Eastern Europe environmental disaster from pollution
Under heavy air pollution and acid deposition, medieval cities crumble and crops fall. Rivers become sewers, drinking water is scarce, and cancer and reproductive problems rise. The Danube carries waste through multiple nations as towns neglect sewage treatment. In the Soviet bloc, rivers, seas, and coastlines suffer, while polices against environmental activists suppress reform.
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Danube
Germany
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Bulgaria
Romania
Soviet Union
New Yok Times
Black Sea
Aral Sea
Maynak
Greens
Reds
Poland
Warsaw
East Germany
Boxberg
Denmark
Norway
U.S
House panel keeps Ohio Turnpike tolls intact
A Ohio House Public Safety and Highways committee vote 9-3 upheld tolls on the entire Ohio Turnpike. Rep. Deering urged toll-free status under ODOT to spur development, citing sparse interchanges, especially from Vermilion to the Indiana line. Committee chair Hickey said keep tolls. bond plans for 159 million to fund 10 new interchanges.
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Columbus
Ohio Turnpike
Ohio Turnpike Commission
Vermilion
Public Safety and Highways Committee
Fred Deering
Monroeville
Deering
Ohio Department of Transportation
North
Ohio
ODOT
Commission
Robert Hickey
Dayton
Turnpke
Elyria
Florence Township
Prayers help Ukrainian immigrant reunite in Elyria
Oksana Yaremko, a 24 year old Ukrainian immigrant in Elyria, reunites with her parents and relatives at Cleveland Hopkins after years apart. Sunrise Medical loaned her $2,500 for travel. the company later donated the funds. The family stays with local hosts while securing jobs and housing.
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Yaremko
Yevgeniy Yakobchuk
Zoya
Vladimir
Galina Konenkova
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport
Tom
Sunrise Medical
Elyria
Thomas O’donnell
Sunrise Medical-Quickie Designs Inc
O'Donnell
Oksana Yaremko
Yevgeniy
Mark
Pamela Myers
Svetlana
Vladimir Yakobchuk
First-Ever Pact to Build Two Homes for Disabled in Lorain County
Lorain County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities and Ohio Department of Mental Retardation sign a pact to construct two nine bed group homes for 18 disabled residents moving from Cuyahoga County. Open by spring or summer 1991, the centers will replace Broadview Developmental Center which loses Medicaid. The county will receive 70 per day per resident, matched by the board’s supported living program. Remaining details on locations and costs pending.
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Elyria
Lorain County
Ellen Payner
Payner
169 Board
Adviser urges minority focus in Elyria police hiring
In Elyria the Minority Recruitment Task Force brought in Columbus HR consultant Trent Grooms to boost minority applicants for police and fire departments. He urged visible city support in black communities, ongoing sensitivity training, and one on one interviews over panels to counteract past complaints and limited diversity.
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Denise Intcavage
Elyria
Columbus
Trent Grooms
T. Grooms and Associates
Grooms
Police Department
Ptl
Benjamin Currier
Gifts Help Lorain Foundation Reach $1 Million Goal
The Community Foundation of Greater Lorain County hit its $1 million target aided by Ridge Tool Co with 40000 and Invacare Corp with 25000. The drive, begun in January 1989, sought funds to qualify for 500000 in matching Ford and MacArthur grants, ending with broad-based small gifts and remarks from executive director Carol Simonetti.
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Lorain
Community Foundation of
Greater Lorain County
Ridge Tool Co
Invacare Corp
Ford
MacArthur
Carol Simonetti
The
Community Foundation
Simonett
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Eastern
Worldwatch Institute
Fred McGunagie
House
Indiana
Kate Walsh
D-Oberlin
Ene County
Cleveland
Turnpike Commission
Amy Richards
United States
Oleg
Ukraine
Jo Walsh
Myers
Christ the King Church
North Olmsted
Los Angeles
Oksana
Broadview Developmental Center
Broadview Heights
Tiffin
Warrensville Heights
John Lance Ford
Westlake
Ed Mullinax Ford
Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission
Simonetti
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