Brunswick church dispute heads to court over doctrine and funds
In Medina County, two pastors clash with a Brunswick congregation over Community Full Gospel Church formerly Beebetown Baptist. Plaintiffs seek a permanent injunction to bar Rev. Paul Shurdell and Rev. Michael Larussa from church funds and records while a plan to merge the congregations is debated. A two week injunction was issued and a verdict on permanence is awaited.
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Pam Hall Medina
Community
Full Gospel Church
Beebetown Baptist Church
Marks Rd
Brunswick
Medina County Common Pleas Court
Paul Shurdell
Michael Larussa
Shurdell
Florida
Community Full Gospel
Laussa
Larussa
Baird
Spencer trustees reject 10 acre minimum lot size plan
Spencer Town Trustees voting 2-1 rejected raising minimum township lot size to 10 acres with 500 feet of frontage, upholding the Zoning Board decision on the Aikmans request. They noted historical averages and discussed a possible compromise and referendums while planning road, cemetery, and building improvements.
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Neysa Stroup Spencer
David Aikman
River Corners Rd
Fred Brown
Brown
F. Robert Rice
Aikman
Medina County
Looters exploit Memphis blackout amid curfew and strikes
A power outage blamed on sabotage sparked looting across Memphis after a curfew. Police arrested over 65 looters as stores, Elvis Presley souvenirs, and two fires were reported. National Guard units helped patrol. the blackout affected about 1 million people in Shelby County.
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Frank Thorsberg
Memphis, Tenn
UPI
Memphis
E Winslow Chapman
FBI
Tennessee Valley Authority
Allen
Sam Martz
Shelby County
Tennessee
Southhaven
Miss
EPA hearing on Ohio coal sparks mixed views on bans
A UPI report from Cleveland notes EPA panel questioning whether federal action should force utilities to burn high sulfur Ohio coal or adopt scrubbers. Sen Metzenbaum warns of economic collapse in southeast Ohio if mines close, while utilities cite costs and unreliability of scrubbers and a shift to eastern low sulfur coal.
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Cleveland
UPI
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Ohio
Howard Metzenbaum
EPA
Federal
Metzenbaum
Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co
U.S
J.P. Apel
Columbus
Southern Ohio Electric Co
Medina Gazette Opinion Ballot Finds Gun Control Opposed
Medina Gazette reports that about 97 percent of readers opposing gun control in last month's Opinion Ballot favor gun ownership rights. Readers argue registration equates to government control and disarmament, while a small 3 percent support licensing or stricter penalties for gun crimes.
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Medina
Hinckley Twp
National
Congressman” Club, Inc
The
Gazette
U.S
Donald Pease
Oberlin
North Carolina man injured when camper struck on I-40
A Bakersfield North Carolina man, Jake A McKinney sixty, stepped from a camper and suffered multiple cuts after a pickup truck traveling at fifty five mph hit the camper on I 40 near Albuquerque The driver was McKinney's son Danny who continued for miles unaware of the crash.
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Albuquerque
N.M
UPI
North Carolina
Jake A McKinney
Bakersfield
N.C
McKinney
Danny
Robbery hostages wake to SWAT rescue in Newbury Park
In Newbury Park California two men napping on the floor of Rendezvous Room were mistaken for robbers. A customer alerted police after finding the quiet restaurant. Heavily armed officers surrounded the area and entered, waking two waiters who had fallen asleep before opening.
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Newbury Park
Calif
UPI
Rendezvous Room
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