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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1983
Page
1
Florida faced a federal decision upholding the state literacy exam for high school students. The article lists sample questions from the literacy test, including math and reading items, and notes a forecast of partly cloudy, breezy weather with a low of 42 to 47 and a high near 75 for Friday.
A 16 year old stowaway from Guinea named Selson Mothe Camara departed Cleveland aboard a ship bound for Toronto, ending a dentist Dr Tillman Bauknight’s bid to adopt him. Camara was identified by Bauknight as the boy seeking a new home.
Gilford Instrument Laboratories plans to spin off its machine shop to make room for the Diagnostics Division move from Cleveland Hopkins Airport area to Oberlin. About 55 workers will relocate to Oberlin, with 65 currently in the shop and 550 in Oberlin overall. Expansion of 20000 square feet hinges on the sale, as the Cleveland plant cannot grow. The move aims to consolidate operations, though timetables are not set.
Elyria police and Lorain County Sheriff James Mertz advance an inquiry into the killing of Charles D. Piazza and Edith Schneider at 292 Pasadena Avenue. Investigators note head wounds from 9 mm bullets, question gambling ties, and suggest the victims knew their killer, with FBI involvement described as informational.
An in-flight hijacking of a domestic Chinese airliner carrying 105 people forced the plane to land at a U.S. base near Seoul. Two crew members were shot and hospitalized while about 100 passengers and three crew remained in undisclosed custody nine hours after landing. authorities seek details on the attackers who appeared to seek defectors.
Catherine Jurczak, 58, called 911 at 1 31 am Wednesday to report threats from her husband John, 61, in Carpentersville. The recording captures her cries and the moment she is stabbed, followed by sounds of her collapse.
Wellington remembers the Spirit of 76 fife and drum corps as a fire destroys a costume and drum used by one of the three participants. The 1931-founded unit faces funding and sponsorship uncertainty as organizers seek a replacement drum and wig for Memorial Day 1983.
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