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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1997
Page
4
Five day forecast notes record high and record low. Relative humidity is described for today. Southwest wind speeds between 5 and 15 knots with waves around 2 feet. Tonight a south wind 10 to 20 knots with waves rising to 2 to 3 feet.
An 1885 Oberlin College graduate Charles Martin Hall was honored for discovering the commercial aluminum extraction process in 1886. The National Historic Chemical Landmark recognition was given at Oberlin with ACS members and Hall Acton Jr. present. Bernard Guest attended. Oberlin president Nancy Dye received a commemorative aluminum plaque.
Gun men in suits opened fire and hurled firebombs at a tour bus near the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, killing nine people including six German tourists and three others. Four foreign and 16 Egyptian travelers were wounded. police credited with three attackers shot. No immediate American casualties reported. Witnesses described Molotovs and a fast blaze as terrified crowds fled the scene. The attack follows Egypt’s latest terrorism trial outcomes.
Janet and Dewayne Wehling were driving a 1996 Scenic Cruiser toward Fort Wayne when their vehicle collided with a Ford and spun out of control. Firefighter Steven Holtzman described the dog in the crash and noted the dog was shaken up. Glass and debris covered the highway as the front of the motor home was sheared off. The couple expressed relief that injuries were not severe.
Elyria police use a selective traffic enforcement program funded by a state grant to reduce accidents. Officers issue warnings or tickets based on discretion, with two or three warnings for every ticket. Paula Milks donated 75 dollars after a 45 mph stop, praising the officer but accepting the ticket would have been due.
Milton Berle and Steve Allen recalled Red Skelton as a gem and original. Jerry Lewis called him a brilliant comedian and dear friend. Skelton, son of a circus clown, created dozens of characters and starred in Ziegfeld Follies and a long TV career starting 1951 on NBC then CBS and NBC again. His clown art sold for tens of thousands and lithographs earned him millions.
Dr Huffman at Southwest General Health Center notes many patients on Redux and Pondimin weight loss meds will drop treatment after the FDA ban. He mentions Phenpro as a potential alternative, while stressing obesity remains a major health risk with 300,000 related deaths annually and four of seven leading causes linked to obesity.
Sam Reese Sheppard, now 50, begins a cross state walk from Mayfield Heights to Cincinnati to protest capital punishment, carrying daisies for his father’s grave. He seeks DNA testing to clear his father, former physician Sam Sheppard, of wrongful imprisonment claims and potential damages up to 2 million dollars.
Health Department officials said the fire prompted removal or proper licensing of vehicles. Mutnansky owns the property valued at $48,700 by the county records. Brenda Shelton of Lorain, daughter of the Moretzes, said Mutnansky cried as he was taken in an ambulance and she was glad he was OK.
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