Reagan Gorbachev greet New Year amid arms talks optimism
President Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev shared hopeful New Year greetings pledging to press toward a second arms control treaty within six months. Reagan Wants Star Wars while aiming for a spring summit in Moscow and a possible treaty signing in the first half of 1988.
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Mud Bowl marks 50th Elyria winter softball classic
The 50th Mud Bowl on New Year’s Day featured the 38 Club defeating Bittner DeCarlo Lau Benthal 19 to 7 at Hamilton field. The event traces to 1937 when John and Paul Fritz started the tradition after challenging Clem Monske’s Bittner DeCarlo team, cementing one of Elyria’s oldest sporting rituals with multiple generations involved.
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Fake abduction reported as school friend prank in Elyria
Elyria Shupp 19 staged a pretend kidnapping with cousins Ted Stephens and Chris Hunt making it appear as if a gunpoint abduction occurred at Elyria Savings Bank. Police traced the license to Stephens and learned the ordeal was a joke with no real danger.
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Ducks Averted Rescue On Frozen Coe Lake In Berea
A New Year’s Day call from a frightened woman sent Berea police and firefighters to Coe Lake where two ducks were trapped on ice. Firefighters planned to melt the ice with a deck gun but a police officer reportedly broke the ice with rocks, and the ducks were able to move on their own or were freed by this effort.
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Nabakowski Recovers After Heart Bypass Surgery
Nabakowski, 45, director of the Ohio Lottery Commission, is recovering at the Cleveland Clinic after six hours of heart bypass surgery. His son Rob Nabakowski reports he is doing well and expected to be moved from intensive care to a step down unit with visitors allowed later today.
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