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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1976
Page
1
Wintersvile AP Rep Wayne L Hays refused resignation calls amid a sex scandal after his former mistress Elizabeth Ray claimed she was paid $14.00 a year on the House staff. Hays denied wrongdoing at a news conference on his Belmont farm and said no apology would be given.
Ohio health officials rejected proposals from West Shore Health Care and St. John's Hospital to build separate hospitals in Westlake near Stearns-Bassett Road extension. West Shore plans a 150 bed, 13 million project. St. John's 248 bed, 17 million. Both could lead to negotiations or a legal challenge, with federal funds involved for depreciation and interest costs.
The Bicentennial Committee of the Daughters of the American Revolution spent five years compiling a list of three hundred men connected to Lorain County who fought in the Revolutionary War. Some lived in the area, others were buried here before moving west. The CT prints this Memorial Day feature tomorrow. A separate Memorial Day piece is in Sunday Scene, a Don Miller letter to a fallen World War II servicemember illustrated by Bob Lynch. Lorain County Craft Council marked its tenth anniversary luncheon on May 25 with a tin craft contest. Betty Hinman wrote the story, Gene Krebs took the photo for Sunday’s Family Features. The League of Women Voters held a New York convention and decided to keep the name Women Voters. John Barbour contributed an APN Family Features piece on Seay.
A 10 year old girl, Charlotte Sue Starcher, died of smoke inhalation when she allegedly pulled away from her father during a family fire at their two story wood frame home on LaGrange Road in Carlisle Township. Father Charles Starcher, 35, is in serious condition with burns. brothers Donald, 13, and David, 15, survived. Firefighters battled the blaze about three hours, starting from a back porch converted to a family room. investigators consider a space heater or lack of fire stops as possible factors. Charlotte was a fourth grade student at East Carlisle School and funeral arrangements are with Curtis-Schueffler Funeral Home.
Brook Park Mayor Angelo Wedo called Pennsylvania the big lottery winner after Volkswagen favored New Stanton for its first US plant and left Brook Park as a possible backup. Ohio Governor Rhodes said the state would regroup with lawmakers while Cleveland was touted as a potential alternative future site.
Rain and showers expected with mainly cloudy skies. Lows near 6C tonight and highs around 13C tomorrow. Rain chances about 88 percent tonight and 50 percent tomorrow, with southeasterly winds 10 to 18 mph. Sunrise 5 58 a m. sunset 5 52 p m. yesterday high 76 at 2 15 p m and low 58 at 8 a m.
A witty index line notes a woman indifferent to a man making a fool of himself as long as another woman isn’t assisting him. The quip hints at social dynamics and humor typical of the era with a sharp, plainspoken tone.
David Starcher told of smoke filled room cries for help and breaking a door in a desperate escape. He saved his brother Donald and was pulled from a tree by a neighbor while his sister Charlotte remained inside the gutted home. Fire destroyed the residence on LaGrange Road around 2 a.m. and claimed Charlotte. The father reportedly tried to reach her before she returned to her bedroom.
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