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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1968
Page
10
A cluster of death notices from Amherst Elyria Lorain Norwalk Lakewood and surrounding areas list Mrs Maude Krugman Minnie Sabiers Mary Louise Losh Mrs Mary C O Keefe Shirley Reeser Anna Mary Vitaz Anna Frances Bishop and other residents. Details include ages birthplaces church memberships survivors and funeral arrangements with calls and viewings and burial in local cemeteries across multiple towns and churches.
Grateful appreciation is expressed by the families of Josie Johnson Sylvia A. Reneenberg Wileh Richard J. Wingenfeld Jr and Richard Wingenfeld for sympathy, messages, cards and flowers. Special thanks go to Carr Funeral Home Norton Funeral Home Father Botzman Father Still General Industries Sterling employers union Dr Hoffman and six others.
In loving memory of Dorothy N Buenas who died in April and Ciara Mat Stace who passed away in April. The poems speak of memory, love, and the grief of family members. Also remembered are A Wengert and others, with ongoing messages of sorrow and fond recollections from relatives.
Washington reports the all time peak enrollment in U S colleges and universities last fall near 7 trillion students, up about 500000 or eight percent from the prior fall.
Residents pressed council on ditch drainage linked to rats in the North Recreation Field area. Lakocy proposed eradication work and possible slag filling to stop stagnant water, noting a drainage pipe could vent water but tiling and enclosing the ditch is the ultimate fix. Cost and easement with the state complicate action. the matter will return to council for committee referral.
A son was born Monday to Mr and Mrs Der wood Mullins of RD 3 Wellington and a son was born to Mr and Mrs Ronald Justin of 21935 Toledo Ave Lorain.
A daughter to Viv and Mrs Varice WAGGAMAN 2158 Eastern St Lorain and a son to Mr and Mrs Ger ald POTTS 474 Lullaby Circle announced by Amherst Hospital.
A long hospital notes list records numerous individuals with addresses across Elyria Lorain Vermilion South Amherst Sheffield Lake Wakeman and nearby areas. Names include Judith Baker William Strauss Connie Galdick Christina Phillips Noel Dais Geraldine Shehan Raymond Kublic and many others with street addresses in Lorain Elyria Vermilion and surrounding towns.
Avon Lake councilman Harold Earley urged placing the board of municipal utilities under city administration to manage maple scale spraying. He cited available taxpayer funded equipment and city employees, while officials noted budget strains and argued for continued or contracted treatment. A finance work session was set for Monday to explore funding options.
Stanley C. Houghton, 76, of Oberlin, found beneath a flipped tractor on his Rt. 58 farm. Lorain County Coroner said a heart attack caused the death. Potts, son-in-law, alerted deputies at 5:40 p.m. after hearing no response from Houghton during one more field pass. He was a longtime dealer with Houghton Brothers Farm Implements and Sales and a Mason. Survivors include a daughter, two grandchildren, and three great grandchildren. Funeral services set for Cowling Funeral Home with Masonic rites. Burial in Westwood Cemetery.
Lorain County Community College president Max J. Lerner told the Exchange Club that raising student fees would fail to replace levy revenue. He warned fees would need to double or triple in ten years, shrinking the building program and risking loss of faculty. He noted the 1.23 mill levy would cost the average taxpayer about $5.50 yearly and cited 3,100 current students as justification for college needs.
A Saturday night blaze at 114 West Bridge Street caused 8,000 dollars in home damage and 1,200 dollars to contents. One girl was lightly burned and 14 others fled. Firemen say the fire started in a bedroom closet and spread through the first floor. Residents include Mrs. Hazel Lawson and her nine children, Mrs. Lily Jackson and her five year old daughter, a Mrs. Jackson and her two children, ages two and four. Salvation Army aid has helped the family. Local fire posts are listed in Lorain and nearby communities.
A new Detroit newspaper named The Detroit American hits streets on the 160th day of the live daily shutdowns. Printing 43,000 copies, it aims to serve ethnic communities as an English edition of the Polish Daily News, guided by Anthony Wierzbicki, a former councilman and Polish paper director, who says it is not a stopgap. The new venture follows strikes that closed The Detroit News and the morning Free Press, which share union negotiations.
Indictments include two counts of first degree murder against James Abramoska 31 of LaGrange for the stabbing death of his parents in their home March 30. Abramoska awaits mental examination at Lima State Hospital. Other cases include Brian Nicholson 21 held on armed robbery and jail break charges.
Oberlin College students backing the Poor People’s Campaign urge Lorain County leaders to use channels of communication with Washington. Michael Smith asks residents to write to Congress, while a June lobbying trip to D.C. is being organized with transportation provided. Contacts are Michael Morris and Beverly Moffet.
Geneva reports world potash production reached 15.64 million metric tons last year, eight percent above 1966 levels. The increase signals strong demand and expansion in mining operations across major producing regions.
In PANMUNJOM Korea the UN Command protested four North Korean attacks in the DMZ since April 14 saying it will not be provoked into aggression. Rear Adm. John V. Smith warned that restraint should not be seen as weakness and urged North Korea to cooperate to ease tension. Three Americans and five South Koreans were killed, with at least four North Koreans reported killed.
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