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John Glenn Being Treated In Columbus
By: Tana Weingartner | Ohio Public Radio • WVXU
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Former astronaut and U.S. Senator John Glenn is in the hospital and undergoing treatment. No details are being given about his condition or possible illness. Hank Wilson with Ohio State University’s John Glenn College of Public Affairs made the announcement Wednesday. While the 95-year-old is at the James Cancer Hospital, Wilson says that doesn’t necessarily… Read More
Cincinnati-Based Proctor & Gamble Downsizing
By: Tana Weingartner | Ohio Public Radio • WVXU
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The world’s largest maker of consumer products is preparing to downsize. Tide and Pampers stay but the smaller brands are going. Cincinnati based Procter and Gamble said it’s streamlining its portfolio by cutting back to only 70 to 80 brands accounting for 90 percent of the company’s sales. CEO A.G. Lafley made the announcement during… Read More
Biden Talks Infrastructure At National Urban League Conference
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Vice President Joe Biden told the National Urban League Conference Thursday morning that the Obama administration is committed to job training and infrastructure repair. Biden said that will go far in putting under-employed urban residents, particularly African-Americans, in better paying jobs. Biden, speaking at a gathering of several thousand delegates to the civil rights group’s… Read More
Cincinnati, Hamilton County Start National LGBTQ Youth Homelessness Initiative
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Among homeless kids and teens, LGBTQ (Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or questioning) youth have an especially hard time. Lighthouse Youth Services is among a handful of groups trying to identify and address issues that specifically affect homeless LGBTQ youth. Planning and Policy Director Meredith Hicks said that population is over-represented among all homeless kids and… Read More
Freedom Summer Remembered At Miami University
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When Berea College in Kentucky turned away groups planning to train volunteers to do voter registration in Mississippi, Western College for Women in Oxford, Ohio gladly stepped up. Some 800 college students converged on the campus for two weeks in June 1964 to learn non-violent techniques, how to teach in freedom schools and other skills… Read More