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  2. 'This dude, he's awesome': East, Purdue football legend Dave ...

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    During Young's Purdue days, the Beacon Journal reported he was 6 feet, 5 inches and 225 pounds with “4.6 speed” in the 40-yard dash. Young was inducted into the Purdue Intercollegiate ...

  3. Akron Beacon Journal - Wikipedia

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    The Akron Beacon Journal is a morning newspaper in Akron, Ohio, United States. Owned by Gannett, it is the sole daily newspaper in Akron and is distributed throughout Northeast Ohio. The paper's coverage focuses on local news. The Beacon Journal has won four Pulitzer Prizes: in 1968, 1971, 1987 and 1994. [2]

  4. John S. Knight - Wikipedia

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    In 1920 he started at his father's newspaper, The Akron Beacon Journal, as sportswriter, and moved up to managing editor before inheriting the paper in 1933. In 1923, Knight served as the fourth president of the Akron Host Lions Club. Beginning a nationwide expansion, Knight bought the Miami Herald in 1937. His national Knight Newspapers chain ...

  5. C. L. Knight - Wikipedia

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    In 1903, Knight purchased the Akron Beacon Journal in Akron, Ohio. According to his obituary in The New York Times, "Mr. Knight was well known for his opposition to the Taft nomination in 1912, the election of Woodrow Wilson, America's entry into the World War, the country's proposed membership in the League of Nations and prohibition."

  6. Rex Humbard - Wikipedia

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    Humbard's $4 million Cathedral of Tomorrow church in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, a suburb of Akron, was built in 1958 specifically to accommodate television equipment, crew and chorus, as well as seating for 5,400 people. Humbard's television programs featured gospel music such as the popular Cathedral Quartet. Humbard's wife, Maude Aimee, and his ...

  7. Charles Landon Knight - Wikipedia

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    In 1903, Knight purchased the Akron Beacon Journal in Akron, Ohio. According to his obituary in The New York Times, "Mr. Knight was well known for his opposition to the Taft nomination in 1912, the election of Woodrow Wilson, America's entry into the World War, the country's proposed membership in the League of Nations and prohibition."

  8. Killing of Jayland Walker - Wikipedia

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    Jayland Walker. On June 27, 2022, at approximately 12:30 a.m., Akron, Ohio, police officers shot Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old American from Akron. Following a traffic stop and car chase, footage showed an officer saying that Walker’s car is slowing down, having reached speeds of more than 50 miles per hour (80 km/h) in residential neighborhoods.

  9. Murder of Jessie Davis - Wikipedia

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    A single-casket funeral for Jessie and her daughter was held June 30 at the House of the Lord, with a subsequent interment at Greenlawn Memorial Park. The arrangements were handled by the Silva-Hostetler Funeral Home, both in the Akron area. Although members of the Cutts family attended, Davis' son Blake did not. The family "felt the toddler ...

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