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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1978
Page
5
Motel and hotel owners on Elvis Presley Boulevard report rooms already booked for August 16 the one year anniversary of Elvis Presley death at 42 Memphis Area Chamber of Commerce officials predict citywide lodging will be filled during the anniversary week Presley died of heart disease last August also noted.
The forecast calls for a cool night with temperatures near 60 degrees and partly cloudy conditions. Saturday will be partly cloudy with highs in the low to mid 80s and a 20 percent chance of precipitation. Winds remain light and variable under 10 mph tonight.
The forecast for Lake Erie calls for showers and a chance of thunderstorms, gradually clearing to partly cloudy skies later today. Highs near 80, tonight and Saturday lows around 60 with Saturday highs in the low 80s. Probability of precipitation around 20 percent tonight and Saturday. Northwest winds about 10 mph this afternoon, variable 10 mph or less tonight.
Ernest R. Reese of Wayne was fined 500 dollars and had his license suspended 30 days for DUI. Douglas Canada of Oberlin and Gary Roth of North Olmsted were each fined 350 dollars for reduced charges of physical control while intoxicated, with Canada also receiving 26 days in jail.
Locally heavy rain and thunderstorms threatened floods in multiple areas. Northeastern Ohio faced a heavy rain warning for flooded roads while a special marine warning was issued for Lake Erie. A flash flood warning also went into effect for the Davis Mountains in southwest Texas with heavy rain and pea sized hail. Scattered showers occurred in northern New York and northwest New England as well as the lower Ohio Valley.
A traffic accident prompted a 1.4 million lawsuit in Lorain County common pleas court. Plaintiff Robert R Brock of Amherst sues Rodney Bowling over injuries as a passenger in Bowling’s car when it hit a utility pole on Broadway in Lorain on October 18 1975. The claim includes 300 000 for Brock’s wife Joyce.
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