Encephalitis Fears Rise Across Elyria Area
Ohio Health Department reports more than 200 hospitalizations for suspected St Louis encephalitis, with five area cases including a Hunting-ton Township boy and residents of Westlake and Strongsville. Seven statewide deaths linked to the disease are noted, while area officials seek mosquito control funding and spraying plans as cooler weather may curb risk.
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Ohio Health Department
Elyria
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Cleveland
Ohio
Health Department
Zahorec
Spray
Avon Lake
Council
Ernie Bartha
Tucson Crew Gives The Ax To Movie Namesake Tool
Construction workers demolishing an old building in Tucson lightened the mood by naming a demolition tool after a popular movie character. The playful tag reflects humor on a routine site task while the building comes down.
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Tucson
Plane crash kills two at Ortner Air Field in Erie County
A twin engine DC-3, last flown in 1972, crashed minutes after takeoff from Ortner Airport near Burr and County Line roads. Pilot Glenn Sampson, 52, and passenger James Sampson, 28, both of Hialeah Florida, died at the scene. National Transportation Safety Board and FAA investigators planned to examine causes as Ortner, owner of the field, noted the craft had not flown in three years and was valued at about $20,000. The accident occurred around 1 PM and left a wooded path of destruction before authorities gathered.
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Florence
Erie County
Joseph Butler
Englert Investments
Miami
Ortner
National Transportation Safety Board
Federal Aviation Administration
Ortner Air Field
Wakeman
Andrew C. Ortner JR
Fred Kennedy
Lorain Ford
Burr Road
Elyria high ride policy sparks student protests
Foster Eliott, Elyria schools director of pupil personnel, says closer summer checks found some students living within two miles were riding previously. Some border area students now told to walk as cards and photos for bus eligibility are issued. He notes policy excludes those under two miles unless verified.
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Foster Eliott
Elyria
Elliott
Typewriter theft at Polaris Vocational Center nets 18,000
Detectives investigate the theft of 24 electric typewriters from a third floor classroom at Polaris Vocational Center on Bagley Road in Middleburg Heights. Superintendent Ronald Foreman says access was gained by breaking a rear first floor window and no suspects are in custody. Students will use other machines. several area districts attend the newly opened school.
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Middleburg Heights
Polaris
Bagley Road
Ronald Foreman
North Olmsted
Strongsville
Berea
Olmsted Falls
Weekend Forecast: Cool Night With Showers Likely
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy and cool conditions with a chance of showers tonight. Lows will be in the upper 30s to lower 40s, followed by variable cloudiness and cooler temperatures tomorrow with highs in the upper 50s to low 60s. Details on Page 6.
Manhunt Ends With Arrest In Double Robbery Case
Elyria youth Martin E. Tress, 20, captured after a one hour manhunt in a corn field off Route 83. He is charged with aggravated robbery in two back-to-back robberies at The Lawson Milk Co. and Stop-N-Go Food Store, fled in a blue station wagon, and was found face down beneath a pickup truck. Arraignment set in Elyria Municipal Court.
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North Ridgeville
Elyria
Martin E. Tress
Abbe Road
Elyria Municipal
Tress
Lawson Milk Co
Hilliard Rd
Center Ridge Rd
Ridgeville
Irvin Myers
Rt. 83
Lorain County
Church burglar seeks proof of God during theft attempt
Roderick MacDonald of Aldershot, England, admitted attempting to rob the church of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart in Sema Malta to test his faith. He testified a mysterious inner force blocked the saw and halted the burglary halfway through the second lock, leading him to abandon the crime and reaffirm his Catholic beliefs.
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Valetta
Malta
UPI
Roderick MacDonald
Aldershot
England
Church of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart
Sema
MacDonald
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Elyria City Family Discount Center
Metropolitan General Hospital
Westlake
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City Board of Health
Joseph Zahorec
Louis Odenweller
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