Fatal shootout ends hostage siege on Portland water tank
William H. Abernathy, 25, seized two guns and two companions atop a 840,000 gallon fuel tank at Portland International Airport and threatened to blow it up unless his ex wife and two children were brought to him. FBI marksmen killed him one minute before the noon deadline as he descended with Gene Lloyd.
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Portland
Ore
FBI
William H. Abernathy
Portland International Airport
Phillip Moss
Abernathy
Gene Lloyd
Lockheed Air Terminal
Lloyd
Controlling Board funds halfway houses in Ohio
The Ohio Controlling Board approved $20,000 for a Columbus property and $32,000 for a Toledo property to house patients transitioning from institutions to community living. The Toledo site will serve 25 patients and Columbus eight. The board also released $23,900 for Ohio National Guard costs from recent tornado relief, covering 185 guardsmen at $30 per day.
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Columbus
Toledo
James C
Edith Lewis
Donald B
Eileen G. Schaefer
Toledo House
Ohio National Guard
Kenton
Willard
Savannah
Adjutant General’s Office
Adjutant General
Camp Perry
Ashtabula
Rural housing cites legal victory in disclosure case
The Rural Housing Alliance won a court ruling requiring USDA Inspector General records to reveal basic facts from an investigation into the Farmers Home Administration. Deliberately identified individuals may be redacted while nonidentifying material remains accessible to the public.
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Washington
Rural Housing Alliance
Agriculture Department
Farmers Home Administration
Florida
U.S. District Court
Inspector General
USDA
RHA
Nathaniel E. Kossack
Usda Inspector General
Office of the Inspector General
FHA
Horse falls injure girl at Bluegrass Stables show
An 11-year-old New Carlisle girl was injured when a horse collapsed and died during a horse show at Bluegrass Stables south of Monroe. Kille Chamberlain was treated for a head injury at Middletown Hospital and released.
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New Carlisle
Bluegrass Stables
Monroe
Middletown
Kille Chamberlain
Dynamite Explosion Hits Red Lobster Under Construction
Federal agents opened an investigation after an explosion at a Red Lobster restaurant under construction in Cincinnati caused about 25 000 dollars in damage. Fire Marshal Donald Hoff said the blast likely stemmed from dynamite and may be linked to a labor dispute.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati
Donald Hoff
Adkins Named Xenia School Superintendent
Carl B. Adkins, longtime Middletown native and former Dixie High School principal, has been appointed superintendent of the Xenia City School District. He has served as acting Xenia superintendent since December and previously held key posts from Englewood to New Lebanon, guiding Xenia's 8,700 students.
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Carl B. Adkins
Middletown High School
Xenia City
Adkins
Xenia
City Commission Opens Two Public Hearings Tonight
The city commission meets at 7 in the chambers to hear public input on Johns Road vacation and Silverleaf Lodge No. 456 building at 912 Eighth Avenue. Planning approves both. lodge site to be cleared for new parking, with 21 off street spaces required. Also on agenda a sale of the Barkeley Electric Co building for 116100 to Manny Garlikov and a 3.6 percent wage raise for city hourly workers retroactive to January 1 following a six month wage impasse with Local Union 856.
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City Commission
Commission
Johns Road
Eighth Avenue
City Planning Commission
Barkeley Electric Co
Manny Garlikov
Ex-POW and wife take house title
Former POW Maj. Conan G. Nix and his wife took possession of a Pepper Pike home title two years after a legal path allowed POW wives to obtain mortgages. Ohio lenders had refused due to rights of dower. The title was held in a trust then returned to both names after mortgage redrawing.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Conan G. Nix
Nix
Air Force
Shaker Savings Association
Land Title Guarantee & Trust Co
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Jennifer
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Loren Pankratz
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Clay L. Cochran
West Virginia
Whirling Wheels Skating Rink
Huntington
W. Va
Skateway Roller Rink
Frank Brozowski
Kim James
John Whittlesey
Kevin James
University of Cincinnati
Cleveland State University
East 19Th Street
Lorain County Community College
Miami University
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Bureau of Criminal Investigation
London
State Sinking Fund Commission
State School Foundation
Euclid
Gibson
Broadway
S. Main St
UbsOn
Cash & Carry
Hotpoint Porta
Cremeans Appl. & TV
E. State St
Carl Adkins
Rebecca Adkins
S. Sutphin St
Curtis
Naldo Lane
Thorny Acres
Herman
Ross St
Marguerite
Collomd
Kounten
Your Coltipen
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Itizens
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Central Ave
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