Cities save salt bucks Winter '84 recall cold snap
A weather retrospective notes frozen pipes, outages, and frostbite from a harsh Christmas period. It contrasts last year's record lows of 19 below and 8 below with this year's much milder temps in the 40s and 50s, forecasting a return to normal by New Year's Eve and light snow chances.
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Night cools as clouds linger over city
Weather outlook says cloudy tonight with a low in the upper 40s and a 20 percent chance of rain. Friday remains mostly cloudy with a high in the upper 50s and a 40 percent shower risk. Mike Royko notes Cubs fans upset over a minor dispute about night games while U.S. traffic deaths rise as driving increases. Doonesbury also referenced.
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Mertz hearing near Court cannot order new vote
Ohio judges face three options in contested elections per 1983 Westerville ruling. The case involved malfunctioning precincts and a council seat, guiding how courts may declare a winner, call a tie, or void an election, but not order a new election. Mertz seeks to overturn a 213 vote loss amid alleged irregularities. a visiting judge will hear next week.
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High Court
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Westerville
Floyd D. Harris
Lorain County Common Pleas Court
Mertz
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Visasui Mahony
Robert E. Holmes
Common Pleas Court
New executive visits newsroom as old guard watches
The new, well-dressed visitor with a $400 suit arrives to meet the Publisher, unsettling Kelsey who clings to old tech and routines. The office holiday slowdown persists as newsmen, including a wary Kelsey, observe the intruder’s brisk, commanding entrance and unspecified agenda.
Lorain official weighs possible conflict over Broadway Building deal
Lorain County Prosecutor Greg White planned to discuss a potential conflict of interest with Commissioner Fred Ritenauer over bond financing for the Broadway Building. Developer Carl Gumina denied any conflict, noting his son and Ritenauer’s son are involved in related real estate dealings and that votes still passed without him.
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Fred Ritenauer
Carl Gumina
White
State Ethics Commission
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Commission
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Broadway
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John Ritenauer
Development Corporation
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