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mansea• Mm ■ ■ • • —A fisherman tries Ins luck off the shores of Barnegat; N.J., as he walks into the waves beside a rock jetty. (AP)f:— *By TOM CHERN1TSKY/ria at 1:04 a.m. when .tyro men were charged with intoxication after police found them_While others were celebrating the arrival of a new year, local police agencies were recording the first complaints of the year and several persons received dubious first distinctions.The new year was announced at the Elyria Police Department by a buzzing switchboard exactly at midnight when a worn an calledcomplaining of firecrackers being exploded inthe Earl Court area.The Lorain County Sheriff s Department's first complaint anwed 17 minutes into 1975 when an Eaton Township woman reported several juveniles were pestering the dogs penned in her yard.r-THERE WERE two first arrests in Ely-. iIndexContract brhfee........... fitDeaths.births -------..... DlEntertainment —.........CSFinance, stocks........... A4Sports ................. C2-CSSam of the PEOPLE 0Television................. D3The doctor savs ...... B5Women B8-B1SYear birthday A. — C7fighting in front of tht Elks Club. 246 Second StIsabelle We lnau. 70. of 803 Fairwood Blvd.. became Elyria's first traffic accident statistic of 1975 when her car smashed into a utility pole at 1:36 a.m. on Ohio Street 100 feet east of Washington Avenue. She was treated for minor injuries and charged with failure to control.Elyria Fire Department's first alarm was a malicious false one at 3:51 a.m. yesterday. A man called the department and reported smoke was coming from a Holiday Inn Motel room on Lorain Boulevard. Although firemen didn't say. perhaps it was the smoldering remains of a New Years Eve party. But there was no unfriendly fire.ELYRIA'S FIRST traffic arrest this year was made at 12:35 a.m. when a man was charged with reckless operation after his car fishtailed as it turned north onto North Abbe Road from Rl. 57. The first speeding arrest wasn't made until 3:25 p.m. yesterday when Lore H. Dark. 15 Phillip Cl., was charged with doing 55 mph in a 35 mph zone on West River Street near Furnace Street.The most unusual distinction may be classified in several categories.John W. King. 54, of iftH Reid Avc.. Lorain was the first to enter Burger Chef. 301 LodiSt.. but tie wasn't a customer. Police say he entered a 4:12 a.m. when his car. northbound on West Avenue, failed to make a turn at Lodi Street.His car allegedly crashed Lhrough the south side of the restaurant, causing $3,000 damage. Then, he backed out of the restaurant and drove north on Lodi Street, Police said both tires on the driver s side of his car were flat.AND, Elyria police say they solved thefirst hit skip accident a few minutes laterwhen they arrested King.Police followed a trail of broken glass from the restaurant, north on Lodi Street, to Furnace Street, and found King in his smashed up carat the end of Lesnick Court.King was charged with physical control of a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol and leaving the scene of an accident:Surpri: nglv. there were few arrests of celebrating persons for driving while under the influence of alcohol.PATROLMEN from the Elyria post of the Ohio State Highway charged one man with the offense at 2:56 a.m. on Rt. 10. The man s full name and details of the arrest were not available.Despite a number of minor incidents which kept police busy, local law enforcers called the holiday a relatively quiet one.Despite efforts to seal off tltCy jurors from Watergate news not introduced in'evidence, they were aware that formet Prei ;lent Richard M. Nixon suffered from a serious phlebitis condition during the trial.- i. •Without saying how or in how much detail, the juror acknowledged learning of Nixon's illness despite three months of sequestration.Deputy U.S. marshals monitored the jury to discourage any discussion of trial matters throughout the proceeding which began Oct. I.The juror said the panel considered each defendant by talking informally around the oak table in the middle of the deliberatingroom so each of the nine women and three■men could be heard.ALTHOUGH IT became clear in discussions how each juror was thinking of voting, there were formal votes taken only once for each of the counts lodged against the defendants. Many minds were changed, the juror said.For the juror, the 28 White House tapes introduced into evidence were the most important of all.It's hard to argue with the tapes. said the member of the panel. Ts too bad we couldn't have tapes at every trial. 'The juror said a significant number of jurors felt at the beginning of the trial that it was unfair for Nixon to have received a pardon while his top aides H.R. Haldeman. John t D. Ehrlichman and John N. Mitchell stoodtrial.But Sirica instructed the jury not to consider the pardon in their deliberations.I- • S r“.1 • ■V'*L. 'ffcjCr . . !_7\ . ' . r ■ U-- 'Avj■ P ■ - ■!• .r V-lt;WeatherClear, coldClear and cold tonight. Low tonight in the upper teens to low 20s. Cloudy tomorrow with a chance of rain or snow by afternoon.Probability of preciptlathm near zero tonight and 36 per cent tomorrow.Winds southwest 19 to 15 mph tonight.Sunset today: 5:69 p.m.Sunrise tomorrow: 7:54 a.m.Details on Page BA..1 ■-T- ■». 1 - r'r _■ i ' rfr. ^ W r M . • r V- •LAURA AND JOHN McDivitl, 233 Lwi|E-forri, hold their newborn daughter.Glori be! She's+• _1 st Elyria babyBy BILL RADOSeGlori Ann McDivitt received the honor of being the first baby born in Elyria in 1975. The first child of John and Laura McDivitt. 233 Longford, made her debut at 10:48 a m. yesterday at Elyria Memorial Hospital.While the McDivitts missed a 1974 tax deduction by less than 11 hours, they and their 6-pound. 15-ounce daughter will be awarded a number of gifts from eight area merchants.Glori Ann will receive a bank with $5 from Elyria Savings and Trust, a baby book from Central Bookstore, a $10 gift certificate from Hess and Hess Pharmacies, baby formula from Discount Drugs, a pair of shoes from Januzzi's. a flower arrangement from Puffer’s Floral Shoppe, a $25 savings bond from The Chronicle-Telegram and a dollar per pound of her weight from Citizens Home and Savings.MCDIVITT, a bolt-maker operator at Stan-adyne Corp.. said mother and child were doing well and he's quite excited about being the parent of Elyria’s first born in 1975.Christen AnnStauder was the first babvmbborn in 1975 in \ ,orain County. The Uiird child of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Stauder. 4225 Pearl Ave.. Apt. F-7. Lorain, was bom at 2:35 a.m. yesterday at St. Joseph Hospital in Lorain.The first baby of the year born to Elyria parents was a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Larry Young. 127 Taft St. The Youngs have not yet chosen a name for their child, bom at8:05 a.m. yesterday at Oberlin Allen Hospital.Fairview General Hospital reported its first baby of the year to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lynch. 1624 Lakeland Ave.. Lakewood.
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Elyria, Ohio, US
Thu, Jan 02, 1975
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