Leaking Dura landfill known to Toledo officials for 12 years
Toledo officials knew 12 years ago that waste from the Dura landfill was leaking into the Ottawa River but did not test for PCBs or other chemicals citing cost and lack of facilities. The Blade reported the plan to hire a consultant and estimate cleanup could cost about 40 million dollars.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Toledo
Blade of Toledo
Dura
Ottawa River
Ted Reams
Richard Oscilowski
River Ohio
Breakthrough surgery hopes to free girl from throat tube
Heather Sykes, a 47 year old Massachusetts girl who has breathed through a throat tube since infancy, underwent pioneering laryngeal reconstructive surgery at Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati. Dr Robin Cotton led the team observing by six doctors from across the country. outcome will take about a year to assess.
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Cincinnati
Massachusetts
Heath Sykes
Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Donna Cooper
Tewksbury
Mass
Heather
Robin Cotton
Children’s Hospital
Boston
San Diego
Washighton
D.C
Cotton
United States
Europe
South America
County probes Cleveland lawyer Nathan Simon
Cuyahoga County Prosecutor John T. Corrigan confirms an investigation into the business dealings of Nathan Simon, founder of Dickens Investment Co. The probe aims to determine criminal liability for home losses after loans and for foreclosures on 25 more homes. Simon says several cases are nearing settlements.
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Cleveland
Nathan Simon
Cuyahoga County
John T. Corrigan
Corrigan
Dickens
Simon
Dickens Investment Co
the Plain Dealer
Athena
GOP ticket backs high school competency tests in Ohio
Ohio GOP nominees Taft II and Rhodes call for a 1988 start of an Ohio High School Proficiency Test for ninth graders. Students would not graduate without passing, with state funded remediation. Kean endorses reform stance while Celeste aides caution against a single test measure.
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Cleveland
Robert A Taft II
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Taft
New Jersey
Thomas H. Kean
Kean
Todd Ambs
Richard Celeste
Ambs
Council For Financial Aid To Education
Unions Join Forces to Oppose Akron School Board
The Akron Education Association and the Ohio Association of Public School Employees sign a joint pact to bolster collective bargaining political action and job security. Leaders accuse Superintendent Conrad Ott and the school board of bad faith bargaining while facing three unfair labor practice charges.
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Bill Siegferth
Akron Education Association
Herb Moss
Ohio Association of Public School Employees
AEA
OAPSE
Siegferth
Conrad Ott
CAPSE
Moss
Evacuees Return as 600 Pounds Dynamite Is Burned
About 1,500 Columbus residents are allowed back home after bomb squad experts neutralized 600 pounds of unstable dynamite in a storage locker and burned the explosives. No injuries or explosions occurred, and a Kansas man, John G Rieder, 30, was arrested in connection with the case.
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Columbus
Kansas
FBI
Donald Werner
Groves Road
John G Rieder
Kawnee Mission
Kan
Kansas City
Mike Lawler
Groves Rd
Anthony DeNardi
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Lake Ewe
Cooper
GOP
Akron Board
AKRON
Akron City
Ross
Ott
John S. Watt
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