Tax urged on dirt bikes and dune buggies for public lands
Washington reports recommend a maintenance tax on about 10 million off road vehicles such as dirt bikes and dune buggies to fund trails and facilities. The Council on Environmental Quality warns these machines damage diverse ecosystems from Cape Cod dunes to Alaska tundra, with scars potentially lasting millennia.
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Berea Doctor Leads Anti Nuclear Power March
Brown, a Berea Democrat on council since 1977, marched with family and hundreds from the Ellipse to Capitol Hill bearing a banner reading Berea Ohio Yes Nuclear Power No. He faulted NRC for dishonesty, urging broader public opinion to pressure re evaluation of nuclear power.
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White House
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Ohio
Federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Hand Signal Saves Kidnapping Victim in Alabama Trunk
In Birmingham a hand wiggling from a car trunk led reporters to chase and police to arrest three suspects, freeing Gary Collier after 14 hours trapped inside. Collier, stabbed and robbed, credited reporter Mark Winne and photographer Jerry Ayres for his rescue.
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Birmingham News
Heidi’s Half Cast to Aid First Steps After Surgery
Heidi, a Westlake High student, will have her cast replaced with a three quarter one next Monday enabling her to walk for the first time in four months. An elevator will assist her travel between floors. Doctors say the spinal fusion is essential to avoid a wheelchair, with hopes she can resume volleyball, tennis, and long distance running after recovery.
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Westlake High
Amusement ride malfunctions strand 24 at Geauga Lake
Twenty four people were stranded about 30 feet above ground for 80 minutes when Geauga Lake Park could not repair the Double Loop roller coaster. Rescue crews from Bainbridge Township Fire Department freed riders after the ride tilted on completion of the second loop. Park spokesman Dave Varga noted a rear wheel came off the last car. rider Kathy Jacobs described the experience as terrifying. Those stranded received two free passes.
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Vatican Urges More Priests Amid Global Shortage
Pope John Paul II appealed for increased priestly vocations in St Peter's Square after Vatican figures showed a 12 percent worldwide drop in young men entering the priesthood over five years ending 1977.
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Medina youth dies in Hinckley fall
Kipp C. Brown 15 of Medina was killed and John McDonald 14 of Medina was injured when they fell about 100 feet from a cliff while climbing at the Hinckley Reservation Cleveland Metroparks. Brown, an eighth grader at Medina Junior High, died at the scene. McDonald, a Medina Senior High freshman, was treated for a sprained hip and possible concussion at Medina Community Hospital and later released. Rangers said they were halfway up when they lost balance and a rope was lowered from the top to aid them.
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Evacuation Near Chillicothe After Tank Car Leak
About 1,000 residents in Chillicothe's north end were ordered from their homes for several hours Sunday after a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad tank car leaked a highly toxic chemical. Evacuees were taken to a junior high shelter and returned home five hours later when officials declared the situation controlled.
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Vandals topple $80,000 sculpture in New York
Vandals ripped an eight foot high granite sculpture from its pedestal outside the Weintraub Gallery on Madison Avenue and 77th Street, smashing the 4,000 pound work titled Ubatuba by Antoine Poncet. Fragments lay at the pedestal as gallery owner Jacob Weintraub lamented the loss.
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