Traffic Toll Heads For Record Holiday Fatalities
National Safety Council warns Christmas travel could exceed the all time highway death record as motorists rush to celebrate. 269 deaths on the holiday period start, California leading states with 31 fatalities, pace expected to rise with homeward travel.
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Warm Weekend Forecast Brightens Ohio Holiday Outlook
United Press International reports a mild warm spell in Ohio after a mostly white Christmas. Temperatures are expected to reach the high 30s to low 40s with snow cover melting in the north and minimal disruption to travel as roads stay clear. A light snow flurry is possible next week in the northern states while Ohio enjoys brighter skies and continued mild air.
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Aunt Mary and Doll Celebrate 86th Christmas Birthday
Miss Mary Wimmers of West Ridge Road marks 86th Christmas and birthday with a hand carved wax Nativity doll, a gift from her father’s sister, a Poor Clare nun. The fragile keepsake, received on her birth day, is central to her year end celebrations and remains largely intact despite a minor arm break years ago. Aunt Mary lives with her niece, Mrs. Harrison Peters, in Elyria.
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Two Killed In Rt 611 Crash East Of Sheffield
Lorain County reports two dead and two others critically hurt in a head on collision on Route 611 east of Harris Road Sheffield. Dexter Walker 32 of Avon driven car and Mrs May Israel 52 of Philadelphia died in the crash. Jack Israel 50 and Paul Israel 13 suffered multiple injuries and were listed in poor condition at St Joseph Hospital Lorain.
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Oberlin
Avon
De Gaulle Keeps Cabinet Closed Amid French Devaluation Talks
Paris reports no market activity as France studies devaluation plans. Premier De Gaulle, meeting with inner circles, orders a temporary cabinet pause to prevent panic while assessing fiscal decisions. In Lorain area, a car collision claimed two lives and left several injured amid a holiday toll.
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Atlas Silent On Holiday As Satellite Maintains Course
Washington reports Atlas 4% ton satellite stayed silent Christmas Day as it passed over the Holy Land and officials expect a return to communications soon. A Defense Department spokesman said the space vehicle did not transmit to ground radio or teletype despite its historic mission.
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Akron stores burn in midnight blaze.
A Christmas Day fire caused about 20000 dollars in damages to a children's apparel shop and adjoining stores at a Norton Center shopping center. Firemen from Norton Center and nearby Akron Barberton and Copley fought the blaze aided by river equipment. The fire started in a children's shop and also damaged a dress shop and a variety store as investigators sought the cause.
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Youth Drowns After Ice Breaks Near Marblehead
Marblehead James House, 18, drowns when an ice crossing from Catawba Point to Put-In-Bay breaks under him. Companion Charles Kindt, 25, escapes but cannot rescue the youth. Coast Guard found no body after 2:45 am search. Kindt aided by locals and reported no injuries.
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Compromise Possible Plea Seen In Gromyko Speech
Western diplomats interpret Gromyko Christmas Day remarks as a potential opening for a Berlin settlement through a round table with the major powers. He warned of Sarajevo like catastrophe if no talks occur and offered to sign a nuclear test ban with the United States and Britain without conditions, though Western officials see this as reiteration of a rejected plan. In other news, a four alarm fire in Windsor Farms Richmond killed five people including three children at the Georgian mansion of Horace A Gray Jr. The blaze trapped a family on the second floor and firefighters faced gate obstructions and a narrow courtyard access.
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Christmas Day Auto Crash Ends in Death of Carl A Myers
Carl A Myers 51 of 611 Fast Barlow Rd Hudson died in Elyria Memorial Hospital at 9 05 p m three hours after his car left Rt 303 struck a brick wall and abutment in Belden State Police said he suffered a skull fracture but the Lorain County coroner listed death from a coronary occlusion Myers a former Lorain County resident was an American Motors salesman He leaves a wife Thelma a son Gary four daughters and several siblings Burial is planned in LaGrange cemetery with services tentatively set for Sunday
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Sharon Center
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Westlake
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Leon Speake
Johnson Funeral Home
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Gromyko Offers Limited Nuclear Tests for Peaceful Use
Rosss foreign minister, speaking for the Soviet Union, proposed a limited number of nuclear tests for peaceful purposes within a general ban, provided Soviet tests match the US and UK combined. He urged pre agreed annual explosion limits and warned elites against spying on Soviet arsenals. He linked disarmament to an immediate scrapping of arms once Western powers sign a treaty. An East-West conference on test bans remains deadlocked after five weeks. a resumed, half day schedule is set for next week.
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Deaths ruled murder suicide in Mansfield family trage dy
Coast Guardsman Terence E. Wolf 18 returns home for Christmas to find parents Elvin 46 and Mary Catherine 42 and sister Nancy 12 shot dead. Dr Donald Adair acting coroner says Mrs Wolf killed her husband and daughter then killed herself. Wolf found the bodies on Christmas Eve after a five day leave from Charlevoix Coast Guard station.
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Wanted Solves College Car Run Chronicle Classified Ad
Virginia University bans freshman cars prompting a first year student to advertise for a bicycle built for two. The Chronicle Telegram urges readers that Wanted to Buy ads solve buying needs and offers quick, inexpensive classifieds.
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