By Joshua Benton Blade Columbus Bureau Page B1 COLUMBUS — Both candidates in the race for chief justice of the Ohio Supreme Court say it’s easy to tell the differences between their judicial philosophies. They just don’t agree on how best to spin them. Thomas Moyer, the incumbent Republican, says he shows restraint on the […]
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By Joshua Benton and James Drew Blade Columbus Bureau Page 3 COLUMBUS — Democrat Lee Fisher announced yesterday that, if elected governor, he would support creating a tax credit for “working poor” families. His Republican opponent, Bob Taft, sidestepped the issue, saying the state faces several “tough priorities.” As election day looms seven weeks away, […]
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By Joshua Benton and James Drew Blade Columbus Bureau Page 4 COLUMBUS — Democratic gubernatorial candidate Lee Fisher wants President Clinton to face some sort of rebuke from Congress for the Lewinsky affair. His opponent, Republican Bob Taft, wasn’t so definite. Mr. Fisher described the President’s conduct “not only inappropriate, but inexcusable, and literally indefensible.” […]
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By Joshua Benton Blade Columbus Bureau Page 5B COLUMBUS — Bob Dole thinks his 1996 opponent will survive the Monica Lewinsky scandal, but he wants Congress to follow the procedures outlined in the Constitution to decide President Clinton’s future. “I think you let the process work,” the unsuccessful Republican presidential candidate said yesterday. “You don’t […]
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By Joshua Benton Blade Columbus Bureau Page 13 STEUBENVILLE, O. — Calling all Toledoans in Tulsa, Clevelanders in California, and Akronites in Atlanta. Rick Platt wants you to come back to Ohio. “This is a great place to live,” he said. “Too many people have left over the years.” He’s getting his message out to […]
By Joshua Benton Blade Columbus Bureau Page B1 COLUMBUS — Out with the dive bars, in with the aerobics studios. Out with the nightclubs, in with the fresh produce markets. If a group of developers gets its way, a stretch of one of Columbus’ most storied streets will be virtually unrecognizable in a few years, […]
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 6 BATTLE GROUND, IND. — For Toledoans, it’s a familiar story. An army of the young United States clashes with Indians over who will control the Midwest. And while the Battle of Tippecanoe ended the same way the Battle of Fallen Timbers had a few years earlier – […]
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By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 1 Patrick Susmilch works at the birthplace of Rutherford B. Hayes, our nation’s 19th president, in Delaware, O. He sells beef jerky, cheap cigarette lighters, and cassettes of The Best of Conway Twitty. Souvenirs on-site come in Regular, Premium, and Super Unleaded. The Hayes birthplace is now a […]
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By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 7 GETTYSBURG, PA. — It’s become a cliche for journalists to write about “The Second Battle of Gettysburg” everytime there’s some threat to the hallowed battlefield here. If that were true, they’d be up to the 20th or 30th Battle by now, because this sacred ground has, for […]
By Joshua Benton Blade Columbus Bureau Page 3 NEW LEXINGTON, O. — The coalition that sued the state over the way it pays for its schools will ask the Supreme Court to take control of the system because it believes the General Assembly can’t be trusted to handle it. “The time to do the job […]
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