Plans on Hold for Electric Vehicle Factory MISHAWAKA, Ind
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Saturday, July 13, 2019 The Commercial Review Portland, Indiana 47371 www.thecr.com $1 2019 Jay County Fair FTC votes for $5 billion penalty By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer The FTC has voted to approve a fine of about $5 billion for Facebook over privacy violations, the Wall Street Journal report - ed Friday. The report cited an unnamed person famil - iar with the matter. Facebook and the FTC declined to comment. The Journal said the 3-2 vote broke along party lines, with Republicans in sup - port and Democrats in opposition to the settle - ment. In most cases the Justice Department’s civil divi - sion will review settle - ments by the FTC, and it is unclear how long the process would take. A Jus - tice Department spokes - woman declined to com - The Commercial Review/Ray Cooney ment on the Facebook mat - ter. The fine would be the largest the FTC has levied The Commercial Review/Ray Cooney on a tech company. But it won’t make much of a dent for Facebook, which had Riding nearly $56 billion in rev - enue last year. Facebook and colliding has earmarked $3 billion It was another busy night Friday at the for a potential fine and said in April it was antici - Jay County Fair, with rides on the midway, pating having to pay up to the first of two evenings of demolition $5 billion. derbies and a visit from a hometown The report did not say hero. Pictured, clockwise from upper left, what else the settlement riders begin their descent after reaching includes beyond the fine, the highest point of the ferris wheel; 4- though it is expected to year-old Kambree Nichols reacts while include limits on how riding Go Around Tanks on the midway; Facebook treats user pri - vacy. Some have called on Casey Kenney, a professional mixed the FTC to hold Facebook martial arts fighter and 2009 Jay County CEO Mark Zuckerberg High School graduate, autographs a personally liable for the picture for Haley Cumings; and Portland privacy violations in some resident Logan Antrim, 103, rams the way, but based on the party front end of his car into the rear of a line vote breakdown vehicle driven by John Hague, Rockford, experts said this is not Ohio, during the compact class of the likely. The Commercial Review/Rose Skelly Marc Rotenberg, presi - demolition derby at the grandstand. dent of the nonprofit online privacy advocacy group Electronic Privacy Information Center, said he was “confused” as to why the Democratic com - missioners didn’t support the settlement and said he suspects, without having seen the actual settlement, that this was due to the Zuckerberg liability ques - tion. “But I thought that was misguided,” he said, adding that EPIC instead supports more wholesale limits on how Facebook handles user privacy. Since the Cambridge Analytica debacle erupted more than a year ago and prompted the FTC investi - gation, Facebook has vowed to do a better job The Commercial Review/Chris Schanz corralling its users’ data. See Penalty page 2 Plans on hold for electric vehicle factory MISHAWAKA, Ind. (AP) — Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb ing because of a struggling Scott Rivers, unit chairman as incentives for the project, An electric vehicle startup has attended the May 2018 Chinese auto market and ongo - for United Auto Workers Local but those were dependent on halted plans to start produc - announcement event, saying ing trade conflict and tariffs on 5, said “At this point in time, the company fulfilling its hir - tion at a northern Indiana fac - he was “thrilled” by the com - Chinese-made products. I’ll let the company make an ing plans. tory where it aimed to employ pany’s decision. It wasn’t immediately clear announcement.” Indiana Economic Develop - more than 450 workers. But the South Bend Tribune what the decision means for AM General in 2017 closed ment Corp. spokeswoman The subsidiary of Chinese reports Seres Automotive CEO the 85 workers now at the the factory where it previously Abby Gras said the state automaker Sokon had James Taylor wrote in a Mishawaka plant. The compa - built Mercedes-Benz vehicles agency has “received no indi - announced its plans last year Wednesday letter to employees ny had planned to conduct trial for Chinese buyers and the cation from the company that for spending $160 million to that development of its new runs for the new vehicle by the Hummer H2. their commitment to Indiana buy and retool the former AM electric SUV for the U.S. mar - end of 2018 and have it on Seres Automotive was slated has changed or that