Moment of quiet sparks mixed reactions on school prayer
Local clergy split on the Supreme Court ruling allowing a moment of quiet in schools. Some praise it as a crumb, others fault secular humanism and favor broader local control, while a few support the decision as preserving constitutional freedoms and keeping prayer out of public schools.
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Supreme Court
Cole Brown
Assembly of God Church
Elyria
Gene Collins
Temple Baptist Church, Elyria
Collins
Washington
Philip Culbertson
Christ Episcopal Church, Oberlin
Culbertson
Richard Barr
First Congregational Church
Jeffrey Cornwell
Pilgrim United Church of Christ
Body claimed to be Mengele found near Sao Paulo
Brazilian federal police say a buried body in Embu near Sao Paulo is 30 percent likely to be Josef Mengele. Police seized documents and a diary from a German couple’s home. Exhumation was discussed with German officials as reports vary on timing and location.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
Romeo Tuma
Josef Mengele
Auschwitz Concentration Camp
Tuma
Mengele
Paris
Serge Klarsfeld
Beate
Klarsfeld
Justice Ministry
Embu
Hertioga
Auschwitz Concentration
West Germany
Die Welt
Bonn
Paraguay
Miss Heather Cassidy Reaches Fifth Round In National Spelling Bee
Lorain’s Heather Cassidy, Chronicle-Telegram champion, advances to the fourth round at the 58th National Spelling Bee before a fifth round showdown. She spells drachma without a definition, after asking for a sentence.
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Washington — Lorain
Heather Cassidy
Heather
Chronicle-Telegram
Alex Cameron
Karen Gielow
St. Peter School
Lorain
South America
Darryl
Robinhood Drive
Bigfoot sighting reported on Antrim Road in Elyria Township
Elyria Township residents report a six foot tall, reddish brown furred creature seen near 6091 Antrim Road. Floyd the German Shepherd alerted to the animal at 1 am while Randy Herring and friends pursued the prowler and found hair fibers on a fence. Deputies investigated twice with no evidence.
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Elyria
Floyd
Randy Herring
Herring
Antrim Road
Lorain County
Sheriff’s Office
John Keaney
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Stan Lehman
Associated Press
Alfredo Stroessner
Mengeile
Uruguay
Joseph Mengele
Angel of Death
Bulletin
Accent
DS Entertainment
Marion L. Steele High School
Kim Harris
Right
Maryan Kollins
Amherst School
Kim
Lloyd Harris
Amherst
Maryan
Demetrios Kollias
Bob Sorino
Bigfoot
Larry Carter
Alice
Randy
Carter
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