12 Dec 1977
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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1977
Page
1
In Erie Pennsylvania Raymond Ferritto sits in a 1973 Plymouth given months earlier by Pasquale Butchie Cisternino. The car is parked for when Greene acts, barring unforeseen events like a battery.
Ohio sees a warm up with highs near 30 a day, then 40s tomorrow as clouds and winds persist. Snow and ice ease but some roads stay slick in spots while showers are possible. Lady Spencer Churchill dies at 92 in London after a heart attack.
A power surge knocked out electricity to The Chronicle-Telegram's type setting computers, delaying today's paper. Officials warn readers not to blame staff’s careers and pledge to fix electronic editing and production issues promptly.
Nine Democrats sworn in December will form Elyria’s largest council majority, signaling a peak for the party. Republicans Frederick and Brewer join later, marking a GOP low. Democrats won 9 of 11 seats, all four at large, reshaping the 1979 mayoral race dynamics amid Elyria’s financial saga.
McKiel, 21, was ordered returned to Mansfield Reformatory to finish a 1 to 10 year drug sentence after a Toledo judge denied his bid to change his guilty plea and set aside the sentence. The decision also addressed claims of attorney conflict and alleged promises of freedom.
Donald M. Webber, 20, of Elyria, died after attempting to assist a woman at Pecora's Lounge on Clark Street. Police report he was held by one man while another stabbed him, dying at Elyria Memorial Hospital at 7:40 a.m. Three Lorain County men, Carl Perry 25 Paul Jones 25 and Richard Forgues 27, were charged with aggravated murder and remained at large. Webber, a General Motors employee and Elyria High School 1975 graduate, survived by his parents and several siblings. Funeral arrangements set at Reichlin Funeral Home and St Jude Church.
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