Stolen 1957 DeSoto Recovered From Quarry
A stolen 1957 DeSoto convertible owned by Robert Burdette was found underwater in a Vincent quarry by skin divers Charles Huber and Donald Richardson. Divers alerted authorities. deputies retrieved the car with a wrecker, finding a cash register drawer, spare tire, tools, and small fish inside. The vehicle showed 000 miles on the speedometer and was heavily slime covered.
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DeSoto
Robert Burdette
Eastern Heights Blvd
Strom
Vincent
Charles Huber
Madison Ave
Donald Richardson
Tit Furnace St
Donald Eschtruch
Rts
Huber
Sheriffs Department
Richard Meyers
Edward Hale
Parker Miller
Fradley
Lorain
Fivers
Wellington Historian L G Stemple Dies At 84
Wellington mourns L G Stemple retired historian and founder of a regional historical publishing firm died at 8 20 am after a heart attack. He compiled town and county histories and maps and aided Texas centennial works. Survived by a daughter, son, three sisters, six grandchildren. services Wednesday at 2 pm. Burial Greenwood Cemetery. Masonic services Wednesday evening at 7 pm.
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Wellington
L. G. Stemple
Allen Hospital
Oberlin
Park Pl
Mr. Stemple
Otto Stemple
Texas
Carrollton
Jacob Stemple
Levi Stemple
Stemple
Park PI
Lutheran Church
Royal Arch Masons
Ore
Greenwood Cemetery
Funeral
Cycle Rider Hurt During First Trip
Richard Logan 16 of Amherst was seriously injured when a motorcycle he rode lost control at North Ridge and Crosse Roads. He was thrown about 2 feet and taken to Amherst Hospital with facial and leg lacerations and a possible skull fracture. His condition was guarded and he had not regained consciousness.
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Richard Logan
North Ridge Rd
Amherst
North Ridge
Crosse Roads
Sheriff's Department
Logan
Amherst Hospital
William Hartman
Elyria Students Sweep State Science Day Superior awards
Two Elyria girls earned superior ratings at the State Science Day in Cincinnati. Karen DeFazio and Kathy Gates, both 17, presented projects on gastric analysis medicines and soil bacteria respectively. Other Lorain County students from Avon Lake Wellington and Ridgeville High also received superior or excellent ratings amid 600 statewide participants.
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Elyria
University of Cincinnati
Karen DeFazio
George DeFazio
West Hilliard Ra
Kathy Gates
Charles E. Gates
Sandy Lane Drive
Lorain County High Schools
Miss DeFazio
Elyria High School
Miss Gates
Elyria Catholic High School
Avon Lake High School
Dennis Ebach
Norman
Lake Rd
Wellington High School
Sandra Skelton
Charles Skelton
Grand Ave
Miss Skelton
Ex‘cellent
David Schellinger
Avon Lake
Judy Myers
Midview High School
Karlyn Painter
Ridgeville
Lane David Mohrman
Wolf-Dieter Storl
Black River
Ashland County
Maureen Pondy
Randy Walton
Elyria High
Ohio Academy of Science
Six Priority Projects Form Elyria Major Street Plan
The Regional Planning Commission delivered a six item priority plan to the Elyria Planning Commission. It calls for widening Lodi Street, new bridges on the Black River branches, extension of Second Street, and improvements linking Prospect Taylor and Belt Highway, all tied to a belt-system and based on traffic studies and land use. The plan was approved by the planning staff executive committee and endorsed by Commission President Laurence Kachure.
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Elyria
Regional Planning Commission
Rt. 57
Rt W
Lodi St. 1
Lodi
Chestnut
West Ave
West St
Eastern Heights Blvd
Woodford Ave
Seventh St
Denison Ave
Ninth St
16Th St
Second St
Budge St
Prospect and
Taylor Sts
Cleveland St
Prospect St
New York Central Railroad
Taylor St
West Branch
Black River
Woodford
Penfield
Albrecht Rd
Commission
Laurence Kachure
City of
Lorain County
Two 15 year olds charged in car theft after chase
Two Lorain youths, both 15, face theft charges after allegedly stealing a 2191 Cadillac on Prospect Street and fleeing when pulled over after a collision on Route 57 near Elyria. A separate crash on East River Road led to speeding charges for 21 year old Tommy Weese. City officials plan a meeting with the school board over paving Prospect Street amid a petition dispute.
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Lorain
North Elyria
State Highway Patrol
Rt. 57
Sahunday Nicht
Cadillac
Mike Dubesa
Liberty Ave
Elyria
Rt 57
Willtiam G. Moore
Fleming St
Mary Ellen Flack
Middle Ave
Tommy ©. Weese
West 3Rd St
East River Rd
Shooting in Elyria Leaves Man Wounded at Joe's Garage
LeRoy Drummer, 117 Ellie St., was shot in the upper right shoulder Saturday afternoon near Joe's Garage on Rush St. He could not identify his attacker, who he said fired three shots after he stepped outside to chop wood. The incident occurred around 2 p.m. as the man called out to him.
