Fourth of July Meaning Varies Among Local Residents
The Chronicle Telegram queried Elyria Brook Park and nearby residents about what Independence Day means. Veterans like Louis Muro emphasize patriotism and sacrifices in France, while mayors Keys and Coyne stress independence and freedom. New Americans like Betty Salopek and Una McManus see citizenship and opportunity as central, with many valuing family gatherings and national ideals.
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United States of America
Chronicle-Telegram
Elyria
Michael Keys
Keys
Thomas J. Coyne Jr
Brook Park
Louis Muro
Una McManus
Ireland
University of Akron
Ms. McManus
America
England
Scandinavia
Statue of Responsibility for the West Coast proposal
A columnist imagines a Statue of Responsibility to balance the Statue of Liberty. The piece riffs on freedom and civic duty citing a high school pregnancy case and a Supreme Court ruling, suggesting a future West Coast monument and the hurdles of organizing it.
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Xenia
National Honor Society
Supreme Court
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Japan
Elyria Distance Classic Set for Sesquicentennial Showdown
The 6th annual Chronicle-Telegram Jaycees 6.2 mile race returns August 7 from Lorain County Community College through Gulf Abbe Road in Elyria. Ron Rick aims for a rare threepeat as the race expands prize money and draws 700 plus runners. The event opens with a 1 mile family fun run and features new and old coordinators including LOCC, Jaycees, and the Lorain County Road Runners.
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Ron Rick
Elyria
Rick
Chronicle-Telegram/Jaycees
Lorain County Community College
Gulf-Abbe Road
Jaycees
Jayceettes
Lorain County
Mark Pogachar
North Olmsted
Rocky River
Mike Foley
Elyria Catholic
Wake Forest
Weather outlook with heat and storms across the day
Outside is partly cloudy warm and humid with scattered afternoon thunderstorms. Highs reach 90 to 95. Tonight remains warm and humid with scattered showers and storms. Early details show temperatures around 92 to 97 with a 40 percent rain chance today and tonight. Details on Page A-3.
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Leweb Dees
Pan Am Hijackers Arrested in Cuba After Flight 378
A Pan Am Boeing 727 carrying 61 people was hijacked to Havana by two men who threatened with a gas bottle and lighter. Cuban police arrested the hijackers Angel Martinez and Omar Merida. the flight returned to Miami after about 3% hours. No injuries reported and this marked the fifth such Cuba hijacking in nine weeks.
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Pan Am
Cuba
Miami
Havana
FBI
Orlando
Jose Marti International
Jim Freeman
Freeman
Angel Martinez
Omar Merida
Gyackers
FAA
Jack Barker
Yezid Delacuesta
Delacuesta
South Florida
Gas Flaring Fire Shocks Tampa Supermarket Crowd
A man entered a Tampa supermarket Saturday night and sprayed gasoline, ignited it, causing an explosion that injured several and killed a woman and her child at the front of the store. The assailant fled the scene and remained at large. Sheriff officials described witnesses as hearing a bomblike blast as shoppers fled toward the rear of the store.
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Tampa
Fla
Harvey Hunter
Hillsborough County Sheriff's Department
NAR
Hunter
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Gloria Irwin
C-T
France
Veter
Elyrian
Fred Saluga
Corregidor Island
Elyrian Christine Moran
Amy Beth Sandt
Berea
Baldwin-Wallace College
Cleveland
United States
Betty Salopek
Lakewood
Yugoslavia
Dick Feagler
Locc’s
Mr. Running
Jack Wilhelm
Genenemone
AGS
Ua Cis Tavien
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