Flag burning and the U S Constitution in crisis
A columnist argues that flag desecration should be protected speech under the First Amendment, criticizes a constitutional amendment penalizing flag burning, and warns that restricting such protest would erode liberty. The piece notes public opinion polls and calls for honoring the Constitution over patriotic display. Paul Facinelli's column runs weekly.
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United States
America
Congress
Washington
Lorain man linked to California store killing faces charges
Lorain 22 year old Leon James Noble appeared in Lorain Municipal Court after extradition steps to California. Police say Noble, tied to a Hanford convenience store robbery and fatal shooting, was arrested at his grandmother’s home and later jailed. Authorities allege another man, Cliff Perry, shot the owner. Noble may have helped, jumping the counter and stealing cash under $1,000. Noble’s daughter was placed in protective custody.
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California
Leon James Noble
Lorain Municipal Court
Lorain
West 21St Street
Set
Richard Resendez
Noble
Oine
Resendez
Mark A. Bingaman
Kings County Sheriffs Office
Hanford
Calif
Cliff Perry
Los Angeles
Bingaman
Perry
Loram County Childrens Services
River woman eyed for federal bench
Cleveland Ohio Senator John Glenn recommended Patricia Anne Gaughan a 41 year old Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Judge from Rocky River for the U S District Court seat in Cleveland pending Senate confirmation.
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Cleveland
John Glenn
Ohio
Cuyahoga County
Common Pleas Court
Patricia Anne Gaughan
Gaughan
Rocky River
Glenn
Ann Aldrich
U.S. District Court
Senate
Battle shaping LCCC campus becomes Abbe Road landmark
Max J. Lerner recalls early fights over Ohio community colleges in his self-published history Thirty Years of Service The First Three Decades of Ohio s Independently Governed Two Year Colleges The 960 page book lists LCCC origins selecting North Abbe Road site after 43 vote two trustees resigned over location Lerner 74 led LCCC 1963 1971 later Ohio Board of Regents two year campuses vice chancellor and retired 1983 Local officials and Rep John Bender praise the work and its value as local history for Lorain County Community College enthusiasts
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Ohio
Max J. Lerner
LCCC
College Center
N. Abbe Road
Lerner
North Abbe Road
Ohio Board of Regents
John Bender
D-Elyria
LOCC
Archaeologists pool efforts at Cuyahoga Valley store site
Volunteers from Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Belgium, Norway and Canada join US National Park Service in a two week dig at the historic Boston Co store site in Boston town between Akron and Cleveland. Workers sift artifacts dating 1820s to 1830s including clay pipes cups plates bottles nails and bones.
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Cuyahoga Valley
Germany
Italy
France
Spain
Belgium
Norway
Canada
National Park Service
Boston Co
Boston
Akron
Cleveland
Park Service
Astronauts Discuss If Being an Astronaut Attracts Partners
Discovery talk turns personal as Cleveland’s Donald Thomas answers if space fame makes him a magnet for women. He says it does not and insists he is happily married. The NASA crew Nancy Currne and Mary Ellen Weber are also questioned about dating while in space.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Defense Department
America
Cleveland
Donald Thomas
Mary Montfort
Mike and
Mats
Thomas
Nancy Curne
Troy
Mary Ellen Weber
Beford Heights
Monfort
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Ohio Council of Private Colleges and Schools
Columbus
MIL Educational Consultants
Tobias Wengert
Stuttgart
Volun
Teers For Peace Inc
Volunteers For Peace
Dominik Wessner
Milly Pollano
Turin
Peo
Stanford
Park
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