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The Cincinnati Enquirer
Saturday, June 13, 1998 -- Volume 3, No. 164
L O C A L
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Today's Local News
WEDGE TIGHT BUT DOABLE
It won't be easy, tidy or cheap. But a new ballpark can be built just west of The Crown, a leading stadium architect told Hamilton County commissioners Friday.
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Cliff Radel column
Inside genius of water, it rains
From the forklift operator to the woman in Mount Lookout and the employees of the bank on the square, they want their fountain saved.


Krista Ramsey column
Survivors keep Terri's mission to aid children
To clients sitting in the small foyer of the Glenmore Avenue accounting firm, it seems that the owner, Therese Murdock, has just stepped out for a moment. Her business cards are neatly presented on a table. Awards and diplomas line her office walls.
Cincinnati crowd asked to mourn hate-crime victim
NAACP President Kweisi Mfume urged a Cincinnati audience Friday to observe Sunday as a day of mourning for a black man dragged to his death in Texas.
State official pleads guilty in bribery case
The former No. 2 official at the Ohio Department of Insurance put his agency up "for sale" by accepting bribes from the state's largest medical malpractice insurer and a top Statehouse lobbyist, according to an investigative report released Friday.
Grateful family to hero: Thanks
Mitch Kotzbauer remembers the first time he saw it. It was coming at him, upside down, in the cab of a pickup.
RN files suit against Deaconess
A registered nurse has filed a federal whistleblower suit claiming Deaconess Hospital, its subsidiaries and two of its doctors falsified federal Medicare and Medicaid claims by billing for a day's treatments that would have taken more hours than there are in a day.
Schools chief's contract unveiled
Delaware educator Steven J. Adamowski will get a $40,000 raise when he comes to Cincinnati in August to head the 48,000-student district.
Sisters graduate to better lives
When Marna Williams and her sister Alana Mattingly were at their lowest -- living in shelters with their children -- they dreamed of a day when homelessness would turn to hope.
Berries are big this year
The owner of Hidden Valley Fruit Farm in Lebanon is hosting Strawberry Spectacular today and Sunday, an annual event celebrating the harvest of the red berries popular in shortcake and pie.
Chiropractor to be retried in August
BATAVIA -- Withamsville chiropractor Nicholas Driever will return to Clermont County Common Pleas Court Aug. 31 to be retried on a rape charge.
Deputies go visiting in Butler
A program launched last summer to improve relations between law enforcement and the public has prompted the Butler County Sheriff's Office to repeat the initiative this summer.
Drug court tries treatment
Kenton County's drug court is catching on slowly, but officials still tout it as the best new way to help drug users break the cycle. Seven people were in various stages of the treatment process as of last week.
Gift secures home's future
Elizabeth Miller walked around her early 1920s home recently, pointing out the distinctive woodwork, the design in the glossy hardwood floors, and the sun streaming into the solarium.
Group seeking city government overhaul picks officers
A group working to radically change Cincinnati's form of government has named a chairman and a vice chairman, and the pair, like the group, is bipartisan.
Leaking gas caps replaced for free
The Regional Ozone Coalition in conjunction with BP Oil Company and NAPA Auto Parts is offering a free program to replace leaking gas caps in order to improve Greater Cincinnati's smog problem.
Main Street group lauded
Eric Avner said the city's Main Street Program was in need of a little boost, and just in the nick of time it was recognized recently as one of 277 National Main Street Communities.
MSD repairs do not end flooding
Last year's $599,739 sewer project along Wittekind Terrace didn't work.
On-site cleanup failing at BASF
Robert Johnson sits on his porch at Brooks and Dana avenues in Evanston, watching dirt being moved from across the street on the site where the BASF Co. paint building once stood.
Step into region's great gardens
The Blue Ash Woman's Club: seven sites, 1-5 p.m. Sunday. starting at the home of Beverly Mussari, 7 Trailbridge Drive, Blue Ash. Tickets: $5. Information: 891-4043.
Storms batter area for 3rd day
Strong thunderstorms surged through the Tristate late Friday, battering the region with heavy rain and high winds for the third day in a row.
Strickland's simple assets contrast with millionaires'
Rep. Ted Strickland's financial disclosure form is relatively easy to decipher.
Student pleads guilty after writing threat
A 14-year-old Highlands Middle School student pleaded guilty to menacing Friday for writing a threatening note to a teacher. The student, who is not being identified because he is a juvenile, was in the juvenile division of Campbell Juvenile Court for his arraignment on an original misdemeanor charge of terroristic threatening.
Students rescued from creek
Three University of Cincinnati students were safely back in their homes Friday after being plucked from a raging creek near Dayton, Ohio the night before.
Taft campaign amasses record $6 M
Bob Taft, the Republican candidate for governor, enters the general election with a record-setting $6.08 million, a figure that places him far ahead of his Democratic rival, Lee Fisher.
TRISTATE DIGEST
U.S. District Judge Herman J. Weber ruled Friday that two brothers -- Edgar F. Bradley II and Roy Bradley -- can represent themselves in a tax fraud case.
Two already file for Lebanon seat
The city's recent string of controversies has at least one benefit, city officials and political pundits have said: Interest in the political process has replaced apathy.
Zoo spent less on winning campaign
The Cincinnati Zoo spent about $280,000 on its successful levy campaign, while the police information center effort levy was funded largely by financier Carl Lindner.
FRIDAY'S LOCAL STORIES
Ky Primary Results Election wrapup

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