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EAG meeting set

YOUNGSTOWN

The Economic Action Group will have its monthly meeting from 10 a.m. to noon June 29 at the McDonough Museum of Art, 525 Wick Ave.

The agenda highlights include community conversation, ideas and opportunities from the 2015 Youngstown Community Design Charrette; rain garden installation and grants review.

OUPS ribbon-cutting

NORTH JACKSON

The Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber will have a celebratory ribbon-cutting for the Ohio Utilities Protection Service at 10 a.m. Tuesday.

Established in 1972, the Ohio Utilities Protection Service helps homeowners and professionals who plan to dig identify the location of underground utility lines to prevent unintentional damage.

Over the past 44 years, OUPS has grown from a six-person call center taking more than 13,000 calls per year to an organization with more than 50 employees handling more than 1.2 million digging notifications in 2015.

Now, OUPS is breaking ground for a new building at Youngstown Commerce Park in North Jackson.

For more information about OUPS, visit www.oups.org.

Toyota investigation

DETROIT

U.S. safety regulators are investigating complaints that the wheels on some older Toyota SUVs can unexpectedly pull to the right.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it has received 135 complaints about the problem in Toyota Sequoia models from the 2001 and 2002 model years.

About half the complaints were blamed on a faulty sensor in the electronic stability-control system. About 60 percent complained of pulling at highway speeds, with many reporting a jerk to the steering wheel.

The safety agency says it will check how often the problem occurs and what the consequences are. A recall is possible, but none has been issued yet.

Toyota says it’s cooperating with the investigation and that owners who experience any problems should contact their dealers.

Amusement ride proposed for NY’s Penn Station

NEW YORK

Catching a train at New York’s crowded Penn Station is no thrill. But a development team has proposed a novel plan to overhaul the station: Build a 1,200-foot thrill ride on top of it and pay for renovations by charging $35 a ticket.

The plan submitted to state officials envisions a transparent tower called the Halo with 11 gondolas offering free-fall rides of varying speeds.

John Gerber, chairman of Brooklyn Capital Partners, said the ride is feasible from an engineering standpoint, but he acknowledged that government agencies and New Yorkers might not embrace the idea.

Other ideas floated for renovating the station have included more-traditional concepts, such as building office towers.

Staff/wire reports