City Hall addition eyed to improve police and jail space
The council heard a proposal from Building Committee Chairman James C. Scott to construct a two story addition to City Hall in the north alley to expand police facilities and jail space. A whole council meeting April 26 will consider the plan along with maintenance and park improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council
James C. Scott
Scott
Cascade Park
Park Committee
John McDonough
Chronicle-Telegram
East Avenue
Band of Ohio
City Park Commission
Brighton Man Elected to Head Education Group
Harry Salisbury superintendent of Brighton schools was elected president of the Lorain County Education Association at the annual dinner meeting at Haffton High School. More than 225 educators attended as Dr Tenneyson Guyer of Findlay spoke on the three windows of think love and believe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Salisbury
Brighton School
Lorain County Education Association
Vafton High School
Tenneyson Guyer
Findlay
Salisbury
Dyer Sweet
Ridgeville High School
Nora Neher
East Carlisle
Thelma Schnaak
Brownhelm
Northeastern Ohio Teachers’ Association
Ohio Education Association
James H. Hales
Elyria Township
Hazel Grott
Grafton School
Harold Stanford
Clearview
Norma Livermore
Brighton
Gratton High School
P T. A
Lorain County Teachers Orchestra
Gerald M. Frank
Boys Held For Auto Thefts In Cleveland Chase
Two 16 year old boys are held in a detention home on auto theft charges after admitting stealing 22 autos in two months. They were arrested in New Philadelphia after an 80 mile per hour chase by state highway patrol officers.
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Cleveland
New Philadelphia
Weather forecast for northeast Ohio with showers and mild temps
Partly cloudy and mild this afternoon and tonight. Showers begin this evening and end Wednesday morning. Wednesday becomes windy and cooler with a low around 50 and a high near 55. Five day forecast notes showers in the east tonight and early Wednesday, with more showers Friday or Saturday totaling half to one inch. Cooler later in the week, with rising temps Friday and Saturday, then cooler Sunday. East portion near normal, west portion 2 to 4 degrees below normal.
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Ohio
Defer Action on Parking Proposal
Council defers lowering curb limits on Broad street to allow parallel parking until master plan study reports. Mayor Ault and Director Kothe push for immediate downtown traffic action and refer the issue back to council. A special traffic committee is formed with John McDonough as chair to study traffic and municipal parking areas.
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Broad Street
Henry W. Ault
D. W. Kothe
Ault
Kothe
Dale Kellogg
Ralph Terry
John McDonough
Spcial
Terry
Walter Decker
Kellogg
H. L. Cordrey
Harry Patterson
Approve City Pay Adjustments In 2 Departments
City council last night approved salary increases for two departments under the special grievance committee. The water meter repair foreman position will be 205 a month and assistant superintendent of water distribution 265 a month, with the current employee receiving an 18 total raise via a 10 monthly increase depending on title chosen. The labor foreman rate in water rises to 140 per hour, street superintendent to 310 a month, and street department foreman 1.25 to 1.40 an hour, up to five cents more per hour.
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Council
Kenneth Lord
Lord
Water Department
200 Workers To Invade Arena For Elyria Dinner
Nearly 200 workers from local factories offices and stores will invade the Roll Arena on Cleveland Street at 7 AM to transform it into a large supper club for the Elyria Chamber of Commerce Community Dinner. By 5:30 PM doors open for the largest crowd yet and at 5:50 PM the Elyria High School band begins the program.
