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A SERVICE OF OHIO'S PUBLIC BROADCASTING STATIONS
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General Motors:
The auto giant has good news for NE Ohio, bad news for southwest Ohio. It's shutting down production of SUV's and trucks at an assembly plant near Dayton but adding a third shift at the Lordstown plant where the compact Chevy Cobalt is built. The automaker is acting on consumer buying habits that began to change when fuel prices neared $4 per gallon.
Continental Airlines:
The carrier with a hub in Cleveland announced it's cutting three thousand jobs and suspending dozens of flights. High fuel prices are the culprit here too. Continental says the cost of jet fuel has nearly doubled in the last year. Hopkins Airport leaders are unsure how many of the layoffs will happen here.
Obama's Nomination:
Illinois Senator Barack Obama will carry the Democratic Party's banner into the fall campaign. As of Thursday, Senator Hillary Clinton had not yet conceded defeat, but is giving signs she'll act to rally her supporters behind Obama, who's not ruling out the possibility of an Obama/Clinton ticket. He's selected a three-person committee to recommend a running mate.
Suburban Poverty:
In a region that some say never recovered from the last recession, poverty is casting a broader net. A Plain Dealer report this week says hunger and welfare agencies in Cuyahoga and surrounding counties are dealing with soaring demand for food and services. Many of those agencies have been caught in a squeeze between human need and declining government and charitable support.
Tragic Anniversary:
40 years ago this week, an assassin's bullet felled Democratic presidential hopeful Bobby Kennedy in Los Angeles. The shooting happened days before Kennedy would have gone to Chicago to be anointed as the party's nominee. Kennedy's death followed weeks after the assassination of Martin Luther King and at a time when many Americans were still mourning the death of President John F. Kennedy five years earlier. In future elections, Secret Service agents were assigned to protect candidates.
June 6, 2008