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Re: Info needed re: l982/83 Cleveland area fire

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From: rbl
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 00:00
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In article <110319992229527233%cheesey@poofs.com>,
cartoon cheese  <cheesey@poofs.com> wrote:
>In article <36E85773.D72@jvlnet.com>, Wendy VanDusen
><wvandusen@jvlnet.com> wrote:
>
>> cartoon cheese wrote:
>> > 
>> > 
>> > Date? Location?
>> > 
>> Data I have is scanty. It was in the Cleveland area. Late l982 or
>> early-to-mid l983. Garage caught fire. two kids were inside, at least
>> one was mentally handicapped. One died, probably at the scene. The other
>> was later placed in a facility for handicapped kids, a place with
>> "Villa" in the name. At the time nuns ran it, but it was later sold to
>> some private enterprise. It seems local media must have covered such a
>> human interest story. I am unfamiliar with resources there...is there a
>> newspaper with archives dating back that far? How do I access them?
>> Sure appreciate the attention.
>

Don't recall the incident.  Villa might be Villa Angela.

Rob Lake

>
>Just doing a quick search using Yahoo, InfoSeek and HotBot, no sites
>were found that'd include the type of news, especially dating back that
>far. Have you tried the library? They usually archive publications on
>microfische. I'd call down to the main branch downtown and ask if they
>have The Plain Dealer on film dating back to 1982. That'd be your best
>bet.
>
>Good Luck!
>
>beth
>
>
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From: rbl@po.cwru.edu
Subject: Re: Info needed re: l982/83 Cleveland area fire
Date: 1999/03/12
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