Berserk customer kills car salesman
A 27-year-old steelworker, Albert Dotson of Cleveland, was arrested in Parma for the aggravated murder of car salesman John DiChiro. Dotson had threatened DiChiro hours before firing a shotgun twice at close range and then running the victim over with a car at Spitzer Motor City. DiChiro, 42, principal breadwinner and father of three, died at the scene as witnesses described a chaotic, deadly confrontation in the service area. Funeral arrangements were to be handled by Bogner's Funeral Home.
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Parma
Atrto
John
DiChiro
North Ridgeville
Rick Woody
Spitzer Motor City, Inc
Brookpark Road
Woody
Alberts Dotson
Pershing Drive
Cleveland
Macedonia
Ralph Ziegler
Dotson
Ziegler
Wilson Lane
Jeannette
Chris
Edith
Donny
Bogner
Center Ridge Road
Death of a salesman at Parma car lot shocks peers
In Parma a car dealer shooting leaves John S. DiChiro, 42, dead after an irate customer demanded repairs and returned repeatedly. Albert Dotson of Cleveland was charged with aggravated murder after arrest in Macedonia. DiChiro had sold about 200 cars, and his colleague Stanley L. Siko sought motive amid a quiet showroom.
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Parma
John S. Dichiro
Spitzer Motor City, Inc
Brookpark Road
Stanley L. Siko
Chrysler
Tiered Showers and Humid Weekend Weather Update
A weather briefing notes tiered showers and thunderstorms with a low near 70 tonight. Partly cloudy and more humid Saturday with a 30 percent storm chance. West to southwest winds around 15 mph tonight. Precipitation chances and sunset times are listed as 18 to 30 percent and 8:36 pm respectively. Details on Page B-7.
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Perateres Setanday
Seariee
Allen hurricane nears Texas and Yucatan coast
Allen intensifies to near strongest levels as it nears the Yucatan coast and threatens Texas and Mexican shoreline. Forecasts show uncertainty about landfall location with warnings extending along the Gulf. Refugee centers prepare in Matamoros and relief teams move toward St Lucia and Haiti for post hurricane assessments.
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Texas
Mexico
Allen
Paul Hebert
Miami
Merida
Brownsville
Matamoros
Jorge Luis Meyer
Meyer
Yucatan
Florida Keys
U.S
St. Lucia
Haiti
Caribbean
Georges Salomon
Amherst mayor barred from dual roles in city government
Amherst law chief ruled that Mayor Anthony DePaola cannot hold both the mayoral post and the safety service director or any subordinate position. The decision calls into question his authority over water rate changes and notes his concurrent roles such as planning commission chair and utilities superintendent.
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Amherst — Law
Tom Sanborn
Anthony DePaola
DePaola
Harry Chambers
David Taylor
Council
Safety Service
Sanborn
Depaula
Planning Commission
Vogan
William Hall
Brush dispute at NORTH OLMSTED over city duty
In NORTH OLMSTED a city service worker, Bob Willkomm, was suspended for insubordination after refusing to pick up brush at Councilman James Boehmer’s home. He returned to work after orders to resume the task, with foreman Ed Novack confirming the directive. The dispute centered on whether brush collection remained a city service department duty despite recent storms and city offers to clear debris for other residents.
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North Olmsted
Ed Novack
Bob Willkomm
Willkomm
Joseph Corrigan
James Boehmer
City Service Department
Corrigan
Boehmer
Summer worker crushed by road roller tragic accident
Dale P. Fisher, 19, a Lorain County Engineering Department summer worker, was killed Thursday when a 10-ton road roller ran over him on Quarry Road in Brighton Township. The incident, witnessed as Fisher tried to climb onto the moving machine driven by Benjamin Horsfall, prompted an autopsy and a coroners inquiry. Fisher, a 1978 Brookside High School graduate and Bowling Green State University geology student, resided in Sheffield Lake with his parents and siblings. funeral arrangements are to be announced.
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Karen Balmer
C-T
Lorain County Engineering Department
Dale P. Fisher
Roberts Drive
Sheffield Lake
Fisher
Elyria
Ohio Highway Patrol
Rt. 18
Brighton Township
Benjamin Horsfall
Horsfall
Wellington Community Hospital
David Kaszuvinski
Engineering Department
Brookside High School
Butch
Bowling Green State University
Amherst
Kanary
Frank
Susan
Jack Fisher
Delray Beach
Fla
Charles
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Daugher Edith
Siko
Spitzer
Siko Sai
Albert Dotson
Doteen
Abby
Sam
Gulf
Texans
Awesome Allen
Amherst Law Chief
Lynn Haessly
N. Olmsted
William Kishman
Dale Fisher
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