Santa Claus toy trends shift toward rockets and Star Wars
In Santa Claus Indiana eighty four year old Jim Yellig who greets children for decades says this year kids request rocket ships airplanes race cars sewing machines microwaves and Star Wars toys with girls favoring flying toys and microwaves. He notes biblical names rising and mentions kids' kindness and a rare complaint about past gifts.
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Santa Claus, Ind
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Jim Yellig
Yeunig
Mr Claus
Yellig
Jonathan
Mark
Adam
Cleveland Council to weigh Kucinich plan on tax and plant sale
Cleveland City Council prepared for a special session to vote on Mayor Kucinichs compromise to resolve the citys fiscal crisis after a default on 155 million in bank notes. The plan asks residents to decide on selling the Municipal Light Plant to CEI and on a 0.5 percent city income tax hike. The banks hope the compromise yields a viable financial plan.
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Dennis Kucinich
George Forbes
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Kucinich
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CEI
Avon Baby Born In Car En Route To Hospital
Avon police officer Roy Dreger and his wife Karen welcomed their son James Brandon Dreger in the family car at 11 pm after real labor pains began. Volunteer firefighter Tom Strader delivered the eight pound five ounce baby in the car near the Avon United Methodist Church.
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Avon
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Avon United Methodist Church
Detroit Road
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Tom Strader
Avon Fire Station
Record Warmth Tests December 1967 Benchmark in North Ridgeville
A warm spell pushed temperatures toward a December 1967 high with Columbia Gas Service Center reporting 60 degrees at 7:15 PM Wednesday. National Weather Service observer Ray Diederich logged 55 degrees as the day's high, tempering hopes for a new local record. Overnight temps near 30 degrees and a late wind-down bring snow flurries to a brief finish, with partial clearing and Friday's approach of mid to upper 30s.
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North Ridgeville
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Hijacking Reported on TWA DC 9 After St Louis Start
An 83 people aboard Trans World Airlines DC 9 flight 541 were reportedly hijacked shortly after departing St Louis. FAA spokesman John Leyden said a woman aboard announced the hijack as the plane left the airport. Details were not immediately available as the flight continued en route from Louisville to Kansas City with a stop in St Louis.
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County valuations rise 2.2 percent for 1979 tax bills
Loram County reports total real estate and public utility valuations at 16 billion, up 35.65 million or 22 percent. County Auditor Julian A Pijor announced the new rates Wednesday, affecting 1979 real estate tax bills. Rates by districts show increases in 30 districts, decreases in 21, and no change in 30.
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Loram County
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New county tax schedule set with payment deadlines
County Treasurer J Grant Keys announced the tax schedule with bills due without penalty by mid month. Valuations total 1,653,233,857 dollars and expected collections around 56 million for the year, distributed to county, townships, schools and municipalities. The average district tax rate runs 57.48 mills, up from 56.25 mills in 1978, with 1 mill yielding 1 dollar per 1,000 dollars of valuation and allocations including county use, Golden Acres, Lorain County Community College, metropolitan park, children's services, mental health, mentally retarded, TBC line and anti drug enforcement.
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Midview
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Henrietta Township
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Nuntington Township
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Lagrange Village
Taran City
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Wellington
Russia Township
Keystone L&d
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Berlin
CSD IA
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Field Township
Clearview
Train City
Lorath City
Sheffield
Sufffield Village
Wellington Township
Wellington Village
Elyria
Ahierst
Keystone Isd
Tragic Western Spain Bus Train Crash Kills 20 Children
A train collided with a school bus at an unguarded crossing in Salamanca Province, tearing the bus apart and hurling debris up to 200 yards. Twenty children died, fourteen were critically injured, and one remained missing. About 60 children aged 6 to 14 were aboard en route to San Esteban regional school in Munoz.
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Munoz
Spain
UPI
Salamanca
San Esteban
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