Local Football Card Demand Hits Oberlin Ties
Since John Heisman coached at Oberlin College, football fortunes waned but demand for OC football cards rises. The note appears among a jumble of city briefs and international items spanning Stockholm to Lorain County. The fragmentary page also mentions Nadine Gordimer winning the 1991 Nobel Prize in literature and a fire damaging a cabinet shop in Penfield Township.
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John Heisman
Oberlin College
Stockholm
Sweden
Nadine Gordimer
Missing Ohio girl Stephanie Thomas found safe at home
Elyria reports Stephanie Thomas 2% vanished after 7:30 p.m. search by parents neighbors and police. the toddler was later found napping in a closet. The girl had been playing earlier with Kenneth 15 months, friend’s child, as a large, tense search unfolded.
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Elyria
Stephanie Thomas
Cindy Thomas
9-1-1
Stephanie
Stanford Avenue
Thomas
Kenneth
Party crasher charged in fire at Elyria cabin
Richard Wadsworth of Elyria was indicted on two counts of involuntary manslaughter four counts of felonious assault and one count of aggravated arson after a Carlisle Township cabin fire killed Bill Wright 19 and Cy Pinter 18 and injured four partygoers Investigators said he was not part of the teen gathering and was arrested after being interviewed by the Lorain County Sheriff The grand jury indictment was returned Tuesday and Wadsworth was jailed on 100000 cash bond arraignment is set for Wednesday
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Julie Wallace
C-T
Elyria
Carlisle Township
Richard Wadsworth
Hilliard Road
Lorain County Sheriff's Department
Martin J. Mahony
Wadsworth
Common Pleas
Mahony
Bill Wright
Wright
Cy Pinter
Two Cities Night as Indians Fail to Clinch AL East
In a dramatic Wednesday night tale, ex-Indian Joe Carter receives a beer shower from ex-Indian Candy Maldonado as the Toronto Blue Jays clinch the AL East title. Meanwhile the Indians suffer their 103rd loss, with C T photographer Linda Murphy capturing the scene during a moment of futility.
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Joe Carter
Candy Maldonado
Toronto Blue Jays
Indians
C-T
Linda Murphy
Democrats Attack GOP Remap Plan in Ohio
Democrats in Ohio slammed a Republican redistricting plan as illegal manipulation of House districts. Speaker Vern Riffe and state chair Eugene Barnstool promised court challenges, while the Elyria split affects Rep. Joseph Koziura and Rep. John Bara with a new 61st District covering Lorain and Elyria wards.
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Columbus
Vern Riffe
D-Wheelersburg
Eugene Barnstool
Riffe
Elyria
Joseph Koziura
John Bara
Koziura
Lorain
Lorain County Bank to Acquire Society Branches
Elyria Lorain County Bank plans expansion into Huron and Richland counties by purchasing two Society Corp. branches in Greenwich and Shiloh. The deal, awaiting regulatory approvals, aims to extend the bank’s network beyond its 20 offices in Lorain Erie and Cuyahoga counties with assets around 410 million.
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Elyria — Lorain County Bank
Huron
Richland Counties
Greenwich
Shiloh
Society Corp
New
John S. Kreighbaum
Lorain County Bank
LCB
Kreighbaum
Lorain County
Lorain
Erie
Cuyahoga Counties
Bridge to reopen Oct 16 after yearlong reconstruction
The Washington Avenue Bridge in Elyria will reopen October 16 weather permitting after a 1.9 million reconstruction. Assistant City Engineer John Hart announced plans for a ribbon cutting. The Elyria Downtown Merchants Association seeks funds to install antique lighting on the bridge.
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Elyria
Washington Avenue
John Hart
The
Elyria Downtown
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