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Roll
Cleveland Street
Elyria
Dexter Kimball, Jr
Elytia High School
Fire Truck To Be At COFC Dinner
Council defeated a protest by Walter Wisniski and residents of Second Ward against placing the west side fire department as standby equipment at the Chamber of Commerce dinner at Roll Arena. Wisniski argued the west side unit should stay north of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad crossing on Lake Avenue to avoid a blocked crossing. Mayor Henry W. Ault noted the west side equipment was designated as No. 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Wisinski
Second Ward
West Side Fire Department
Chamber of Commerce
Roll Arena
Wisniski
Jane
Baltimore and Ohio
Lake Avenue
Henry W. Ault
West Side
Murder Charge Studied By Grand Jury In Lorain Case
A grand jury is considering a first degree murder charge against James Rock Winston, 49, for the Sept. 17 slaying of Alan F. Feeley, 45, whose body was found in an alley. Winston was captured in Cleveland on April 13 after a six month search. Police say Feeley was beaten and throat slashed. robbery is suspected. Grand jurors viewed the crime scene in Lorain and will hear witnesses, including Detective Joseph Gethin, in a secret proceeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Rock Winston
Alan F. Feeley
Lorain
Winston
Cleveland
Feeley
Livingston Avenue
Cleveland Finance Company
D. A. Cook
George M. Emerick
West Eighth Street
Clayton Stranahan
Princeton Avenue
J. D. Ryan
West Second Street
Burton Boynton
Pasadena Avenue
John Hales
Middle Avenue
Elyria
Steve Berstling
Carey Lockwood
Thomas Triniszewski
Anna Merva
Elizabeth Bradbury
Rose Jonas
Freda MacNeal
Grafton
Myrtle Hartman
Avon Lake
Anna Nestick
Sheffield Lake
Lucille Kuyper
North Olmsted
Grand Jury
Elections Workers To Receive Instructions For May Primary
Lorain County election officials announce five meetings to train voting machine operations for the May 2 primary. Deputy Clerk Ruth Fox says precinct judges must attend. clerks may also join. Sessions cover Elyria and several townships with dates Monday through Thursday and locations including St Marys Church Elyria Prospect School Oberlin and A B Jones garage Wellington.
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Ruth Fox
Lorain County
Cartister Township
St. Mary’s Church
Ridgeville
Sheffield
Eaton
Columbia
Avon Lake
Lake
Avon
Amherst Town
Hall T
Ampherst Village
Amherst Township
Brownhelm
Black River Township
Prospect School
Ober Jlin
Oberlin Village
Russia
Henrietta
Pittsfield
Camden
A. B
Jones Garage
Wellington
Wellington Village
Welington
Penfield
Brighton Township
Rochester
Love Motive in Plane Bomb Plot By Engineer
Los Angeles police investigate engineer John H. Grant who plotted to blow a United Airlines DC-3 killing his wife and two children to collect 25000 in insurance. He cited debts of about 8000 and a love affair with Betty Soumela of Hermosa Beach.
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Los Angeles
John H. Grant
Grant
Getty
Robert
Mary Anne
United Airlines
New York
Betty Soumela
Hermosa Beach
Calif
Officers' S
Miss Soumela
American Airlines
Harold A. Mayer
Four New Voting Machines Arrive for Lorain County
Four new voting machines from Automatic Voting Machine Company of Jamestown N Y arrived in Lorain County today. Three will serve new voting places at the primary locations, while the fourth goes to Homewood Allotment precinct for storage pending final precinct decisions.
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FO New Vout
Smagines
Automatic Voting Machine Company
Jamestown
N. Y
Lorain County
Homewood
Lorain City
New South
Eaton Township
Eaton Town Hall
Sheffield Township North
Southeast Auto Parts Company
Elyria Avenue
Sheffield
Wellington Village
Franklin Jones
Wellington
Election Board
Debate on Socialized Medicine at Elyria Legion
A large crowd is expected at Elyria American Legion Post No 12 tonight for a debate on socialized medicine. Dr I M Hinant of Cleveland will argue the negative and Prof Carl T Arlt of Oberlin College will advocate the affirmative. The regular meeting begins, brief business follows, then the debate at about 8 30. Open to post members, auxiliary women, and city groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria American Legion
Women's Auxiliary
Elyria High to Send Thespians to Shakespeare Festival
Elyria High School Thespian troupe members Mary Jensen Phil Struthers and Phil Surdock with advisor Miss Nina Baker will perform two Shakespeare scenes at the Shake Spearean Festival hosted by Ohio Wesleyan University Delaware Ohio on Friday and Saturday. Surdock and Struthers will portray Friar Lawrence Romeo Juliet nurse and Launcelot Gobbs in Romeo and Juliet and The Merchant of Venice Old Gobbos and Launcelot Gobbs. Guest teachers will comment on each piece. The festival’s highlight features Ohio Wesleyan University players performing Julius Caesar.
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Elyria High School
Nina Baker
Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware
Mary Jensen
Phil Struthers
Phil Surdock
Ohio
Elyria
Surdock
Friar Lawrence
Struthers
Romeo
Miss Jensen
Juliet
Old Gobbes and
Launcelot Gobbs
Julius Caesar
Traces Found Of Oklahoma Bad Man Homer Cook In Bavarian Woods
A large posse with bloodhounds pursued Oklahoma outlaw Homer Cook in the Bavarian woods near Munich after he fled a jail break and allegedly stabbed a German passerby. Police and American agents reported ongoing trail leads and guarded the girlfriend Anna Sporer at Ronsheim amid fears of retaliation.