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Elyria Board of Education
Prospect St
Oscar G. Dunn
Harold West
Franklin Gott ‘Fried
George Johnson Jr
Gottfried
Dunn
West
Prospect
Broad St
Denison Ave
J. C
William Tattersall
School Board
Oes
Neadon Oliver
Morgan
Ave
Ely
LeRoy
Ellie St
Raymond
Joe's
Rush St
Omlvana
Owens
North Ridge Rd
Quarry Rd
Vermilion canoeists rescued after river wreck near cliff
A Vermilion father Richard L. Gorback and his 11 year old son were stranded for about six hours when their canoe swamped on the Vermilion river near a 70 foot cliff. Rescuers from Lorain and Erie counties used a ropes and fire department boat to bring them to shore. The rescue involved Deputies Hartman and Kosanovich, Alvin Ziese whose dog helped locate the pair, and local firemen and ambulance crews.
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Vermilion River
Richard L. Gorback
Lake Shore Cleaners
Vermilion
Richard Jr
Romp
Lake Erie
Alvin M. Ziese
Dean Rd
Placke
Ziese
Lorain County
William Hartman
Daniel Kosanovich
Hartman
Elyria Township
Emmerich
Amherst
Erie County
Florence Township Fremen
Jack Crawford
Gorback
Salvation Army Cadets In County Visit Elyria Lorain
A brigade of Salvation Army cadets from New York City toured Lorain County with a street meeting in Ely Park and a civic reception at the Lorain Citadel Corps attended by Elyria Mayor Oscar Dunn and Lorain Service Director Gabor Toth. Plans include a spring ground‑breaking for a new citadel and a spaghetti dinner at the Elyria Corps to support missionary work across Northeastern Ohio.
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Salvation Army
New York City
Lorain County
William Booth
Peace Corps
Ely Park
Elyria
Lorain Citadel Corps
Oscar Dunn
Gabor Toth
Lorain
Dunn
Toth
Citadel
Ohio
Paul S. Kaiser
New York
Heaven
Elyria Corps
Missionaryffort
Salvationists
First Methodist Church
Daylight Saving Time Begins Across the Eastern U S
The piece explains clocks move AHEAD one hour at 2 a.m. Sunday marking the start of Daylight Saving Time in much of the eastern United States. It notes the six month period of longer evenings and the return to standard time in autumn with BACK an hour. It offers a mnemonic to remember the change.
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U.S
Two Vehicle Crash Sends Hovey To Elytia Hospital
Hovey, 73, of 364 Griswold Rd, is in poor condition at Elytia Memorial Hospital after a two car collision on Rt 57 at Griswold Rd Saturday at 11 am. His wife Josephine, 58, suffered bruises and was released. George M. Adamrovich, 34, of 3517 Kent Rd, Stow, was treated and released. Adamrovich rear collided after Hovey backed into his path.
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Early Hovey
Griswold Rd
Elytia Memorial Hospital
Rt 57
Hovey
Josephine
State Highway Patrol
George M
Kennedy souvenirs piling up at Elyria student’s collection
Bertha Rumph, an Elyria Catholic High School student, has received a second Kennedy reply. A 5x7 inch black and white photo of President Kennedy and an engraved card of thanks arrived in a larger envelope, following her earlier personal note and a signed reply.
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Bertha Rumph
Elyria Catholic High School
John F. Kennedy
Bertha
John Rumph
West Broad St
Kennedy
Leukemia Solicitation Planned by Elyria Unit
Elyria aid groups plan a downtown leukemia fund drive on May 6 with home solicitations this week. Mrs. Steve Kochis oversees arrangements, while Mrs. Ollie Patterson coordinates westside merchants for the drive. About 30 members attended a Marcella Hall meeting as George Abookire spoke and new members were welcomed.
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Elyria
Marcella Hall
Steve Kochis
Ollie Patterson
Volunteers For
Mentaly
Westside
Elyria Catholic
North Ridgeville
George Abookire
Elyria Man Seeks Stove Aid After Job Loss
An Elyria man with five children relies on a kerosene stove as his home loses heat after Brook Park Ford layoffs. Police report a flood of offers from the community following a Chronicle Telegram notice, while his unemployment benefits have lapsed. The family still needs fuel for cooking and warmth.
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Elyria
Dale C. Kellogg
Chronicle- Telegram
Brook Park
Ford Motor Co
Name change bid fails for Civil Service clerical group
London UPI report says the Civil Service Clerical Association rejected 150 submitted names as unsuitable in its ongoing bid to adopt a better name.
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London
UPI
Civil Service Clerical Association
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Salvation Army Cadets
Man
Allan Eldred
George Chapple
Don
Ald Massy
Raymond Gilman
Eugene McCarthy
Samuel Wiford
Philip Dohle
Elyria Man
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