
Cincinnati
Davis
Calliope
Dina
Excess Blood Donors After Florida School Bus Crash
In Lake Placid Florida a bus collision with a tractor trailer led to a blood donation surge. Three children and the bus driver died while 52 were injured prompting a large community response and pleas broadcast on local radio.
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Lake Placid
Fla
Citizens Band
Florida
Ken Staples
College Park
Charles Erwin
Robert Reynolds
Mark Holmes
Tracy Cox
Winter Haven Hospital
Tracy
Tina
Cox
Highlands County
France and Netherlands Recognize MPLA Government of Angola
Paris AP reports France and The Netherlands became the first major Western powers to recognize the Soviet backed Pepper Movement MPLA as Angola's legitimate government. Belgium signaled that the rest of the seven member EEC would follow within a week.
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France
Netherlands
MPL
Angola
Belgium
European Economic Community
Britain
West Germany
Italy
Luxembourg
Ireland
Denmark
MPLA
Tornado Watch issued as Ohio flood threat grows
A storm system spurred a tornado watch a flash flood watch and a severe thunderstorm warning across northern Ohio. Up to two inches of rain flooded streams and rivers near Lake Erie and other areas. strong winds damaged structures near Wapakonda and hail was reported in Darke County.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Lake Erie
National Weather Service
Cleveland
Mercer
Miami Montgomery
Preble
Darke
Indiana
Mail speedier in 1969 GAO says
The GAO finds mail service improving but still not as good as before postal reorganization. It cites 1.65 days to deliver first class mail now versus 1.5 days in 1969, warns of rising missent mail with more sorting machines, and notes overall delays despite cost cuts.
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GAO
Washington
Postal Service
Post Office Department
General Accounting Office
Congressional Auditing Agency
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Najemy
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Ernest Conklin
Newton Falls
Najim
Ceasefire Commission
Kurdish Democratic Party
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Ferrell Smith
Vernon Bielefeld
Highlands General Hospital
Sebring
Bielefeld A
Walker
Avon Park Correctional Institution
Sheriff's Office
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Clyde Bruce Sr
Auburndale
Bruce
Margaret Cochlin
Auglaize County
Greeneville
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Chardon
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