their pres - General commercial assembly ket “is on hold.” Taylor said American roads by the end of to receive $4.3 million in state ence in Mishawaka is in jeop - plant in Mishawaka. the company’s focus is chang - this year. tax credits or training grants ardy.” Deaths Weather At the fair Coming up The high temperature in Jay County was 84 degrees Friday. Today Romanell Waldron , 93, Skies will be sunny today Noon — FFA mud volleyball Monday — Photos from the Twinsburg, Ohio with a high in the upper 80s. between the horse barns final day of the 2019 Jay Coun - Larry Atkinson , 78, Mon - Tonight’s low will be in the 1 p.m. — Debbie Lynn ty Fair. roe upper 60s, and there is a slight Bryson concert at the Farmer’s Building William Pease , 89, Geneva chance of showers. Expect a Tuesday — Coverage of 6 p.m. — Big River Band con - Details on page 2. high in the upper 80s again Monday’s Fort Recovery cert in the Farmer’s Building Sunday. School Board meeting. 7 p.m. — Demolition derby at See page 2 for an extended the grandstand forecast. The Commercial Review Page 2 Local/Nation Saturday, July 13, 2019 Obituaries Romanell Waldron Twinsburg, Ohio, July 11, 2019, at Lutheran Hospi - (Ben) Parrish of Decatur and Pastor Jay Carter will be officiat - and Bruce Wal - tal. Alissa (Shane) Mountz of Mon - ing, and burial will be in Spring March 18, 1926-July 5, 2019 dron (wife: Melis - Larry was born in Mercer roe; six grandchildren, Jared Hill Cemetery in Fort Recovery, Romanell Waldron, age 93, a sa), Streetsboro, County, Ohio, on April 11, 1941, to (Megan) Parrish, Brooke Ohio. resident of Twinsburg, Ohio, Ohio Fawn and Luella (Sellers) Atkin - (Dustin) Schaefer, Scott Atkin - Memorials are to Pleasant passed away Friday, July 5, 2019, Eight grand - son. son (fiancé: Kyndall Fisher), Dale Church or A.C.C.F. Angel at Anna Maria of Aurora in children On June 11, 1961, Larry mar - Colton Mountz, Shaelyn Mountz Cancer Fund. Aurora, Ohio. Eleven great- ried Lucy Smith. and Ethan Mountz; and five Condolences may be expressed She was a former Jay County grandchildren Waldron Larry was a member of Pleas - great-grandchildren, Parker Par - at hshfuneralhome.com. resident graduating from Gov. I. ant Dale Church rish, Greyson Parrish, Mira P. Gray High School in 1944. She Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. to noon on of the Brethren. Schaefer, Lynlee Parrish and William Pease , Geneva, Aug. 31, was a homemaker. He worked for Asher Atkinson. 1929-July 10, 2019. There will be Romanell was born March 18, Wednesday, July 17, 2019, at the Williamson-Spencer and Penrod Fort Recovery Larry was preceded in death no services. 1926, in Portland, Indiana, the Industries and by his parents; a sister, Patricia •••••••••• daughter of Herschel and Nilah Funeral Home in Portland. Funeral services will follow at Automatic Sprin - Kaufman; a brother, John Atkin - The Commercial Review pub - (Hoppis) Cox. She was married kler in Monroe for son; and a sister-in-law, Carmen lishes death notices for those with in 1944 to Bobbie Waldron. noon at the funeral home with Pastor Joe Hines officiating. several years, and (Atkinson) Voskuhl. a connection to our coverage area Survivors include: also worked for Visitation will be from 4 to 7 free of charge. They include the Her beloved husband — Bob - Burial will follow in the Sala - Atkinson monia Cemetery, in Salamonia, Huffy bicycles in p.m. Monday, July 15, 2019, at name, city of residence, bie Waldron, Twinsburg, Ohio Celina for 15 Indiana. Haggard-Sefton-Hirschy & Zelt birth/death date and One daughter — Deborah years, then retired from All Funeral Home. time/date/location of services. Gammel (husband: Leonard), American Homes. A funeral service will be held There is a charge for obituar - Solon, Ohio Larry Atkinson He is survived by his wife of 58 at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 16, ies, which are printed as they are Three sons — Robert Waldron April 11, 1941-July 11, 2019 years, Lucy Atkinson of Monroe; 2019, at Pleasant Dale Church of received. We accept obituaries (wife: Linda), Hernando, Flori - Larry D. Atkinson, 78, of son Jeff (Carrie) Atkinson of the Brethren, with calling one only from funeral homes or mor - da, Chris Waldron (wife: Kathy), Monroe, passed away Thursday, Berne; two daughters, Michelle hour prior from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. tuary services. Parties disagree on conditions CR almanac By ALAN FRAM heat, Pence acknowledged, “This grant activists, actions that would Associated Press is tough stuff.” further inflame the issue. 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