Mom spends hour with hostage son in Tehran embassy
Barbara and Kenneth Timm, parents of hostage Marine Sgt. Kevin Hermening, visited the American Embassy in Tehran for nearly an hour with authorities granting the visit. Militants barred the stepfather from joining, while an Islamic judge urged the hostage’s release to show goodwill toward the American people.
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Iran
UPI
Kevin Hermening
Hermenings
Kenneth Timm
Barbara
Oak Creek
Wis
Abolhassan Bani-Sadr
Bani-Sadr
Sadegh Khalkhali
Hermenia
Timms visit Iranian embassy amid hostage crisis
The Timms and their son, held for 170 days, were allowed a visit to the Iranian embassy after a demand for official authorization. Militant guards fired near Tehran University as clashes injured about 40, with two critical. The Timms met families at Behesht-e Zehra Cemetery during their site tour in Tehran.
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Timms
Behesht-e Zehra
Tehran
Carter
Iran
Bani Sadr
Pars
Tabriz
McAfee
Sadegh Ghobzadeh
Japan Sees Iran Oil Cutoff Over Price Hike Rejection
Iran suspends oil shipments to Japan after Tokyo refuses a $2.50 per barrel price increase. Mitsubishi Corp. officials in Tehran reported the move as Japan faces potential energy shortfalls. Japan imports about 520000 barrels daily, prompting calls to divert supply from Mexico and Arab nations.
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UPI
Iran
Japan
Kyodo
Mitsubishi Corp
Tehran
National Iranian Oil Co
Mexico
Cunningham Drug to Close Ridgeview Store in Ridgeville
Cunningham Drug will close its Ridgeview Shopping Center location at end of Saturday with no going out of business sale. Inventory will be transferred to other Cunningham stores in North Olmsted Sheffield Lake and Lorain. About eight employees may be affected as the firm cites slow business and no customer draw.
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North Ridgeville
Ridgeview
Cunningham Drug
Meyer Goldberg
G. C Murphy Company
North Olmsted
Sheffield Lake
Lorain
Murphy’s
Cunningham
Can Broadway bounce back A Lorain city look at urban renewal
Downtown Lorain on Broadway shows vacant storefronts and patchwork architecture amid urban renewal. Officials say malls pulled shoppers away after 1947 when Sears and Penney left, ending a boom era with five department stores and 106 retail businesses on Broadway between First and 11th Streets.
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Broadway
William Givner
Kline's
Kresge's
J.C. Penney
Sears & Roebuck
Smith & Gerhart
Smith and Gerhart
Sears and
Pen
Sheffield
11Th Streets
Norfolk and Western Railroad
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Gene Krebs
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Lorain County Community College
Los Unidos
Mark Madere
Ates
Goldberg
UNITE
Dave Zapotosky
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