Cold snaps flood homes and schools with burst pipes
Bitter cold has damaged plumbing in many area homes apartments and businesses with bursting pipes causing thousands in losses. Murray Ridge School reports flooding in four classrooms a conference room and several offices while apartments at Westway Gardens suffer widespread damage. Snow and slick roads lead to fender-benders and closures as subfreezing temperatures ease and storm totals rise through Thursday.
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GM UAW swap concessions cuts in price to save auto jobs
GM agrees with UAW on matching price cuts to concessions in a joint plan hailed as a new era of labor management cooperation. Price rebates retroactive to Tuesday would equal UAW give backs while wage cuts are denied. Ford considers proposal. discussions include job security and contract length.
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UPI
General Motors
United Auto Workers
UAW
Smith
Douglas Fraser
Freed bike bandit held in new holdup
Don ald Lee Calhoun the man once acquitted in Lorain banks is jailed again in California on a Sacramento Bank of America robbery charge. FBI and sheriff deputies arrested him after the 9 am heist and two gunshots to a courier. Police seek the getaway driver. Calhoun has prior California robberies and a parole history.
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Donald Lee Calhoun
California
Calhoun
FBI
Sacramento County
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Lorain National Bank
U.S. District Court
Cleveland
Tani Coe
Lorain
Ohio
Lampoc
Half on UAW layoff will never be back
Local and wire reports say UAW leaders concur with Washington official Robert Dederick that thousands of auto workers on indefinite layoff from the industry slump will likely not regain their former jobs. He estimates about half of 214,000 laid off will not return to auto assembly, as automation and a smaller industry reshape employment.
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Washington
Senate Subcommittee On
Robert G. Dederick
Commerce
Dederick
Dan Bentley
James McCracken
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
Brook Park
Larry Tanner
National winter storm hits South to Northeast
A fierce winter storm left the Deep South in sleet and snow then pushed into major Northeast cities amid a five day cold spell death toll of 116. Power outages bloomed across Mississippi while 16,000 homes faced outages and schools closed in Washington Baltimore and Philadelphia. Interstate 55 trapped trucks between Grenada and Winona and flights were canceled as ice and snow disrupted transport nationwide.
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Arizona
Georgia
Washington
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Seaboard
New York
Mississippi
Grenada
Winona
Indiana
Michigan
Arkansas
Dixie
Mississipi
Alabama
Max Brood
National Weather Service Office
Homewood
Ala
Weather outlook: light snow and squalls
Overnight mainly clear with light snow possible and a low around 12. Thursday expects snow flurries and a 70 percent precipitation chance with highs from 15 to 26. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph. Sunrise 7 52 a.m. Sunset 5 20 p.m.
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North Ridgeville
Ray Diederich
Hank Aaros and Frank Reddineon Enter Hall of Fame
Hank Aaros, who surpassed Babe Ruth as baseball's all time home run king, and Frank Reddineon, winner of MVP Awards in both leagues and the majors' first black manager, were elected today to the Hall of Fame in New York.
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UPI
Hank Aaros
Babe Ruth
Frank Reddineon
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