Rain Dampens Lorain County Primary Turnout
Lorain County voters faced heavy rain slowing early turnout in a primary election. Election officials, including Board of Elections Director Jack Wolf, lowered turnout projections toward a potential record despite high registration. Absentee votes surged to 2700, beating the 1517 old county record.
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Elyria
Lorain County
Drain Board of Elections
Jack Wolf
Joan Leyshon
Lorain
US Weather Service
Wolf
K Volling
Winkles Street
Oberlin Road
Senior Citizens Center
Garfield Blvd
Oberlin Public Library
Wellington Middle School
Harris Elementary School
Amherst
Pavlas gets 2 years in fund theft
Ronald Pavlas former Rural Lorain County Water Authority office manager pleaded guilty to theft in office. He was sentenced to two years in the Columbus Medical Reception Center for stealing more than $42,000 in water bill payments from 1980 to 1983. Pavlas also former owner of The Village Inn restaurant in Spencer.
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Elyria
Lorain County
Lorain County Common Pleas Court
Adrian Bedleski
Pavlas
Village Inn
Spencer
USSR quits Olympics amid U S attitude rift
The USSR announced it will not participate in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games. Tass distributed the National Olympic Committee statement condemning the US authorities and Olympic organizers for undermining the movement. The USSR pledged support for international Olympic bodies while condemning extremist groups and implying government acquiescence.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Los Angeles
National Olympic Committee
Ussr
International Olympic Committee
Association of National Olympic Committees
International Association of Sorts
Weather Tonight and Wednesday Outlook
Outside mostly clear and cold tonight with scattered frost. Low 33 to 38 degrees. Wednesday cloudy and cool with a chance of showers. High 54 to 59 degrees. Details on Page A-3.
Olympic Flame to pass through Bay Village and area
The Olympic Flame will travel from Cleveland through Bay Village to Lorain and Vermilion in a cross country relay toward Los Angeles. Bay Village hosts overnight May 19 20 with park closures and expected arrival times around 9 40 pm and 10 04 pm. The route continues along Route 6 to Lorain Vermilion and beyond with a July 28 Los Angeles appearance. over 4 000 runners join for charity donations.
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Bay Village
Lorain
Vermilion
Los Angeles
Manhattan
Gina Hemphill
Jesse Owens
Bull Thorpe Jr
Jim Thorpe
Peter Ueberroth
Ohio
Pennsylania
Youngstown
Cleveland
Huntington Park Bay Village
Peter Gray
Rocky River Bay Village
Lake Road
An & Am
Huron
Sandusky
Toledo
Michigan
Memorial Coliseum
Settlement brings hope to Agent Orange victims in Brooklyn
Dan Ford, a Vietnam veteran with cancer, and Maureen Ryan, whose daughter Kerry has 22 birth defects, welcomed a $180 million out of court settlement by seven chemical companies. The fund supports veterans claims and acknowledges harms from Agent Orange used in Vietnam. Ford said the agreement allows ongoing treatment and called it the greatest day of his life. Ryan said Kerry’s injuries reflect Dow Chemical’s role and vowed her daughter will gain dignity similar to veterans.
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New York
Dan Ford
Maureen Ryan
Kerry
Vietnam
U.S. District Court
Brooklyn
Star
Ford
Temperance
Wich
Christina Ford
Ryan
Kerry Share
Michael
Dow Chemical
Dow
Chad Jordan
Michael Jordan
Stony Brook
James Burge
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Alvin McMillan
Eastern Heights Blvd
McKinley School
C-T
Gus Chan
Cuyahoga County
Westlake
North Olmsted
By Scott Stephens
U.S
BIB Entertainment
North
Rifnevale AG
Hemphill
Thorpe
Abel Kiviat
Kiviat
Stockholm
Sweden
Gray
Katerina Didaskalou
Olympia
Agent Orange
Rapa
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