Urban Ranker Faces Christmas as a New Life Emerges
Fifty six year old Urban Ranker recalls a near death last summer at the Cleveland Clinic after heart failure, defibrillation, and organ transplant, waking to a new life funded by prayers and medical miracles. He left with a pacemaker, now limited to one day at a time, weight down and plans on hold.
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Monroeville
Urban Ranker
Cleveland Clinic
Schild
IGA
Ranker
Horseshoe Drive
T’s
Don’t’s
Jack Crow
Pickets Take Vacation During Christmas Holiday Strike
Coal miners off the picket lines for the Christmas weekend as non union mines halt operations. UMW official J B Trout of Pikeville KY says Christmas Eve and Christmas are holidays in the contract and most workers will stay home until Monday.
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United Mine Workers
J.B. Trout
UMW
Pikeville
Weather shifts to snow flurries by Christmas morning
Showers tonight turn colder and into snow flurries by Christmas morning with lows in the teens to lower 20s. Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph. Christmas Day cloudy with snow flurries possible and highs in the lower 30s. Precipitation chances 80 percent tonight and 60 percent Christmas Day. Friday temps 43 to 26 and humidity around 55 to 62 percent at listed times. Births noted in Monroeville and Republic: a girl for Daniel and Karen Adelman and a girl for David and Mary Powell.
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Daniel and
Karen Adelman
Monroeville
David and
Mary Powell
Republic
Shapes Up In 8 Years
Aurora Indiana resident Tom Ward, now 49, plans to run 50 miles on his 50th birthday June 1 after years of improving fitness. He began jogging at 42 to lose weight and has since completed 26 mile marathons such as Boston and even a 31 mile run from his home to Cincinnati for a Reds game.
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Aurora, Ind
UPI
Tom Ward
Ward
Fidently
Aurora
Cincinnati
Riverfront
Cincinnati Reds
Belfast Santa Aid Delivers Hope Amid Quiet Violence
In Belfast, a reporter plays Santa for a family of 12 in Falls and Clonard areas, delivering Mrs. Goode’s gifts and $100 to children while noting missing relatives, arrests, and the city’s eight-year sectarian strife. The piece ends with a Christmas pause as The Reflector observes holiday closure.
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Belfast
Falls
Santa
Long Kesh
Peter Loughran
Loughran
Kesh
Loughrans
John
Mrs. Goode
Michigan Map Sneakily Hides Wolverines Slant Names
In a bid for bragging rights the Michigan Department of Highways and Transportation reportedly inserted Michigan sports taunts into an Ohio map section. Names like Goblu and Beatosy appear near Archbold and Jackson, with Woody Hayes receiving a map.
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Lansing
Mich
UPI
Gobla
Ohio
Elmira
Burlington
Bentosu
Department of State Highways and Transportation
Michigan
Ann Arbor
State Highway Commission
University of Michigan
Peter Fletcher
Athens
Archbold
Jackson
Toledo
Goblu
Highway Department
Ohio State
Woody Hayes
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