Cleveland Clinic forms first overseas hospital cooperation
The Cleveland Clinic signs a pioneering agreement with Bodelschwinglische Clinics in Bethel West Germany to treat epileptics. Neurological testing and surgery will aid German patients and German doctors will be trained, aiming for Bethel to become self sufficient. The program uses brain mapping and has completed about 200 operations with a 70 percent success rate.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Clinic
Bodelschwinglische
Bethel
West Germany
Frank Weaver
Cleveland Hospital
Weaver
Hans Luters
Clinic
Bodelschwinglische Clinics
Germany
Istanbul
Turkey
Sao Paulo
Brazil
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Hokkaido
Japan
London
Virginia farmers return favor with haylift aid from Ohio
Four trucks carried 2 000 bales of hay from Charlotte Court House Virginia to Mercer County Ohio as about 50 farmers queued for free hay. Lt Gov Paul Leonard thanked Ohioans and USDA official Eugene Morris organized the effort. Ralph Heyne donated about 1 500 bales in 1986 and hopes for another haylift while drought fears rise and cattle sales press the community emotionally.
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Coldwater
Ohio
Virginia
Charlotte Court House
Mercer County
Paul Leonard
Eugene Morris
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Leonard
Heyne
Berea Sets World Record With 174 Gallon Milkshake
The sixth annual Grindstone Festival at Coe Lake Park saw Berea create a 174 gallon milkshake, the new world record, surpassing 124 gallons. Donations came from Front St. Tavern, Convenient Food Mart, Northwest Service Corp, Master Music Co, and Pitchers Paints. About 250 souvenir cups were sold after the feat.
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Berea
Coe Lake Park
Richard Cendrowski
Ballons
Front St
Cendrowski
Berea High School
Northwest Service Corp
Berea Quality Care Nursing Home
Master Music Company
Ministers condemn firing of Toledo housing official
About two dozen black ministers from Toledo churches denounced City Manager Philip Hawkey for firing Bernard Pete Culp, former renewal operations commissioner, and vowed a lawsuit to stop Toledo's HUD funding. Rally attendees urged accountability and said Culp was not given a hearing. Duckworth, the prior department head, was demoted.
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Toledo
Philip Hawkey
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Develop
Bernard “Pete” Culp
Renewal
L. Michael Duckworth
Duckworth
Fourth of July in the Northwest Territory sparks deep patriotism
The article recalls the first Independence Day celebration in the Northwest Territory, noting oratory by James Mitchel Varnum in Marietta and broad public enthusiasm. It details 18th and 19th century customs, weddings, toasts, and levying crowds that underscored the holiday’s importance and bloodstained fight for freedom.
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James Mitchel Varnum
Varnum
Northwest Territory
Moses Cleaveland
Western Reserve
Conneaut Creek
William Clement
Chloe Inches
Reserve
William Ganson Rose
Rose
Cleveland
Lorenzo Carter
Cleaveland
Alfred Kelley
Presbyterian Church
Marietta
Arthur St. Clair
Ohio
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Epilepsy Foundation of America
The
National Institutes of Health
William Southerling
University of California At Los Angeles School of Medicine
Luters
Freeman
Convenient Food
Martin Herea
U-T
Tom
Kelly Donnelly
Charles Mehoynek
Rich Cendrowski
Ly Mitch Weiss
Associated Press
Community Development Department
Floyd Rose
Family Baptist Church
Saint Paul Baptist Church
Hawkey
Culp
Western Reserve Society
Fred McGunagle
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