Akron's Daily Miracle
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(This chapter is excerpted from “Akron’s Daily Miracle,” edited by Stuart Warner and Deb Van Tassel Warner, copyright 2020, University of Akron Press) By Mark Williamson Its end was ignominious. Just a passing comment to a young reporter and that was that. Local television news in Akron was dead. Lowell “Bud” Paxson, the Florida-based founder…
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(This is an excerpt from “Akron’s Daily Miracle,” copyright University of Akron Press, 2020, edited by Stuart Warner and Deb Van Tassel Warner.) By Ann Sheldon Mezger “David, look at that.” I can still hear myself say those words, still see him glance up at the TV screen above my desk. The time had to…