Saddam accused of using mustard gas against uprisings
Cypriot AP report cites Jawad al Maliki alleging Saddam Hussein deployed mustard gas gunships and heavy artillery against protesters in Najaf and southern Basra with hundreds killed in Najaf. He claims Baghdad slums faced gunships, but details remain unverified. CNN’s Peter Arnett and Lucia Newman observed expulsions of foreign journalists in Amman.
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Cyprus
Saddam Hussein
Iraq
Jawad al-Maliki
ad-Dawa Party
Sad ‘Dam
Al-Maliki
Damascus
Syria
al-Haleh
Kifil
Najaf
Basra
Peter Arnett
CNN
Lucia Newman
Amman
Jordan
Arnett
Elyria Soldier Returns Home After Middle East War
Sgt. Tony Powers, an Air Force jet engine mechanic from Elyria, returns with AWACS unit debriefed after victory in Gulf War. He spends a week with parents Randy and Margaret Powers at 202 Furnace St before rejoining Tankers AF Base in Oklahoma with his wife and two daughters.
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Ester Yates
Rodney
Langley Air Force Base
Hampton, Va
Tony Powers
Brenda
Brooke
Nikki Powers
Powers
Elyria
Air Force
Saudi Arabia
Iraq
Duke
Caus Up
Randy and
Margaret Powers
Furnace St
Tankers Air Force Base
Oklahoma
Lorain County
AWACS
Airborne Warning and Control Squadron
Saudi Araba Welc
Middle East
Notable High School Scorecard Roundup
Southview 58 Westlake 56 Avon Lake 60 C. Catholic 44 Lorain Catholic 73 Dalton 68. Local standings and close finishes highlight a night of competitive minutes across the area.
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Southview
Westlake
Avon Lake
C. Catholic
Lorain Catholic
Dalton
Olmsted Falls Collected charges on uncompleted car repairs
Four more charges filed against a Columbia Road man accused of taking money for car repairs he did not finish. Police say he collected funds but did not complete the work, court records indicate.
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Olmsted Falls
Columbia Road
Page &7
Westlake boy overcomes odds plays basketball
Robert Cruz 15, who lost a foot as a child, visited Westlake Lions YMCA School-Aged Child Care to show basketball skills at Lorain's Southview High School. He answered kids questions with calm maturity, defended his leg, and inspired the group calling him Mr. Robert.
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Westlake
Robert Cruz
Southview High School
Lorain
Robert
Westlake Lions Ymca
Ambulance driver sentenced to prison in fatal crash case
In Elyria a Lorain County judge ordered Montecalvo to begin a 2 to 10 year prison term for involuntary manslaughter in the ambulance automobile collision that killed a Lorain woman. Pleas for probation were denied as his attorney urged probation and community service training EMTs.
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Elyria
Lorain
LifeCare
Ag Montecalvo
Lynett McGough
Michael Montecalvo
Barbara Patterson
Jury fails to convict in the cutting incident
After nine hours of deliberation a Lorain County jury found Detroit truck driver Mark Traver not guilty on disrupting public service in the slashing of tires on nine Elyria police cruisers on June 15. Jurors deadlocked 11-1 on possession of criminal tools and vandalism, leaving those charges for a possible re trial.
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Elyria
Lorain County
Mark Traver
Police clash in Elyria as mayoral race spills over
Elyria mayoral candidate William Grace accuses the police of a chain of command and mistrust problems. Mayor Michael Keys defends the department and warns against making police politics a campaign issue while Police Chief Rodger Griffith says issues can be resolved away from politics under civil service protections.
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Elyria
Michael B. Keys
Keys
Grace
Wilkes Villa
Rodger Griffith
Griffith
Oho Civil Service System
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Ross Incineration Services Inc
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
Chronicle-Telegram
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Louisa May Alcott
David Copperfield
Charles Dickens
Accent
ABC Comics
Abby
Tammi Vogan
C-T
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Julie Wallace
Rob Sternfeldt
Police Department
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