By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page A1 HOLIDAY CITY, O. — Pat Buchanan says he is running a grass-roots campaign for president. It’s difficult to get closer to the roots than he did last night. Here in the Williams County village of Holiday City – population 50 – a small but vocal crowd attended […]
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By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page A1 The early morning sun was burning over Saigon. The streets were rumbling under the weight of North Vietnamese tanks, triumphantly rolling into the old city unchallenged. In little more than an hour, one of them would smash through the gates of the presidential palace, and the war […]
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 18 CitiFest officials have made an offer to the woman they want to be the organization’s next executive director. After a board meeting yesterday, the organization asked Jan Aguilar, the executive director of the Performing Arts Council of Toledo, to take over the organization, a nonprofit group that […]
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By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 13 Toledo council followed through on its threats and last night asked state authorities not to renew the liquor licenses of two East Toledo bars that attracted police attention more than 100 times in 1999. But council members were quick to add that they will reverse themselves if […]
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By Michael D. Sallah and Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writers Page A1 MIAMI — Just before dawn, the ritual begins. A crowd gathers around a modest bungalow, locks arms, and chants the name of the small boy inside. The cameras capture the image, and the rest of the world watches as another day begins in […]
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page A1 The next time you head out to South Bass Island and your boat approaches Put-in-Bay Harbor, look a little to the right. If you look closely, you might be able to see the beginnings of a controversy. That little body of water on the right is named […]
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 13 The student newspaper at the University of Toledo is hoping to become independent from the university administration, in part because it fears editorial interference from President Vik Kapoor. “The staff has a strong fear that the university wants to turn this into Vik Kapoor’s propaganda paper,” said […]
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By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 15 The University of Toledo’s newest college finally has its first permanent dean. Jerome Sullivan, interim dean of the college of health and human services, is being given the permanent post, the university said yesterday. “He’s an outstanding dean,” said UT President Dr. Vik Kapoor. “I’m very pleased […]
By Joshua Benton and Kelly Lecker Blade Staff Writers Page A1 As a rule, teenagers do not need much of a reason to party. But on March 22, there was plenty to celebrate. Gary Walbolt was turning 18. The celebration would turn deadly within hours for Gary and two of his closest friends. The three […]
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page A13 In 1997, the University of Miami school of law in Florida made an unusual announcement: It was going to reduce its enrollment by a third, voluntarily cutting millions out of its budget. “The idea was that the students you have left would have a better experience as […]