Five killed as tornado flattens trailer court
Central Illinois and Indiana were hit by a multi state storm system with a tornado striking mobile homes near Lake Matoo. Authorities counted five dead and at least 57 injured as dozens of mobile homes were destroyed in a half mile by a quarter mile area. The disaster also damaged crops and infrastructure across Windsor to Lake Matoo, with widespread debris and tree damage reported.
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Richard Lynch
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Marion, I
Kentucky
el Paso County
Tex
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Plains
New Mexco
Good Neighbor Day Opens 122nd Lorain County Fair
The 122nd Lorain County Fair starts in Wellington, with events through Sunday. Good Neighbor Day marks the opening, Golden Agers Day offers free admission, and fair board director elections filings closed with Lloyd Betts retiring after 28 years. nine candidates seek seven seats.
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Wellington
Fair Board
Lorain County Agricultural Society (Fair Board
Lloyd
Sam) Betts
Lewis Eaton
Fair Schedule and Board Races in Local Society
Eaton of Pittsfield Township and Betts Incumbent Roy Greene Jr of Brighton seek reelection as fellow candidates Wilbur Browand and Gorden Greene vie for one available seat from Brighton. Zech of Henrietta also runs, with current directors Pickworth LaGrange Pierce Penfield Piwinski Slusher and Twining seeking to retain seats.
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Pittsfield
Betts
Roy Greene Jr
Brighton Township
Wilbur Browand
Brighton Townsup
Gorden Greene
Brighton
Conrad R. Zech
Henrietta
Zech
Greene
Joe Pickworth
LaGrange
Lyle Pierce
Penfield
Stanley Piwinsk
Russia Township
Bob Slusher
North Ridgeville
Ronald Twining
Huntington
DePaola case sees Zieba withdraw as trial set
Amherst Mayor Anthony De Paola faces a November 15 trial date on civil rights and coercion charges arising from a frontage-for-permit dispute with local builders Roy Shaffer and Herron Milks. Atty John Gallagher replaces Atty Joseph Zieba who withdrew to avoid political contention.
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Amherst
Anthony DePaola
Common Pleas
Adrian F. Bedeski
Depaola
Atty John Gallagher
Atty Joseph Zieba
Zieba
Lorain County
Republican Executive Committee
Joseph R. Grunda
Robert Nagy
Granda Zeba
Roy Shaffer
Herron
Opera
New London Students Get Longer Christmas Break
Summer fades as winter costs rise while area schools schedule start dates. Norwalk public and parochial schools begin classes, Elyria City Schools open September 1, and Lorain City Schools start September 7, per local photo caption.
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New London
Norwalk
Elyria City
Lorain City
C-T
Phil Hicks
Weather forecast with clouds and variable winds
The forecast notes cloudy conditions tonight with a low in the mid range and partly cloudy skies tomorrow with high temperatures in the upper range. A ten percent chance of rain tonight and twenty percent tomorrow, with light and variable winds. Pollen counts listed for Elyria at 40 and Lorain at 13.
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Elyria
Lorain
Vance greets China in first high level talks with new leadership
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance met with Chinese Foreign Minister Huang Hua in Beijing in the Cartel regime's first high level contact with its new leadership. The talks, to run over the next three days, will address Smak relations and U S support for Nationalist China in Taiwan as Vance's party arrives after a Tokyo flight. Huang Hua earlier told Chinese media that diplomatic relations cannot be established while the United States maintains Taiwan support and the mutual defense treaty.
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Hua
United States
Taiwan
Chip and Caron Carter to help run peanut business
Chip Carter and his wife Caron will leave the White House with their six month old son to return to Plains Georgia to work in the family peanut business. A White House spokeswoman said Caron will host a farewell lunch. Chip’s absence followed a period of mental strain and reconciliation with President Carter, with plans to “help out” in the business though his exact role remains undefined.
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Caron
Washington
UPI
Chip Carter
White House
Plains
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Carter
James Earl Carter IV
Mary Hoyt
Billy Carter
1540 Indian settlement may be rebuilt in Sheffield
Archaeologists led by Dr. David Brose of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History and students excavated a native village site above French Creek at Exden in Loram County. They uncovered fire pits post holes and burial grounds to piece together life in northern Ohio in the 15th and 16th centuries. The population around 200 lived in circular houses and practiced fishing and farming. The exact tribal identity remains uncertain with Erie and Algonquian possibilities debated. Page 4 Col 1.
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David Brose
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
French Creek
County Metropolitan Park Board
Visin
Ohip
Brose
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Monroeville
Ig Entertainment Farm
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Huang
Tokyo
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Sheffield
Monica B. Williams
Exden
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