Kidnapping at Gombe Reserve Sparks Tanzania Search
Tanzanian authorities launch air and ground search for three American students and a Dutch woman snatched from Gombe Stream Reserve by 40 gunmen. Jane Goodall escaped with staff and students as captors fled by boat onto Lake Tanganyika. Victims are Barbara Smuts, Carrie Jane Hunter, and Kenneth Smith.
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Dar ES Salaam
Tanzania
UPI
Lake Tanganyika
U.S. Sponsored
Gombe Stream Reserve
Zaire
Jane Goodall
Stanford University
Barbara Smuts
Ann Arbor
Mich
Carrie Jane Hunter
Atherton
Calif
Kenneth Smith
Garden Grove
Ohio unemployment falls for third straight week
Ohio's unemployment for one week or more declined for a third consecutive week, with 225,500 Ohioans employed as of May 17. New filings dropped to 19,723 from 21,060 the prior week and 24,532 the week before.
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Columbus
UPI
Ohio Bureau of Employment Services
Beirut Fighting Kills 17 as Cease-Fire Fails Briefly
In Beirut, a shaky cease-fire between Palestinian guerrillas and right wing militias collapsed briefly early today but held by dawn. Officials report 17 killed and 100 wounded over three days of street fighting on the city outskirts. Heavy clashes erupted in Dikwaneh about three hours after the cease-fire.
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Beirut
Dikwaneh
Ferguson repeal vote set in Ohio Senate
Ohio Senate to debate and vote on a public employee collective bargaining bill with limited strikes. The bill would repeal the Ferguson Act and allow strikes as a last resort, excluding police, fire, and prison guards. A mediation and arbitration path would settle contract disputes if needed.
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Columbus
UPI
Ohio
Senate
Companiae
Safety Committee to Ride With Medina Police
Members of the Citizens for Safety Committee decided to spend the next month visiting the Medina police department and riding in police cars to learn how the department operates. They discussed crime issues such as break ins theft and shoplifting and proposed a neighborhood watch as a first project. Police Chief Homer Davis warned crime is rising and urged council to hire more officers ahead of the summer peak. Next meeting is Wednesday June 18 at 8 p.m. at the police department.
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Medina
Citizens For Safety Committee
Homer
Chuck” Davis
Macy Hallock
Fred Greenwood
Police Department
Medina Vocational students place tenth in floriculture state contest
Denise Beck Allen Dillon and Sheree Simon horticulture students at Medina County Joint Vocational School finished tenth in the statewide floriculture contest held in Columbus. The first year team competed against 27 two or three year programs to win a plaque.
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Medina
Denise Beck
Allen Dillon
Sheree Simon
Medina County
Columbus
Guards gain provisional certification for state penal facility union
OCSEA Civil Service Employes Association said it earned provisional certification as representative for all workers in Ohio's 10 penal facilities after proving 30 percent representation in the Corrections Department. The union would also cover the adult parole authority. A May 12 strike at Lucasville highlighted the dispute as the state negotiates only with unions meeting 30 percent representation.
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Columbus
UPI
Ohio Civil Service Employes Association
Daugherty
Southern Ohio
Lucasville
State Corrections Department
Partly cloudy with storms possible this afternoon
Partly cloudy today with a chance of thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the low to mid 80s. Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with lows in the upper 50s to low 60s and highs in the low to mid 80s. Precip chances 40 today, 20 tonight and Friday. Winds light, mainly SW, 5 to 10 mph. stronger gusts in storms.
Area Deaths in Medina and Brunswick Obituaries
Beatrice Sieckowski 1807 Mary Ellen Drive Brunswick died Tuesday in Medina Community Hospital after a long illness. She was mother to Robert Agnes Berko and Blanche Negleman and John, with grandchildren Mark and Lisa Sieckowski. Blair Funeral Home Perryopolis handles, burial Friday at St Timothy Cemetery Smithton. Daniel Sarka 64 Brunswick died May 21 at Medina Hospital. Carlson Funeral Home to arrange. Adaline D Nichols 85 Medina mother of Elmer Nichols of Old Phoenix Bank. graveside Friday 12 30 at Spring Grove Cemetery Medina. memorial service at United Church of Christ Medina. Longacre and Sons Funeral Home arranging. No visiting hours. memorials to United Church of Christ requested.
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Beatrice Sieckowski
Mary Elen Drive
Brunswick
Medina Community Hospital
Robert
Agnes Berko
Parrs
Blanche Negleman
Yuma
Ariz
John
West Newton
Mark
Lisa Sieckowski
Blair Funeral Home
Perryopolis
St. Timothy Cemetery
Smithton
Daniel Sarka
Carlson Funeral Home
Adaline D. Nichols
Elmer Nichols
Old Phoenix Bank
N. Broadway Street
Medina
Floyd
Spring Grove
United Church of Christ
Longacre and Sons Funeral Home
Exorcism Probe Ordered in Wakefield Diocese
Dr. Eric Treacy bishop of Wakefield appoints a 10 man team to probe exorcism administration after a woman was killed by her husband who had undergone an exorcism. Exorcisms banned in the diocese during a six to twelve month inquiry.
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Eric Treacy
Wakefield
England
CNS
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Woodsman
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Adult Parole Authority
Adaline Nichols
Jamestown
Bank Americard
Sharon Center
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