Berea and Cleveland briefs highlight events and travel
Cuyahoga briefs note a Berea Right to Life meeting at 7 30 p m on Aug 21 with an abortion talk. Cleveland reports RTA will run Aug 20 to the Ohio State Fair with an 8 a m departure and 6 p m return, tickets 13 includes admission. Berea theater plans The Sound of Music Aug 8 to Sept 3 with varied ticket pricing and matinee Aug 27. North Olmstead hosts an orientation Aug 15 for Parents Without Partners. Peninsula expands the Young Adult Conservation Corps program hiring 18 more youths for outdoor projects starting Aug 28 with full year commitment.
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BEREA
Right To Life Group
Southwest General Hospital
Cleveland
RTA
Public Square
Columbus
East Ninth Street
Sound of Music
Berea Summer Theatre
Baldwin-Wallace College
North Olmsted
Westview
Parents Without Partners
PWP
Gibson Realty
Lorain Road
Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area
Ohio Job Service
Young Adult Conservation Corps
Job Corps
U.S
Peninsula
Corps
TV rape trial opens after judge's ruling in NBC case
In San Francisco attorney Marvin Lewis seeks 11 million for a 13 year old raped four years earlier after NBC aired the 1974 television movie Born Innocent. Judge Dossee required proof NBC willfully incited the crime. Lewis argues negligent and irresponsible handling of the rape scene.
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San Francisco
NBC
Marvin Lewis
Lewis
Superior Court
Robert Dossee
Dossee
Floyd Abrams
Valeria Niemi
Olivia
Miss Niemi
Rent subsidy line sparks outcry at CMHA in Cleveland
More than 3,000 residents queued for hours for federal rent subsidies outside the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority in hot weather. Only 2,000 subsidies were available as chaos and frustration spread, with some fainting, elderly on crutches, and a pregnant woman among those waiting. CMHA cited staffing limits and HUD rules as lines formed.
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Cleveland
UPI
CMHA
Lois Cole
Sandra Phelps
Manley D. Dunbar
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Westlake health campus plan approved zoning steps taken
Planning commission unanimously backed rezoning 60 of 64 acres to general business for the $27 million Westlake Health Campus at Schwartz and Center Ridge roads. A new health district zoning was proposed to restrict other businesses, with NOACA endorsing the measure.
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Westlake
Planning Commission
Westlake Health
Schwartz
Center Ridge Roads
Center Ridge
Dalton
Dalton, Little and
Newport
Commission
Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency
NOACA
Kucinich Faces Cleveland Recall After Nine Months
Dennis Kucinich, Cleveland's 31 year old mayor, fights a recall after nine months in office. Labor unions, business groups, police, and even his party oppose him as papers back the recall. The drive followed his firing of Police Chief Richard Hongisto amid a bribery probe. If recalled, the City Council would appoint an acting mayor until a special election.
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Cleveland
UPI
Dennis Kucinich
Cleveland City Hall
Kucinich
Dennis the Menace
Jokes
Cleveland Press
the Plain Dealer
Hongisto
Albert Ballew
Kueinich
Cuyahoga County
Democratic Party
Marine official to discuss probe in Cleveland
Gen. Roy C. Moss of the Marine Corps Recruit Depot at Parris Island will visit Cleveland Wednesday to outline findings of an investigation into alleged improper recruiting practices in the area. An Ohio Senate staff probe, led by Sen. Howard Metzenbaum, is reviewing the matter with more than a dozen recruits providing sworn testimony. Also noted were two Army recruiters from northern Ohio listed AWOL for over a week.
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Cleveland
UPI
Roy C. Moss
Marine Corps’ Recruit Depot
Parris Island
S.C
Corps
Maj
Jonathan Chase
Cleveland Marine Corps Recruiting Office
Moss
Marine Corps
Ohio
Howard Metzenbaum
Lorain Journal
Receiver asked in Cleveland water suit
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge George J. McMonagle faced a request to name a receiver to run the Cleveland Water System. Twenty-one suburbs that rely on Cleveland for their water seek regional control as the troubled system faces legal action and more than 20 million dollars borrowed from bond funds, with officials tight lipped on the move.
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Cleveland
UPI
Cuyahoga County
Common Pleas
George J. McMonagle
William J. Slivka
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Robert J. Fitzgerald
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Alexander Roman
Dalton, Dalton, Little and
Center Ridge Road
Bassett- Stearns
St. John Hospital
West Shore Hospital
Fairview General
Bay View Hospitals
St. John
West Shore
Deborah A. D’amicone
Brecksville
Daniel G. Jenks
Strongsville
Jenks
Santa Claus
Cupid
Cameloton-Cuyahoga
Richard Hongisto
U.S. Army
Donald Cronk
Sandusky
Hubert Grizzle
Tiffin
Cronk
Lorain
Grizzle
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