Top doctor warns on secondhand smoke

Top doctor warns on secondhand smoke
BREATHING any amount of someone else's tobacco smoke harms nonsmokers, Surgeon General Vice Adm. Richard Carmona, above, declared Tuesday -- a strong condemnation of secondhand smoke that is sure to fuel nationwide efforts to ban smoking in public.
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NATION
Flag amendment goes down in flames
A CONSTITUTIONAL amendment to ban flag desecration died in a Senate cliffhanger Tuesday night, a single vote short of the support needed to send it to the states for ratification.
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LOCAL
Officials investigate use of city vehicle
GIRARD OFFICIALS are trying to determine how and why a city-owned vehicle was in the possession of a noncity employee who does not have a driver's license.
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Former police chief takes post in Akron
BOARDMAN POLICE Chief Jeffrey Patterson, who resigned earlier this week, has taken a job as an assistant prosecutor in Summit County.
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BUSINESS
Health of Forum
FORUM HEALTH has recorded its second consecutive month of strong revenues, an executive reports.
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Reduction concerns
A LABOR UNION at Forum Health isn't ready yet to embrace a proposed voluntary work force reduction plan. It is concerned about such issues as unemployment compensation, health insurance and pension impact.
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FOOD
Food for the Fourth
CELEBRATE Independence Day with some show-stopping desserts, such as cherry angel cream cake, fresh fruit cream cheese pie and berry patriotic trifle.
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TELEVISION
Local broadcasting race is narrowing
THE NUMBERS from the May sweeps reveal a tightening in the race for viewers among Youngstown's television news programs.
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