Wellington couple among Flight 111 victims in 16 minutes to death
Wall Street baron Preston Don Lattimer and his wife Nancy died when Swissair Flight 111 crashed near Nova Scotia. The couple, longtime Wellington natives, planned a Europe trip for their golden wedding anniversary and were traveling with Lattimers sister Helen Young and her husband Walter. Their families said they had been close friends for decades and had cherished ties to Wellington. Michael Young confirmed the losses and said the survivors would fly home.
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Don” Lattimer
Nancy
Swissair
Wellington
Lattimer
Youngs
Switzerland
Michael
Helen Young
Michael Young
Fairview Park couple aboard ill-fated flight pilots named
A passenger list shows 13 people tied to Ohio on the ill-fated flight. Prominent locals including the Lattimers were aboard, among others. The article notes pilots associated with the crash and references related coverage on pages A3 and C8.
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Fairview Park
Ohio
Swissair Flight 111 Crash Near Nova Scotia Kills 229
Pilot frantically struggled to keep the MD-11 aloft as smoke filled the cockpit. The jet disappeared from radar after 16 minutes of trouble over Canadian airspace at 33,000 feet. It crashed in choppy seas off Nova Scotia, scattering jet fuel and debris. 187 Americans aboard.
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Nova Scotia
Swissair
Halifax
Tony Rushton
Canadian air traffic controllers’ union
Jim Buckley
Gooden Wins 2-1 Over Tigers at Tiger Stadium
Dwight Gooden pitched seven innings allowing five hits and striking out five to beat Detroit 2-1 at Tiger Stadium. The Chronicle details holiday hours for circulation, a Labor Day morning edition, and notes Darlington Raceway as one of the sport’s perilous tracks ahead of the Southern 500.
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Chronicle site nudges readers to online access
An OCR fragment advertises The Chronicle at ECT Ohio dot net and invites readers to visit the chronicle telegram site at chronicletTelegram dot com. It notes updates occur Monday through Friday and recommends using Netscape 4.0 or a frames-compatible browser.
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The Chronicle’s Classified Page Overview
A compact note describes the Chronicle’s layout with sections such as horoscope auctions lottery sports and obituaries. It lists page columns C9 C12 C13 and B17 for sports and deaths while signaling department codes for reader navigation.
Friday Night Fever High School Football Dreams and Daring
This piece celebrates the start of high school football season with players driven by love of the game, pride, and the thrill of competition. It contrasts college and NFL incentives with the pure, hard work and sacrifice of high school players striving for Friday night success and a notch of personal triumph.
Spitzer tax deal cut to shrink school tax loss
Spitzer Great Lakes Ltd reduced its Riverside Marina abatement to cover only $2.5 million of planned improvements. The revised plan lowers Lorain Schools’ expected annual tax from about $18,000 to about $6,000, a roughly $12,000 gap versus no abatement. Council weighing the proposal Tuesday after city director Sandy Prudoff noted the original request covered land equipment.
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Riverside Marina
Spitzer
Anthony Giardini
Alan Spitzer
Lorain
Sandy Prudoff
Spitzer Eyes Browns Ownership Amid Four Contenders
Elyria based Spitzer Management chief Alan Spitzer joins an ownership group led by Bart Wolstein for the expansion Cleveland Browns. The group also includes former Browns Jim Brown, Dick Schafrath and Mike McCormack, who founded the Carolina Panthers. Only four candidates remain in the race.
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ELYRIA
Cleveland Browns
Alan Spitzer
Spitzer
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Spitzer Management Inc
Bart Wolstein
Jim Brown
Dick Schafrath
Mike McCormack
Carolina Panthers
Woman charged after birthday gift dispute attack
Virginia Williams 33 was jailed on domestic violence charges after she allegedly attacked her husband Ken dall Williams 38 in their Lorain home. The incident began when he forgot to buy a gift, leading to her dumping cake on him, shouting obscenities, and damaging a phone. She is held on a $5,000 bond with no contact order in place until trial.
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dall Williams
Kendall Williams
Virginia Williams
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ELYRIA HIGH
Elyria Catholic
Jerry Conroy
Ben Currier
Tim Malbasa
Matt Wilhelm
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Chronicle-Telegram
wee Meabrook Jr
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