Construction surges across Elyria area with $5 million in projects
Area contractors push into a busy building season as more than a dozen small retail and banking projects totaling about 5 million dollars move forward. Housing booms at College Green and Chestnut Ridge Heights drive residential gains near Midway Mall.
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Elyria
College Green
North Abbe Road
Chestnut Ridge Heights
South Abbey
Midway Mall
Bank Or Savings and Loan
West River Road
Toledo
Elyria police union seeks court fight over bargaining agent
The Elyria Police Patrolmen's Association plans to ask county common pleas court to recognize EPPA as the bargaining agent for 63 patrolmen and officers. FOP Lodge 30 remains the current recognized agent under a contract expiring June 30, with 79 authorized strength and stalled hiring. Patrolmen and officers have been voting this week to decide representation, per FOP member Harlan Riley.
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Elyria Police Patrolmen’s Association
EPPA
Dave Long
County Common Pleas Court
Marguerite E Bowman
Long
Fraternal Order of Police
FOP
Department
Harlan Riley
Poisonous air traps five miners in McClure No 2 shaft
Five coal miners die after black damp pockets form in an abandoned shaft struck during work at McClure No 2 near Abingdon. Victims are Richard Carson, 29. Willam Arden, 25. Marion Johnson, 34. Willie Danis Ison, 45. and Lawrence Shelby, age unavailable. The accident marks the worst mine disaster since the union strike ended eight days earlier.
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Bucu
UPI
McClure No 2
UMW
Clinchfield Coal Co
Richard Carson
Willam Arden
Marion Johnson
Abingdon
Willie Danis Ison
Isom
Lawrence Shelby
Jenkins, Ky
Wizard of Oz scene staged by Old Towne Hall Players
North Ridgeville bets on Oz as Old Towne Hall Players rehearse The Wizard of Oz at Liberty Elementary School. Cast includes Cowardly Lion Sandy Healy, Tin Man Karl Watty, Dorothy Pam Gindlesperger, and Scarecrow Marilynn Grimm. show doors Friday to Sunday at 8 p.m. Page F-4.
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North Ridgeville
Old Towne Hall
Liberty Elementary
Sandy Healy
Chamberlain Rd
Grafton
Tim
Karl Watty
Wallace Blvd
Dorothy
Pam Gindlesperger
Richard Perger
Broad Blvd
Marilynn Grimm
Creekside Lane
Congress Acts to Ease Social Security Tax Burden
Congress moves toward cutting Social Security payroll taxes with a 75 billion dollar proposed next year. The House Budget Committee proposes lowering the employee tax and wage base, financing part of the program with general revenues. The plan would reduce the tax while shifting some costs, with hearings under way and debates over long term financing. Weather and sunset data appended. Americans show rising fragrance sales, with women’s scents up 54 percent to 11 billion dollars since 1972 and men’s scents up 49 percent to 591 million over the same period.
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House
Senate
House Budget Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Carter
Robert Giaimo
D-Conn
Congress
Marietta, Ga
Aromatics International
Brunswick teachers vow to defy court and strike
More than 300 Brunswick teachers were served with a temporary restraining order to end the strike by Thursday, but a Brunswick Education Association spokeswoman said teachers will not return until a contract is signed. Negotiations continue with federal mediator aid as the school board and teachers meet in Cleveland.
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Riley
EPPA
FDP
George Ferguson
FOP
Safety Service
Richard J Bergman
Brunswick
Medina County Common Pleas
Net Whitfield
Brunswick Education Association
BEA
Judy Cross
Opera Tour Deals With Cleveland Trip Packages
The Chronicle Telegram and Sheffield Center offer co sponsored tours to the Metropolitan Opera in Cleveland with bus transport from Midway Mall and a gourmet dinner at The Colony. Choose between two sets of performances including Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci on April 18, Madame Butterfly on April 22 matinee, and Don Giovanni on April 22 evening. Tickets are $15 with main floor seating and must be reserved by Friday or Thursday for various options. A coupon with ticket details runs on page E 9.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Metropolitan Opera
Cleveland
Sheffield Center
Cleveland Automobile Club
Midway Mall
Colony
The
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Lorain County Arts Council
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Lorain County
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Amherst
Lorain
First Lorain Trust
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Corneil
Police Department
Washington
Contract Bridge
Gs Entertainment
Oberlin
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Don Juan
Donald Gramm Din “Don Giovanni
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