U.S. Copter Fire Incident Across West German Czech Border
U S Army helicopter from the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment faced rocket and cannon fire from Soviet planes near the West German Czechoslovak border. Witnesses on the West German side claimed seeing the craft inside Czech air space around 1 50 pm with MiG escort, while Pentagon described the event as a routine border aerial mission under investigation.
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Stuttgart
West Germany
Czech
U.S
Wit
Klaus Papenfuss
Bavar
Papenfuss
Zelezna Ruda
Washington
Pentagon
Charles White
2Nd Armored Cavalry Regiment
Nuremberg
Zwiesel
Heathrow blast injures 22 at London airport
An explosion at Heathrow injured 22 and tore through the baggage claim area after a bomb in an unclaimed suitcase taken from Libyan Arab Airlines blew a hole in the terminal. An Angry Brigade claimed responsibility. authorities questioned two men and linked the attack to recent Libyan dissident attacks.
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London
Heathrow
Angry Brigade
Britan
Libyan Arab Airlines
Press Association
Lifts Offered on Easter by Elyria Taxi
Elyria Taxi Inc offers free rides to church on Easter Sunday from 8 am to noon with six cabs approved. Owner Joe Graham expects 15 cabs by May 16 as city authorities discuss early service despite pending franchise. Calls: 322 TAXI, 323 3338, or 322 4590. Mayor Keys notes the action ahead of May 16 deadline.
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Elyria
Elyria Taxi, Inc
Joe Graham
Graham
Michael Keys
Keys
Peggy Lou Thrasher
French explorer d Bois claimed as first to see Lake Erie
Elyria a local mystery deepens as Howard Saddler proposes a 1876 Elyria Republican item about Pierre d Bois allegedly captured by Iroquois and adopting Erie region life in 1604. Experts caution the original document is unavailable, making verification uncertain and unlikely to rewrite established chronology.
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Elyria
Great Lakes
Lake Erie
Saddler
Pierre d’Bois
d'Bois
France
DeChester
Aymar de Chaste
Samuel Champlain
Conrad E.heidenreich
York University
Ontario
Champlain
Heidenreich
d’Bois
Ergas” Lake
Erie
David Skaggs
Bowling Green State University
Adrian Joliet
Lake
Lucien Campeau
Quebec
Campeau
Beer fueled tunnel blaze halts after foam firefighting
Elyria firefighters were summoned to 40 East Avenue at 1:22 a.m. after James Barber found smoke in a tunnel behind the old New York Central station, now Wheel Estate Auto Rebuildery. Foam was used to extinguish a smoldering fire in railroad racks as investigators suspect youths left beer and flames. no damage was reported.
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Elyria
New York Central
East Avenue
Wheel Estate
James Barber
Barber
Mondale Visit Plans Scrubbed For Lorain County
Partly cloudy tonight with a low near 35. Sunday will be cloudy with scattered showers and a high around 55 to 60. Rain chances are zero tonight and 30 percent Sunday. Mondale trip to Lorain County before the May 8 Ohio primary is scrubbed though a future stop is considered, with Kathy Rogers noting no Lorain County visit next week and possible stops in Youngstown and Cleveland.
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Walter Mondale
Lorain County
Oho
Minnesota Democrat
Kathy Rogers
Mondale
Youngstown
Cleveland
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Gary May
Elyrian
Howard Saddler
Ohio
Vermilion
Ted Wakefield
Etienne Brule
Pierre d'Bois
Peter Denovich
Elyria Ave
Elyria Township
Michael
Michelle
John Kenney
Teres
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