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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1984
Page
2
The Chicago courtroom will hear a case arising from a cab ride involving Phil Thompson and a Nigerian driver named Felix. Miscommunication over routes led to shifting destinations, irritation, and escalating tension during a Sunday outing from Milwaukee back to Chicago.
Mike Royko recounts a Chicago cab ride gone wrong as a cab driver speeds through LaSalle Street at 60 mph, runs red lights, and is pursued by police. A passenger fights to take control, the driver bites off a finger, and officers force the car to stop. The stranger later sues the Nigerian cab company and calls for stricter cab rules to prevent drivers from harming passengers.
Keystone High School teacher Karen Sprague was named 1983 84 Teacher of the Year for the Keystone schools. The honor followed the Teacher of the Month program tied to Ohio's Year of Educational Excellence for All with local merchants financing gift certificates for winners.
Lorain parks and recreation subcommittee meets to plan spending 170000 for phase one of Veterans Memorial Park. federal block grants total 105000 from 1982 83 plus 65000 from federal jobs bill, with 150000 matching funds possibly financing remaining work. council members fault delays and veteran group for funding misperceptions. options include finishing underground work water pit concrete and adding sidewalks.
Vermilion filed a Lorain County Common Pleas case against Edgewater Properties and former owner Joseph Molesky seeking demolition of a vacant commercial building near 310 Helen Drive. City cites natural deterioration and buckled walls creating a nuisance endangering nearby residents. Judge Joseph Ciriglia assigned.
Purse wallet bike and other items reported stolen from multiple addresses including Ohio Broad Cornell Obo. Windell B Chatin 41 arrested at Sours Midway Mall for two counts of grand theft by misuse of credit cards. Lockout at Candor Arms. Man found dead at Hawthorne likely natural causes. Cable down at Sir Garfield. Tool thefts at two East Avenue apartments. Drug Mart glass damage and explosives suspects reported.
Grafton Cable plans service to parts of LaGrange Township this fall. Areas include Route 303 west to Whitehead Road and surrounding roads. Trustees set July 9 for public hearing on the 1985 budget and will open road work bids the same evening.
Cincinnati authorities report that no bond was granted Monday for David J. Miller, a former Milan man connected to an $80 million marijuana distribution ring. Miller and his wife Mary Lee appeared before U.S. District Court Judge Carl Rubin. her bond was set at $500,000 with 20 percent cash. The Millers, arrested last week in the Netherlands, fled after federal indictments two years ago and are being held in Middletown City Jail.
Amherst Law Director Thomas Sanborn announced a negotiated plan with the state pension board letting 13 volunteer firemen stay in the pension system until December 31 1984. They must choose whether to join PERS, form a private plan, or sue to contest termination.
Sheffield Village council shelved plans to add a 30 by 50 foot police housing extension at Colorado Avenue and East River Road due to budget shortfalls. Mayor Len Pando favored the addition but opposed a larger new village hall project, leaving architect hiring and resurfacing decisions unsettled as costs rose from 54 000 to 82 000 for road work.
South Amherst residents oppose the proposed consolidation of South Amherst and Firelands districts with a 7 p.m. meeting at the American Legion Hall led by Diane Gremba. The South Amherst Education Information Committee meets at 7:30 in a closed session to plan a community survey and will collect questions via local boxes at six locations.
Safety Service Director Joe Kohart presented a 47 street list compiled by Street Department foreman Elmer Bado, detailing worst segments across wards. He urged top priority reconstruction of main thoroughfares and a yearly resurfacing program with all work completed by October 1.
Former Ohio State representative J. Leonard Camera is named chairman of Democrat Robert Gary's Lorain County prosecutor campaign. Gary, Lorain attorney, won the May 8 Democratic primary and will face Republican incumbent Gregory White in November. Camera said he accepted to support an experienced prosecutor facing a tough contest.
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