Ohio State Fair Opens This Week With Activities Afoot
The Ohio State Fair begins this week featuring exhibits, rides, and events. Organizers anticipate crowds and note entertainment, competitions, and food offerings across the fairgrounds.
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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1999
Page
1
The Ohio State Fair begins this week featuring exhibits, rides, and events. Organizers anticipate crowds and note entertainment, competitions, and food offerings across the fairgrounds.
A brief scan of a city newspaper page shows sections on bridge games, lottery ads, movie listings, and classifieds. It includes op ed, Dear Abby, comics, deaths, sports, and education notes with TV listings and cross references.
In Elyria July posts the hottest in 50 years with an average 77.4 degrees, surpassing 1949’s 76.7. The month records 15 days at or above 90, a narrow miss of 16. A cool front trimmed weekend highs to 85, but temperatures are expected to rise back toward 90s later in the week.
Chicago reports 30 new heat related deaths as temperatures ease in the Midwest. City Health Commissioner John Wilhelm says 50 more bodies arrive at Cook County morgue from Friday to Sunday, with total nationwide deaths at least 185 since July 19 and a refrigerated trailer brought in for autopsies.
Republicans back a 792 billion dollar decade long tax cut while Democrats and the White House oppose cuts of any size. Senate and House plans differ on rate structure and bracket shifts potentially eroding projected surpluses for the next decade.
Four people died when a single-engine Piper Cherokee crashed into a cornfield after takeoff from Youngstown Elser Metro Airfield in North Lima. Five aboard. a 15 year old was hospitalized in serious condition in Cleveland. Names not released.
In Portland, 18 year old Cuddles and fellow homeless youths are treated to a formal night named Homeless Prom. A limo arrives for a Cinderella moment with a four course meal, music, and dancing, offering dignity from strangers.
Washington and Albany react as Hillary Rodham Clinton plans more questions on the president's philanthropy on her campaign trail. Howard Wolfson says she will address topics on this trip including her listening tour stops in Jamestown Buffalo Niagara Falls and Rochester.
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