Lorain County cancer drive passes 40 percent of goal
The Lorain County Cancer Crusade reports 1965 collections total 13 692 dollars toward a 34 000 dollar goal. Door to door gifts amount to 12 392 dollars and bowldown tournament contributions 1 300 dollars. House to house drive continues through April until the goal is reached with multiple townships and villages listing donations.
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Lorain County
Cancer Crusade
Joseph D. Stockstill
Stockstill
Grand jury to hear Lorain County cruiser case
The Lorain County Grand Jury will hear the police cruiser death case involving two North Ridgeville youths, Roger Adkins and Robert J Meeks, 16, with a presentation by Assistant Prosecutor John B. Otero. The April 28 or 29 session will decide potential legal action. Inspector Steven Yonkouf, 36, said to have struck the youths on Rt. 76, driving a cruiser.
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North Ridgeville
Lorain County
John B. Otero
Roger Adkins
Robert J Meeks
Rt. 76
Steven Yonkouf
Yonkof
Grand Jury
Otero
Small fry hunt Easter eggs at Powers Elementary
More than 10 youngsters up to eight years old searched Powers Elementary School grounds for 60 dozen colored eggs hidden by Amherst Women's League. The eighth annual Easter egg hunt, postponed from Saturday, featured a 9-foot Easter bunny on a fire department engine and three dozen plastic eyes rewarded in baskets. Robert East, husband of the league president, wore the bunny suit.
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Amherst
Powers
Amherst Women’s League
Robert East
League
Elyria outside water rate hike could face court challenge
Lorain County Commission President J Norman Thompson questions the city of Elyrias plan to raise the minimum outside city water charge from 4 14 to 18 75 per quarter to fund a 23 million expansion There will be no change for city residents and the measure does not apply to North Ridgeville Amherst or Sheffield VillageResidents outside the city fear the move pressures annexation and could prompt legal action
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Elyrias
Elyria
Lorain County
J. Norman Thompson
Keing City
North Ridgeville
Amherst
Sheffield Village
Thompson
Vincent
Sheffield Township
Lorain
Sandusky Man Charged in Slaying of Sally Ford
A 34 year old Sandusky man Jimmy Pickens is charged with first degree murder in the death of Sally Ford 32. Ford died from a gunshot wound to the head in Sandusky Providence Hospital after a Saturday kitchen shooting at Sadie Jones home. Pickens admitted the shooting claiming it was an accident and is held without bond awaiting arraignment. Local events place the shooting at Jones 233 Dixie Ave with several witnesses nearby. Pickens worked at Farrell Cheek Foundry and will be arraigned in Sandusky Municipal Court at 2:30 p.m. today represented by Carl Stokes.
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Sandusky
Sally Ford
Erie County
Albert Hess
Jimmy Pickens
Putnam &J
Ohio
Hess
Pickens
Farrell-Cheek
Carl Stokes
Strong peddlers ordinance faces national opposition
A national association opposes Flyria’s proposed peddlers ordinance which would require a registration fee city ID symbol and a background check wait period. Local counsel J William McCray says the rules could hinder and even eliminate parts of the door to door selling industry. City council is set to vote on the measure at tonight’s 7:30 meeting.
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National Unit Council
Flyria
Iig
J. William McCray
National Association of Direct Selling Companies
Ohio Screw Products and General Industries
McCray
Elyria House
Mother pleads innocent to manslaughter in tot's death
Mary Ann Avery 26 of Elyria faces first degree manslaughter charges after her three and a half year old daughter Donna died from a skull fracture. An eyewitness said Avery beat the child. hospital records show prior injuries. Bond set at 2500. preliminary hearing scheduled for May 5.
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Tot
Lorain
Mary Ann Avery
Caferro Dr
Donna
St. Joseph Hospital
Mrs. Avery
Wednesea
Day
McCray
Avery
Pittsfield Tornado Fund Appeals for Donations
Oberlin residents assist Pittsfield tornado victims through the Pittsfield Tornado Fund authorized by Mrs Chalmers Mosher. The fund, established last week, collects money only with clothing and household items provided by the Red Cross. Donations up to 50 dollars have been received. make checks payable to the Pittsfield Tornado Fund.
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Oberlin
Pittsfield
Chalmers Mosher
Red Cross
RD 1
Rt. 58
South
Bruce Poston Wins Full Stanford Scholarship
Bruce F. Poston 18 Elyria High School senior receives a four year Stanford University scholarship the largest from the W L Sloan National Scholarship Fund. He plans to study political science and pre law at Stanford and has served as student council president Rotarian liaison and Latin Club secretary plus honors society and essay contest winner. He has tennis varsity letter and has acted in the school play Our Town.
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Stanford University
Bruce F. Poston
Elyria
W. L. Sloan
Bruce
Paul E. Paston
Eighth St
California University
Elks
United Nations
Odd Fellows and
Rebekah
EHS
Gentleman's Club
National Honor Society
Players’ Club
Our Town
Oberlin man to face murder charge and mental evaluation
Ronald C. Smith 35 of Oberlin is charged with first degree murder for the shooting of Clarence Jones 41 during remodeling at the Robert Gibbs residence north of Wellington on January 18. His attorney Lon B. Adam will file in Lorain County Common Pleas Court to commit Smith to Lima State Hospital for a mental examination citing his jail behavior and a prior attempt to injure himself. Smith, an electrician, was placed in a padded cell after the incident.
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Ronald C. Smith
Oberlin
Lima State Hospital
Lorain County
Smith
Clarence Jones
Robert Gibbs
Rt. 58
Wellington
Gunman Steals 300 At Lorain Food Fair
A lone gunman robbed Gilbert's Food Fair at 2408 Garfield Blvd by 3 17 pm Saturday causing an estimated 300 in loss. Witnesses saw him flee in an old model two tone car. Lorain police stopped a suspect in a matching car. Bay Village police stopped another, but both drivers were cleared.
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Lorain
Gilbert's
Garfield Blvd
Bay Village
Fractures and injuries noted across multiple dates
The record lists a fractured left leg on August 1, another fracture of the same leg on December 17 along with acute pneumonia and nutritional anemia. It also references a fractured skull, multiple cuts and bruises, an overdose, and a $5 city registration payment related to medication.
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Ine Peuce
Nut Umey Ao
McCray
Detention Center Holds Ohio Juveniles Pending Court Action
In Franklin County a yellow brick detention center houses youths charged with delinquency. Last year 3,220 were brought in, about half released at intake. The center, with 115 beds, faces crowding, funding needs, and calls for an indoor gym and treatment facilities.
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Columbus
Child Welfare Board
State
Reform Schools
Franklin County
Doubledecker
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Wayne Diederich
Diederich
Ward
Sheffield Lake
Camden Township
Russia
Rochester
Safety Service
Jack Birchhill
Carlisle
the Family Newspap
the Chronicle-Telegram
Steamnamac Ara
Alan Wlan
Pittsfield Tornado Fund
Bruce Poston
Stanford
Bruce Fe, Poston
Marshall Drug Store
Brown St
Kenneth
Samuel
Calvin
Fdton Johnson
Parmely Ave
Marshall
Marvin Goldberg
Adrienne Bosworth
Chronicle-Telegram Bureau
Phyllis McMurray
Doris Ferrer
Miss Ferrer
McMurray
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