By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 1 State Trooper Greg Rayot sat in his patrol car in a driveway in rural Fulton County. He had a clear view of one of the more dangerous intersections in the county – State Rt. 64 and County Road K. Late for class, a 24-year-old University of Toledo […]
Month: October 1997
Commercial trucks bring added danger to Ohio’s highways
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 6 They bring oranges from Florida, oil from Louisiana, and potatoes from Idaho. But commercial trucks also bring added danger to northwest Ohio’s roads. Crisscrossed by I-75, I-80, and I-90, Toledo gets truck traffic from across the country. And when trucks get into accidents, the results can be […]
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Inexperience puts teens at risk; Car crashes are the leading cause of death for young
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 7 Last year, 293 teenagers were the drivers in fatal traffic accidents in Ohio. “A big part of it is inexperience,” said Ohio Highway Patrol Lt. Fred Greive. “Teens drive a little more aggressively and put themselves in situations they can’t get out of.” In Ohio, teenagers make […]
3 die in U.S. 24 crash near Defiance
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 1 DEFIANCE — A father and two of his sons were killed last night when the pickup truck they were riding in was crushed by a Greyhound bus on U.S. 24, about five miles west of here, according to the Ohio Highway Patrol. James Unger, 32, and his […]
Glenn gives memorabilia to Ohio State
By Joshua Benton Blade Columbus Bureau Page 1 COLUMBUS — Sen. John Glenn (D., O.) has donated the work of his life – ranging from the pith helmet he wore in World War II to a copy of his first Senate speech – to Ohio State University, he announced yesterday. The gift includes more than […]
Owens, Ohio legislators say decentralization doubtful
By Joshua Benton Blade Columbus Bureau Page 1 COLUMBUS — Massive decentralization of state government is “ridiculous on its face,” according to one co-chairman of Ohio’s legislative committee on the subject. And northwest Ohio will likely have to settle for only a few “surgical” shifts in state job location, the committee’s other co-chairman said. The […]
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Obituary: Kent B. McGough
By Joshua Benton Blade Columbus Bureau Page 17 COLUMBUS — Kent B. McGough, a Lima, O., native and former state Republican Party chairman who helped the GOP gain some rare political victories in the wake of Watergate, died of a stroke Wednesday at Riverside Methodist Hospital here. He was 80. “He was very, very brilliant […]
Abused may get phony addresses; Bill seeks to hide whereabouts
By Joshua Benton Blade Columbus Bureau Page 3 COLUMBUS — Victims of domestic abuse would be able to hide their whereabouts from their abusers under a bill to be introduced in the Ohio Senate next week. The bill, which is sponsored by state Sen. Nancy Chiles Dix (R., Hebron), would create a false address on […]
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Petro wants to stay auditor; he leaves race for federal post
By Joshua Benton Blade Columbus Bureau Page 3 COLUMBUS — State Auditor Jim Petro will run for re-election next year and not hold out for a coveted federal post, he announced yesterday. “There is a lot to be done in Ohio, and a lot still to be done in the auditor’s office,” Mr. Petro, a […]
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Pact reached on state aid for Valentine
By Joshua Benton Blade Columbus Bureau Page 1 COLUMBUS — The Valentine Theatre has cleared the last hurdle to put its renovation for bid, theater backers say. Attorneys for the Ohio Arts and Sports Facilities Commission yesterday reached an “agreement in principle” with Toledo Cultural Arts Center, Inc., on what its chairman called the final […]