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Local Headlines For Wednesday, November 18, 1998
Stop-smoking help rare among area companies
Despite a record of paying for basic cancer screening tests, most Cincinnati-area employers don't pay for programs to tackle smoking - the Tristate's single biggest cancer problem.
$93 million coming here?
COLUMBUS - Hamilton County stands to gain $93 million from the state's bricks-and-mortar budget for the next two years, most of which is promised for the University of Cincinnati and the new Bengals stadium.
Area congressmen insist impeachment process should move forward
WASHINGTON - Cincinnati-area congressmen say the investigation into whether President Clinton committed impeachable crimes should continue, despite a desire among some Republicans to have the subject go away.
Group enlists communities in fight against child abuse
Those leading the national battle against child abuse are looking for more foot soldiers, and they're recruiting in a neighborhood near you.
Program will stresss protecting children
From an attempted child abduction to the rape of a boy in a department store restroom, news reports tell of bad things happening to kids. Willie Jones takes it personally. "That could have been my child," the Avondale father of four says.
Hair braids tangled in red tape
For generations, black women have braided hair - for family members and friends - without much concern about licenses, cosmetology classes or breaking the law.
Flynt returns to hustle cause
Larry Flynt's First Amendment roadshow returns to Cincinnati today.
Stadium contracts sore point
A group of Cincinnati residents plans to turn up the heat on Hamilton County for falling behind minority contracting goals for the new Bengals stadium.
Report calls MSD 'racial cesspool'
The working environment for African Americans at the Metropolitan Sewer District is a "boiling cesspool of racial problems," according to a city report.
Cliff Radel column
Cooks' choice: Serving food and one another
Waiting in line, the antsy diners drummed metal spoons on plastic trays. A critical shortage of hot-dog buns already had the staff on edge. Now the basement lunchroom's noise level was two decibels below an infernal racket.
John Kiesewetter column
We can see ourselves in 'America 1900'
"I am surrounded now by systems that make me an idiot," the man said, "because I don't know how they work, nor do I know how to fix them, nor do I even know how they made them in the first place." Had his hard drive crashed? His voice mail vanished? His dishwasher thrown up all over the kitchen floor?
City looks at new benefits for non-union employees
Cincinnati officials are recommending a new benefits package for their non-union employees.
Hamilton screens 3 for manager job
HAMILTON - Imagine having not one boss, but seven. Imagine dealing with 13 different departments and balancing public, political and business interests.
Kenton supports park plan
INDEPENDENCE - Six agencies, 38 property owners and about 600 acres could someday equal one regional park.
Ky. voting took too long
FORT THOMAS - Steve Pendery had been Campbell County judge-executive-elect for less than a day when he received his first complaint from a constituent.
Man killed 5 years after mother slain
Five years after his mother was stabbed to death, Clint Gardner's family is reliving the same pain.
Miami issues to be aired
OXFORD - Miami University President James C. Garland will meet with students today to discuss the climate on campus for minority students before leading them on a rally for campus unity.
Moms' attorneys see bias in school
COVINGTON - Grant County Schools has a major flaw in its reasoning for denying National Honor Society membership to two teen mothers, attorneys for the girls say.
Old Governor's Mansion about to turn 200
FRANKFORT - The oldest executive mansion still in use in the United States isn't the White House at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, D.C. It's the Old Governor's Mansion at 420 High St. in Frankfort, a brick Federal-era building with Georgian features that was referred to in its heyday as "The Palace."
Snowden says legacy was empowering ranks
Cincinnati Police Chief Michael Snowden's grandfather used to joke of the days when he walked the beat - the days when police recruit training consisted of knowing the Ten Commandments.
Tape of suspect disputed
HAMILTON - A Butler County judge is deciding whether to admit into evidence a one-hour videotaped police interview of Franklin Saunders, who is accused of killing his ex-girlfriend.
TRISTATE DIGEST
Former Cincinnatian Tyrone Ballew is to be executed by lethal injection on his 30th birthday Monday at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville.
VA worker sues again, says racism remains
A federal employee who won a sweeping court victory against discrimination in the Department of Veterans Affairs in 1990 has sued the VA again, saying racism and retaliation remain rampant at its Avondale medical center.
Warren a winner at polls
LEBANON - When there's an election in Warren County, most registered voters head to the polls.
Warren resists police squabble
MAINEVILLE - County officials have tossed a wrench in the village's decision to have sheriff's deputies as sole police backup.
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