Surprise Snow Triggers Widespread Traffic Crashes
A westbound Greyhound bus overturned on the snow covered Ohio Turnpike about 12 miles west of Elyria. Police investigated at least a dozen fender-bender type accidents near Elyria and along Rt 2 with several counties reporting weather related mishaps. Snow began mid morning with two to three inches common east of Cleveland and flurries expected to continue tonight.
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Greyhound
Ohio Turnpike
Elyria
Cleveland
Amherst
LaGrange
Wellington
North Ridgeville
Castalia Post
Ohio Highway Patrol
Lorain
Elyria Patrol
Elyria Post
Florence Township
Rt. 113
Birmingham Bridge
Florence
Lorain County
National Weather Service
Cleveland Hopkins
South Euclid
Record-breaking B52 raids and losses in Vietnam war
U S command reports the heaviest B52 offensive of the war against North Vietnam with about 45 B52s involved dropping over 1300 tons. Two smaller jets including an F111 crash and two crew missing, one rescued. A Marine F4 was shot down in southern Laos with one crewman rescued and one missing. C47 crash in Thailand leaves two dead and eight injured.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
U.S. Command
Laos
Thailand
U.S. Air Force
Nakom Phanom
Weather clears as light snow possible today
Snow accumulations of one to two inches likely outside the snow belt. In eastern Cuyahoga Geauga Lake and Ashtabula counties totals may reach four inches. Highs near 30s with partial clearing. Tonight mostly cold with a few flurries and lows mid 20s. Tomorrow mostly sunny with little change and highs mid to upper 30s. Snow probability 70 percent today, 30 percent tonight, 20 percent tomorrow.
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Cuyahoga
Geauga, Lake and
Ashtabula
Elyria Volunteers Mark Thanksgiving 1917 Menu Memory
James Brown notes Elyria residents of Company B 145th Infantry celebrated Thanksgiving 1917 at Camp Sheridan Alabama before heading to Camp Lee and France. The worn menu dated Nov 29 1917 lists men of Company B and includes a toast and two poems reflecting the homey feast and wartime service.
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Marsh
Yale Ave
Elyria
Elyrians
145Th Infantry
Sol
Camp Sheridan
Camp Lee
Virginia
Atlantic
France
Marsh Guenin
Company 13
D B Cooper hijack mystery persists in Pacific Northwest
Seattle FBI and local officials weigh whether the D B Cooper skyjacking victimized by a $200 000 ransom is alive or dead One year after the Seattle to Reno flight the FBI suspects Cooper jumped into the wilderness near Lake Merwin Washington while the cash and parachutes vanished and no trace of him or the bills has appeared.
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Seattle
D.B. Cooper
D. B. Cooper
Federal Aviation Administration
Cooper
Northwest Orient Airlines
Portland
Ore
Seattle-Tacoma International
William Scott
W. “Bob” Rataczak
J.£. Anderson
Tina Meulon
Mexico
FBI
Washington
Lake Merwin
Mt. St. Helens
Columbia River
Reno
Ft. Lewis
Max Shiffer
PAA
Shaffer
Oregon
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Carl Skalak
Bulletin
J. Alan Woolnam
Frederick McNally
Elyria Streets
Gulf Road Hill
McNally
Haven Drive
Scott Ennes
James Ennes
Haven Dr
Sherrie Simmons
Jerry Simmons
James Duty
Jacob Duty
Dave Jones
Cerdicisty A4
Entertainment Finance
By Jim Brown
Montgomery
Ala
Fort Sheridan
Chicago
Rolland R. Guenin
Guenin
Lorain County Bank
Diers
Court Street
Guerin Sald
Broad Street
West Avenue
Fawcett and Flanagan, Dill and Dombrowski, Haywood and Hill
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