Land farm may be site of Fort de Cavagnial in Kansas
In Leavenworth Kansas Larry and Margie Land farmed 59 acres overlooking the Missouri River a 1740s fort site may lie on their land archaeologists and historians have searched the property for Fort de Cavagnial Lewis and Clark may have visited in 1804. An excavation is planned to settle the question though authorities caution archaeology is inexact.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Larry and
Margie Land
Meriwether Lewis
William Clark
Missouri River
Fort de Cavagnial
Lewis and Clark
Charles H. Cureton
Frontier Army Museum
Fort Leavenworth
Larry Land
Land
Willy
Diane Good
Kansas State Historical Society
Air Force tests 'magic carpet' tow platform for damaged airfields
Engineers unveiled the Air Cushion Equipment Transporter a seven ton platform that slides over ground on rubber sacs inflated by a jet engine. It can lift and tow an F 101 fighter across grass and mud at up to 22 mph, with trials at Wright Patterson AFB.
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Wilmington
Ohio
U.S. Air Force
Air Force
Airborne Express
David Perez
Special Projects Group
Flight Dynamics Laboratory
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
Ohioan faces arraignment over cheap parts for Navy subs
Ohio contractor Jerry J. Peters, 40, of Dublin, is charged with two counts of fraud procurement for supplying seawater pumps with cheaper stainless steel instead of monel for Navy subs and other vessels. Arraignment is set for Jan. 16. Peters Machine Co. has bankruptcy and suspensions, with potential penalties up to five years per count and restitution nearing $1 million. The investigation covers 277 contracts worth about $972,000 and ongoing inquiries by DCIS, FBI, and Naval Investigative Service.
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Columbus
Ohio
Navy
Jerry J. Peters
Dublin
D. Michael Crites
U.S
Southern District
Peters
Peters Machine Co
Crites
Defense Criminal Investigative Service
FBI
Naval Investigative Service
U.S. Navy
Toledo Schools Face Recess Shortage Sparking Parent Action
Toledo educators debate the value of recess as studies show most Toledo schools lack outdoor play time. Advocates compare recess to a coffee break for adults, while district officials cite costs of playground aides and competing needs like textbooks and nurses. Parents push for change amid broader Ohio disparities.
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Toledo
Sam Save
National Association of Elementary School Principals
Lynne Hudson
University of Toledo
Zephyr Taylor
The
Blade of Toledo
Ohio
Cal Lawrence
Toledo Federation of Teachers Union
Teri Kolb
Kolb
Taylor
Cincinnati
Ruth Wernersbach
Columbus
Tom McCormick
Columbus woman admits to Sohio attendant slaying
Frances Elizabeth Johnson 41, already serving time for her husband’s stabbing death, confessed to the 1981 killing of Craig Franko a Sohio station attendant in Cleveland. Johnson, indicted for aggravated murder and robbery, cooperates and may avoid trial.
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Columbus
Sohio
Cleveland
Frances Elizabeth Johnson
Cuyahoga County
Craig Franko
Carmen M. Marino
Johnson
Marino
Timothy P. Patton
Franko
Standard Oil Co
Standard Oil
Richard
Doylestown
Gerald Raines
Robert
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Chronicle-Telegram
Wilty
Gerald Wyen
Perez
Ohioan
Wright-Patterson Air Force
El-A-Co Electronics, Inc
Electronic TV & Radio
Elyria
Lake Ave
Lorain
Holbrook & Smith CO
Mayiag
White-Westinghouse
Hoover Vacuum Cleaners
VISA
Mastercard
Holbrook & Smith & Co, Bt
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