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History

National crisis: Kent State shootings occurred 54 years ago today

“KENT, Ohio (AP) - Four students were shot to death and 11 other persons wounded, four seriously in a confrontation with Ohio National Guardsmen and police at Kent State University.” That was the lede in a small article published midway down the front page on May 5, 1970 in the Warren ...

Rubber barron: B.F. Goodrich was a Chautauqua County native

One of the leading tire brands in the world is BFGoodrich. Diamond Tires - the firm I wrote about last week - sold to B.F. Goodrich for $45 million. The actual B.F. Goodrich? He’s from Chautauqua County. But, ironically, he would have died before the company bearing his name ever ...