Water safety debate in Lorain County amid Great Lakes pollution report
Local officials defend Lorain County water as safe despite a US Canada study warning of elevated toxin risks in the Great Lakes region. Avon Lake and Rural Lorain County Water Authority leaders say treatment and monitoring prove drinking water is safe, while a National Research Council Royal Society of Canada panel urges more pollution reduction.
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Oberlin Tightens South Africa Divestment Policy
Oberlin College trustees will stop buying stock in firms selling to South African military police or energy agencies and will sell current holdings in companies tied to apartheid. The move intensifies a year long selective divestment aimed at pressuring Pretoria. A student group seeks full divestment of about 25 million dollars in South Africa related holdings.
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Oberlin College
South Africa
Affantad
South African Armaments Development and Production Corp
South African Coal, Oil and Gas Corp
South African Nuclear Corp
Robert Haslan
Haslan
Charges dropped in United Way pledge card fuss
Elyria Police Lt. Larry Witt saw departmental charges dropped over failing to distribute United Way pledge cards to his night shift. A committee found questions about his understanding of orders and timeliness on related duties but did not call for discipline. Chief Griffith noted prior late duties, and suggested future pledge card handling changes.
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Elyria
Larry Witt
United Way
Rodger Griffith
Griffith
Witt
Ex-bouncer also guilty Lorain lawyer gets 3-15 for role in cocaine plot
Lorain County attorney James J. Anadell, 35, pleaded guilty to a second-degree felony count of aggravated drug trafficking tied to a Florida cocaine buy and transfer scheme. He received 3 to 15 years with a mandatory three-year minimum, stayed until Feb. 20 for execution. Other defendants, including Beverly Revercomb and McElyn, Smith, Johnson, face related charges.
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Lorain County
Lorain
James J. Anadell
Florida
Alan Revercomb
Bevercomb
Diamond Dog
James W. McElyn
Oberlin
Joseph T. Smith
Joe Johnson
North Ridgeville
Anadell
Robert Baskin
Baskin
Chillicothe
Lyle Castle
Batavia
Holiday Inn
Route 57
Peggy Goldwater Dies at 76 in Phoenix Hospital
Margaret Peggy Goldwater wife of Sen. Barry Goldwater of Arizona died today in a Phoenix hospital from complications after surgery and leg amputation. She was 76. AP report notes her longtime support of her husband during his political career.
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Peggy” Goldwater
Barry Goldwater
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Phoenix
Inside A sugar free Santa Part 3 of the CTs special Christmas series
Part three of a holiday feature continues the CTs Christmas series focusing on a sugar free Santa. The piece explores how the character adapts to a demand for healthier treats and the community response to the holiday theme.
Winter storm watch with mixed precipitation forecast
Weather report notes rain changing to sleet and freezing rain then snow. Temperatures drop to 30s, with a low around 30 to 35. Thursday cloudy with a chance of snow flurries, highs in the mid 30s. Rain chances are about 80 percent tonight and 40 percent Thursday.
Put Someone under your Christmas Tree
Lorain County dating service advertises guaranteed matches since 1962. The notice provides a P.O. box in Elyria for inquiries and registration details.
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Lorain County
Ohio leads in prison overcrowding and underfunding
Ohio holds 161 percent of prison capacity at the start of 1985 with high inmate totals and low per prisoner spending. The report notes a high incarceration rate, scarce rehabilitation, and a pattern of releasing undertrained prisoners amid rising national imprisonment and growing overcrowding.
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U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics
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Whey Gas Boor
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