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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1999
Page
1
Today’s WINDOW highlights three Sundays profiling Black figures who overcame racism to build careers and find their place in society. The final segment spotlights retired Judge John Howard and Freddie Springfield.
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Western nations extend the Kosovo deadline to 3 p.m. Tuesday after seven hours of talks with Slobodan Milosevic’s Yugoslav government. Britain and France reported substantial movement but no pact, while U.S. Albright blamed Serbs for blocking peacekeeping troops. NATO air strikes looming if no deal by the noon Saturday deadline.
Wilford Berry Jr faces execution as public defenders challenge Ohio’s use of capital punishment for the first time in 36 years. Opponents warn the outcome could shift public opinion, while supporters and officials argue for upholding the sentence. The case raises questions about competence, appeals, and clemency at the state level.
In February 1984 Ronald Ray Post was convicted of aggravated murder and robbery in the Slumber Inn killing of Helen Vantz, a 53 year old Elyria motel clerk. He pleaded no contest and faced a death sentence, while Wilford Lee Berry Jr. became Ohio’s first execution since 1963, signaling capital punishment’s return in the state.
William Vantz of Lorain has followed the case of Ronald Ray Post, convicted in 1984 of killing his 53 year old mother at a Elyria motel. He hopes Wilford Berry Jr.’s Friday execution advances justice and delivers closure for his family amid Ohio’s return to capital punishment after 1963.
AAA Ohio reports average self serve regular unleaded at 87 cents per gallon across 60 stations in northeast Ohio, the lowest in 11 years. Oberlin sees stations at 74 to 75 cents, while officials credit weak crude demand, high output, and mild weather for the drop.
Film critic Gene Siskel, famed for thumbs up and thumbs down with Roger Ebert on television, died Saturday. He had brain surgery in May and had paused work to recuperate. he died at Evanston Hospital near Chicago. Ebert mourned the loss and recalled their long friendship and rivalry. Siskel reviewed films for the Chicago Tribune and appeared on CBS This Morning and WBBM-TV.
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