Snowstorm Halts County as Guard Mobilized in Ohio
A historic 18 hour snow onslaught brings county to a standstill with nearly 16 inches at Hopkins Airport and 14 inches on ground in some areas. Ohio Governor Celeste declares state of emergency as 100 National Guard troops in Lorain County join search and rescue and plowing efforts. Eight weather related deaths reported, Amtrak and Hopkins Airport affected before improvements.
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Cleveland
U.S. Weather Bureau
Hopkins
North Ridgeville
Ray Diederich
Richard Celeste
Ohio
Delta Company
112Th Engineers Battalion
Guard
Raymond Broz
Route 2
Lorain Community Hospital
Cuyahoga County
Brook Park
Southwest General Hospital
Carol Jordan
Carl Barr
Lindberg Blvd
Berea
Amtrak
The Big Push Through Snowbound County Streets
A dozen travelers faced a blizzard on a wiped out Elyria Road stretch between Murray Ridge Road and Route 113. Vehicles stranded, drivers shoveled, and snow plows finally appeared as the county endures a 1984 blizzard dubbed by locals as harsher than the 1978 storm.
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Andrew Zajac
Elyria Road
Murray Ridge Road
Route 113
Leap Year Babies Born Amid Snow Storms in 1960 Lorain County
In 1960 a blizzardish day birthed 17 Leap Year babies in Lorain County. The special group marks birthdays every four years with Feb 28 or Mar 1 as options. Molly Garn Swan, now 24 or 6, vacationing in Florida, recalls the unique attention. Pam Schroff, another 1960 baby, works for the government in Athens, Georgia.
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Lorain County
Molly Garn Swan
Florida
Garn
Molly
Pam Schroff
Athens
Michael Jackson ties record with eight Grammys in Los Angeles
Michael Jackson, 25, won a record eight Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, breaking the previous seven set by Paul Simon in 1970. Sir George Solti also had a big night, claiming four awards for classical conducting.
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Michael Jackson
Los Angeles
Jackson
Paul Simon
George Solti
Cranston quits Hart trounces Mondale in NH
NH Senator Glenn, lagging in polls, says Hart's win reshapes the race and opens the field. Hart’s 40 percent top Mondale’s 29 with Glenn third at 13. Cranston exits after less than 5 percent. Weather: snow flurries, cold with highs near 20s, 70 percent tonight.
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Hart
Mondale
Glenn
Nashua
N.H
John Glenn
Gary Hart
Walter Mondale
Ohio
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
New Hampshire
Gary
Colorado
George McGovern
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Kensington Apartments
Abbe Road
C-T
John G. Kenney
Robert Beard
Monticello Drive
Stanadyne
Chronicle-Telegram
Steve Hagerman
Jean Carlock
South Amherst
Lee Gilkeson
Lorain
Hagerman
Fisher Body
Lowell Street
Campton
Ms. Carlock
Mike Long
Auto Accessories Credit Union
Long
Elyria
Ambherst
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Clarence H. Garn
Michael
Cranston
San Francisco
Gerard Morris
Iowa
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Oberlin
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