Avon weighs plan for 1.5 million drag strip
Former Avon councilman Dave Lawreszuk proposes a privately funded 50 acre drag strip on industrial land at Chester and Nagle roads, owned by Norfolk and Western. He cites 9 local drivers and past events drawing 35,000 people, but officials warn zoning and permits must be resolved before any site work.
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Chester Rd
Brenda Rogers
Chester and
Nagle Roads
Norfolk & Western Railroad
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Zuk
Norwalk
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Wife-killer gets life in Lorain County
Larry D. Simms of Sheffield Township was sentenced to 15 years to life after pleading guilty to murder in the shooting death of his 28 year old wife Janice last Thanksgiving eve. Prosecutor Gregory White said the plea matched the crime and noted the firearm enhancement mandating three years, making parole possible in about 14 years.
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Larry D. Simms
Sheffield Township
Janice
Simms
Lorain County Common Pleas
Adrian Bedeski
Ralph Saron
Lorain County
Gregory White
White
Jamice Simms
Lawson's store votes on adult mags in poll study
Lawson Milk Co runs a customer poll on selling Playboy Penthouse and Hustler at its Cleveland area stores. Voting began May 21 and ends June 10 with magazines removed during balloting. William J. Brown, ex Ohio attorney general, consults on voting integrity and procedures.
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William J. Brown
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Quiet weather and baseball team refrain from errors
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with a low around 55 and a high near 77. Rain chances stay at about 20 percent. The writer notes a few players who can handle every position flawlessly, but jokes they must stop eating hot dogs and step away from the bench bleachers.
Dalphene Shaver Back In Clinic After Collapse
Dalphene Shaver, 31, a Cleveland Clinic heart transplant patient, collapsed at home Saturday and was moved from Elyria Memorial Hospital to the Clinic. Doctors planned a biopsy to check for infection damage to the transplanted heart as her condition improved with anti rejection therapy.
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Lagrange
Usurped in first round by spelling champ Kramer
Tom Kramer of Lorain and St. Peters School failed to spell usurp in the 59th annual Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee’s first round. The 77th speller, eliminated early after asking for a definition, left the Capitol Hilton audience applauding his effort. Kramer will remain in Washington this week to watch the bee’s progression.
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Chronicle-Telegram
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St. Peter's School
Lorain
Capitol Hilton
Presidential
Robert E Baker
George Washington University
Mary Curtin
Scripps-Howard
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