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Glouster puts Southeastern Ohio on movie-maker map
by Lauren Gross
THE POST
Yesterday's hazy morning did not stop a burst of artificial light from shining in Glouster.
The main road in the village, state Route 13, was transformed into a bustling Hollywood-like set to film a scene in from the upcoming murder mystery movie, A Better Way to Die.
Piqua man faces sexual battery charges; reported assaults down
by Michelle Everhart
THE POST
A Piqua man faces charges of sexual battery and aggravated burglary following an incident involving an Ohio University student Sept. 2.
Brian Cassel, 21, allegedly broke into a house on North Congress Street after seeing a woman on a couch in the home, said Athens Police Department Officer Rick Olexa.
Music calms ethnic tensions
By Jason Keyser
THE POST
MOSTAR, Bosnia-Herzegovina - A few months ago in this southern Bosnian city, some young people snuck into a mosque and played a recording of the British punk rock group "The Sex Pistols" from the speakers at the top of the tall minaret.
Landfills don't welcome used computers
by Amanda Metcalf
THE POST
Computer manufacturers said out with the old and in with the new, but with the constant flow of computer upgrades, finding a place to put the old has become a problem.
A study by the National Safety Council estimates that in the United States, 20.6 million personal computers became obsolete in 1998. Eleven percent of those, 2.3 million computers, were recycled.
East Timorese flee as homeland sinks further into chaos
by John Martikus
Associated Press
DILI, Indonesia (AP) - Driven by fear, killings and army gunfire, East Timorese jammed onto ships and into trucks yesterday as their homeland sank further into chaos behind them. With an estimated 30,000 people having fled the provincial capital in the past few days, the streets of the city were empty save for looters and smoldering fires.
Quake jolts Greece; 30 dead, dozens missing
by Seth Sutel
Associated Press
ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Rescue teams and stunned residents used everything from cranes to garden tools yesterday to dig for those pinned under wreckage from the strongest earthquake to hit Athens in nearly a century - a 10-second shudder that claimed at least 30 lives and left close to 100 missing.
Redone Cincinnati school gets visit from Republicans
By John Nolan
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CINCINNATI - Congressional Republicans who want to change the way Washington supports education toured one of Cincinnati's worst public schools yesterday to see what the city school district is doing to make things better.
The district replaced Clifton Elementary School's entire staff, from principal and teachers to custodians, and spruced up the building in hopes pupils will respond with better proficiency test scores.
Early letters written by Malcolm X shown
by Chad Roedemeier
THE POST
ATLANTA (AP) - The only known collection of Malcolm X's personal letters and notes are on display at Emory University, and many offer a glimpse of him as a typical teen-ager who liked to jitterbug, admired pretty girls and wanted to be a lawyer someday.
The writings differ from the public view of Malcolm X as a fiery orator and advocate of black nationalism.
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Death rate tops Ohio
AP
CINCINNATI (AP) - Poverty, lack of health insurance and unhealthy lifestyles give Appalachian counties in southern Ohio some of the state's highest death rates, researchers say.
"It's a combination of all those factors," Susan Isaac, who leads a state Appalachian Task Force, told The Cincinnati Enquirer for a story yesterday. "We're talking about some of the deepest poverty in the state."
School year's kickoff brings new principal
by Jennifer Hinkle
THE POST
For students at Nelsonville-York High School, the start of the 1999-2000 school year has meant more than new teachers, new classrooms and new friends. This year, there is also a new face in the principal's office.
Tim Flesher recently was hired as principal of the school.
Athens County recovering from hot summer weather
By Tschanen Niederkohr
THE POST
The hazy, hot, humid and not to mention dry weather throughout the summer was not what area farmers in Athens County were hoping for.
In the beginning of August, Athens County, along with about 10 other counties in eastern and southeastern Ohio, was declared a disaster area by the United States Department of Agriculture because of little rainfall. The county remains on disaster status.
Dining hall provides new option for busy students
by Nikki Klemmer
THE POST
Ohio University students who need to eat and run soon will have another option.
The first "Grab and Go" food service will open in Shively Hall toward the end of October or early November. It will be located in the former lounge of the hall facing Morton Hill, said Randall Shelton, director of food services.
Clinton leads traveling pack
AP
WASHINGTON - President Clinton, once a reluctant foreign traveler, has slipped quietly into the history books as the most widely traveled president ever.
His journeys over nearly seven years have taken him to 58 countries and territories, from Australia to Venezuela, from Argentina to Uganda, visiting some more than once. Next stop: New Zealand.
Judge delays trial to clear Sheppard
by M.R. Kropko
ASSOCIATED PRESS
CLEVELAND (AP) - A judge yesterday delayed until next year a trial to determine whether Dr. Sam Sheppard killed his wife 45 years ago or was wrongfully imprisoned.
The Cuyahoga County prosecutor, who is defending the state against a lawsuit filed by the Sheppards' son, Sam Reese Sheppard, sought additional time to gather and analyze DNA samples from Marilyn Sheppard.
N.J. troopers indicted in shootings, prosecutors label racism as motive
by Barbara Fitzgerald
ASSOCIATED PRESS
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Two white state troopers were indicted on attempted murder charges yesterday for shooting three black and Hispanic men on the New Jersey Turnpike - one of a series of cases that have stirred a nationwide debate over racial profiling by police.
John Hogan, 29, and James Kenna, 28, could get up to 40 years in prison if convicted on the state charges.
Skull found in trunk clue to evolution
by Richard Pyle
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK (AP) - As he cleaned the dust and encrusted dirt from the bone in a box of fossils, Henry Galiano thought it might have come from an elephant or even a mastodon.
It turned out to be an important fossil - a human skull and one that may possibly be an important step in the evolution of man. An acquaintance walking by Galiano's shop from the nearby American Museum of Natural History helped identify it.
Ford to pay $7.75 million to women
by Mike Robinson
ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHICAGO (AP) - Ford Motor Co. agreed to pay $7.75 million yesterday to as many as 900 women to settle complaints that they were groped and subjected to crude comments and graffiti at two Chicago-area plants.
The settlement also calls for sensitivity training by outside consultants at Ford plants across the nation at a cost estimated by the EEOC at $10 million. Ford said it did not know what the cost would be.
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