Miracle recovery after boy struck by lightning near Prospect St
Homer De Mastus credits neighbors and quick first aid for his son Joseph 14 who was struck by lightning July 11 near their Prospect Street apartment. Joseph survived with memory and speech challenges, regaining consciousness after days in intensive care and later being released from Elyria Memorial Hospital.
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Homer S. DeMastus
Joseph
Prospect St
Onitsky
Kaczmarczyk
Cleveland
Dave
Thaldnatid
Demastus
Fisher Body
Dorothy
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Joseph Demastus
David Thomas
Josey
David
S. Prospect St
Apt
Thomas
Kim Tonry
Millionaire love defection fuels Soviet diver's bid to stay
Sergei Nemtsanov the 17 year old defector diver left the Olympic Village to stay in Canada for romance with an American millionaire's daughter. The Gazette says he may hide at a Montreal friend’s home. his lawyer denies plans to relocate to the United States. Royal Canadian Mounted Police protect him. The article also notes Soviet officials failed to bring him back and he aims to become a trainer while learning English. In a separate report, Pennsylvania health officials investigate a mysterious viral illness tied to a Philadelphia American Legion convention, with 18 deaths and 70 hospitalizations, as epidemiologists analyze possible viral causes and await test results.
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Montreal
Sergei Nemtsanov
Montreal Gazette
The
Gazette
Nemtsanov
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Ford Lauderdale
United States
Alex Paterson
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Olympic Village
Canada
Harrisburg
UPI
Pennsylvania American Legion
Philadelphia
Burger King jingle suit filed by Cincinnati songwriter
Suburban mayor and singer songwriter Michael Schwartz claims Burger King copied his 1968 tune Man's World for its Have It Your Way jingle. He seeks 9,500 in damages in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court, presenting his score and the Burger King score as evidence.
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Cincinnati
UPI
Golf Manor
Michael Schwartz
Burger King
Schwartz
Hamilton County Common Pleas Court
Dennis Berger
Burger King Corp
Big Brother Organization
Big Brother
Lawmakers urge probe into Ohio Lottery crime ties
Two area state representatives William G. Batchelder and James Betts joined Rep. Robert Netzley and Rep. Richard Finan in urging an investigation of Ohio Lottery Commission employees with criminal records or ties to organized crime in Cuyahoga County. They met with Thomas Moyer seeking reconsideration after the governor declined to order an inquiry.
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William G. Batchelder
Medina
James Betts
Rocky River
Ohio Lottery Commission
Cuyahoga County
Batchelder
Betts
Robert Netzley
Laura
Richard Finan
Cincinnati
Thomas Moyer
Rhodes
Miami County
Robert J. Huffman
Columbus
Commission
AmShip to Build 1,000-Foot Carrier for U S Steel Ip
Lorain Ohio AmShip will construct a 1000 foot super ore carrier for U S Steel Ip built in Lorain Toledo and Chicago yards with completion in early 1979 The contract value not released but similar ships cost over 35 million The project should lift Great Lakes shipyard backlog and local employment figures The James Barker recently completed 1000 foot ore carrier finished sea trials and to be christened in Cleveland
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Lorain County
American Ship Building Co
U.S. Steel Ip
AmShip
Lorain
Toledo
Chicago
Richard Mayr
AmShip Division
Great Lakes
Mayr
James Barker
Cleveland
Toll in Big Thompson flood soars amid search for bodies
Loveland Colorado AP reports searchers shift from saving survivors to recovering dead in Big Thompson Canyon after a flash flood. Larimer County Sheriff Robert Watson warns the death toll could reach 200 or more as helicopters evacuate last refugees and officials declare a federal disaster. Survivors remain in their homes while many bodies are found downstream and officials caution against panic. Weather outlook: near calm tonight, highs in the 80s tomorrow.
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Loveland
Colo
Big Thompson Canyon
Larimer County
Robert Watson
Colorado Rockies
Watson
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Richard Copley
Vie
Wemapilly Yan
Allstar
Sergei
Russia
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Leonard Bachman
National Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
Pennsylvania
Bachman
Health Department
Edward T. Hoak
American Legion Adjutant
Legion
Philadel
Elyrians
Ely Park
Cials
Tom Mahl
John Fuller
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