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Sky High: Goodyear Balloonists Made History in 1913
Goodyear balloonists Ralph H. Upson and R.A.D. Preston covered 384 miles during the 1913 Gordon Bennett Cup international balloon race, which they won. Here, they pose in front of the Goodyear balloon they piloted during the race — which started in Paris, France. They raced for over 43 hours and 30 minutes. The pair had built Goodyear’s first airships. Preston and Upson brought attention to Akron with their victory and aeronautic work at Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. Upson was the chief engineer of the aeronautics department for Goodyear from 1914 to 1920. Preston had a street named after him in Akron to honor the 1913 victory: Preston Avenue, which you might travel on today if you pass through the Goodyear Heights neighborhood.
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Chronicle-Telegram
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Glen Buxton was born on November 10, 1947
Glen Buxton was born on November 10, 1947, in Akron, Ohio. He became the original Alice Cooper band’s lead guitarist and a co-writer of “I’m Eighteen” and “School’s Out,” bringing musical experience to a group whose beginnings went back to a high school talent show.
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Miller South students bring Akron’s suffrage history to life in ‘Lawbreakers!’
After the bubbly ringtone announcing a Google Meet call, playwright Diana Grisanti appeared on a projector screen at Miller South School for the Visual and Performing Arts. The Ball State University professor greeted a classroom full of young actors, techs and teachers to answer questions about her play, “Lawbreakers!” The middle schoolers are performing it Nov. 13 and 14.
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Akron Beacon Journal
Two holiday films shot in Medina get release dates
Christmas is coming a bit early for fans of holiday films and movies with Northeast Ohio ties. Two Christmas movies that used Medina and other Northeast Ohio locations as backdrops over last winter now have dates when they will begin streaming. Both films used Medina's Castle Noel Christmas Museum as filming locations. And both feature the same actor as the romantic interest. “ The Great Chocolate Date ” is set to begin streaming on Plex on Tuesday, Nov. 10. The movie directed by Lindsay Hartley weaves the tale of an overworked chiropractor who receives a decadent gift of chocolate. She sets out to find out the sender with the help of a local chocolatier and instead discovers some magic and love along the way. The film starring Harley Bronwyn and Ignacyo Matynia used locations around Medina's historic square, along with the interior of Castle Noel. Mark Klaus, who owns Castle Noel, said some set pieces, including a large chocolate globe, are now part of the museum's large collection of movie props. "We are super excited," he said. And it will mark the first time Mark and his wife, Dana, have appeared in a movie. The couple have made several appearances