Dances Highlight Afro-American Week in Elyria
Afro-American dancers from the Lumumba and Wattoto groups perform at the Elyria YWCA as part of Afro-American Week festivities run by the First Community Interfaith Institute. Events continue through Sunday with a 6 p.m. talk on Jobs in the 80s by Ray L. Little at Kanisa House II. Sunday services follow at Grace Community Church and a communal feast at Kanisa House II.
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Elyria
Grace Community Church
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Lorain
Bernie Noble
Ohio approves tighter amusement ride safety law
Governor Richard Celeste signs a bill to require annual inspections of permanent and portable rides by the Ohio Department of Agriculture with compliance by January 1 1985. The measure creates safety rules an advisory board and penalties for violators, while operators must be at least 16 and owners keep detailed maintenance records.
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Richard Celeste
Ohio Department of Agriculture
Marc Guthrie
D-Hebron
Theater under floor found at fairgrounds
Workers renovating the Cox Fine Arts Building at the Ohio state fairgrounds uncovered a hidden theater beneath a temporary wooden floor. The room, labeled in 1912 blueprints as the film room, likely held 150 to 200 folding chairs. Officials plan to restore it to its original use, though completion before the fair’s opening is uncertain.
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Fair
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Lincoln
Cox
Jacksons Honored for Unity by NAACP in Kansas City
NAACP members praise Michael Jackson and his brothers for exemplary unity at the convention in Kansas City. Michael receives the 1984 Dr. H. Claude Hudson Medal of Freedom as his Victory Tour opens at Arrowhead Stadium. The group, honorary co-chairs of a voter drive, helps register about 800,000 Black voters with a goal of 1 million before November.
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Kansas City, Mo
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Katherine
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Kansas City
Michael
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Arrowhead Stadium
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Tito
America
Civil Rights Organization
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