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Great Lakes Daily News: 09 September 2003
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Gov. O'Bannon gravely ill after massive stroke
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Indiana Gov. Frank O'Bannon was in critical condition today in a Chicago
hospital after suffering a massive stroke, leaving the state in the hands of
Lt. Gov. Joe Kernan. Source: The Indianapolis Star (9/9)


Carcinogen spilled into river during the blackout
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A faulty tube in a Canadian manufacturing plant accidently dumped a
potentially dangerous amount of chemicals into the St. Clair River during
the mid-August outage. Source: Detroit Free Press (9/9)


Yachting club volunteers push to preserve lighthouses
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The Grassy Island Range Lights have gotten a reprieve from the scrap heap
twice in the past half-century thanks to years of restoration work by
members of the Green Bay Yachting Club. Source: Green Bay Press-Gazette
(9/9)


Endurance swimmer completes first stage of Lake Michigan swim
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Jim Dreyer, the endurance swimmer, completed the first stage of his attempt
to swim the length of Lake Michigan early Tuesday morning. Source: Duluth
News Tribune (9/9)


Amistad visit recalls city's liberating past
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The Amistad will grace the Buffalo, N.Y., waterfront all this week, nestling
like a jewel of American history in the crown of a city that once built a
reputation for guiding enslaved people to freedom. Source: The Buffalo News
(9/9)


Great Lakes shipping hits slump
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Less cargo has passed over the docks of Pennsylvania's port of Erie this
year than in 2002, and the immediate future doesn't look much brighter.
Source: Erie Times-News (9/8)


Battle for recognition
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The historic Battle of Lake Erie, considered a pivotal event in the War of
1812, will be remembered Wednesday on its 190th anniversary with a
wreath-laying ceremony at Perry Monument in Presque Isle State Park. Source:
Erie Times-News (9/8)


Earliest-known description of city is part of history display
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A report by a Jesuit missionary priest that may be the earliest-known
written descriptions of the Fort Wayne, Ind., area, is now a part of an
exhibit on Fort Wayne's heritage as a crossroads for travel. Source: Fort
Wayne News-Sentinel (9/8)


To find earliest North Americans, scientist follows ice
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Newly discovered archaeological sites in Door County, Wis., provide evidence
that people lived at the margins of retreating glaciers between 11,500 to
14,000 years ago, confounding some long-held views of New World archeology.
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (9/6)


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