OC committee blocks South Africa divestment at Oberlin
Oberlin College committee rejects selling investments in South Africa as a protest against apartheid. Trustees will weigh divestment at March 14 meeting. stocks valued around 25 million would be dealt with in three phases. committee split 6-5 with no consensus.
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Oberlin
Oberlin College
College Committee For Shareholder Responsibility
South Africa
William Moffett
Zinser
Starr urges schools to share problems across levels
Oberlin College President S Frederick Starr urges high schools and colleges to collaborate to strengthen education. He cites reports showing shared problems such as loss of standards and eroded teacher confidence and criticizes colleges for casual structure that hurts secondary schools. He calls for joint discussion of what students should know.
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Starr
Cleveland
Oberlin College
S. Frederick Starr
Midwest
National College Board
Jury selection begins in fatal Pike crash trial in Ohio
In Elyria Ohio jury selection started for Monroeville truck driver Howard Stimson age 53 charged with two counts of aggravated vehicular homicide after his tractor trailer struck an Ohio Department of Transportation road crew on Route 2 at Baumhart Road Aug 10 killing Christian Kelleher 20 of Amherst and James Conley 33 of Lorain. Two other crew members were injured and civil suits seek over 3 million in damages.
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Elyria
Monroeville
Route 2
Howard Stimson
Christian Kelleher
Amherst
James Conley
Lorain
Lorain County
Stimson
Sandusky
George Howells
Westlake woman designs Statue of Liberty restoration bookmark
Olga Boieru and her husband George emigrated from Romania to the United States after a 20 year wait. She created a 50 cent bookmark commemorating the $30 million Statue of Liberty restoration to raise funds for the restoration committee. Proceeds from 1000 bookmarks will target a $500 goal. The design follows her lifetime of bookmarks including state Ohio and Cleveland projects.
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Olga Boieru
Westlake
Gene Krebs
George
Romania
United States
New York
Bolerus
Boleru
State of
Ohio
Cleveland
Terminal Tower
Cuyahoga County Library System
Saab executive Sinclair Turns Saab America Profit Machine
Robert J. Sinclair, former Volvo marketing expert, became president of Saab-Scania of America in 1979. He fired the ad team, overhauled campaigns to attract upscale buyers, improved parts supply across 335 dealers, and grew American sales from losses to profits while boosting last year’s car sales to 32,000 and projecting over 38,000 this year.
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Berea
Robert J. Sinclair
Volvo
Saab-Scania of America
Sinclair
Baldwin-Wallace College
Saab
Fortune Magazine
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James Zinser
Kelleher
Conley
Lorain Community Hospital
Liberty
Mrs. Boveru
Borerny
Boreru
B-W
By Steve Novak
C-T
Staff Weller
Baja Desert
Baja
Desert
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