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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1982
Page
1
A local recap notes winter 1977-78 was above average yet milder than historic peaks and colder snaps, with 56 inches December and 15.9 in January, 40 snow events at 1.4 inches each on average, and December 13 days of snow. pattern shifts and lingering weather lore frame the season as spring arrives.
Engineers loaded hydrogen and oxygen aboard the space shuttle Columbia ahead of Monday launch. Astronauts Jack Lousma and Gordon Fullerton prepared to fly from Houston. Lousma called the mission a seven day, 115 orbit flight and praised the preparations. The shuttle train from Edwards AFB to White Sands was set to arrive tonight. Landing would target White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico with final simulator work completed in Houston.
Significant rises in river and stream levels are likely by tonight with showers and thunderstorms and overnight low temperatures in the upper 30s. Cloudy Sunday features after noon showers and highs near 45 as printed on Page A 3.
Mount St Helens erupted twice within six hours sending an ash plume over northern Oregon and a three mile high cloud over the crater region. A mudflow raced down the Toutle River forcing evacuations along the banks while authorities closed and later reopened Interstate 5. No injuries were reported and flood warnings were canceled by dawn.
Lorain 17 year old Michael Sylvester told police he shot himself due to loneliness at school. He was hospitalized in serious condition after the Wednesday morning incident in a crowded Lorain High cafeteria. Police and principal noted limited signs of distress and that the gun belonged to his parents with possible juvenile court involvement to determine charges.
A Municipal Court judge acquitted Patricia Tiedemann 51 of negligent vehicular homicide after ruling there was no material departure from due care in the January bus incident that killed nine year old Preeti Sandhu in Westlake. The defense motion dismissed the four day trial path and the driver wept with relief.
Elyria couple Frank and Alice Mottola mark 64 years of marriage as CT staff writer Mary Waltz probes their views on love and partnership in Sunday's Accent section. CT also profiles Pauline Tomasek overseeing Lorain County Community College's new Children’s Center where 100 children age 2 to 12 are cared for while students attend classes as Phil Hicks reports.
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