Windy City vies for Rock Hall in bid to house exhibits in Navy Pier
Chicago bids to house the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Navy Pier as site and private funding, hoping to outrun Cleveland, New York, San Francisco and Philadelphia. Officials cite Chicago’s musical heritage including Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley, while Cleveland offers up to 40 million in incentives.
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Bears
Symphony
New York
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Elvis Presley
Buddy Holly
Jerry Lee Lewis
Chuck Berry
Hall of Fame Board of
Memphis
New Orleans
Nashville
Navy Pier
Rabkin
Cubs
White Sox
Susan Evans
Hall of Fame Foundation
WGN
Steve King
Bo Diddley
United States
Jerry Butler
Cleveland
Ey Allen Freed
Hall Foundation
Eaton trustees amend code on jail zoning
Eaton Township Trustees add a zoning provision to regulate private jails prompted by Corinthian Corp of Berea seeking a jail. The amendment requires fronting a major thoroughfare, minimum 10 acres, 200 foot front yard, 150 to 200 foot side and rear yards, liability insurance, inmate registry with monthly copies to the inspector, and a prohibition on incarcerating violent offenders. An independent nine member review team aids the zoning inspector.
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Eaton
Corinthian Corp
Berea
Ernie Walker
Township Zoning Commission
Chester Carpenter
Oberlin to curb downtown newspaper boxes proposal
Oberlin considers a plan to remove scattered downtown boxes and place four shared pedestaled racks on Main Street opposite sides. Newspapers would pay a $25 yearly permit and a $50 refundable deposit, with five of six owners onboard.
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Oberlin
Main Street
Dale Sugerman
Main
College Streets
South Main
USA Today
Akron Beacon-Journal
Sugerman
Eric Severs
Hovercraft project lifts North Ridgeville students' spirits
In Ken Frick's industrial arts class, students prepare a home made hovercraft built from wood fiberglass and a 3.5 hp Briggs engine. With plans from Popular Mechanics the team aims for a maiden flight the week of March 6 at the Ohio Industrial Arts Fair in Akron testing first without takeoff.
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North Ridgeville
Ken Frick
Briggs and Stratton
Frick
Wright Brothers
Popular Mechanics
Joint Vocational
NEA
Akron
Amherst memorial honors Challenger astronauts at high school
About 150 people gathered at Marion L. Steele High School to honor the seven astronauts lost in the shuttle tragedy. Reverend Vander Wyden called them seven special people reaching for the stars and symbolizing fearless American frontier spirit. Amherst officials and clergy attended along with student speakers and a concert choir. The service was videotaped for Amherst Cable Channel 30 with multiple broadcast slots.
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Amherst
Marion L. Steele
William Vander Wyden
Amherst Ministerial Association
Vander Wyden
Michelle Haff
Tom Dalagiannis
Darlene Klingenmeir
Jaworski
Sheldon
Marion L. Steele High School
Glenn says manned flights OK after Challenger disaster
Sen. John Glenn defends continued manned spaceflight despite the Challenger explosion. He argues that human presence is essential for basic experiments and judgment, believing unmanned missions cannot replace manned research. Glenn also opposes civilian astronauts at this stage, preferring professional scientists aboard shuttle flights.
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Cleveland
John Glenn
Ohio Democrat
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Glenn
Space
Earth
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Steve Fialkowski
Matt Wilson
Erik Rothacker
Susan Cross
Eaton Trustees
Brian Miller
C-T
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Steve Novak
Jeff du
John Jaworski
John Sheldon
Robert Overmyer
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