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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1987
Page
1
The Herald of Free Enterprise capsized near Zeebrugge as it left harbor bound for Dover with 543 aboard. At least 48 dead and more than 200 trapped in darkness, survivors describe the panic and water flooding the cafeteria.
The Black River Chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America plans an independent water study of the Republic Steel quarry on West River Road South in Elyria. Federal officials consider the site hazardous and a dispute between EPA and the city delays a formal clean up, prompting a possible legal action. They seek a state permit for the study and a public meeting on health risks.
A Michigan mother Violet Meek 57 of Erie and her son William Meek 36 of Monroe claimed the third of three jackpot shares in Ohio's 27.7 million Super Lotto. The winning numbers were 1 5 19 23 25 28 and the tickets were validated Friday morning.
The forecast shows sunny to mostly sunny skies with highs around 65 to 70 degrees. Cooler lake side temperatures and a potential drop late Sunday hint at a cooler end to the weekend.
It was 66 degrees Friday and may hit 70 today as spring moods lift residents in North Ridgeville. A 1973 record high of 72 stands, but most locals enjoy strolling, porch-sitting, and dog walking. Temperatures run about 25 degrees above normal according to the National Weather Service.
Robert Snider, a 13 year old seventh grader from St. Mary School Elyria, won the Chronicle Telegraph South District Spelling Bee at Langston Middle School Oberlin spelling fragmentize to claim the title over 40 competitors from multiple area schools. He pursued a college scholarship and credits reading as a key aid while 30 minutes daily study with his mother helped him triumph. The event drew 41 spellers in the seventh and eighth grade pool amid a field of entrants from Elyria Columbia Station Grafton LaGrange New London North Ridgeville Oberlin and Wellington. The final rounds pitted Snider against two veterans from 1986.
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