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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1998
Page
1
The Lorain celebration begins Friday as the 22nd International Festival launches citywide. Organizers expect local residents and visitors to explore cultural exhibits, food vendors, and performances from diverse groups, highlighting global traditions in a single weekend event.
Thousands of people celebrate at the 41st annual Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York waving flags and joining in a festive street scene. The event highlights cultural pride with broad public participation.
Jonathan Rosenbaum Cleveland county's chief assistant prosecutor filed a defamation suit in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court seeking 150000 from The Chronicle Telegram and former columnist Pauli Facinelli. Facinelli had sued Rosenbaum May 11 alleging defamation over articles about a Head Start bus driver and a person charged with child molestation. Andrew Young defended the paper's reporting as aimed at transparency.
A garbled chronology tracks Facinelli and Rosenbaum over the Head Start case with awards, letters, lawsuits, and counter suits from 1997 to 1998. Jonathan Rosenbaum, county prosecutor, seeks revocation of Facinelli’s award. Facinelli sues, The Chronicle fires him, and Rosenbaum counters.
Six Ridge Tool Co employees in Elyria win $800,000 in the Ohio Lottery Million Dollar A Month Give Away. A validated $300,000 ticket, bought at a Fuel Mart on 4935 W Erie Ave, was confirmed by lottery staff. Federal and state taxes apply. The winners planned to return with colleagues by limousine.
Michael Jordan again delivered a clutch finale for Chicago at the Delta Center. With Utah leading 86 85 in the final seconds, he stole from Karl Malone and hit a game winning jumper with 5.2 seconds left, finishing with 45 points as the Bulls won 87 86 to claim another championship and MVP honors.
Oklahoma suffered four tornadoes that damaged at least 50 homes and businesses and injured 20 people, including 17 at a theme park off Interstate 35. No deaths were reported as Gov. Keating noted the lack of major injuries but extensive destruction across a 10 mile swath in the northern area of Oklahoma City.
Jim Kastro, executive director of Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio, says the new Amherst facility, at 13,000 square feet with tripled freeze space, allows bulk donations. The capital campaign, started in November 1991, aims for 750000 dollars. about 30000 dollars short. Most donations come from corporate foundations and communities.
In a Richmond high school hallway during final exams, a history teacher and basketball coach Gregory Carter, 45, was shot in the abdomen while a female staff member, 74, sustained a grazing wound. Two suspects were taken into custody as police investigated the incident at Armstrong High School on the city’s east end.
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