Hostage recounts 12 hours aboard hijacked flight 847
Agnes Leber described the terror and emotional roller coaster of being held hostage on the TWA flight 847 hijacking, including the moment a grenade appeared and the fear of imminent death. She and 25 others were released in Algiers after 12 hours, then returned to Boston.
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Logan Airport
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Providence Journal
Scripps Howard News Service
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Greek singer freed as hijackers threaten Beirut airport
Demis Roussos and two other hostages were released at a Beirut news conference by Shiite militants. About 30 Americans remain scattered in Beirut. Hijackers demand release of 700 Shiite prisoners and threaten to destroy the airport control tower if further demands aren’t met.
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Lebanon
Demis Roussos
TWA
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Spain
U.S. State Department
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an-Nahar
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Elyria youth recounts Lake Erie boat capsizing ordeal
Elyria teen Matt Basinski and Stacey McKenzie describe their near-drowning when a 16 foot catamaran capsized about three miles from Sheffield Lake. Coast Guard searched by plane and boat, both were rescued by 7 p.m. and towed to shore. Basinski plans to attend John Carroll University this fall.
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Lake Erie
Matt Basinski
Basinski
Sheffield Lake
Columbus St
Stacey McKenzie
Lake Road
Stacey
Coast Guard
Elyria Catholic High School
John Carroll University
David Basinski
Ridgeville weighs million for prison sewer line
North Ridgeville agrees to up to 1 million toward an 85 mile sewer extension to the new state prison near Grafton. Total project cost ~3.2 million with state agencies covering the rest. city would seek a negotiated rate to generate about 905000 over 20 years to retire debt.
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Grafton
Floyd Peace
Ridgeville
Chris Costin
Prison
Eaton Estates
Weather update shows showers possible overnight
Outside Tonight remains partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and a low around 50. Wednesday forecasts similar conditions with a chance of showers. details continue on Page A-3.
Johnson escapes during arraignment in Lorain chase
Wayne Allen Johnson bolted from Municipal Court before bond was set on charges of aggravated burglary robbery and cocaine possession. A large pursuit by 22 officers and a harbor patrol member followed to streets and a gas station where a van driver aided. Johnson hid under a mattress in a garage at 1119 West Fifth Street before vanishing near Firelands Retirement Center.
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Wayne Allen Johnson
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Fifth St
Eartte
Michael Camera
Paul Timko
Timothy Gerek
Red Head
Washington and
West Erie
Gerek
Shawn Layton
Layton
Firelands Retirement Center
Elyria physician Dr Raymond Novatney dies at 79
Dr Raymond Novatney, a longtime Elyria physician with 51 years of practice, has died at age 79. The obituary notes his medical career and local service.
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Raymond Novatney
Elyria
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