By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 1 Phyllis Knopp speaks of her neighborhood in the past tense. “It was a great place to live. The people were friendly. They helped one another out. The kids could play in the street.” Most of her neighborhood is still there, but the clock is ticking. Mrs. Knopp […]
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By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 14 Carl Florian, a World War I veteran who ran his family’s insurance business for more than 70 years, died Saturday in St. Luke’s Hospital, Maumee. He was 99. He was born and raised in Toledo, his son Jack said, attending St. John’s High School and St. John’s […]
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 11 How much is a city commissioner or director worth? If the Toledo council passes an ordinance tomorrow, the minimum and maximum salaries for most city attorneys and executives would increase by up to $9,500 a year in some cases. “It would get Toledo more in line with […]
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 14 When Mayor Carty Finkbeiner ordered firefighters to inspect the city’s hydrants – a job the water department had done for decades – he violated the workers’ collective bargaining agreement. That is the “inescapable conclusion” of Harry Graham, the Solon, O., arbitrator who sided yesterday with the firefighters’ […]
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 3 At least three Toledo-area high school athletic teams – in Tennessee for spring-break competitions – were caught in the severe weather that swept through Nashville yesterday. None of the area athletes or their coaches was hurt. Two Toledo schools, Woodward and St. Ursula, sent their girls’ softball […]
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page A1 Three months before 50-year-old Douglas Groat was arrested for selling government secrets to two foreign governments, he was in Toledo, playing with his grandchildren. When Mr. Groat’s son, Shawn, was at work at a glass shop in Perrysburg, the older man watched the two girls, aged 2 […]
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By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page A1 Unlimited garbage pickup would end and curbside recycling would be extended throughout Toledo if city officials accept a plan presented yesterday. The city-commissioned study of Toledo’s refuse collection operation said the number of garbage workers should be cut in half to save the city millions – $4.5 […]
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 15 Like a real estate agent showing off his favorite property, Mayor Carty Finkbeiner went downtown yesterday to show off where the Toledo Mud Hens want to build their dream home – and to convince voters that they should close the deal next month. Atop the Radisson Hotel […]
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 14 Shirley Nischwitz of Sylvania, a receptionist whose smiling face greeted thousands during her career at the Jewish Community Center of Toledo, died yesterday in Toledo Hospital. She was 59 and had been hospitalized with liver failure for about three weeks, family members said. Born and reared in […]
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 6 BELLEVUE, NEB. — Some pilots flying over the United States today will be getting their weather information from a different source. From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., the Air Force Weather Agency will be forecasting and transmitting weather bulletins to pilots. The activity is part of a […]