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Oklahoma
Germany
U. S. Army
Dachau
Homer Cook
Cook
U.s.army
Munich
Muskopee
Okla
Indiana
Ronsheim
Anna Sporer
Miss Sporer
Homer
America
Geauga Judge Harlan Sperry Dies at 77 in Ohio
Geauga County jurist Harlan Sperry, who served since 1913, died today at age 77 after a yearlong illness. He began his career as mayor of Middlefield, Ohio, his hometown, leaving a long record in local government and the judiciary.
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Geauga
Chardon
Harlan, Sperry
Geauga County
Middlefield
US says Soviet pilots shot at unarmed Navy plane in Baltic
The United States charged Soviet fighters fired on an unarmed Navy Privateer over the Baltic on April 8, denying any overflight of Soviet territory. The State Department note pressed for a thorough Soviet investigation and promised indemnity for losses, delivered by Ambassador Kirk to Andrei Gromyko.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Baltic Sea
State Department
Latvia
Navy
U. S. Navy
Russia
Department
Michael J. McDermott
Andrei A. Gromyko
U. S
Allan Kirk
Moscow
McDermott
Lorain Harbor Dredging Set to Begin April 24
Dredging in Lorain Harbor will start on or around April 24, led by the U S Hopper Dredge Hoffman. The project aims to restore the Outer Harbor and Black River channel to 25 feet up to 2,200 feet upstream, then to 24 feet to the National Tube Company dock, and 17 feet in the Turning Basin, continuing until about June 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain Harbor
Corps of Engineers
U. S. Army
U. S. Hopper
Hoffman
Black River
National Tube Company
Modern Aids For Teaching Studied At Elyria Workshop
Dr. Norman Woelfel of Ohio State University led the first general session of Elyria Public Schools Teaching Aids Workshop at Elyria High School. He described a broad range of aids from charts and maps to community experts and field trips, stressing that education now uses the whole body and community forces. Dr. Keith Tryler of Ohio State discussed radio and television in education, noting their reach to all ages, the need to develop listening skills, and the safety of programs. Continued on Page 18.
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Norman Woelfel
Ohio State University
Elyria Public Schools
Elyria High School
Woefel
Keith Tryler
Radio and Television Ag
Teleiision
Radio
No. 1
16 Honor Carriers Vie For Awards In Annual C T Judging
Sixteen Chron icle Telegram city carriers appeared before a seven member panel last night at the newspaper office to compete for annual awards. Winners will be named at the May 16 ceremony in Elyria High School auditorium with top city and suburban carriers celebrated and others receiving honor certificates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chronicle-Telegram
Elyria High School
Capt. C. ©. Andress
Elyria Police Department
Richard Gehl
The
Savings Deposit Bank
Ralph Hamlin
Coca Cola Bottling Company
C. E. Christie
Electro-Alloys
American Brake Shoe Company
Milo Sharp
Firestone
Foster P. Dirlam
Ohio State Employment Service Office
J.C. George
John van Oss
John Schmitz
Maurice Stark
Robert Mansfield
Fred Stauder
Bill Bowren
Dick Gerhardinger
William Standen
Jack Smith
Joe Menner
James McCord
Doug Sheppard
Tom Schofield
James Kauffman
David Russert
Roger Weil
Will Be Ordained To Ministry At Camden Church
Charles Boniface of Philadelphia will be ordained to the ministry at Camden Baptist church on Thursday. The ordination sermon will be by Rev. Melvin Welch, with prayer by Rev. Robert Rogers. The charge to the candidate will be given by Rev. Howard Young and the congregation urged on by Rev. Harvey Christian. Local pastors and laymen from several Baptists churches will participate in the exam. Boniface, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Boniface Jr., recently graduated from Philadelphia School of the Bible and plans to become a missionary in Venezuela this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kipton
Charles Boniface
Philadelphia
Camden Baptist Church
Melvin Welch
Robert Rogers
Venezuela
Howard Young
Wellington Baptist Church
Harvey Christian
North Royalton Baptist Church
Walter Young
LaGrange
L. W. Bedley
Norwalk
Camden
North Royalton
New London
Wellington
Boniface
Charles Boniface, Jr
Philadelphia School of the Bible
South America
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COFC
Legion Home
Larry's
Andy
Elyria High
Baltic
C-T
Camden Church
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