Monday, November 29, 1999
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Apartment fire causes $500,000 in damage
DEERFIELD TOWNSHIP — Combustible material stored too close to a fireplace was blamed for a fire at the Orchids apartment complex late Saturday that caused $500,000 in damage.
When firefighters arrived, flames were shooting through the roof of the eight-unit building in the 2800 block of McIntosh Lane, Battalion Chief Dennis Waldbillig said Sunday. The fire was reported at 11:56 p.m.
The fire started in a second-floor apartment, spread to an adjacent apartment and then through the roof, Chief Waldbillig said.
One civilian and one firefighter suffered minor injuries and were treated at a hospital and released, he said.
Police charge man in gas station break-in
A Westwood man was charged with breaking and entering Sunday in the theft of 14 cartons of cigarettes from a Clark gas station, Cincinnati District 3 police said.
Gregory Kalejs, 22, of the 2700 block of Morningridge Drive was identified by arresting officers as the thief shown on the security camera.
Police said Mr. Kalejs and a companion threw a rock through the front-door window of the Clark station, at 5450 Glenway Ave., Westwood, at 1:41 a.m. Sunday and stole $378 worth of cigarettes.
Mr. Kalejs was taken into custody an hour later.
Woman critically injured in left-of-center crash
A Wyoming woman remained in critical condition Sunday after her car crossed the center line on Vine Street in Hartwell and struck an oncoming vehicle, Cincinnati police said.
Marquerite Montillon, 80, was driving north on Vine at 1:30 p.m. Saturday when she drove into southbound traffic, police said. Ms. Montillon was being treated at University Hospital.
The driver of the other car, Nathaniel Jones, 68, of Forest Park, was not injured, police said. The cause of the crash remains under investigation, but police say alcohol was not involved.
Police look for two robbery suspects
Cincinnati police Sunday were seeking two suspects in a robbery at gunpoint downtown.
One person allegedly held a gun while the other stole the victim's wallet at 11:15 p.m. Saturday in the 600 block of Race Street, District 1 police said.
Christ Hospital offers nursing scholarships
The Christ Hospital School of Nursing has launched a high school partnering program that will offer $120,000 in scholarships to students from seven local schools.
The program, aimed at reducing an industrywide nursing shortage, will provide two full scholarships per high school for students interested in the hospital's nursing school.
The partner schools are: Fair field High School, Glen Este High School, McAuley High School, New Richmond High School, Oak Hills High School, William Henry Harrison High School and God's Bible School.Ù
Consumer confidence lower now, poll says
CINCINNATI — Consumer confidence among Ohioans surveyed in the latest Ohio Poll was slightly lower than in a poll taken in May, but a majority said they think U.S. businesses will enjoy good times over the next year.
The latest telephone poll of a random sample of 870 Ohio residents was conducted from Oct. 13 through Nov. 2. by the Institute for Policy Research at the University of Cincinnati. The poll, sponsored by the university, had a margin of error of 3 percentage points.
In the latest poll, 52 percent of those surveyed said they think U.S. businesses will enjoy good times in the next 12 months, down from 60 percent in May. Twenty-two percent said businesses were headed for bad times and 25 percent said they expected a mix, up from 18 percent in May.
When asked about their family finances over the next 12 months, 31 percent said they expected to be better off, 9 percent expected their finances to be worse and 60 percent said they thought their finances would remain about the same.
In May, 33 percent said they expected family finances to be better, 9 percent expected them to be worse and 58 percent predicted they would be about the same.
Arkansas fault line cause for concern The Associated Press
FORREST CITY, Ark. — Recent tremors in eastern Arkansas and west Tennessee have revived concerns that a major earthquake could hit along the New Madrid fault in the near future.
A minor earthquake, registering 2.6, shook part of northern Arkansas on Friday. On Oct. 13, a mild earthquake near Trumann registered 2.4 on the Richter scale. And on Oct. 20, one in Clarendon hit 2.5. Other recent quakes around Pocahontas reached about 3.9 in magnitude.
Forrest City, which lies near the base of Crowley's Ridge, is almost directly on top of the fault line.
According to seismologist Thomas Elliot, of the New Madrid Studies Center in St. Charles, Mo., the New Madrid fault is a failed rift — a break in the North American plate. It runs from Memphis, Tenn., north to St. Louis, Mo.
“This area is one of the most active areas in the United States in terms of earthquake activity,” he said.
According to Mr. Elliot, the next time the New Madrid Fault produces a major quake, about 60 percent of Memphis could be devastated, leaving $50 billion in damage and possibly thousands dead.
Besides Tennessee, other states at risk of major damage include Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, and Mississippi.
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