AmShip snubs Lorain for big job on T-5 tanker
AmShip will assemble T-5 tankers for the Military Sealift Command in Tampa with modular components built in Tampa and Nashville. The Lorain yard is not slated for work, though some cost-controlled tasks might flow there. 700 Tampa and 400 Nashville workers are planned for the three year contract. Ohio lawmakers and union leaders react with disappointment and threat of concessions talks.
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Lorain — American Ship Building
Tampa
Fila
Ralph Anselmi
Lorain
Ohio
Washington
AmShip
Military Sealift Command
Nashville
Tenn
Alan Fernstrom
Don J. Pease
Doberlin
Lorain Yard
James Unger
Boilermakers Union Local 358
Force
Unger
AmShip Management
Islands wrapped in pink plastic near Miami completion
Artist Christo nears finish on a 3.1 million project wrapping 11 Biscayne Bay islands with 6.5 million square feet of pink plastic. By Friday 10 islands were wrapped or nearly so, with a planned two week teardown to follow and a European tour planned for next year.
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Miami
Christo
Biscayne Bay
Jean Claude Christo
Lorain Deputy Guards Piazza Home After Murder
Lorain County Sheriff James Mertz says a patrol car will watch Charles D. Piazza’s house 24 hours a day to protect the family after Piazza 37 and Edith Schneider 40 were found murdered at the Schneider home. Authorities allege Piazza ran a gambling operation and records taken may link to organized crime. investigation continues.
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Elyria
Lorain County
Piazza
Mertz
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Rosenbaum
Cleveland
Larry Jezewski
Shultz cites Syria as key to Lebanon withdrawal accord
Secretary of State George P. Shultz arrived in Damascus to meet President Hafez Assad and press a U S backed draft on foreign troop withdrawal from Lebanon. Syrian and Jordanian officials voiced cautious optimism about the talks and broader regional peace implications.
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Damascus
Syria
George P. Shultz
Middle East
Hafez Assad
Lebanon
Shultz
Abdul Halim Khaddam
Foreign Ministry
Assad
Saudi Arabia
Marwan Kassem
Amman
Hussein
Kassein
Mideast
Area hotels race to add pay television via earth stations
RCA Service Co and four pay TV firms eye pay TV dishes for Elyria area hotels mobile parks and hospitals. An earth station at the Overnight Inn marks the trend with segments planned by Summer's Mobile Home Park and Holiday Inn. Owners seek lower costs than cable and anticipate broader coverage as HBO scrambles signals.
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Elyria
RCA Service Co
Route 57
Overnight Inn
Holiday Inn
Earth Stations
RCA
Ing
Ray Demszyk
HBO
Demszyk
Cleveland
Ohio
The
Chronicle-Telegram
Dish
Nental Cablevision
Continental
Loral
Ohio Turnpike
I-90
Robert Stuart
Maynard
Continental Cablevision
Spanking debated in area schools and foster parenting role
C T Staff Writer Patricia Hins berg examines how teachers view corporal punishment in local schools while Ruth Plowden of Lorain, retired on disability, fosters troubled youths with her parenting experience. Gloria Irwin profiles Mrs Plowden and her husband guiding another generation.
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Patricia Hinsberg
Ruth Plowden
Lorain
C-T
Gloria Irwin
Unsettled Weekend Weather With Possible Severe Storms
Forecasters warn of outside showers and thunderstorms tonight possibly severe. A sharp cooldown brings a low near 57. Sunday remains mostly cloudy and breezy with scattered morning showers and a high around 50. Details on page A-3.
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Sitcoth Anselmi
Philip A. McNiff
Anselmi
McNiff
Liz Kay
Isles
Keith Haldeman
Ed Swanken
Dade County
Department of Environmental Resources Management
Ron Maynard
Conti
Jack Schnepp
Cherry Hill
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Way, Sf
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