Warm weather follows weekend storm with widespread outages
Warm temperatures are expected to continue after a weekend storm that caused scattered power outages and damage across Cuyahoga Lorain Lake Geauga and Ashtabula counties. About 75 CEI repair crews worked from 11 p.m. Saturday to daylight Sunday restoring power to tens of thousands, while Ohio Edison crews addressed additional outages. Local damage included downed lines and a damaged sign in Lorain and possible tornado reports in Seneca Crawford counties.
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Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co
Cuyahoga
Lorain
Lake
Geauga
Ashtabula
Ohio Edison
CEI
James Markle
Lake Erie
Ohio Edison Company
Berlin Heights
Markle
Markel
Mason Road
Birmingham
Vermilion River Road
East Bridge Street
Elyria
Joseph Zahoree
Hart's Jewelry Company
Broadway
10Th
Seneca
Crawford
National Weather Service
Oceula
Avon Lake
Clague
Oberlin
John Roher
Morgan Street
South Street
Plains States
Two arrested as Vermilion violence erupts in truckers protest
Vermilion police arrested Jan Molnar and Wendell Brelisch after they ignored a no-flare order during a truckers protest that sparked scattered violence across Ohio. The episode followed an overnight shutdown push with similar incidents in Akron Warren Youngstown and East Liverpool as factions debated government proposals.
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Vermilion
Jan Molnar
Lincoln St
Lorain
Wendell Brelisch
Wakeman
East Liverpool
Ohio - West Virginia
Willard Police Chief Fryman resigns for economic reasons
Police Chief Jack Fryman resigns from Willard after 12 years at the helm, accepting a sales promotion post with an undisclosed national company. His departure takes effect Friday. Fryman, 42, cites economic compensation as not matching his service. City Manager Orenie will oversee vacancy with a board to screen candidates. an interim chief remains possible. Fryman faced business criticism over the May 1973 tornado handling.
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Willard
Jack Fryman
Fryman
Toledo
Michael Orenie
Orenie
Amherst shopping plaza plans move toward final OK
Amherst planning commission approved 5 million shopping center plans on Cooper Foster Park Road with final city council approval anticipated tonight. Developer Hoy Shaffer outlined corrected plans after earlier city checks and signed contracts with K Mart Discount Stores and other tenants for the south end. easterly section to follow. Shaffer noted access roads and a turning lane will be built, with variances needed from the board of zoning appeals for signs. He criticized the city as the strictest he has worked with in his career.
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Amherst
Cooper Foster Park Road
Planning Commission
Hoy Shaffer
Shaffer
Commission
Robert Oring
K Mart Discount Discount
Fisher-Fazio-Costa Supermarkets
Revco Discount
Cooper Foster Park
Amherst Board of Zoning Appeals
Norwalk Fire Damages Home From Malfunctioning Heater
A fire at 179 Whittlesey Ave in Norwalk caused about 12000 dollars in damage when a gas heater malfunction sparked a blaze. Elderly resident Mrs. Gilbert Frey inhaled smoke and was treated by her doctor after neighbors evacuated her from the bedroom as Fire Department crews responded with 13 men and three trucks.
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Norwalk
Whittlesey Ave
Gilbert Frey
Bronzeville Mayor Ida Madison Wins NAACP Contest
Ida Madison of 1621 West Ave wins the Bronzeville Mayor contest sponsored by the Elyria NAACP chapter defeating incumbent Willie Porter of 555 Walnut St. She receives a plaque, a trophy, and an expense paid trip to New Orleans to attend the NAACP national convention the week of July 1. The event at Second Baptist Church of Elyria supported defense funds for the NAACP and Madison will be inaugurated at the Mayor of Bronzeville Inaugural Ball at Holiday Inn on Feb 23. Votes tallied by dollars raised.
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Ida Madison
West Ave
Bronzeville
Elyria
The
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Madison
Willie Porter
Walnut St
Chapman
Second Baptist Church of
NAACP
Chapmian
Holiday Inn
Isaac C. Chapman
Second Suspect Pleads Today In Hooker Killings
Jere D. Crawford of New London is expected to enter a plea today in Ashland County Common Pleas court on aggravated murder charges in the Jan 18 killings of brothers Joseph and Edward Hooker. His co defendant Thomas J. Hedges of Indianapolis pleaded innocent Friday. about $4,400 was missing and robbery appears the motive. Both suspects held without bond in Ashland County Jail.
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Ashland
Jere D. Crawford
Joseph
Edward Hooker
Ashland County Common Pleas Court
Crawford
New London
Thomas J. Hedges
Indianapolis
Robert Let
Hedges
Lutz-Oxley
Hooker
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Youngstown
Ohio
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Council of Independent Truckers
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Interstate Commerce Commission
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al Davis
Lorain-Elyria Owners Drivers Club
George Ryan
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Washington
Barberton High School
By Mike Casey
Amherst OK
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Charles Conney
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