Ohio man seeks to organize workers in one of nation's most dangerous professions

On November 17, 2004, the Associated Press reported that a fledgling national union for pizza drivers is demanding better wages and training, saying the large chains have been taking advantage of them for years. Tim Lockwood, treasurer for the Association of Pizza Delivery Drivers (Hendersonville, TN), said the union started just a couple of years ago with a few drivers talking in an Internet...

Customer helps stop Victim Zone robbery attempt

November 22, 2004 Dayton Daily News The gunman picked the wrong time to try to rob the Barnsider restaurant. 'Every time he'd get up, I'd hit him. ... I wasn't going to give him the opportunity to hurt anybody. ... I told him that he was under citizen's arrest.' A customer, Troy Browder, 41, of Riverside, was sitting at the bar Sunday night as bartender Barbara Griggs was closing. A man walked in...

Lawsuit: Business ''failed to properly train and supervise security personnel''

November 20, 2004 Cincinnati Enquirer (click for complete story) A 21-year-old woman's federal court suit ended with $148,000 in settlements promised from a Fairfield night club, Butler County and a former Butler sheriff's deputy who raped her in 2002. But the woman says she got something more important than money: An admission from the officer and the club that they were wrong. "I'd rather be...

Police warn women of attacker in Lima

November 20, 2004 Toledo Blade LIMA, Ohio - Police are warning women walking near downtown to be wary of a man whom investigators say assaulted two women. Earlier this week a woman reported being attacked in the 200 block of North Main Street, and another was assaulted at Market and Elizabeth streets. In both cases, the man approached the women and asked what time it was before assaulting them...

Headline: Aiming to Change Image

Advocates for concealed weapons laws have some points to make November 13, 2004 Chicago Tribune Howard Witt, Tribune Southwest Bureau Chief, recently on assignment in Phoenix PHOENIX -- Depending on your point of view, the Shrine Auditorium in downtown Phoenix was either the safest or most dangerous place in the nation one Saturday night this fall. Inside the main banquet hall, some 400 assorted...

Letter to the Editor: Consider every gun loaded

November 20, 2004 Dayton Daily News Re: the Nov. 16 Nicholas Kristof commentary "Fresh thinking on guns needed" : Kristof says that you can tell if a camera is loaded just by looking at it, and that the same should hold true to a gun. The only similarity between a camera and a gun is that they both use the term "shoot." Every gun, and I mean every gun, should always be considered loaded until...

Signs come down: (Yet another) ''small success''

----- Original Message ----- From: Frank Pavlovcic Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 Subject: small success... Hi, src="http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/files/BlackRiverHistoricalSociety.jpg" height=250 width=200 border=0 align="right"> I'm a member of OFCC and I would like to report a small success. I belong to the Black River Historical Society in Lorain. A few months ago I noticed a sign in the...

Throats Slashed At Ohio Barbershop

November 18, 2004 NBC4.com Columbus Two people were slashed across the throat in an incident Thursday night at a local barbershop, NBC 4's Mike Bowersock reported. The slashings happened at about 7 p.m. at the First Clips at the corner of College and Livingston avenues. One man, believed to be a barber, was found inside the shop. His throat had been slashed with a razor from ear to ear. The 28-...

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