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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1988
Page
4
Multiple obituaries from Elyria Lorain and Oberlin areas note deaths of Frank W. Hall 39 of Elyria Pearl H Pelton 84 Lorain Julia Jane Woodward 87 Oberlin Barbara M Goodenow 78 Grafton Antonia Berlot 87 Avon Lake Grace Tran 90 Elyria and John E Gulling 68 Vermilion Burial and service details follow. A North Ridgeville fire damaged a carport causing $12000 damage. Grafton council meeting postponed to discuss 1988 budget and Conrail right of way.
Police investigate a Sunday theft at Middle Avenue Drive Thru Beverage totaling between three and five thousand dollars. A former employee, seen near the store earlier, is a suspect as cash receipts for Friday and Saturday vanish from a storeroom. The incident centers on sales cash stored in bank bags.
Strom says his nonprofit bid covered all costs with no profit and spent about 7000 on design and development. City officials defend the rebid to attract more bidders and approve the Graybar fixtures after Ohio Edison acceptance. Ebony Construction and Strom’s staff face layoffs as work shifts. Ebony’s Sandy Olds criticizes bidding process while AEC firm E.G.&G. backs the accepted bid. Pruning fruit trees is announced as a separate lorain county extension program with free admission and required reservations.
Carol Addison Takacs, a Cleveland State University associate professor and author, will address the Elyria Program for the Academically Talented at the Maplewood Center on West River Road. She coordinates CSU’s graduate program for gifted education and promotes her book Enjoy Your Gifted Child. Parents and others may attend March 23 at 7 p.m. for discussion and Q&A.
Vivian Tulk, a former nursing supervisor at Elyria Memorial Hospital, recalls her long career starting after 1960 training at M.B. Johnson School of Nursing. She notes shifts toward specialization, the shared care culture, and the emotional demands of nursing while planning to quilt for seven grand-nieces and volunteer with cancer patients.
The piece notes candidates now air hop between cities, holding press conferences at airports for TV crews, while media focus on polls and noncontroversial messaging. It warns against discussing deficits, taxes, or looming recessions, contrasting Mondale and Reagan era themes with current reluctance to address harsher economic issues.
Willoughby engineering firm seeks consideration for engineering work on Lorain’s 82 year old water treatment plant renovation. Stephen Guard of Gills Guard and Johnson cites prior plant work and familiarity. City officials note such contracts are non bid professional services, needing council and administration approval.
In Elyria near West Avenue and Third Street a 40 year old man fought off two attackers after one flashed a pistol. The weapon discharged injuring the victim and the suspects fled with no money. No arrests reported. The second incident involved a lone gunman at Dairy Mart on Lake Avenue taking cash and escaping after footprints led to Chestnut Street. A green Army jacket and pink stocking cap were found abandoned behind a church on Holly Lane. Police continue to search for the suspect.
Elyria reports show a spree of tire slashings causing several hundred dollars in damage. Police Captain Tom Bowen notes multiple incidents, mainly evenings, at locations including West River Road and South Logan Street. No suspects identified yet for either a single or multiple vandals.
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