Ohio woman trooper joins patrol at Bellefontaine post
Virginia Letty, one of Ohio's two female Highway Patrol troopers, works at the Bellefontaine post and says public reaction has been largely positive. A former teacher, she joined after patrol began accepting women in 1976, trained from April and began patrol duty on July 4. Maj. Yingling notes the force seeks more women, requiring height, weight, and a high school diploma.
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Albert the gorilla dies at 29 in San Diego Zoo
Albert, the best known gorilla at the San Diego Zoo, died Wednesday at age 29 from old age. He spent his life mostly in captivity in San Diego and fathered the zoo's only gorilla birth. This AP report notes his long captivity and unique lineage.
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Nerve gas factory funds sought in new budget plan
Washington based report states the administration wants to proceed with a delayed plan to build a production plant for a new type of nerve gas weapon at Pine Bluff Arsenal Arkansas. Deputy Defense Secretary Charles Duncan ordered the Army in July to program funds for the facility, pending final budget reviews.
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Showalter proposes plan to avert Elyria school shutdown
Showalter outlines forming a committee of teachers administrators community members and finance board to shape a choice of education standard levels while deferring payroll to avoid a shutdown. He warns the crisis persists with potential cuts to English social studies and extracurriculars unless funds are certified by April 1 and a revised appropriation passes.
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Elyria
Gunfire scares Carnegie Hall patrons as speakers malfunction
About a third of the 2800 concertgoers at Carnegie Hall fled in fear when gunshot like noises sounded during Tchaikovsky Fourth. Orchestra members also rushed for cover as speakers produced the disruptive sounds, later blamed on a hall speaker malfunction.
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Peter Gelb
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Box of dirt sold as Texas political game in Austin
AUSTIN Texas UPI reports dirt is marketed to politicians as a parody of Texas politics. Boxes priced at 30 dollars ship next month starting with a limited Washington send to Robert S Strauss. The mahogany box shows a dump truck carving. players win by spreading dirt on rivals in a game of mudslinging.
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Texas Politics Drives Five Lorain County Gas Wells
Columbia Gas announces plans to drill five wells in Lorain County as part of two multi million dollar programs totaling 31 wells in five states. Aimed at recovering natural gas from underground shale, the initiative includes collaboration with the Department of Energy and Mitchell Energy Corp with costs totaling about 91 million.
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Columbia Gas System
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Pope John Paul II Emerges as First Non Italian Pope in 435 Years
An analysis of how visits to the United States shaped the Polish, Czechoslovak, and Yugoslav cardinals’ influence in the papal conclaves. The account traces factions, ecumenical aims, and the pivotal ballots that led to Karol Wojtyla’s election as pope John Paul II, ending a 435 year Italian papacy.
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White House set to plant Kent tree for Christmas display
The national Christmas tree, a 76 foot Colorado Blue Spruce, will be planted Friday on the White House ellipse. Davey Tree Expert Co. of Kent won the contract to transfer the tree from York, Pennsylvania as part of the project by the National Park Service.
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How John Paul II emerged as Pope
Benelli and Siri have long vied for influence in the Vatican. Benelli, a 57 year old former archbishop of Florence, steered the Curia for Pope Paul VI and later shaped liberal reform against Siri. He hinted in a Gazzetta del Popolo interview that the cardinals favored Wojtyla as the right man for the papacy, aligning with the Second Vatican Council goals.
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