Cleveland Drops to No. 2 as Columbus Nears Largest City Status
Census estimates released for July 1 1982 show Cleveland at 558,869 residents, down 14,953 from 1980, placing it second to Columbus which is expected to exceed 564,826. The metropolitan area totals reflect shifts, with Columbus gaining and Cleveland falling, while regional counties show mixed moves.
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Cleveland
Columbus
Ohio
Census Bureau
Cincinnati
Franklin County
Franklin
Edric Weld
Cleveland State University
Weld
Lorain County
Lake
Medina
Cuyahoga
Geauga
Kentucky
Indiana
Cuyahoga County
Population in Lorain County cities declines per 1982 estimates
Elyria Mayor Michael Keys reported a drop in Elyria population from 7,039 in 1980 by about 200. Lorain also fell slightly, with a July 1982 total of 74,707, down 709 from two years earlier, marking a modest decline in both major cities.
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Lorain County
Elyria
Michael Keys
Lorain
Keystone's Warner ends stormy superintendent tenure
Keystone School District super intent David Warner, 55, resigns after six year tenure marked by controversy including two ouster attempts. Effective Aug. 1, he retires after 31 years in education with prior posts at Springfield Local and Olentangy districts. He and wife Dolores plan extensive traveling. The board faced protests over discipline, teacher reassignment, band program cutbacks, and the firing of high school band director Rosalind Wagner. Warner also backed daily Lord's Prayer over the high school PA system.
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Lagrange
David Warner
Keystone
Board of Education
Warner
Springfield
Mahoning County
Olentangy
Columbus
Worner
Dolores
Keystone High School
Local Rain Tonight Then Mixes In Thursday
Occasional rain or drizzle tonight with a low around 38 and northerly winds 10 to 20 mph. Tomorrow Thursday brings rain likely to mix with snow in the afternoon, a high near 42, and an 80 percent precipitation chance tonight and 70 percent Thursday. Details on Page A-3.
FBI and Girl Scouts address cookie contamination concerns
Two complaints about foreign objects in Girl Scout cookies were reported to law enforcement, with the Erie Shores Council and Erie County Sheriff's Department handling the cases. FBI agents are reviewing evidence and coordinating with FDA. The council sold 139,404 boxes across Lorain, Huron, Sandusky, Seneca and Erie counties.
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Jane Snyder
C-T
Erie Shores
Geraldine Ewing
Milan
Erie County Sheriff's Department
Sheryl Weidemann
Wikel Road
Erie County
John Magnuson
Magnuson
FBI
John Dunn
Cleveland
The
Erie
GM Coit sale won’t affect Elyria Fisher Body plant
Cleveland report states GM division confirms the sale of the Fisher Body plant on Coit Road to Park Corp will not impact Elyria Fisher Body. The Coit Road site has been closed since last August and is a metal fabricating facility unlike Elyria’s hardware plant. Park plans renovation and potential storage or plant warehouse use with job focus for Clevelanders. Park expects takeover by month’s end amid its vast rental holdings.
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Cleveland
General Motors
Fisher
Coit Road
Elyria Fisher
Fisher Body
James Sponseller
Warren
Mich
Gate
Park Corp
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport
Tom Gagen
Gagen
Mondale wins New York landslide in landslide primary
Mondale captured New York with an 18 point edge as Hart trailed by 1 point and Jackson hailed cotton pickers becoming president. Mondale heads to Pennsylvania with a lead in delegates, while exit polls show cross support softening among Democratic voters before next Tuesday’s crucial 172 delegate primary.
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New York
Walter Mondale
Pennsylvania
Len Gary
Hart Mondale
Hart
Jesse Jackson
Jackson
Cotton
Mondale
Jeff Alderman
ABC
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Washington
Bruce Freeman
Bureau
Lake, Medina
Fred McGunagle
Rosalind Wagner
Robert Shaffer
David Worner
Accent On
Becca
Diz Entertainment
Oberlin
Sens
Jason Leimbach
Kipton
James A. Mertz
Mike Dussel
Keystone Middle School
Jason
Zack Leimbach
Haigh Street
Sheriff's Department
John G. Kenney
Girl Scouts
Robert Penick
Fritz
N.Y
Eleanor
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