Akron rail car blast routs thousands
Firefighters fought a derailment fire in four tanker cars at the CSX train near the B F Goodrich plant leading to the evacuation of about 1500 homes within a half mile. Thirteen people were treated at Akron General Hospital for smoke inhalation and related injuries. one elderly man remained in fair condition.
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Akron
Akron General Hospital
Edgar Gipson
Metropolitan
Richard Summerlot
Akron Fire Department
Kenmore High School
University of Akron
CSX Transportation
B.F. Goodrich Chemical Plant
George Romanoski
CSX
Lloyd Lewis
Jacksonville
Fla
Don Plusquellie
Goodrich
Ridgeville boards hosts open forum on redistricting plan
The Ridgeville Board of Education holds an 8 p.m. forum at Wilcox Elementary to discuss a redistricting plan aimed at easing crowding and realigning grades across the four elementary schools and six buildings. A 7:30 p.m. tour precedes the session as part of four open meetings to gather public input.
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North Ridgeville
Board of Education
Wilcox
Shamu Adjusts to Ohio Winter at Sea World
Shamu the killer whale, captured off Iceland and a Sea World star, handles 39 inches of snow and 85 days of freezing temperatures in Ohio. Curator Stan W. Searles says this may be her coldest winter yet at the Cleveland area marine park.
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Aurora
Iceland
Ohio
Florida
California
Shamu
San Diego
Orlando
Fla
Stan W. Searles
Cleveland
San Antonio
George Bush of Hurst Drive on Tonight Show appearance
Bay Village resident George Bush said he hopes the hoopla over his name will end after appearing on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. He and his wife Jeanne traveled to Hollywood for the unedited, nationwide broadcast and toured Universal Studios.
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Johnny Carson
Bush
Burbank
Calif
Nbc-Tv
LTV Steel
Cleveland
Tonight Show
Debbie Vickers
Chronicle-Telegram
Associated Press
Vickers
Jeanne
Hollywood
Universal City
Jeanne Bush
Universal Studios
Debbie
Johnny
Carson
Ray Sharkey
Brooke Adams
George Bush
Campaign reform debate voices a lifetime congress
The piece argues a lifetime Congress as a reform answer, noting incumbents win at 98.5 percent and Ohio’s 1991 redraw will reduce two seats. It cites computer districting, PAC influence, public funding advantages, and growing staffs as factors sustaining incumbency amid reform talk.
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Common Cause
Congress
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Open Door Christian School
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Beth Riegelmayer
Bay
House
Dennis Eckart
Oonly
Ronald Mott
Frances Bolton
New York Times
Time Magazine
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