Christmas Merchandising Moves Earlier Each Year
Local merchants report Christmas goods arrive by October with displays prepped before Thanksgiving. Shoppers began early, with jewelers noting heavy year‑round buying and gold prices boosting gift demand. Santa’s arrival at Sandusky Mall shifts from Thanksgiving to November 17 as promotions start earlier.
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Santa Claus
John Kaiser
Kaiser-Wells
NBC
U.S. 250 North
Isadore Lichtenstein
Lichtenstein
al Mann
Holman Jewelers
Mann
Paul Crider
Crider Jewelers
John Wickert
Gift Gallery
Wickert
Bill Rogers
Pohl’s
Mike Schneider
Kays Shoes
Ezmerelda
Irene Meyers
Time Change Ends as Daylight Saving Time Recedes
UPI reports daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday and clocks should be set back one hour. The slogan spring forward fall back helps remember the reset. Benjamin Franklin is cited as the first American to advocate DST.
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Washington
UPI
Benjamin Franklin
United States
Weather and notices from MC region for Friday to Sunday
Becoming sunny today with highs in the middle 50s. Clear tonight with lows in upper 20s to lower 30s. Partly cloudy Sunday with highs 50 to 55. Precipitation near zero today and tonight, 10 percent Sunday. Winds west to northwest 10 to 15 mph today, less than 10 mph tonight. Friday high 59 low 33, no precipitation. Births and deaths listed for local area including Lentz family. Valentino note: real name Rodolfo Guglielmi.
Headless Holiday Display Stands on League Street
A spooky guillotine scene appears in a side yard at 58 E League St created by Lynn Reilly with help from sister-in-law Becky Reilly of 6 Mill St. The pair reportedly built the Halloween display in a few hours, captured in a Reflector photo by Kathy Szejbach.
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E. League St
Lynn Reilly
Inlaw
Becky Reilly
Mill St
Kathy Szejbach
Milan Shooting To Erie Grand Jury
Law officials will seek a secret grand jury indictment next week against Roger McKinnon of rural Milan for the Oct 10 shooting of Stephan A. Roth of Norwalk. The Erie County grand jury will consider felonious assault or attempted murder. Roth is hospitalized in fair condition with a bullet removed from near his larynx.
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Milan
Stephan A. Roth
Norwalk
Gary Lickfelt
Erie County
Roger McKinnon
River Road
Lorain St. Joseph Hospital
Lickfelt
Robert McDowell
Erie County Sheriff's Department
McDowell
Reagan Says Inflation A National Headache At Rally
Former California governor Ronald Reagan branded inflation the world's biggest economic bellyache at a Mansfield Coliseum rally hosted by U S Representative John Ashbrook. He warned about 2100 Republicans, criticized Carter's inflation plan, and urged action against high taxes and government spending.
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Dick Hobson
Mansfield
California
Ronald Reagan
Jimmy
White House
Reagan
Mansfield Coliseum
Grades Snafu Affects Norwalk Students
Norwalk district reports a machine malfunction at the Mansfield Data Center caused some grades to print as Fs instead of As. Corrected reports will be distributed Monday or Tuesday after staff cross checks. The center processes grade reports for about 18 districts and not all records were affected.
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Norwalk
James Rubright
Mansfield Data Center
Columbus
Rubright
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