Tokyo Bay jet plunge kills 24 crashes near Haneda
A Japan Air Lines DC-8 carrying 174 people plunged into Tokyo Bay 350 yards from the Haneda runway, killing 24 and injuring 77 seriously. Survivors and rescuers searched the wreckage as the nose section remained submerged, while the pilot and crew survived. Police recovered the flight recorder before nightfall, cause unknown.
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Tokyo
UPI
Japan Air Lines
Tokyo Bay
Toshisuke Uemura
Haneda
Winter Storm Threatens New Snow and Deep Freeze
Elyria weather notes a relentless Arctic pattern with 2 to 4 more inches of snow today and a drop to near 0 or below tonight. A 10 to 15 mph NW wind drives wind chills from -15 to -36 while roads stay slick and a travel advisory remains in effect. A minor injury accident on Rt 2 near Vermilion is reported as vehicles struggle on the ice. Details on Page A-3.
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Ray Diederich
North Ridgeville
Penny O'Keefe
Vermilion
Rt. 2
Rt. 57
Middle Ridge Road
Lorain Community Hospital
Ridgeville to vote on 4.59 mill bond for French Creek system
North Ridgeville council moved to place a June 4.59 mill bond on the ballot to buy the French Creek Sewage Treatment System. Bonds would fund $5.895 million to acquire the system with Avon and Sheffield Village contracts, after consulting bond counsel and an EPA based user charge plan.
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North Ridgeville
French Creek
Wayne Kuhn
McDonald and Company
David Rowlinson
Squire, Sanders and Dempsey
Ohio Water Development Authority
City
OWDA
Kuhn
Council
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Lion
Avon
Sheffield Village
Elyria police report shows burglary rise and assault drop in 1981
The Elyria Police Department's 1981 annual report notes a 17 percent rise in burglaries to 1308 with only 24 percent solved, 18 rapes, 1559 thefts, and a 31 percent drop in assaults to 179 with 97 percent solved. Traffic accidents rose to 1744 but injuries fell 20 percent. Understaffing remains a major issue.
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Elyria
Warner
Colleges push to cut ties with risky student loans
Lorain County Community College's Paul Boguski backs federal limits on new National Direct Student Loans after the college reports a 25 percent NDSL delinquency rate and notes it stopped lending in 1975. Baldwin Wallace College president Edwin Below cites bipartisan concerns and recalls BW’s 16 percent default, now down to 11 percent.
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Lorain County Community College
Paul Boguski
LCCC
Boguski
NDSL
Edwin G. Below
Baldwin-Wallace College
Ohio Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators
B-W
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Eriko Ito
Ito
Juuroo Iwashita
Ohio Highway Patrol
National Weather Service
Elyria Township
C-T
John Kenney
French Creek Purchase
Ridgeville
Earl Bell
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