Regional study urges cleaner water and tighter oversight
A $3.2 million NE Ohio study finds poor policing of polluters, calls for NOACCA to coordinate pollution control across Cuyahoga and several counties, and urges a secure landfill for industrial wastes. It notes rising road salt use elevates Lake Erie salts and cites EPA permit noncompliance. Public hearings start at Cleveland State University.
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Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
Ohio
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Cleveland State University
Akron University
Lakeland Community College
Medina County Administration
Phony agency bilks schools in Cleveland scam
The Better Business Bureau warns of a scheme in Cleveland by a group calling itself the Central Disbursement Agency. They promise surplus school supplies and bill victims before delivery. After payment no supplies arrive and the FBI investigates as suspects pose as a federal agency. Seven reports, mainly from Roman Catholic schools, have been filed.
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Central Disbursement Agency
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BBB
Edison strike at Ohio Edison continues in Akron
About 1,900 linemen, repairmen and power plant workers walkout against Ohio Edison Co represented by the Utility Workers Union of America. The strike began at midnight Saturday after failed talks on a new contract. The old pact expired July 1 and no negotiations are scheduled. A 14 day extension of a restraining order limits picketing at the W H Sammis Power Plant amid reported $400,000 to $500,000 in property damage.
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Jefferson County
Federal Express seeks Midway passenger service permit
Federal Express Corp. asks the Civil Aeronautics Board for permission to operate daytime passenger service using Boeing 727s from Midway Airport. The Memphis based firm now uses the jets for cargo mainly in the evenings. Possible routes include Buffalo and New York City, Baltimore Washington, Dayton, Columbus, Memphis, Boston, Philadelphia, Denver, Cincinnati, Des Moines, Omaha, Hartford, Atlanta, Dallas, Louisville and Indianapolis.
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Protest Planned Outside Perry Nuclear Plant in Ohio
A coalition led by Cleveland Mobilization for Survival plans a Sunday protest at Perry Nuclear Power Plant near North Perry, Ohio. Demonstrators seek halt to the $2 billion project, citing safety and economic concerns as CEI faces NRC reprimands for construction deficiencies.
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Mobilization For Survival
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Japan
Suzanne Watson
Cleveland
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Commission
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NRC
Euclid Man Quits Drug Kit Business Under Court Threat
Leonard Berman, tied to a Mentor based drug paraphernalia operation, agreed to sever ties after U S District Judge Thomas Lambros warned revoking his 1976 probation. The firm sold 20000 ten dollar kits in three weeks claiming to boost marijuana potency and test for paraquat contamination.
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Leonard Berman
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Jaworski attacks Flynt over probe leadership clash
Former special counsel Leon Jaworski questions House Ethics Chair John Flynt's handling of the influence peddling probe amid intrapanel tensions. Jaworski resigns after balking at questioning arrangements for South Korean witness Kim Dong Jo and pressure tactics.
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John Flynt
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Kim Dong Jo
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Good Morning America
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Lacovara
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South Korea
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Ohio Gov Rhodes launches rail grade crossing safety drive
Governor Rhodes announced Operation Lifesaver to cut grade crossing accidents in Ohio.Co chaired by Highway Safety Director Chiaramonte and Ohio Railroad Association counsel Manning, the program enlists patrols departments and agencies for education and enforcement, citing 50 deaths and 513 injuries last year.
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James A. Rhodes
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Operation Lifesaver
Robert M. Chiaramonte
Robert A. Manning
Ohio Railroad Association
Highway Patrol
Ohio
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