Keeping warm in bitter cold prompts daily survival tips
Residents share ways to cope with zero and extreme wind chill. Nate Nickson endures with three pants, scarf, socks, and boots. Janet Wright favors brisk walks while staying mostly indoors. Robert Claar adds a heavy coat and movement. Eddy Joswig keeps walking, while others stay inside or layer up. Karen Paloveik offers no special routine.
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Woodford Ave
Janet Wright
River St
Robert Claar
Second St
Schools cope and hope amid extreme cold and gas cuts
School officials urge sweaters and classroom conservation as frigid weather and gas shortages strain districts in Lorain, Cuyahoga, and Huron counties. Reopened Lorain schools contrast with others still closed. some use fuel oil, plastic over windows, and window insulation while all show ers are off in Midview.
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Norwalk
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Lake Ridge Academy
Charles Nunley
Midview
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South Amherst
Bruce Boehler
Weather Outlook With Snow Chance and Cold
Chance of snow increases as clouds persist tonight with temperatures near zero. Tomorrow remains cloudy with a chance of snow in the afternoon and highs around 22. South winds around 10 mph tonight. Sunrise 7 33 a m Sunset 3 19 p m. Yesterday’s low and high recorded near freezing. Details on Page A 9.
Vermilion residents brave cold on way to music lessons
Vermilion figures crowded streets as families, including 6 year old David Lessing and mother Bonnie, head to Driscol Music Co at 349 Broad St for lessons. Quotes show varied reactions to the cold with bundled apparel and a playful exchange about winter wear.
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School board bids up June bond vote for five schools
Elyria School Board offers a bare bones bond plan to voters in June to raise 2.4 million for improvements at five schools. The measure would retire bonds over several years funded by a half mill, a reduced rate after a county reappraisal that boosts property values. Officials say the plan imposes no new taxes while reclaiming a half mill previously cut.
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Elyria
Thomas Showalter
Lorain County
Julian Pijor
Pijor
Woman 77 found dead near burned home in Monroeville
Coroner tentatively rules accidental death by exposure near a charred shack on Peru Center Road. Sophia Zielinski, 77, was found barefoot in light clothing beside boards and a pet cat corpse. Investigators say her kerosene stove and cans were nearby with no phone or helpers on site.
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Monroeville
Sophia Zielinski
Peru Center Road
Noame
Miss Zelinsky
Huron County
William Holman
Ziwinski
Holman
Perry
Shent
Rhodes pledges no new taxes and balanced budget
Gov James A. Rhodes declared in a State of the State address that Ohio will have a balanced budget with no new taxes. He urged lawmakers to reveal the cost of every bill, forecast higher General Fund revenues, and proposed boosts to public schools, colleges, mental health, student loans, and senior services, plus motor vehicle modernization.
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UPI
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Ohio General Assembly
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General Assembly
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Rhodes pledges BMW revamp and anti fraud drive
Gov James A. Rhodes announced a plan to revamp Ohio's scandal plagued Bureau of Motor Vehicles with computerization and new reforms. He said the budget would fund modernization without new taxes while vowing continued anti fraud efforts in state government and other reforms evident after recent management changes.
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Workmens’ Compensation
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Radican warns officials of ongoing financial crisis
Auditor Radican says he repeatedly warned officials about a looming financial crisis before a city finance committee meeting. He claims the administration ignored early signals while expenditures grew and all parties tolerated risky budgeting practices.
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Nance Committee
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