Fire devastates Copper Kettle Marina injuring three and destroying 140 boats
A major fire at Copper Kettle Marina in Lorain, fueled by fiberglass and resins, injured three people including a man in serious condition and destroyed about 140 boats. Damage estimates reach up to six million dollars as crews battled the blaze into the night.
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Lorain
Copper Kettle Marina
Joseph Pribanic
David Dorner
Cleveland
Cleveland Metropolitan Hospital
Kenneth Dorner
Lorain Community Hospital
Iran airliner shot down by U S navy cruiser details emerge
The Pentagon says the Iranian airliner used an electronic code mimicking an F-14 while broadcasting a common civilian/military channel. Captain Rogers cites the signal as a major factor in the Vincennes firing two missiles, killing 290 aboard amid conflicting altitude reports from USS Vincennes, USS Sides, and Dubai tower.
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Washington
Pentagon
Dan Howard
Uss
Vincennes
William C. Rogers II
Strait of Hormuz
Lorain official pleads guilty to misdemeanor theft charges
Elyria prosecutors angered by a plea bargain in which Kirk Grantham a longtime city sanitation head admitted using a city landfill to dump trash from his private hauling business. Grantham received a suspended one year jail term and a 500 dollar fine. White said he will renew investigations.
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Elyria
Lorain County
Gregory White
Kirk Grantham
Grantham
Ultra light crash kills Elyria man on Ohio Turnpike
A 68 year old Elyria man, Hugh Opdyke of Bonair Avenue, died after his 40 horsepower ultra light plane crashed into a car on the Ohio Turnpike near Ohio 83. Driver Kelli Steinhoff and passenger Laurie J Bush suffered minor injuries and were treated at Elyria Memorial Hospital. The plane, with a 24 foot wingspan, had taken off from Thibo’s Greenhouse shortly before the 640 pm collision.
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North Ridgeville
Elyria
Hugh Opdyke
Bonair Ave
Kelli
Thibo
Ohio 83
Tribe gets even with double dip win over A’s
Outside Tonight, mostly clear with low 60s. Thursday brings mostly sunny heat and record temperatures, with highs around the mid 90s. Details on Page A-3.
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Arthur Marsh
Anthony Volak
Volak
Alex Oljeko
Richard Yepko
Pribanic
Marina
West Erie Ave
West Erie Avenue
Kolbe Road
Baumhart
Kolbe Roads
Don Chutes Jr
Don Chutes Sr
Chutes
Copper Kettle
C-T
Hope Kinchen
Hope Kincher
Meese
U.S
Edwin Meese III
Iran
By Mark Thompson
Knight-Ridder Newspapers
Howard
Sides
Time
Dubai
White
By Scott Stephens
Police
Elyrian
Cindy Lessect
Steinhoff
Cavalier
Cindy Leise
Ohio Turnpike
NEA
Dr. Gott
Abby
Eva Er EY
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