John Glenn's Orbit Pioneered U S Space Race Narrative
Twenty five years ago John Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth, lifting U S spirits and accelerating the space race with the Soviet Union. The 1961 Mercury effort faced repeated Atlas failures and delays, with ten launch dates scrubbed amid technical problems and storms before Glenn’s historic mission.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
Soviet Union
John Glenn
NASA
Glenn
America
John H. Glenn Jr
Atlantic
Seward Faces Primary Challenge for Clerk Post
Elyria scene covers a May 5 Democratic primary for clerk of municipal court with Richard Seward seeking re election battles vs Shawn Costigan and Thomas Shores plus Democrat Carl Perry challenging Shores. Republican foes include Lee Allen Rowe and Dorothy Essex.
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Scott Sleek
C-T
Elyria
Richard Seward
Dorothy Essex
Shawn J. Costigan
Alex J. Burnett. Seward
Thomas Shores
D-5
Carl Perry
Shores
Perry
Lee Allen Rowe
Disney on Ice Encore Brings Snow White Story to Richfield
Walt Disney World on Ice returns to Richfield Coliseum with an actual plot based on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. CT staff writer Margaret Sabol interviews Snow White and the Hentsman for the cover story.
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Walt Disney
Richfield Coliseum
Snow White and
Seven Dwarfs
Margaret Sabol
the Hentsman
Toronto auto supplier eyes Fisher Guide plant
Wood Bridge Foam Corp a Toronto based auto industry supplier is emerging as a contender in the bid for Fisher Guide operations in Elyria The company reportedly eyes the plant while weighing purchase and maintenance costs and a potential phase out of its small metal stamping production About 600 of the plant's 1800 workers are in that area Major suppliers including Wood Bridge Rockwell ITT Johnson Controls and MASCO Industries are said to be interested The block sale could reach 100 million GM says it wants no part of the plant’s product lines
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Elyria
Wood Bridge Foam Corp
Fisher Guide
Wood Bridge
Charles Overly
Warren, Mich
Don Jack
United States
Roger Briggs
New York
Rockwell International Corp
Wickes Companies Inc
ITT Corp
Johnson Controls Inc
Harvard Industries
Masco Industries
General Motors Corp
Judge Cirigliano files contempt notice over $11000 return
Judge Joseph Cirigliano seeks contempt charges against County Prosecutor Gregory White for refusing to return $11,000 to Mark C. Russo after Russo pled guilty to a felony drug charge. Special counsel Richard D. Panza appointed to prosecute the contempt case. hearing set March 16 before a visiting judge.
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Scott Stephens
0-T
Elyria
Joseph Cirigliano
Gregory White
White
Cleveland
Lorain County
Michael Scherach
Ohio Supreme Court
Cirigliano
Mark C. Russo
Russo
Internal Revenue Service
Sheffield Lake
Extradition hearing set for Fauver suspect in Tucson
Elyria reports a hearing to determine extradition for Richard A. Haynes, 22, accused of murder in Douglas Fauver's stabbing last October. Haynes was arrested in Tucson on burglary charges after using a false name, and Elyria police monitored calls with court approval while awaiting proceedings.
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Elyria
Richard A. Haynes
Tucson
Michael Adkins
Haynes
Douglas Fauver
South Abbe Road
Arizona
Nathan Richard Pack
Adkins
Pima County
Tom Petropoulos
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AP Aerospace
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Conrail
East Bridge Street
Gene Krebs
Seward
James Sprague
Beverly J. Renner
Renner
Michael Keys
Terry Shilling
Wellington
Sam Grilli
Grilli
Colorado
Disney On Ice Today
Toronto
Eyes Fisher Guide
Amy Richards
Gerald M. Smith
Abby
Butler
Brett Butler
Cleveland Indians
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Columbia-Buckeye
Richard Widmark
Fauver
Hollywood
Widmark
Universal Press Syndicate
Jan Morris
O’tooles
St. Martin
Netherlands Antilles
Nancy Bostwick
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