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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1999
Page
1
Bartolo Colon and Jim Thome spark the Indians to a 5 1 victory over the Orioles in a strong second half showing. Also notes Berea High School name change and political race shifts, plus Elvis vigil and Dalai Lama event coverage.
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The 1998 prison population rose 4.8 percent to 1,302,019 inmates in state and federal custody plus jail inmates, the Bureau of Justice Statistics reported. Rising sentences and longer stays offset declining crime, with release rates dropping and parole violators rising yet showing signs of leveling.
Promised Land Baptist Church in Elyria Township lost its sanctuary to a July fire caused by a lightning strike. A temporary hall altar and folding chairs serve as sanctuary while insurance seeks settlement and rebuilding plans unfold. Members worship with generator power, open windows, and hymnals lost in the blaze.
Tonya Starks and her unborn child were placed under medical observation after a head-on collision on Meister Road. Police pursued two suspects, Karen Seymore and Rickie Powell, who face charges related to the crash and threats against a sexual assault victim’s family. Starks’ baby is due August 26 and she plans to name the daughter Timaje Tatyiana.
Two area men were killed in separate crashes early Sunday. Michael D. Scali 44 of Sheffield Lake died at 3:02 am at Community Health Partners of Lorain after a path from a Citco station to Root Road ended in a tree collision. Dale G. Shaffer 39 of Vermilion died four hours later in Brownhelm Township. both investigations continue.
A Super Lotto ticket worth 3.814 million dollars was sold at Shaks Korner on West 21st Street in Lorain. The numbers 424 30 33 36 37 were drawn by an automatic ticket machine for a regular Lorain customer. The store’s night manager said this is the first major winning ticket sold there.
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