PUCO to hold fact finding on Elyria phone service woes
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio plans a February end hearing in Elyria to air grievances about local telephone service after Invacare Corp filed suit seeking an investigation of Elyria Telephone Co and parent Alltel Communications. Local business leaders seek a PACO study as Invokeares says service delays, high costs, and disconnections persist despite a digital switch.
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Elyria
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
PUCO
Thomas V. Chema
Invacare Corp
Elyria Telephone Co
Hudson
Alltel Communications Corp
Invacare
Michael Keys
PACO
Chema
Lorain County
Big-name firms eye Fisher Guide plant buyers list
General Motors seeks buyers for Fisher Guide operations with Rockwell International Wickes Companies ITT Corp among seven named prospects. Woodbridge and Johnson Controls tours planned. Baker declines confirming dates. Rockwell Wickes ITT are major auto suppliers with varied product lines and large sales.
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Elyria
Rockwell International Corp
Wickes Companies Inc
ITT Corp
General Motors Corp
Rockwell
Wickes
ITT
Woodbridge Foam
Johnson Controls Inc
Harvard Industries
MASCO
Larry 0. Baker
Woodbridge
Johnson Controls
Milwaukee
Wis
Sports Illustrated issue features Ozzie Newsome Browns cover
Elyria reports a Browns centered SI edition with Ozzie Newsome on the cover and a Browns story inside. A special run of 12,000 copies will reach northern Ohio stands starting Thursday, priced at $2.25, far above the normal 1,200 weekly regional copies.
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Elyria
Sports Illustrated
Ozzie Newsome
Cleveland Browns
Sports Ilustrated
George R
Klein News Co
Cleveland
Ohio
Eddie’s Cigar
TV Week Debuts Friday With TV Guide Tone
The CT introduces TV Week a new Friday magazine to be found inside the CT each Friday. Betty Gabrielli contributes a piece titled Consuming Passions in the food and kitchens department while a weather tease notes seasonal chill with highs in the 30s and lows in the 20s.
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TV Week
Food & Kitchens
Betty Gabrielli
Priest
Lorain boy dies in attic fire on Brownell Avenue
A four year old Lorain boy named Aaron Kozlowski died when a fire trapped him in a third floor attic on Brownell Avenue while his mother Vicki and brother Justin escaped. Firemen said a cigarette lighter used on attic stairs ignited papers. Rescue squadsmen carried the body from the scene at night. In Cleveland a woman and two children also died in a house fire.
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Elyrian Daniel Pennington
Lorain
Brownell Avenue
Aaron Kozlowski
Vicki
Justin
Aaron
Cleveland
Sue Cross
Federal official extends lakefront hotel decision deadline
A federal extension moves the decision on the lakefront hotel project to February 7 after Deputy Secretary Gilliam warned of cutting a $14 million UDAG grant. Council members criticize the pressure as abuse of power and question who directed the threats, while the city weighs the project despite earlier bonds rejection. The UDAG funding remains available, pending the new date, as officials clarify the situation.
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Lorain
Mary Jo Cook
DuBois Gilliam
Gilliam
Cook
Alex Ojejko
HUD
Prudoff
Council
Earle Bruce to stay at Ohio State amid Arizona offers
Reported decisions place Ohio State coach Earle Bruce firmly at OSU after turning down interest from Arizona. The page note confirms Bruce will continue leading the Buckeyes, avoiding a transition to the Wildcats despite external bidding.
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Ohio State
Earle Bruce
OSU
Arizona
Reichlin Back at Clinic for Neck Artery Operation
Cleveland Lorain County Commissioner Leonard Reichlin was to have another operation at the Cleveland Clinic to open a partially blocked neck artery. He had a triple bypass at the Clinic on October 30 after a stress test indicated the bypass was needed first.
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Cleveland
Lorain County
Leonard Reichlin
Cleveland Clinic
Reichlin
Oberlin controller ranks soar in FAA hiring push
Oberlin Air Route Traffic Control center has expanded its controller staff to 400 with 337 certified, following a national FAA hiring campaign and cross-option transfers. About 35 FAA academy recruits joined since October, and 20 more moved from other centers under the program. The move aims to lift the national workforce toward 15,000 by year end as Congress approved 777 million dollars for 1986-87.
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Oberlin Air Route Traffic Control Center
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Oklahoma City
Oberlin Center
Don Enders
Congressional
Enders
Congress
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Commerce and Industry Association
Gordon Gatien
Elyria Telephone
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Keys
Mixon
Fisher Guide
Salomon Brothers Inc
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Pittsburgh
Rockwell Manufac
Tures
Lear Siegler Inc
New York City
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Wizard of Aahs
George Verban
Abby Oberlis
Lorain Boy
Ken Gottlieb
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UDAG
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Oberlin Controller
Reagan
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