Oberlin Students to Lobby Washington for Anti Poverty Laws
Oberlin College students will travel to Washington on April 23 to press for poverty eradication legislation and join the Poor People’s March. A 15 member steering committee plans ongoing actions, with police groups meeting and deflections toward housing and welfare policy. City officials and college townspeople back the effort, urging broad coalition tactics to elect a liberal Congress.
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Oberlin
Oberlin College
Washington
Capital
Wilder Hall
Nancy Hancock
Port Washington
President’s Commission On
Ington
Hancock
Family Newspaper Notes From Elyria Chronicle Telegram
Local page dated Monday April 15 1968 from Elyria Ohio presents a family oriented roundup. Items include community events, notices, and brief updates reflecting everyday life in the city. Names, places, and dates anchor the compact regional record.
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the Chronicle-Telegram
Area youth's science project best of show
Midview High School junior Rick Farman was among 20 statewide contestants at the Columbus state science fair. His monomolecular film tension device earned a best of show nod and a superior rating. Farman, son of Mr and Mrs Laurence Farman, also participates in varsity sports and is a Boys State delegate. Other students from the school earned superior and excellent ratings at Mohican District and state events.
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Grafton
Midview
Columbus
Rick Farman
Laurence Farman
Grafton Rd
Sandy Baker
Farman
Rick
Lo Tain County
Red Cross
Hiram College
Molders’ and Foundrymen’s Union
National Thespian Society
Fred Coffield
Paul Fildes
Barbra Justy
Neal Norris
Mohican
Ashland College
Lenny Neume
Area towns join price fix suit across state lines
Four area communities join a statewide price fixing suit filed against nine chlorine product manufacturers and public agencies involved in a conspiracy affecting 24 cities and villages. The action alleges coordinated pricing and disbursement schemes harming municipal buyers and taxpayers.
Girl, 4, now motherless after tractor accident
A 4 year old girl Tammy Davis of Bursley Road was discharged from Elyria Memorial Hospital after a tractor accident that also killed her mother Phyllis 23. The father Donald Davis said the tractor hit a hidden object in a field on Clark Road causing the fall into water reservoirs. Local authorities and area communities are noted in the report.
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Huntington
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Tammy Davis
Bursley Road
Donald Davis
Phyllis
Clark Road
Lorain Lawyer Named Part Time Domestic Relations Referee
Lorain County Common Pleas Judge Henry P. Webber announced Joseph H Taddeo will serve as part time referee in Domestic Relations and Juvenile Courts. He will hear alimony cases Mondays and unofficial juvenile hearings on Tuesday Thursday and Friday half days. Referee duties pay 3200 dollars yearly.
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Lorain
Joseph H. Taddeo
Common Pleas
Henry P. Webber
County Commissioners
C-T
Dick McKinley
Lorain County Common Pleas
Joseph H Taddeo
Taddeo
Webber
Broad St
UAW-CIO council seeks Elyria income tax vote
Three members of the UAW-CIO Lorain County Citizenship Council deny opposition to a 1 per cent Elyria income tax while criticizing the city administration. They claim the mayor and council rushed the ordinance and accuse political opponents of bias toward workers, urging voters’ participation on the tax.
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Uaw-Cio Lorain County Citizenship Council
Elyria
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Uaw-Cio
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Criti
Cisms
Burkhard
Heathey
Roberts
Reichlin
Citizenship Council
Candidates Night Set by Elyria Republican Women’s Club
The Elyria Republican Women’s Club will hold a candidates night during its regular April meeting on Monday April 22 at 7 p.m. in Monteith Hall. Robert Corts, executive director of the Lorain County Republican committee, will MC the event. Twenty four Republican May primary candidates have been invited to attend.
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Elyria Republican Women's Club
At & P
Monteith Hall
Elyria Womans Club
East Avenue
Robert Corts
Lorain County
Republican Committee
Kaisers to celebrate Golden Wedding in Elyria open house
Karl Kaiser and his wife Agnes, longtime Elyria residents and former Elyria Eagles Aerie 431 supporters, will host an open house in Phoenix before returning to Elyria for their Golden Wedding anniversary. The couple married at St Agnes Church in 1918. open house at Karl's brother Dell Kaiser's home 1155 East River St. on April 21 from 2 to 5 p.m. The Kaisers plan to fly to Elyria on April 20.
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Agnes
Elyria
Karl
Ku Klux Klan
Kaiser
Elyria Eagles Aerie 431
Aerie
Kaisers
Dell
East River St
St. Agnes
Columbia Soldier Wounded in Vietnam Patrol
Columbia serviceman Spec-4 David Shows was shot in the right thigh by sniper fire while on a combat patrol with the First Air Cavalry in the Khe Sanh area. A 1966 Columbia High School graduate, he had completed 16 missions and was on his 17th when wounded. his parents Mr and Mrs Everett Shows of 9659 Bryant Ave were informed by telegram.
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Everett
Bryant Ave
First Air Cavalry
Khe Sanh
Itis Anit
Ted
Columbia High School
Hawaii R and R duty provides six day breather for GIs and families
War weary GIs rest in Hawaii as about 249 service members arrive monthly for six day recuperation. Col John Forbes and wife Katherine greet his solo reunion after a Vietnam tour while wives and children share short visits, noting the program’s backlog and high demand.
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Honolulat
Waikiki
Fort de- Russy
Honolulu
Vetsam
Katherine Forbes
R and R Center
Col
John Forbes
Army
Fire roars at Berlin Fruit Box Co blaze
Fire departments from Berlin Heights Huron and Collins battle a blaze at the Berlin Fruit Box Co that began about 1 pm Smoke was visible from two miles away and Milan was poised to assist The box company employs (text cut)
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Huron
Collins
Berlin Fruit Box Co
Milan
Memorial Day planners set first Elynn committee meeting
The 1968 Elynn Memorial Day committee meets at 7 p.m. at American Legion Post 12 on Ohio Street. Chairman Alex Burnett invites commanders and presidents of area veteran groups or their representatives. About 50 people, spanning an acre of property, are expected. The 108 year old firm makes baskets for area farmers in two wooden frame structures near each other.
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American Legion Post
Ohio Street
Alex Burnett
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Charles A. Mosher
13Th
National Student Association
Gregg Stanton
Streator
First Baptist Church
East Lorain
Pleasant Street
Albert J McQueen
Anthropology
Martin Luther King
James F. Long
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Tom Hayes
Walter Yourkvitch
Denny Chambers
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Uaw-Cio Council
Daniel B. Robert
Donnie Lou Heathey
Drew A Burkhard
Leonard P. Reichlin
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Russ Davies
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Phoenix, Arizon
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Patnck Air Force Base
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