Demise of a council clerk ends Gallo's tenure in Lorain
In Lorain at city hall a packed council meeting ousted Thomas Gallo as council clerk by secret ballot 7 to 5 Arlene Kokinda won the post amid dramatic wires and microphone chaos. Gallo, 45, vowed to stay active in politics while secretary Dorothy Farschman faced job consolidation with Kokinda.
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Gallo
Council
Law
Edward Zaleski
William Parker
Burgett
James Parabek
Arlene Kokinda
Thomas Gallo
Murmer
Dorothy Farschman
Mathna
Kokinda’s
Farschman
Storms paralyze West and Midwest in brutal winter siege
Weakened by a string of damaging storms, the West and Midwest faced floods mudslides and record snows. Amtrak Zephyr derailed near San Francisco Bay injuring twelve. California Marine County declared emergency as the Golden Gate closed. Indiana Wisconsin Illinois Michigan Ohio towns braced for further storms.
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Midwest
California
Amtrak
San Francisco
Chicago
San Francisco Bay
Illinois
Oregon
Portland
Cascade Mountains
Main County
National Guard
Marine County
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Golden Gate Bridge
William Ward
California Emergency Services
Marin County
Wisconsin
Cleveland
Ilinois
Michigan
Indiana
Milwaukee
Lakeview Street
Petaluma
UPI
Great Swami Contest prompts 1982 predictions
Holidays over, readers are urged to submit entries for the first annual Great Swami Contest. Ten questions plus a tie breaker ask for 1982 happenings with entries due by Friday. Prizes include 25 dollars for top predictor, 15 and 10 for runners up, one entry per person.
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Cleveland Browns
Wind Storm Knocks Out Power Across Cleveland Area
A winter thunderstorm unleashed 90 to 100 mph upper level winds and 60 mph surface gusts in Cleveland, causing widespread outages. About 76,100 CEI customers lost power, mainly in western suburbs, with outages also reported in North Olmsted and Lorain County. Some lines snapped and fuses blew as winds whipped lines against each other. Turn to page A-4 for full details.
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Cleveland
Hopkins Airport
North Ridgeville
Elyria
Greater Cleveland
CEI
Jim Francescangeli
Dover Center Road
North Olmsted
Ohio Edison
Lorain County
River Edge
North Ridge Road
James Markel
Taylor Street
Weather outlook and precipitation chances
The forecast calls for an mostly cloudy night with lows near 25. Wednesday will be cloudy with a 20 to 50 percent chance of rain possibly mixed with snow, highs in the upper 30s, details on Page A-3.
Nine year old girl killed by school bus in Westlake
A nine year old girl, Preeti Sandhu, was struck and killed by a school bus on Meadow Lane near Walter Road in Westlake as she and three classmates crossed to board. She died from multiple head and body fractures at St. John and West Shore Hospital. The driver, Patricia Tiedemann of North Olmsted, wept as authorities said the facts would be given to prosecutors.
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Westlake
Meadow Lane
Walter Road
Preeti Sandhu
Surgit
Anoopinder Sandhus
St. John and West Shore Hospital
Preeti
Holly Lane
John Kreps
Patricia Tiedemann
North Olmsted
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Kim Farman
Park’ Ave
Kim
Krebey Smith
Thornwood Blvd
Gene Krebs
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Thme
Mrs. Kokinda
Lorain
United Press International
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Rocco DeLuca
Rhode Island Transportation Department
Vallejo
Calif
Swami
Industry AG
C-T
Bz Editorial
Biz Entertainment
Roger Holmes
Ms. Tiedemann
Holmes
International Harvesters
Ford
Ohio Highway Patrol
Phyllis Casey
St. Bernadette’s Elementary School
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