THE PLAIN DEALER, MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1994 3-B YE Arson suspected in East Cleveland fire By TOM BRECKENRIDGE PLAIN DEALER REPORTER EAST CLEVELAND Arson possibly related to a domestic dispute is being investigated as the cause of a fire that destroyed two houses and da damaged a third in East Cleveland Saturday evening, fire officials said. One of the homeowners and a nearby resident claimed water was not flowing from nearby hydrants, hindering firefighters' efforts. Mayor Wallace Davis said fire officials told him the hydrants were working, but firefighters had to run a hose from Euclid Ave. to help douse the fast-moving blaze. Firefighters from East Cleveland, Cleveland Heights and Cleveland responded to the 11:30 p.m.
fire at 1920 Van Buren said Fire Capt. Charles Catania of East Cleveland. The fire may have started because of arson in a second-floor bedroom, Catania said. He said initial reports indicated a domestic dispute occurred in the house shortly before the fire. Police Lt.
John Bradford said he had no further details. The fire did minor damage to two nearby homes before it was brought under control, Catania NEWS BRIEFS Pulitzer-winning journalist Halberstam to speak AKRON Best-selling author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Halberstam is scheduled to speak tonight as part of the University of Akron's annual Knight Lecture Series. He will speak on "The Role of Print in a Wired World" at a free public lecture at 8 p.m. in the E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall on the University of Akron campus.
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The transportation study covers Summit and Portage counties and Chippewa Township in Medina County. Summit historical society doll show-sale Sunday AKRON Ticketholders have a chance to win dolls created by a local dollmaker at the Summit County Historical Society's annual doll show and sale in the commons at Our Lady of the Elms. The show is 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday.
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Occupants fled the three houses without injury, he said. Firefighters had to return to the site at 3:10 a.m. when fire broke out at one of the nearby homes. The cause of the fire is under investigation, but it may have started when flames rekindled, Catania said. The fires did about $80.000 damage to the three houses, he said.
Geraldine Fambro, landlord of the home at 1920 Van Buren, said she was on the scene about midnight. Two of her relatives lived there, she said. Firefighters "had lines on the fire hydrants, but there was no pressure, no water." Fambro said. "Everybody in the neighborhood saw that, and they were fussing about it. Oh man, I was mad, for as much of a water bill as I pay." George Perry, who lives four houses away on Roxford said he saw the fire burn about five minutes before firefighters were able to get water on it.
"They were running around trying to get water from one hydrant to another." he said. Catania said he was not on the scene and did not know if the hydrants were working. A fire pumper at the scene had 500 gal- Psychiatrist Greg Peterson and registered nurse Marianne Goldyn of Community the streets of Akron. Reaching the mentally ill lons of water to use immediately, he said. Firefighters had to tap a water main on Euclid Ave.
to handle the widespread Catania said. Water flows from main lines at a higher pressure and volume than lines on side streets, he said. He acknowledged that laying 1,000 feet of hose from Euclid Ave. took time. but he could not say whether it hindered firefighters.
Davis said fire officials told him nearby hydrants were working. "But you've got to go to a larger supply of water when you have a fire of a larger magnitude," he Services Inc. and killed, arrested any institution. convince them that better alternative. win that trust." a big job for the had a budget of State support, been cut in half changing almost the psychiatrist.
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KENNEDY help mentally ill people who live on homeless daily," she said of the various tiers of state and federal dollars. Some of the budget problems undoubtedly are influenced by public attitudes. That means, said Goldyn, that in addition to engaging the homeless, the program must engage more of it the public, too. "We do a lot of public speaking in churches and other places," she said. 7 open I went out and worked harder than anybody else." Ruvolo says the biggest hurdle Hyatt must overcome to win the primary and again in November is what he calls "the problem of the son-in-law." That is, resentment over a wealthy political novice attempting to replace his wife's father in the Senate.
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23. Task force investigators said the shooting appeared to be drug-related. Bridget Bridget is known to frequent the area of E. 105th St. and Westchester and E.
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Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Bridget or other fugitives sought for violent crimes should call the task force at 522-1400. "The key to this race is, are the people who are going to vote in the Democratic primary going to know who Mary Boyle is?" said former state chairman Paul Tipps, who is backing Boyle. "If they do, then Joel has a problem. If they don't, then Joel will probably get the nomination." But with just more than three weeks remaining until Ohio Democrats choose their nominee, time is running out for Boyle to get herself known. "Mary's got to make up ground and she's got less money," said political consultant Peter Harris.
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But negative campaigns usually depress turnout because voters fed up with all the nastiness stay home. "So she's got a fine line to walk there," said Ruvolo. Jerry Austin, Boyle's media consultant and a professional with a reputation for hardball politics, simply says that over the final weeks, "We will draw the comparison between the two of them." Hyatt's strategists say they expect to be hit hard and soon. "I expect them to stay on the negative road they've been on. Jerry Austin's been negative since she hired him," said Hyatt campaign director Melinda Swan.
"But as far as we're concerned, it just helps point out the difference," Swan said. "Joel Hyatt has a of ideas he wants to share with people. Mary Boyle is a typical politician. Typical politicians like to go negative." Except when asked directly, Hyatt and key staffers such as Swan rarely mention Boyle or act as if her campaign really influences theirs. Hyatt has been planning his Senate bid for years and seems determined to move in his own way, on his own timetable.
Long ago, he started raising money and attending Democratic events throughout Ohio like the 1991 dinner in Scioto County where he packed the house for Riffe. Boyle began exploring a bid only last spring. Dozens of party activists who have endorsed Hyatt also speak highly of Boyle, but then add that he asked for their support six months, a year, even two years before she did. "A lot of times in campaigns," said Democratic State Chairman Harry Meshel, "it's first-come, first-served." "I needed to prove to people I was going to fight for the nomination," Hyatt said of his relentless spadework. "I knew there were very few political people or officeholders who wanted me to have this.
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