Lorain Shooting Suspect Faces Nine Charges
Walter Layne, 49, of Oberlin Road, is hospitalized in guarded condition after an exchange of gunfire with Lorain police. Officers Ronald Rakich and Michael Yuhas were wounded, with Layne charged with nine counts including shooting to kill and assaulting an officer. Detectives traced the incident to a Washington Avenue area call and a pursuit ending near Falbo Avenue.
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Lorain
Amherst Township
St. Joseph
Walter Layne
Oberlin Rd
Elyria
Layne
Ptl
Michael Yuhas
Beavercrest Dr
Yuhas
Washington Avenue
Rakich
Airport land deal links McCray to 93 acre transfer
The Elyria Chronicle-Telegram reports that Airport Authority President J William McCray acknowledged a lawyerly role in a 93 acre land transfer tied to the proposed super airport. McCray signed as secretary of Economy Cleaners Inc on July 11 1968 transferring land from Herbert and Helen Stang priced at 1000 per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Economy Cleaners, Inc
Herbert
Helen Stang
Murray Ridge Road
McCray
Controversy Over Murray Ridge Road Farm Sale Draws Airport Tie
Stang, owner of a 93 acre farm on Murray Ridge Road, contests a land sale to a local corporation tied to the airport project. He alleges he signed as an officer and will lease land back, while McCray and Bidinger claim ownership through a corporate arrangement. The farm lies near proposed super port boundaries, with related transfers and plans prompting further land deals in the area.
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Stang
Murray Ridge Road
Chronicle-Telegram
Ray A. Bidinger
Elyria
Richard Laux
McCray
Harvey H. Welton
Welton
Airport Authority
Russia Road
Harry Horvitz
Shaker Heights
Bidinger
Douglas Wolfe
Wolfe
Charges Filed in Fatal Homicide by Vehicle
Avon Lake prosecutors filed homicide by vehicle in the second degree against Janet Prowant 4469 East Lake Rd driver of the car in which John James Bailey 4469 East Lake Rd Sheffield Lake man died Sunday night. Bailey died at Lorain St Joseph Hospital at 9 50 p m after the car struck a tree at Fay Avenue and Lake Road. Prowant and her three children escaped serious injury.
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Avon Lake
John Pincura
Janet Provant
East Lake Rd
Sheffield Lake
John James Bailey
Lorain St. Joseph Hospital
Prowant
Fay Avenue
Lake Road
Heart transplant survivor story and cancer research ties
Sunday preview highlights Dr Philip Blaiberg alive a year and 10 days after a heart transplant. It notes 97 transplants last year with 45 survivors and reports on potential cancer control advances from tissue rejection research. Also mentions Ginger Rogers in Mame in London and Joan Hampshire overcoming handicap as a star.
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Philip Blaiberg
Chronicle Telegram
Ginger Rogers
London
England
Joan Hampshire
Vermilion Tot Killed by Train at Crossing
Dawn Walker two years old of 5769 West Ohio Street was struck and killed by a westbound Norfolk and Western train at the Decatur Street crossing. Police say she rolled off a sled being pulled by her mother across the track at 11:11 am. The child was pronounced dead and moved to Wireland Funeral Home in Huron.
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Dawn Walker
West
Ohio St
Oda Walker
Decatur Street
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Dawn
Yvonne
J. R. Dickas
Liberty Ave
Wireland Funeral Home
Huron
Lorain Officers Shot In Family Trouble Call
Lorain Police Chief John Malinovsky called the shooting of two officers an once in 10000 event while noting they had just responded to a family trouble call. Sgt. Daniel Turcus said Walter Layne’s long range gun fight with Ptl. Louis Rosa beyond 50 yards rendered a shotgun ineffective. Glenn Layne testified her husband faced psychiatric court action in Oberlin and had skipped a sentencing appearance.
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Washington Ave
Bernard Freeman
Freeman
Glenna Laynes
Layne
Rakich
Yuhas
Ptl
Louis Rosa
East 28Th Street
Pearl Avenue
Kosa
John Szabo
James Border
Long Ave
Faldo Avenue
Tve
Dave
Mike
Rosa
Glenys Layne
Oberlin Road
Walter
Pikeville
Lon B. Adams
Lorain
John Malinoviksy
Malinovsky
Glenn Layne
Oberlin Municipal Court
Oberlin
Daniel Turcus
Walter Layne
Pol
Turcus
Village water dept ends year in black report
A brief district line item notes SPENCER VILLAGE water department closes the year with a surplus. The report highlights improved efficiency and budgeting success for the fiscal year ending.
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Spencer — Village Water Dept
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William F. Naegele
David Rakich
West 28Th St
James Parobek
Parobek
Central Drive
Layne Auto
Ed Bober
South Central Dr
Wood Avenue
West 29Th Street
West 30Th Street
Theresa Avenue
Falbo Avenue
Ment
Lorain Works
U.S. Steel Corp
United Steel Workers Local 1104
George Pashkevich
Blood Bank
John Repko
Latain
George Zolnai
Gerald Palermo
C-T
Roy Briggs
J. William McCray
Lorain County
Lsted
Norge
Cleveland Road
Cleveland Street
Russia Township
Thomas T. Clark
Bechtel and
Albrecht Roads
Wilford Whites
el Salvador
Women’s Pages
Embree Hoffman
Columbia
Newton Rechorst
Epcangea
Stp
Eeats
North Ridgeville
Sheffield
Wellington
Grafton
Pete Page
Aclee Les Entertainment
Ae Finance
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