Last Words Hint Protest Linked to Sickle Cell Death
The Turner parents allege Operation PUSH protests contributed to Mellaine Turner’s death from a sickle cell crisis. Doctors said stress and jeers could trigger the crisis, as Jackson and PUSH spokesmen face questions over the incident at Stevenson Elementary School where the child, healthy earlier, reportedly left for school with twin Marvin in rain.
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Joe
Helen Turner
Turner
Jesse Jackson
Midwest Association For Sickle
Frank Watkins
Fied
Stevenson
Earl Fredrick
Mellaine
Marvin
Jury foreman’s night visit tied to retrial bid
A Gifford Road mother and daughter jailed for felonious assaults may gain freedom this weekend if a retrial motion is granted. Dorothy Cain, 42, and Indy Cain, 20, seek a new trial before Judge Adrian Bedeski after being convicted Aug. 19 for firing on a car believed to carry prowlers. The motion cites juror misconduct by James Geraci, whose overnight visit to the crime scene allegedly tainted deliberations. subpoenas were issued for Geraci and another juror. The Cains began 2-to-15 year terms at Marysville Reformatory for Women after the March incident.
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Gifford Road
Dorothy Cain
Indy
Marysville Reformatory
Common Pleas
Adrian F. Bedeski
Cains
Rt. 20
Oberlin
Atty
John 5. Haynes
Chronicle-Telegram
James A. Geraci
Kildeer Dr
Amherst
Gifford Rd
Bedeski
Sheriff's Department
Cleveland Insurance
Gilford Rd. Adress
Cain
Carter words ease GOP fears over dossiers
Senate Republicans including Howard Baker were assured by President Carter that no dossiers on members of Congress exist. The White House meeting followed Powell’s groundless tip about Sen Charles Percy and was described by Baker as a badly handled but now corrected incident.
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Lance
Roth
White House
Budget Office
Senate Appropriations Committee
Washington
Senate
Howard Baker
Carter
Congress
Jody Powell
Charles Percy
Kent Baker
Baker
Downtown Elyria stores to stay open Wednesdays afternoon
The Elyria Merchants Association approved extending Wednesday hours from noon to 5 30 p m starting Oct 5. Banks may also join, with many offering only drive up service till noon. President William Shepard called the change an end to an old fashioned tradition to capture midweek shopping.
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Elyria
C.H. Merthe & CO
Etsiia
William Shepard
Association
Two Men Die In RL 83 Car Van Collision Near Blyria
A Grafton man and a North Ridgeville man died in a head on crash on RL 83 north of RL Bin Eaton Township southeast of Blyria shortly after 9 am. Robert Crowell 25 of Grafton drove a van and Ralph Weiner 28 of North Ridgeville drove a car. Both were dead when deputies arrived. wrecks were pried apart by hydraulic tools. Crowell photographed for The Light a weekly North Ridgeville paper. No passengers were in either vehicle. Deputy James Ross noted the van left of center and the southbound car attempted to stop as skid marks showed speed. The investigation continues. and the story continues on page A4.
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Grafton
North Ridgeville
Norh
bin Eaton Township
Blyria
Robert Crowell
Capel Rd
Ralph Weiner
Jayonx Rd
Lorain County
Crowell
The
Light
Weiner
Strick
Brickhead
James Ross
Rt. 32
Eaton Township
Avon Lake Exec Alexander Swan Die due to 40 Cent Call Error
The body of 55 year old Alexander Swan, an East Ohio Gas Co. executive from Avon Lake, lay in the Cuyahoga County morgue for two days before his wife learned of his death. A 40 cent phone call was not authorized, delaying notification. Swan collapsed Sept. 7 en route to Cleveland Hopkins Airport for a business trip and died at St. John Hospital. The miscommunication involved police, hospital, and morgue staff and highlighted gaps in notifying the family.
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Cleveland
Upi
Alexander Swan
East Ohio Gas Co
Cuyahoga County
Swan
Beck Rd
Avon Lake
Cleveland Hopkins
St. John Hospital
First District
Detective Bureau
Sean
Hiis
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Haynes
Geraci
Ruth Hockman
Elyria Catholic High School
Judy Stewart
Hill
Top Park
Judy
Richard Stewart
Lakeland Dr
Avon
Dave Zapotosky
LaBelle
Georgia
Abraham Ribicoff
D-Conn
Ribicoff
Sen
Illinois
William Roth
R-Del
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Olen
Bert Lance
Powell
Percy
C-T
Downtown Merchants Group
Oks
John Fuller
Shepard
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Werner
Floss
Gene Krebs
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