Bible reading marathon battles rain at city hall site
A 76 hour Bicentennial Bible reading at Elyria’s old city hall on Court Street proceeds under steady drizzle. The Ely Park denial prompted use of the city hall entrance, with about 40 churches supplying readers and 4 July finish planned.
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Bill Archer
New Life Baptist Church
Old City Hall
Court Street
Elyria Park
Ely Park
City Hall
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Parks and Recreation Board
Archer
Marguerite Bowman
Coroner rules Vermilion woman strangled before being thrown
Lorain County Coroner William Kishman ruled Carol M. Baker was strangled before her body was dropped from an overpass onto Rt. 2. The 20 year old Vermilion resident left a Vermilion tavern shortly before her death. He noted neck markings indicating manual strangulation and cited a beaded necklace found at the overpass as key evidence.
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Lorain County
William Kishman
Carol M. Baker
Kishman
Moss Baker
West River Road
Malinovsky
Balloonist Thames Rescued in Good Condition Near Bermuda
UPI reports balloonist Thames, aiming to cross the Atlantic by balloon, was recovered in good condition by a Soviet ship about 318 miles northeast of Bermuda. Coast Guard said the vessel picked up Thames Wednesday night and reported his condition as good.
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UPI
Karl Thomas
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Coast Guard
Thames
Abe
Lorain crowns International Queen at Catholic High pageant
Lorain’s Lorain Catholic High School hosted last night’s pageant crowning 18 year old Josephine Maffei queen of the year. She represents Italian nationality among 32 contestants from 19 nations with runners up Linda Mueller German Croatia Toni Michalle and Cheryl Gorenshek as Miss Congeniality from Slovenian community.
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Josephine Maffei
Lorain Catholic High School
Miss Maffei
Joseph Maffei
Allison Ave
Linda Mueller
William Mueller
Colgate Ave
Elyra
Toni Michalle
William Mihalic
Edgewood Dr
Cheryl Gorenshek
E. 36Th St
John Fazio
Slain informant identified in Lorain murder case
The bound and decomposed body of a young woman found in a wooded area near Lorain is tentatively identified as 16 or 18 year old Carlisa Robbins of Sheffield Township, an informant for MEG. Coroner Kishman rules death a murder by strangulation. fingerprint results awaited.
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Tentaively
Sheffield
Lorain County
Carlisa Robbins
Olive St
Sheffield Township
Supreme Court rules against spousal and parental abortion consent
The court held states cannot require a husband’s consent or parental consent for an abortion on a teen under 18 while upholding the woman’s written consent. It struck down Missouri provisions on parental and spousal consent and parts about preservation of fetal life, but kept reporting requirements and viability definition.
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Washington
Supreme Court
States
Missouri
Warren E. Burger
Byron R. White
William H. Rehnquest
John Paul Stevens
Lawyer accused of double crossing in bomb case
In Cleveland a Covington woman testified that Orville E. Stifel II's attorney leaked confidential FBI material to publicize a courtroom memoir. The grant of information related to a 1968 Lorain mail bomb that killed a teacher and injured Daniel Ronec, a case now linked with a lawsuit by Stifel’s parents against his lawyer. Virginia Dahl, fiancée of Hopkins’s client, testified that Hopkins urged arrest of Stifel and shared the file with FBI agents.
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Lorain
Covington, Ky
Orville E. Stifel II
Daniel J. Ronec
West 2Nd St
Ronec
Stifel
Cuyahoga
Hopkins
Weather forecast for today and tomorrow
Cloudy and cool with lows around 50 tonight and highs in the low to mid 70s tomorrow. A 20 percent chance of rain tonight rising to 30 percent tomorrow. Sunrise at 5 57 a m and sunset at 9 65 p m. Highway 73 noted at 2 18 p m yesterday with a low of 57 at 7 a m today. Lake claims skydiver 9 years after escape.
Independence Resolve Debated as Congress Considers Break
Two centuries ago on June 7 to July 1, 1776, Continental Congress debated Lee's resolution for independence. John Dickinson urged caution while Adams urged action, and Caesar Rodney's ride would decide the tie before nine colonies voted yea to cross the Rubicon.
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Continental Congress
Richard Henry Lee
Virginia
Caesar Rodney
New York
Britain
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Tennion
Edward Rutledge
U S quits Davis Cup play in protest
London AP reports the United States withdrew from both the Davis Cup competition and the Davis Cup organization over the failure to sanction nations pulling out for political reasons. Britain and France also pulled out of the 1977 competition but did not resign from the organization.
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United States
Britain
France
Robby Punches Toledo Pitcher In Exhibition Game
In a rare on-field incident during an exhibition game Cleveland Indians manager Frank Robinson struck Toledo farm club pitcher Bob Reynolds amid a tense moment last night. The altercation sparked brief confrontation before benches cleared.
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Cleveland Indians
Frank Robinson
Bob Reynolds
Tribe
Toledo
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