Black Progressives at LCCC Demand Accreditation Reform
The Black Progressives at Lorain County Community College presented 15 demands to president Marx Lerner during a noon meeting. They accuse the college of racism and call for a public acknowledgement that the institution is racist and for improved black curriculum and cultural atmosphere. Charles Mayer of Oberlin named as spokesman.
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Lorain County Community College
Black Progressives
Marx Lerner
Lerner
Charles Mayer
Oberlin
Mayer
Carous
Robert Smith
Lorain
North Central Association of Colleges and Universities
Charles
Chuck) Mayel
Lorain County
Cleveland police fatally shoot Elyria man during burglary pursuit
Anthony Volk, 50, of Elyria, fired three times at Cleveland officers fleeing an attempted burglary on West 58th Street. Volk was struck in the head by a police revolver after climbing a fence. he died at St. John’s Hospital. No officers were injured.
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Cleveland
Elyria
Anthony Volk
Cedar St
West 58Th Street
St. John’s Hospital
Homicide Bureau
Volk
Fawick
Vork
Carr rows against 48 penalty as too lenient
Carr condemns the lenient penalty for 48 offenders and six others as inadequate. Students face one week or two week suspensions with campus leave and May 1 return, probationers may stay in school, and ongoing protests through 1970 could trigger further penalties. He seeks study time but calls the penalties minimal compared to the offense.
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Carr
Sistemnent
Freak accident kills Lorain youth in tavern shooting
A 17 year old Lorain boy Frankie Shavers died after a pistol discharged in a tavern partition. Murry Lucas 40 of East 29th Street faces first degree manslaughter charges. Lucas says he was examining a .22 revolver in the men’s room when it fired. Police note the shot may have come from the restroom as Shavers entered the bar. Lucas turned himself in and is held without bond.
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Lorain
Frankie Shavers
East 33Rd St
Murry Lucas
1513
East 29Th St
Lucas
Palm Gar
Dens
Vine
East 2Th Streets
Shavers
Ralph Brooks
Bolales Cade
Ohio tax board to hear two appeals on county allocations
The Ohio Board of Tax Appeals will meet June 12 in Lorain to consider two appeals from North Ridgeville and Amherst seeking higher local government allocations. The board may revise the entire county allocation of 1,423,711 dollars for 18 townships and 16 municipalities and the county.
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Ohio Tax Board
Ohio Board of Tax Appeals
Joseph J. Mitock
Board of Tax Appeals
Lorain County Commissioners
County Budget Commission
North Ridgeville
Amherst
State Tax Board
TAX Board
Budget Commission
Tenor of a Nine-Year-Old Explains Stellar Rendezvous
A nine year old describes a stellar rendezvous to his brother in playful, curious terms. The brief scene captures a child’s imaginative perspective on space and science.
Solo British sailor completes around-the-world voyage
British yachtsman Rob Knox-Johnston finishes a 312 day solo nonstop circumnavigation in his 22-foot ketch Suhailafer crossing into Falmouth Harbor after a zigzag approach due to northeast winds. Crowds cheer as he earns a golden globe and potential prize money of $12,000.
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Falmouth
England
Robin Knox-Johnston
Merchant Marine Office
Weather Summary: Chilly with Showers and Snow Likely
Frigid to cool conditions with scattered showers and possible snow tonight. Highs reach the upper forties to low fifties, with tonight in the thirties. Partly cloudy and cool tomorrow with a few showers and highs in the upper forties to upper fifties. Winds from the west to northwest 10 to 20 mph tonight and northwest tomorrow. Sunset at 7 15 p.m. Sunrise 5 37 a.m. High yesterday 12 50 p.m. Low 4 degrees at 53.m.
Soviet weapons to be fired in U S aircraft test at Palmdale
Warren F. Swanson of North American Rockwell announced live Soviet ammunition will be used in testing U S aircraft. The three month program targets self sealing fuel cells and other survivability equipment against Soviet gunfire including a 7 millimeter cannon. Ammunition obtained from Aberdeen Proving Ground through the Army Foreign Science and Technology Center will be used.
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Palmdale
Calif
Warren F. Swanson
North American
Rockwell
Swanson
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Maryland
Army
Foreign Science and Technology Center
Washington D.C
Elyria council approves curbside garbage rule May 1
Elyria residents must place garbage at curb lawns for pickup starting May 1 under a city sanitation reform. Backyard pickups end. bulky items and abnormal waste incur fees. commercial rates rise. A trial through Dec 31 will assess service improvements and funding.
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Elyria
Safety Service
James T. Tracey
Tracey
Sanitation Department
Legisla
Lorain Council Takes No Action on Tax Clause
The Lorain council stresses no official action was taken on junking the city income tax reciprocity clause. The report appears in page 11 along with items from Milan, Columbia and Oberlin about local public affairs and storm drainage concerns.
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Lorain
Council
Milan
Seven children die in Illinois farm house fire
Seven children aged 3 to 14 were killed in a rural Newton Illinois fire at the Eugene Schwarger family home. Jasper County sheriff's deputies reported no other details immediately.
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Newton, Ill
UPI
Eugene Schwarger
Jasper County Sheriff's
Ex-Girlfriend Links Stifel to Explosives and Guns
Cheryl Jones testified in Cleveland in Stifel murder trial that he had access to explosives and firearms. She described gun in car, pistol in pocket, and incidents including a Columbus accident scene, July 4 fireworks, and homemade cannons. She said a staged wedding letter was written by Stifel and that she was asked to be maid of honor.
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Cleveland
Orville E. Stifell
Cheryl Jones
Stifel
Odax Stifel
Daniel J. Ronec
Miss Jones
Ronec
Atty
Bernard Stuplinski
Columbus
Tha
Stel
Glendale
the Bend
Stiifel
Ohio State
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