School Board Sets Fire Protection Upgrades Citywide
The board approved extensive fire safety measures for multiple schools led by Lincoln Lowell Oakwood and Whittier with upgrades to wiring fire doors exits signs and alarm systems. Recommendations target boiler rooms basements stair landings and storage areas to prevent fires following a January board request sparked by a deadly Chicago fire.
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Alfred Nickley
Nickey
Macgregor
School Board
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Dent John Tender
John Evans
Josttor
Lance
Glenn Shupe
Virginia
Hageman
Vincent Glorios
Longfellow
Whittier
Oakwood
Lowell
Lincoln
Hawthorne
Chicago
Summer School Fees Approved Despite State Challenge
Lorain city schools set a June 16 to August 7 summer term with fees similar to 1958 and approved assessment rates despite a state attorney general challenge. The ruling reportedly outlaws charging fees to residents aged six to twenty one within the city.
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Lmanars Legiline
Purrast
System Board of Education
Las Night
Lorain School Site Tenders 174880 for 37.7 Acres Flooded in Debate
LORAIN Homewood Acres developers state by letter the 37.7 acre site bordered by Grove Ave East 42nd St Fairless Dr and Meadow Lane can be bought for 174880 including improvements and site clearance. The board questions the cost inclusion and weighs value estimates from George S Rider Co and Oakwood Acres offers. Nonresident pupil fees and a summer reading program were also approved despite dissent.
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Homewood Acres
City School System Board Ofs Education
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East 42Nd St
Fairless Dr
Meadow Lane
Lorain High School
George S. Rider Co
Oakwood Acres
Falbo Construction Co
Rider Company
Oakwood
Vincent Glorioso
Board Rehiring 437 In Lorain City Schools
The Lorain city school board unanimously approved rehiring 437 staff for the 1959 60 term. Of 410 teachers and 27 administrators 16 new teachers were hired, several younger than 25. The board also addressed discipline policy, potential reassignments, and a plan for future junior college thoughts.
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Lorain approves 6.41 million school budget for 1959-60
Lorain City School Board approved a 6.41 million dollar budget for 1959-60 advancing a 1.66 million building fund addition and a two mill operating levy. Superintendent Dr. John W. Evans noted levy funds will also finance instructional improvements and new positions, including secondary English, with about 102,100 from the general fund to cover new posts. Board members Tender Hageman Weintraub and Parks supported the appropriation while Vincent Glorioso opposed.
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John W. Evans
Evans
John Tender
Virginia Hageman
Benjamin Weintraub
George Parks
Brodhead-Garris
Lorain County
General Fund
Oliver. Mance
Minnkineam
McCaskey
Lorain Youths Face Police On Fighting Complaint
Lorain police report two 14 year old boys must appear Saturday morning before police officers to explain a fighting complaint from yesterday afternoon. James Dampier of Lorain Drive was caught trying to leave the United Polish Club parking lot where the fight occurred at 17th Street and Oak Avenue. Leonard Ritenauer of West 33rd Street was apprehended later. The dispute began while the youths attended Hawthorne School. In other matters, authorizations were approved to purchase shop stone for Whittier School, raise summer program wages by three percent, buy 1450 tons of tea costing 13459.50, renew boiler insurance, and buy a heating unit.
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Weat City Produce Co
Install
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Vernon Traxler
Charles W. Haslage
South St. Vermilion
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Sea Police
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Uhe
Varus
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Ler
Stone’s Harmony
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St. Joseph Hospital
Council
City Undertakes Safety Town Project At Homewood Site
The Hamilton Avenue area hosts a Safety Town initiative on the city system owned Homewood School site at 641 Root Rd. The board granted use of the Emer blacktopping and a 120 by 180 foot jail area, with related costs, to support parking for the program run by the city’s Police and School districts.
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Homewood
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Thompson
Lexington Ave
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ap|Co
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Junior
Marie Swiderski
West 29Th St
George Contreal
Toledo
Sheffield Lake
Frank Duguid
Victor Bulzom
Aoard
Lorain Cesa
A. Grindhaug
Edgewater
Elvis at Mozart Home Stuns Salzburg Tourists
Visitors at Mozart's 18th century residence in Salzburg, Germany, noticed the guest book carried an unexpected signature, with Elvis Presley allegedly signing near the top. Tourists discussed the possible entry as a curious moment in a historic site.
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Salzburg
Germany
UPI
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Elvis Presley
Woman Walks Into Car In Lorain Hospitalized
A 61-year-old pedestrian named Elizabeth Breen suffered cuts and bruises after stepping into the side of a southbound car on Elyria Avenue at 2nd Street yesterday afternoon. She was hospitalized at St Joseph Hospital in fair to good condition. The driver, William Coley, 3%, of Murray Ridge Road, said the pedestrian crossed from east to west and walked into the left front of the car. He was not arrested.
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