Parma teachers strike nears week two over pay raise
About 960 teachers and 54 bus drivers remain off the job in Parma Ohio as negotiations with the Parma School Board, overseen by Judge Frank J. Gorman, stall over a wage increase. The district reports some classes continue with substitutes and administrators while parents are urged to keep sending children to school.
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Parma
Bob Spirko
Parma Schools
PEA
Fire destroys large portion of New York in 1776 raid
The Chronicle of America recounts a 1776 blaze near Whitehall Slip that destroyed 493 houses and about a third of New York City, with 22 000 residents under British occupation. Washington writes of Providence aiding their cause after Congress rejected evacuating and burning the city.
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Whitehall Slip
Philadelphia
George Washington
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First uranium shipments arrive at Davis-Besse plant near Port Clinton
The Davis-Besse nuclear plant near Port Clinton receives its first of 177 fuel assemblies from Babcock & Wilcox. Each assembly costs about 200000 dollars and contains energy equivalent to 169000 barrels of oil or 42000 tons of coal.
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Babcock & Wilcox Co
Lynchburg
Davie Besse
Donald Terrell
Toledo Edison Co
Toledo Edison
Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co
Edison
Lugar concedes employment figures were inaccurate
Indianapolis AP reports GOP Senate candidate Richard Lugar admits employment figures used to boost his mayoral record were not accurate and says the error was not intentional. Senator Hartke cited Fair Campaign Practices Code violations amid questions over advertising claims of 8,000 jobs per year.
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GOP
Senate
Richard Lugar
Lugar
Vance Hartke
Hartke
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Columbus firm fined for pollution case in Coshocton County
Leader Equities Inc. of Columbus was fined 200 for illegally disposing of salt water in Coshocton County. The firm pleaded no contest to two counts of violating state oil and gas pollution laws, with half the fine suspended by Judge James W. Finney after the settlement near West Carlisle.
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Columbus, Ohio
Equities Inc
Columbus
Coshocton County
Coshocton
James W. Finney
West Carlisle
State bingo law to be reviewed and tweaked this week
Lawmakers return from summer recess to scrutinize Ohio’s three month old charitable bingo law. House Judiciary Chair Harry Lehman says the goal is to smooth wrinkles, close loopholes for profiteers, and protect bona fide groups while loosening limits for veterans and fraternal organizations. Hearings begin Tuesday on Rep. Marcus Roberto’s bill aiming for floor action by Wednesday.
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Ohio
House Judiciary
Harry J. Lehman
D-16
Shaker Heights
Lehman
Marcus Roberto
Ravenna
Roberto
Stanley J. Aronoff
R-8
Cincinnati
American Legion Baseball
Voice of America
Asst
Lawrence Pratt
Charitable Foundations
Rockefeller boy released after bicycle accident in Charleston
John Jamie Rockefeller seven, son of West Virginia Democratic nominee, was treated for a concussion and head cuts after his bicycle was struck by a car. He returned home Sunday, hospital spokesman said.
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Charleston
W.va
John ‘Jamie’ Rockefeller
West Virginia
John D. Rockefeller IV
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