15 Oct 1998
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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1998
Page
1
The White House and Congress near agreement on a 500 billion education and programs package. Final vote would let lawmakers return home for re election campaigns. The piece notes related world and national context and a separate report on regional Middle East talks.
Bill Allen, 54, longtime president of UAW Local 425 at Ford Lorain Assembly Plant, will resign to join UAW Region 2 in Independence. Roe Pagan to become president. Allen led for nine years as membership fell from 3700 to under 2000 amid shifting auto demand and slower sales in 1995 and 1996.
Scott Petrak reports on Omar Vizquel failing a bunt and an error in ALCS Game 6 that ended Cleveland’s season. Vizquel talked with fans after arriving at Jacobs Field as the Indians prep to clean out lockers and await an roster update from John Hart amid offseason questions including a possible Randy Johnson pursuit.
In a letter to three county commissioners jurors and alternates urged a raise from 1250 per day, noting state law allows up to 40 and that pay hasn’t risen since 1964. The letter, mailed as Zack faces sex assault charges, requests valuing juror time amid ongoing deliberations.
Frankie Yankovic the accordions virtuoso known as the Polka King died at his Tampa home at age 83. The Cleveland native entertained Midwest crowds for over six decades, won the first polka Grammy in 1986, and later collaborated with Drew Carey and Weird Al Yankovic.
Avon Lake teachers Karen and Bill Kantor won a $300,000 home in the Lake County YMCA Dream House contest after paying $10 for a raffle ticket. They face about $150,000 in federal taxes and $40,000 in state taxes since the house value is treated as income, pushing them into a higher tax bracket. They selected the house in Concord Township and are planning with a financial advisor.
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