Freezing Temperatures Fall Overnight With Warming Expected
Morning readings plummeted to minus one at 2 a.m. with Elyria and North Ridgeville recording subzero temps. Wind chill reached 39 below zero. A warming trend should lift temps to 5 to 10 degrees above zero tonight. NWS predicts 60 percent chance of precipitation, 10 percent tomorrow. Columbia Gas remains cautious on curtailments as cold snap eases. Auto centers report surge in battery sales, with about 30 sold in 90 minutes.
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North Ridgeville
Ray Diederich
National Weather Service
Columbia Gas
Midway Mall
Amtrak 8 Delay Hits Elyria as Train Bypasses City
An Amtrak westbound train failed to arrive in Elyria after a freight derailment rerouted the Lake Shore Limited via Toledo. Eight Elyria passengers waited hours for a bus or train, with six ferried to Cleveland by a local booster. two returned home to fly out. A second derailment in Pennsylvania worsened the day, while Elyria's minimal staffing and limited communications drew calls for a manned station to improve operations.
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Cleveland
Robert Wickens
Steve Jacobson
Oberlin College
Carla Levy
Oberlin
Amtrak Information
Jacobson
Pennsylvania
Wickens
Elyvdla
Penn Central
Trains Crash In Chicago Rush Hour Collision
A crowded Chicago Transit Authority meetup train rammed a halted train during the morning rush, injuring hundreds aboard the two cars. Hospitals treated over 100 passengers with several serious cases. no deaths reported as fire officials assessed the scene on the Northwest Side.
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Chicago
Chicago Transit Authority
Teng Seen as Chou Successor In Chinese Power Shift
Hong Kong report says Chou En-lai's death elevates Teng Hsiao-ping to near top leadership, with Teng already handling major duties since 1974. Chou dies at 78. funeral set for Thursday amid mourning, half-staff flag tribute.
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Chou Ep-lai
China
Teng Hsiao-ping
Teng
Chou
Peking
People’s Republic of China
New China News Agency
Communist Party
Mao Tsetung
Dung
Ford
Chou En-lai
UPI
Prices Dip But Unemployment Stays High in December
Washington AP reports December wholesale farm prices fell 0.4 percent, easing inflation, while the national unemployment rate held at 8.3 percent with 7.8 million jobless. Over 12 months, prices rose 4.2 percent, the smallest annual gain since 1971. The Dow topped 907, and state extended benefit programs faced cuts as 1975 ended with seven million unemployed.
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Labor Department
Chase Manhattan Bank
States
District of Columbia
36 unit on two acres for S Abbe Road apartments
Lorain builder Malcolm K. Matheson plans a 36 unit apartment project on two acres of land on West side of S Abbe Road near University Avenue. The three buildings, each with 12 units, will be 24% stories high and designed for conventional financing. Rents expected between 175 and 225 monthly. Construction to start in early spring with completion targeted by late July or August.
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South Abbe Road
University Avenue
Lorain
Malcolm K. Matheson
Matheson
Brunswick Drive
Planning Commission
Weather Summary From The Local Forecast
Overview: clear and cold tonight with lows near 10. tomorrow will be cloudy and slightly warmer with a chance of snow by night. tomorrow’s high around 14 with a 10 to 30 percent precipitation chance. southerly winds 5 to 10 mph. sunset today 5 16 p m sunrise tomorrow 7 53 a m. high 14 at 2 p m yesterday. low at 2 this morning details on page 20.
Paine's Common Sense Ignites Support for Independence
A Philadelphia pamphlet by new arrival Thomas Paine, a corset-maker by trade, titled Common Sense argues for complete break with England, denouncing monarchy and shifting colonial opinion toward independence.
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Philadelphia
Thomas Paine
England
Nine OSU students escape as fire kills two at fraternity
A three story Alpha Rho Chi house at Ohio State University burned after an initiation. Nine students escaped uninjured including 1974 Elyria High School graduate Sue Grapes. Two residents Vicki Lynn Toms and James N. Mitchell died. 11 were injured, including Mark F. Heinz. the blaze began from a couch ignited by burning toilet paper.
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Columbus
Sue Grapes
Elyria High School
Ohio State University
Miss Grapes
Robert W. Grapes
Cambridge Ave
Alpha Rho Chi
Vicki Lynn Toms
Farmersville
Alpha Riko Chi
Othc State University
Tuhalske death ruled heart failure amid dialysis delay
Herbert Tuhalske, a Cleveland bound Elyria dialysis patient, died of heart failure after missing dialysis during Christmas week. He had received treatment the prior week but went five days without it, ending Sunday, four days after a December 27 reschedule for an acute patient. Funeral held in Elyria.
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Herbert ‘Tuhalske
Elyria
Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Tuholske
Elyria Memorial
EMH
Robert Olesen
Elvrra
Elvrra Memorial
Curtis-Scheuffler Funeral Home
Oxford House Hotel Scarlet Letter mix up to 4200 guests
A mistaken mailing from the Oxford House Hotel in Chicago and southwest suburbs sent a personal letter to about 4000 residents, announcing renovations and new management. The error caused heavy calls to the switchboard as recipients saw their names in greetings and a paragraph about being valued guests.
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Oxford House
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By Paul Schroeder
Chronicle-Telegram Bureau
Deck Murray
Dent Council
National Honor Society
Lorain County
The
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
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Mikie Sherman
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