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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1979
Page
6
Multiple deaths and funeral notices listed for Wilma Harbaugh, John Doran, Roy Todd, Irene Kobasher, Steve Band, Ralph Burgette, and Frank Uliano. Details cover ages, addresses, spouses, children, church memberships, and funeral arrangements with wake times and burial sites.
Mrs Isabell M McDougall 70 of terain dies. widow Paul and children Eileen Allen Corrine A Terry Gregory survive. Funeral at Burmeister County Line Avon with visiting hours. Roy P 16 of 112 East St Wellington dies. parents Clara Mac Shane Ray R Todd sister Tammy Troy and grandparents survive. services at Norton Funeral Home Wellington with viewing times. Memorials to American Heart Association or First Lutheran Church of Lorain requested.
In memory of Sarah Elizabeth Richardson who passed away March 3 1978. We hold her in our hearts as memories bloom daily in rainbow colors of happiness. She brightened our lives, the Master took her away.
Dorothy J. Crimaldi, 55, was hospitalized with a hip injury and facial cuts after her northbound car failed to stop at Rt 301 and was struck by Edward L. Farnham, 46, eastbound on Rt 18. Passenger Olive L. Remark, 68, received minor injuries. a third driver Olive L. Huddleston, 64, was uninjured.
Elyria dentist Dr. Jay G. Primus will be honored at Friends of Amistad annual dinner March 10 at 6 30 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Elyria Lorain. National leaders Warren Marr IT and Dr. Estemore Wolfe will appear with Tri City chapter officials. Dr Primus, raised in Daytona Beach, has 25 years in practice and serves on church and community boards. Also presenting family documents is Dr. Marvin M. Anderson of Lorain.
Jerome Watkins, 19, indicted by a Cuyahoga County grand jury for aggravated murder and related charges in the death of John T. White Sr. after allegedly taking $60 from two teens to kill their father. The teens face delinquent murder charges. body found Feb. 18.
Silent film star Dolores Costello widow of John Barrymore died after a brief illness at Falbrook Hospital California. She was 73 and had lived on an avocado ranch in San Diego County. Born 1905 in New York City she began as a dancer and moved to Hollywood joining the Barrymore clan in marriage in 1924. She returned to film in early talking pictures then focused on family, later reclaiming the Barrymore name once more.
Avon Lake report corrections state Charles Minnich and Jonathan Kring will face different charges under a plea bar agreement. Kring is charged with failure to obey a law officer, a minor misdemeanor, while Minnich faces obstruction of official business, a more serious misdemeanor after running from an officer.
Police and fire logs from Elyria note multiple incidents. At Sears Roebuck on Midway Mall alarm mis-set. burglaries reported at Burton’s Barber Shop on Cleveland Street, 62 Service Street home, 210 Washington Street, and 356 4th Street with items taken in some. injuries were minimal as a tree collision on Whitman Street caused no injuries. A car and eight track tape player were damaged at Prot Chevrolet, and a Pepsi-Cola truck reported a stolen doll. Firefighters aided a breathing problem victim on East Street and extinguished a dryer fire at Floridian Apartments. A 35 mm camera was stolen in a break-in, and a windshield was broken on Floral Court. Traffic incident noted with a car-truck crash at Clark Street and Lexington Avenue.
Sunday datebook item notes a Hot Stove League turkey shoot from noon to dusk at Palmer Field, off Bainbridge Road. The event invites local shooters for a community gathering with no stated entry fee or prize details.
The Wellington High School honor and merit rolls for the second nine weeks and semester at Lorain County Joint Vocational School list students who excelled. The district acknowledges those named for their achievements in the period.
A Brook Park man and a Middleburg Heights girl were hospitalized after a car went off east of South Boone Road on Rt. 82 and overturned. Daniel J. Mason, 18, driver, and Lori L. Kaye, 16, were treated at Southwest General Hospital. condition not released. Deputy reports say ice on the road caused the loss of control as the car skidded into a ditch.
The Elyria High School French Club holds a dance-a-thon to raise funds for the American Cancer Society on March 17 from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. at the high school.
New London Huron County Common Pleas Judge Robert W. Smith dismissed the New London Police Department officer Robert A. Skillicorn and village officials from a $1.5 million suit tied to the accidental shooting death of Timothy Budd. Skillicorn was present when Budd was killed at police headquarters. The department and village were released on sovereign immunity and workers compensation grounds, leaving Drs Higgins and Said, Leonard Faymore, Eastman Funeral Home, Fisher-Titus Hospital, the New London Clinic, and Smith-Wesson Inc. as remaining defendants. Budd’s widow, Drema, filed the suit.
North Ridgeville police report a 2 a.m. high speed pursuit across four cities ending in Avon Lake when a fleeing car struck a vehicle. A 17-year-old Elyria youth faced reckless operation and failure to yield charges. two others were in custody, with injuries minor to a bystander.
Washington reports that Union Light, Heat and Power Co and Sterling Lighting Division seek Supreme Court relief to block an appeals court ruling allowing damage suits from the Beverly Hills Supper Club fire to proceed in both federal and state courts. The Kentucky tragedy killed 165 and injured 100 on May 28, 1977, with 53 wrongful death and personal injury claims in Campbell County courts. The companies argue duplicative, costly parallel actions and urge dismissal or abstention in federal court pending state proceedings.
An IRS agent living in Strongsville was indicted by a federal grand jury for submitting a fraudulent audit report. Anthony R. Galati, 31, of Bedrock Drive, allegedly reported Garfield Alloys Inc. did not owe taxes after auditing its 1974 returns. A second audit last summer claimed the firm owes over 4000 dollars. the firm denies knowledge of any tax bill. If convicted, Galati faces up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
Medina Post reports two separate Friday accidents claim the lives of 45 year old Lester G. Brown of Litchfield and 17 year old Michael Mills with 15 year old Michael Renner in Wadsworth. Brown died after his pickup overturned on Rt 83 south of the Lorain Medina county line. Mills and Renner died when their car struck a tree on Rt 94 near Rt 18. The toll for Medina County traffic deaths reaches seven this year.
Ohio Auditor Thomas Ferguson urged changing the Ohio Energy Credits Program to deliver direct payments to all elderly and disabled qualifying for winter heating discounts. He said direct payments would avoid issues from utility estimates and adjust charges. The report accompanies legislative debate amid a five percent annual pay raise pact for Amherst School District non-certified staff.
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