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    Cleveland Safety Forces Dealt Budget Blow

    Oct. 15, 2003
    Cleveland will avoid a deficit this year by moving older firefighters from office jobs to fire engines and delaying a class of EMS cadets, the city's finance director said yesterday.
    Cleveland will avoid a deficit this year by moving older firefighters from office jobs to fire engines and delaying a class of EMS cadets, the city's finance director said yesterday.

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