Sixties radical Toure still a firebrand at Oberlin
Kwame Toure formerly Stokely Carmichael, 47, spoke at Oberlin College in a recruiting tour for the All-African People's Revolutionary Party. He warned that capitalism harms the poor and urged rising student consciousness, citing FBI informants on campuses and recent urban unrest in Miami as examples.
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Carmichael
Black Panther Party
Kwame Toure
All-African People’s Revolutionary Party
Toure
Oberlin College
Oberlin
Finney Chapel
Miami
Eyewitness Testimony in Rivera Murder Trial
An eyewitness testifies that Humberto Rivera sprang on a 4 foot 7 inch dwarf as he tried to rise from a grease slicked floor and stabbed him in the stomach. Rivera, 52, faces murder charges in Lorain County Common Pleas Court before Judge Edward Zaleski.
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Elyria
Larry Crutcher
Humberto
Tito” Rivera
Rivera
Lorain County Common Pleas Court
Edward Zaleski
Humberto Rivera
Witness recaps violent death during Rivera dispute
Eric Anderson testified that on August 17 1988 at the Wilkes Villa Rivera home he saw Tito Rivera Gerry Rivera and Larry Crutcher push shove and struggle. He described Tito grabbing a knife and Larry swinging a skillet leading to Crutcher's fatal stabbing and public collapse. Rivera's attorney argued self defense.
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Eric Anderson
Crutcher
Wilkes Villa
Rivera
Geraldine
Tito
Gerry
Larry
Anderson
Elyria teen's gun death ruled homicide
The Lorain County coroner designated the shooting death of 14 year old Kenneth George Aaron Walls as a homicide. A 16 year old youth who allegedly fired the weapon faces possible charges after a police investigation found Walls was shot inside his home with a stolen .38 caliber handgun.
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Glen Miller
C-T
Elyria
Lorain County
Kenneth George Aaron Walls
Griffith
Walls
Man Killed by Train in Avon Lake Leaves Questions
Bay Village man Sean Patrick O'Reilly, 25, was found on eastbound railroad tracks between Moore Road and Route 83 about 6:30 p.m. He was struck by a train. police chief Richard Hunt said no witnesses exist and the coroner ruled the cause undetermined, though the death is deemed a train strike.
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Avon Lake
Bay Village
Richard Hunt
Sean Patrick O'Reilly
Osborn Road
Moore Road
Route 83
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Robert Thomas
O'Reilly
Waste officials set for Frisco and Dayton trips
The Lorain County Solid Waste Management Policy Committee won approval to send five members to conferences in San Francisco and Dayton to aid planning for a 10 year waste program. Ken Pearce could not attend the San Francisco event. The committee elected Carolyn Watkins chair and Pearce secretary treasurer. An 18 member Technical Advisory Committee was formed to study disposal problems with members ranging from a Browning-Fris Industries official to a recycling advocate. Further member appointments may follow.
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Elyria
Lorain County
San Francisco
Dayton
Ohio
Ken Pearce
Lorain General Health District
Pearce
Lorain woman charged in fatal hit-and-run in Vermilion
Pamela Tucker 22 of Olive Street was charged in Vermilion Municipal Court with leaving the scene after a fatal Feb 4 pedestrian crash on Liberty Avenue. Victim Michael R. Moore 19 died next day. second car involved was not located. Moore’s father Earl Moore noted his son often walked long distances.
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Vermilion
Lorain
Vermilion High School
Pamela Tucker
Olive Street
Vermilion Municipal
Tucker
Michael R. Moore
South Shore Ct
Liberty Avenue
Moore
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Berm
Earl Moore
Baumhart Road
Mayor Olejko Recovering After Knee Replacement Surgery
Columbus mayor Alex Olejko underwent knee joint replacement to treat an infection around the implant. Doctors called the operation a success and he expected to return to Lorain within two weeks after spending time in St Anthony's Hospital in Columbus.
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Columbus
Alex Olejko
Columbus Hospital
Olejko
St Anthony's Hospital
Lorain
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James Burge
Janine Exner
Holly Hall
YWCA
Jeanine Donaldson
Mary Fowler
Elyria Teen
Rodger Griffith
W. 16Th Street
Jeff Mohrman
Pened
Hunt
Frisco
Cindy Leisect
Herbert J. Jacoby
California
Carolyn Watkins
Bruce Brotherton
Browning-Ferris Industries
Mary Beth Derikito
Teen
Lawrence Budd
C.T
G-T
Janina Exner
Keystone High School
Homemakers of America
Leslie Maloney
Brandy Szabo
Lorain County Children’s Fund
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