Courageous Kids Face Burns With Special Masks
Two Westlake siblings Lisa 8 and John 3 wear pressure garments and masks after a camping accident left them with second and third degree burns. They continue therapy at Metropolitan General Hospital and face a year of facial masks to minimize scarring while returning to school and activities.
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Westlake
Simul
Taxa
John Feeko
Toni Feeko
Columbia Rd
Lisa
John
Metropolitan General Hospital
Canal Fulton
Mousetrap at Amherst Workshop Players Opens in Town
Kevyn Gauman plays an eccentric young architect in Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap, as Evelyn Witham looks on. Harvey Alford cautions the morbid humor as a group in a country guest house encounters a murderer. The play, billed as the world’s longest running show, just marked its 25th London anniversary.
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London
Dave Zapatosky
Columbia Gas strategy used to win higher rates
Columbia Gas of Ohio pursued a divide and conquer strategy to secure higher rate increases by negotiating individually with 62 communities. Consumers' counsel William A. Spratley cited rate variations up to 42 dollars per 15 000 cubic feet and noted the utility relies on a home rate provision to bypass the Public Utilities Commission. He urged communities to unite for a system-wide deal.
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Columbia Gas
Ohio
William A. Spratley
Columbia
Spratley
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Consumers’ Counsel
East Ohio Gas Co
Cincinnati Gas
Sudden Warm Spell Grabs City Then Frost Returns
By Leon Rubin, morning saw springlike temperatures near 60 degrees before a sharp fall. By 11 14 a.m. readings dropped to 43 degrees as an intense low pressure system moved in.
Weather turns wintry with snow flurries and plunging temperatures
Snow flurries and strong winds sweep across the region as a cold front arrives tonight and tomorrow. Lows dip to the upper 20s to 30s, with highs in the upper 30s or low 40s, and a 50 to 60 percent chance of precipitation. Record-approaching readings were possible earlier, while waves up to 12 feet threaten Lake levels under gale conditions.
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North Ridgeville
Ray Diederich
Diederich
Lake the
Elyria
Wrights father charged with harboring fugitive linked to 1976 escape
Denzil Wright, owner of a North Ridgeville service station, was arrested by FBI agents and charged with harboring his fugitive son Richard Wright, who escaped Mansfield Reformatory in March 1976 and later abducted Linda Sharpe. The elder Wright allegedly bought a car for him and asked the previous owner to lie. The case involves falsified names and addresses used by the younger Wright.
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Richard A. Wright
Mansfield Reformatory
Denzil KR Wright
North Ridgeville
FBI
Wright
Loram Rd
North Olmsted
Richard Wright
Tarpon Springs
Fla
Widdleburg Heights
Linda Sharpe
Joseph & Griffin Jr
Cleveland
Wrightt
Hiscape
Miss Sharpe
George Mitchell Lewis
Ronald Drive
Donald Willams
Cornell Blvd
Williams
Italian TV strip quiz sparks protests in Turin
A late night Italian quiz show featuring a clothed female striptease has drawn feminist and industrial opposition in Turin. Critics say secretaries and clerks pose as workers while appearing as performers, fueling absenteeism at Fiat and other plants.
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Turin
Italy
Gaul
Fiat
Papp Returns to Jail for New Rape Murder Trial
Slim, shorn and silent Tim Papp arrived at Lorain County jail after a long ride from Columbus, facing a new trial for the Roxie Keathley case. He offered little beyond brief responses as deputies processed him, placed in a single cell, and moved to a holding pattern ahead of proceedings noted on A-4.
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AL Manuf
Timothy Papp
Lorain County
Roxie Ann Keathley
Tim Papp
Papp
Thomas Kraft
Kraft
Correctional Medical and Receptor Center
Columbus
Paul Stavesky
Countywide speed survey shows more drivers in a hurry
Ohio DOT studies found Lorain County drivers exceed 55 mph at 58 percent, higher than the state average. At Route 18 near Penfield Township the mean speed hit 57 mph, with fluctuations noted across three annual surveys.
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Lorain County
Ohio
Ohio Department of Transportation
DOT
South Carolina
Delaware
Long
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