Year 1981 recalls: crime waves and factory moves shadow Lorain
The Lorain area faced high unemployment at 16.4 percent in November, with 99 826 in the labor force amid auto layoffs and winter slowdowns. Crime dominated headlines including drug rings, a housing scandal, a fatal holdup, a soldier’s murder for insurance, and Doctor's Clinic closures. Nordson Corp and Ridge Tool announced shifts of operations and headquarters to Westlake as 1982 approached.
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Lorain County
Ohio
Elyrian Richard Marsho
Elyria
Lorain
Sheffield Township
Lawson
Gary Neil
O'Neil
Georgia
Amherst
Kenneth Barnes
Barnes
Leonard Faymore
Faymore
Elyrian Christine Gerhart
Florida
Nordson Corp
Ridge Tool
Westlake
Nordson
Arnold Miller Great Swami Contest Offers 25 Dollar Top Prize
The Chronicle Telegram announces a 1982 prediction contest with prizes of 25, 15, and 10 dollars. Participants mail in forms by Jan 6 and entries are sealed until year end 1982 for a reveal. Separate family entries allowed. Xerox copies banned. CT employees may enter but cannot win.
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Chronicle- Telegram
Don Miller
Don
Miller
Tass denounces Reagan sanctions as blackmail in USSR reaction
Tass in Washington called Reagan sanctions against the Soviet Union blackmail and accused Washington of losing common sense. Tass blamed American imperialism and CIA subversion for Poland’s troubles and dismissed U S protests as futile.
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Moscow
UPI
Tass
Reagan
Soviet Union
Washington
United States
Poland
Afghanistan
Polish People’s Republic
CIA
Oberlin artist Harley preserves Terra Candella stamp kingdom
Oberlin artist Harley creates Terra Candella as a personal micro‑kingdom of stamp art. He displays his tiny realm in the studio and uses stamps with regular postage to trade works with fellow artists worldwide, continuing his lifelong stamp drawing practice.
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Oberlin
Harley
U.S. Postal Service
Dave Zapotosky
Polish Seamen Defect in Canada Amid Regional Turmoil
Seven Polish sailors among a replacement group seek asylum on arrival in Vancouver while eight others announce defection. A further 200 seamen vote on a strike to protest martial law after an airlift brought 64 replacements to Montreal. Twenty of the 57 remaining voyage toward defecting in Vancouver.
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Vancouver
British Columbia
UPI
Canada
Solidarity
Bering Sea
Montreal
Vancover
Pacific
Bonn rejects Reagan sanctions over Poland
West German government spokesman Kurt Becker said Bonn opposes U.S. sanctions on the Soviet Union and rejects outside interference in Poland. He noted West Germany will keep East contacts open and welcomed Deputy Polish Premier Mieczyslaw Rakowski’s Bonn visit as a step to ease Poland news shortages.
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Bonn
West Germany
UPI
Reagan
Soviet Union
Poland
Kurt Becker
Becker
Premer Mieczyslaw Rakowski
U S firms react quietly to Reagan sanctions on Soviet trade
U S and Russian trade curbs cut exports by about 300 million dollars annually. Caterpillar's 90 million dollar pipe laying unit license is suspended as officials say the tough decision aims to pressure Moscow amid international concerns.
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U.S
Reagan
Soviet Union
Bo Denysyk
Trade Administration
Commerce Department
Russia
Peoria
Caterpillar Tractor Co
Richard Kahler
Caterpillar
Washington
Broad St. gunfire wounds two in cafe incident
In Elyria a cafe argument on Broad Street ended with gunfire injuring two men. A 27-year-old Texas man, David Joseph Brown of Houston, was arraigned in Elyria Municipal Court on two counts of felonious assault with bond set at $15,000 per count. He admitted involvement and awaits a Jan 7 preliminary hearing.
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Koohe Mons
Broad Street
Elyria
Texas
Elyria Municipal
David Joseph Brown
Woodchase Road
Houston
Brown
Stephen Nagy
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Weather outlook calls for drizzle to rain Thursday
Tonight mostly cloudy with temperatures in the upper 20s. Thursday remains cloudy with a 50 percent chance of precipitation, possibly starting as snow. Daytime highs reach the low to mid 40s. Forecast details on Page A-3.
Two slain, Samaritan wounded on I-71 in Cleveland
A Brook Park man Raymond Szpak, 22, was wounded after stopping to help two Medina men found fatally shot in a car on Interstate 71 near West 130th Street. The victims were Roney V. Thomas Jr., 24, and Michael Poorman, 25. Police say the assailant knew the victims. Szpak remained hospitalized in satisfactory condition.
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Cleveland
A _ Brook Park
Fairview General Hospital
Raymond Szpak
Interstate 71
W. 130Th Street
Szpak
Roney V. Thomas Jr
Michael Poorman
John Lavelle
W. 150Th Street
Paritas Avenue
Sepak
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Arnold Miller
C-T
Liz Taylor
John Warner
United Press International
Broad St. Barrage
David Knox
Accent On Living
Brook Park
Fairview Hospital
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