Enrollment in Area Schools Shrinks Again Across Districts
A Chronicle-Telegram survey shows area public schools average 3.2 percent fewer students than October 1982 with Avon 7.7 percent down and North Olmsted 5.6 percent lower. Rocky River and Westlake buck the trend with small gains as emigration and lower birth rates push enrollments down through the decade.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Avon
North Olmsted
Lorain
Berea
Cuyahoga County
Rocky River
Westlake
James Sikler
Brubaker
Bay Village
Maynard Bauer
Bay
Bauer
Ohio
Kal jet downing prompts cat and mouse debates
U.S. and Soviet pilots frequently probe each other as the Pentagon notes the RC-135 shadowed the KAL jet over Soviet airspace. The incident, alongside prior spy plane shoot downs, underscores late Cold War tactics and the risks of reconnaissance missions.
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Washington
Byong-in Chon
United States
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Siberia
Pentagon
U.S
Gary Francis Powers
Sverdlovsk
Weather sketch with variable clouds and cool nights
The forecast notes variable cloudiness and cooler conditions with a high near 77 or 82 today. Tonight will be mainly clear and cool, with a low around 56 to 35. Monday will be mostly sunny and pleasant with a high about 75 and a 26 percent rain chance today, 18 percent tonight. Details on Page A-3.
Retired? Charles Gates Pursues Inventions and Art
At 78 Charles Gates, a longtime musician, artist, and inventor, remains active. He aims to finish a solar brating demo, refine a high fidelity speaker, and develop methods to extract oil from heavy crude tar sands. Story Page 8-1.
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Charles Gates
Gene Krebs
Letter to Pentagon on Latin America War Gamble
A speaker writes patriotically about needing a provocation to unite the nation for a war. He outlines failed efforts to start a conflict, cites British Falklands war as a model, and suggests towing Columbus or Epcot Center as bait for an invasion. He imagines nuking invaders and returning to the American Way of Death.
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Latin America
Gut Air Force
South America
Faland Islands
Britain
Panama Canal
Columbus
Ohio
Epcot Center
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Gail Brubaker
State Foundation
Jack Hunt
Ohio Department of Development
Lorain County
Elyria Christian Academy
Lake Ridge Academy
Chasity Phillips
Chasity
McKinley School
Bard Phillips
Stanford Ave
Elyria
Avon Lake
New Village
Clearview
Columbia
Elyria Et How
Fairview Park
Keystone
Lake Ridge
Midview
N.O
N. Ridgeville
Olmsted Falls
N.shef. Lake
South Amherst OF Vermilion
Wellington
W. Reserve
Kal
Reconnaisance
Soviet Eastern Defense Command
Air Force
North Carolina
Alaska
Iceland
Florida
Powers
Barents Sea
Oregon
Ridgeville’s Pit of
Accentee
Vanteereee
Carlie
Bry
Falkland Islands
Dick Feagler
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