Avon voters confront sewer plan confusion at May ballot
Avon residents debated the 7 mill charter tax proposal for the French Creek Water and Sewer District at a four hour public meeting co sponsored by the Avon Junior Women's Club and the Chamber of Commerce. Rudolph Fox urged voters to decide what is best for Avon while opponents cited cost and federal requirements.
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French Creek
Ransom
Department of Housing and Urban Renewal
HUD
State patrolman Bidlack promoted and transferred to Ashtabula
Ptl Thomas Bidlack, 29, longtime Elyria Post officer and seven and a half year patrol veteran, is promoted to corporal and moved to Ashtabula. He presides over Operation Open Heart which funds a two day outing for Lorain and Summit County children. Bidlack plans to remain active in the program and will align his vacation with the event at Mill Hollow in August. He is a native of Oakwood, Paulding County, and he and his wife Evelyn have five children. The family resides on West Road in Wellington.
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Avon
Mitock
Ashtabula
Ptl
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Elyria
State Highway Patrol
Bidlack
Patrol
Operation
Open Heart
Lorain County
Lorain
Summit County
Chromede - Telegram
Mill Hollow
Oakwood
Paulding County
Corporal
Evelyn
West Road
Wellington
Lorain park and recreation boards resign amid council meddling dispute
Three Lorain park board members quit amid tension with city council over alleged political interference in park system affairs. President George Neller accused council of turning the parks into political football while boards blamed funding shortages and misaligned relations with the recreation department. Citizens groups had pressed merger talks as council criticism intensified and photographs highlighted park conditions.
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City Council
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Park and Recreation Boards
Lorain
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Recreation Department
Council
Park
Evry
Seme ‘Egisisters
Perk Beard
Park Beard
Waterline upgrade required for new Elyria school complex
Fire Chief Lyle C. Scott said the eight-inch waterline replacement is a must to provide adequate fire protection for the Murray Ridge school project and the adjacent health building. A larger high-pressure connection to the Elyria main is needed, with a new line into the school health center area. Commissioners will pursue city council action.
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Harold Bruce
Lorain County
Murray Ridge
Elyria
Leonard C. Reichlin
Area pilot OK after jets collide near Crestview
An Air Force captain from Sandusky Ohio parachuted to safety after his jet collided with another plane near Crestview Florida. Capt Larry A Showalter and passenger 1st Lt Steven Gulvrandson both parachuted unharmed as their F4D Phantom crashed and burned in a woodland area. The other crew returned to Eglin Air Force Base.
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Crestview
Pittsfield considers bond for new township hall after tornado
Pittsfield voters face a 23700 dollar bond measure on May 2 to fund a new township hall replacing the destroyed 1877 building. Insurance money and a 5000 dollar federal grant plan to back a total project of about 30009 dollars, with meetings shifting to the township service garage and Pittsfield United Church of Christ during reconstruction. Trustees cite road fund rules and community support as key factors in rebuilding efforts.
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Township Hall
Township Road and Bridge Fund
Ate
Wikowdy Herr
Ray Bradley
Robert Pickworth
Lorain County College to crown campus queen
Marcia Antonczak, 20, of 174 Caroline St, a Phi Delta Theta sponsor, was chosen as one of nine coeds competing for the campus queen title at Lorain County Community College. The queen and two princesses were selected yesterday. the crowning occurs at tonight’s campus dance in the college gym.
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Lorain County Community College
Charles Scanlin
Hinckley
Dave Mullca
Amherst
Linda Weinstein
Elyria
Terry Burgess
Avon
Marcia Antonczak
Caroline St
Marcia
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
LCCC
Students Warned After Leaflet Distribution At High School
Four Oberlin College students were stopped at Admiral King High School by police for distributing leaflets titled A Visit to a Viet Cong Village. Principal Richard Ackerman said the group blocked entry and drew a crowd, with names Tim Routon Erich Buchner Craig Arnold and John Hill noted as involved.
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Admiral King High School
Richard Ackerman
United States
Tim Routon
Munster
Ind
Erich Buchner
North
Bavaria
Germany
Craig Arnold
Ann Arbor
Mich
John Hill
Washington, D.C
Negro pastors open crime war
Cleveland dispatch reports rising urban crime linked to some black religious leaders amid civil rights tensions. The piece notes minority figures disrupting progress and harming the broader movement, signaling growing internal conflict within communities.
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Ohio Water Pollution Control Board
Carl Doerge
Hayden-Miller Co
Cleveland
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Jerome Harpring
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Louis Walker
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James Martin
Nicholas Mitock
Doerge
Genicilmank
Water Pollution Control Board
Ohio Pollution Control Board
Middleburg Heights
Avon Financial
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Jim Daubel
Lyle C. Scott Scott
Carlisle Township
Akron
Ohio
United Rubber Workers Union
URW
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
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Am Uniroyal, Inc
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Goodyear
Cincinnati
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Goodrich
Columbus
Peking Red Center
Hong Kong
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Moscow
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Utsfield
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