Cleveland NAACP urges scrap of Ohio proficiency tests
The Cleveland NAACP chapter calls on state legislators to scrap the Ohio proficiency tests. After weeks of criticism from parents, educators, and lawmakers including three state senators asking for a temporary halt, Chapter President George L. Forbes argues the standardized exams are biased against poor urban children, insisting the tests do not reflect the kids' abilities.
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Airport executive Barth wins national award
Michael Barth executive director of the Lorain County Regional Airport received the 2000 Airport Executive Partnership Award from the National Air Transportation Association for leadership in airport tenant relations. Former Burke Lakefront Airport manager, Barth reshaped the Cleveland area airport into a busy downtown hub with 90 000 annual operations and now aims to develop Lorain County as a Cleveland Hopkins reliever with plans for a new hangar FBO renovations and possibly an air traffic control tower.
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Woman who had affair with Dr. Sam testifies
In Cleveland AP story, prosecutors aired deposition tapes of Susan Hayes Benitez, the former lover of Dr. Sam Sheppard, in a civil suit by Sheppard’s son against Ohio. Hayes described sporadic meetings with Sheppard in 1954, saying he feared leaving his wife Marilyn and that the family was tight.
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