Elyria Jaycees shine at District 11-B dinner in Avon
Three Elyria residents and Elyria Junior Chamber members were honored at the District 11-B Jaycees spring dinner at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Avon. Earl Hawkins Jr. was elected state vice president, R. Grant Ingersoll won Spoke of the Year, and Donald Rearick Jr. earned the Spark Plug Award.
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Jaycee District 11
Earl Hawkins Jr
Ted Beckman
The
Avon
Elyria
R. Grant Ingersoll
Colgate Ave
Donald Rearick, Jr
East River Rd
Avon Jaycee
John Pop
Lorain
Bay Village
Sheffield Lake
North Ridgeville
Elyrian Named To Cleveland Diocesan Religion Teachers Board
Elyrian Clifford Scheidler head of the Latin department at Elyria Catholic High School was elected to the executive board of the Cleveland Diocesan Religion Teachers Association. He joined Elyria Catholic in 1957 and holds a Notre Dame BA. He serves as athletics director and is active in several church and youth organizations.
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Clifford Scheidler
East Ave
Elyria
Catholic
Cleveland Diocesan Religion Teachers Association
Cleveland
Scheidler
Elyria Catholic
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Ind
Oberlin honors Miss Wright at dinner retirement service
More than 80 guests attended a dinner at the Oberlin Inn honoring Miss June Wright head of stenographic service who will retire after 36 years. The event featured a testimonial by Professor Ralph Singleton and a gift presented by 120 contributors led by Professor George Simpson.
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Oberlin
June Wright
Oberlin College
Ben Lewis
Oberlin Inn
Univer
Olsen Co dedicates new plant additions in open house
Olsen Mfg Co officials dedicated a new warehouse, air conditioning test lab and production facility in an open house for employees families and guests. Mayor Sanford joined other leaders at the Filbert Street plant tour with a luncheon and remarks by R W Lindsay president. The company paused operations at 10 am for the event.
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C. A. Olsen Mfg. Co
Olsen
Fred B. Sanford
Filbert St
R. W. Lindsay
Lorain Power Outage Hits 1000 Downtown Customers
A 138000 volt transmission line broke at Hamilton Ave and Second St cutting power to about 1000 Lorain customers. Officials say conductor parted at a damaged point, injuring smaller lines and triggering outages. Ford Assembly Plant lost power for 25 minutes. Other customers faced 15 minutes to one hour outages.
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Lorain
Walt
Hamilton Ave
Second
Ohio Edison
Ford Assembly
Oberlin Boy Needs AB Positive Blood For Surgery
A 23 month old Oberlin boy Richard Diederick Jr. requires open heart surgery at St Vincent’s Charity Hospital in Cleveland. At least 15 AB positive donors are needed, with typing possible at Lorain County Blood Bank Elyria Memorial Hospital by Monday evening. donors must arrive at the Cleveland hospital before 10 a.m. Wednesday.
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Oberlin
Richard Diederick Jr
Richard Diederick
North Park St
St. Vincent's Charity Hospital
Cleveland
Lorain County
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Cleveland Hospital
Oberlin groups seek joint action on social problems
About 50 community organizations met to plan coordinated effort addressing education youth welfare and rural issues in Oberlin. The conference urged forming an ad hoc committee to report May 27 and expand programs through a community action plan coordinated by the Oberlin Community Welfare Council and partners.
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Oberlin
Walter Acation
so.Reeves
Uower
Robert K. Carr
Alan W. Camp
Libell
East Oberlin Oberlin
Welgram
Fare Council
Oberlin College
Oberlin High School
James F. Long
Glenn Hobbs, Jr
Edward
Strongsville Need For Cleveland Water Tied To New Lorain System
Lorain County commissioners heard that Strongsville must approve a link to Cleveland water for the Carlisle Eaton Columbia Township project worth 2.3 million dollars. Neff of Neff and Associates said about six miles of line in Strongsville would bring Cleveland water to the county line before a water sale agreement is finalized after rejecting Elyria’s offer.
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Strongsville
Cleveland
Carlisle
Eaton
Columbia Township
Lorain County
Thomas Neff
Neff and Associates
Carlisle - Eaton - Columbia
Lorain
Neff
Public Utilities Committee of
Ed Neff
Elyria
Oakwood Dr residents urged to back city in housing fight
About 100 Oakwood Drive residents were urged to support Elyria City Solicitor J C Tattersall as he fights Cleveland developer Arthur M Kligler over 132 apartments at the end of their street. Attorney J William McCray advised residents to explore all legal avenues and fund a $2500 investigation, with Don Killinger coordinating a $500 pledge.
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Oakwood Dr
J. William McCray
Elyria
J. C William Tattersall
Cleveland
Arthur M. Kligler
McCray
Peddler law repeal waits on study
Elyria moves to repeal the peddler ordinance but court action is paused for a full study. Frost and Jacobs represents the National Association of Direct Selling Companies which opposed the ordinance. If the study keeps the law, peddlers must register, pay five dollars, wait five days for a background check, and obtain a city ID. City council passed the ordinance Monday night.
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Elyria
Frost & Jacobs
Cincinnati
National Association of Direct Selling Companies
Officials urged joint talks on Lorain County airport plans
Gerald Curtain of the FAA urged area officials to hold joint meetings to avoid conflicting federal airport funding applications. He noted that Lorain County communities such as Lorain, Elyria, and Avon are considering federally financed airport improvements.
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Lorain County
Gerald Curtain
Federal Aviation Agency
Curtain
Worain
Elyria
Avon
Biracial Group Leaves Ole Miss Campus Under Guard
A biracial group left the University of Mississippi campus Friday night under police guard after attending a literary festival, the first racial violence incident there in over two years.
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Ole Miss
Oxford, Miss
UPI
University of Misssissippi
Scientist-priest weighs life extension by deep freezing
Fr Thomas Acker S J biologist at John Carroll University sees possible uses for a method to extend life by chemical treatment and rapid freezing. He cautions about tissue damage and notes religion has no conflict with the approach while saying long term storage seems unlikely. Acker cites potential medical uses such as moving wounded soldiers to facilities and transporting terminal cases to specialized centers.
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Cleveland
UPI
John Carroll
Niversity
Fr. Acker
Stanford University
Death and Injury on County Roads Highlight Safety Need
Lorain County saw 7 traffic deaths in 1964 down from 44 in 1963, with 3,787 crashes in 1944 and four pedestrian fatalities that year. Statewide 1,354 pedestrians died in 1964, while property damage statewide reached 74.3 million dollars.
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Columbus
Lorain County
Warren
Nelson
Ohio Department of Highway Safety
City workers seek levy backing for two Elyria renewals
City workers will ask Elyria residents next week to back two levy renewals on the May 4 ballot. Safety Service Director Jack M. Birchhill said workers will distribute literature and answer questions on the 2 mill operating levy and a .75 mill pay raise levy.
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Elyria
Safety Service
Jack M. Birchhill
Ohio GOP chairman to keynote Lorain County rally dinner
Ohio Republican State Chairman John S Andrews will speak at a Lorain County GOP primary rally dinner at Amherst Central High School next Saturday. Lorain County Republican Executive Chairman Robert J. Corts says Congressman Charles A. Mosher is expected to attend along with invited Ninth District Court of Appeals Judge Myron T Brenneman. County candidates for municipal offices will join the event with tickets available from Corts in Elyria or Gerald Strohackker in Lorain and at the Elyria party HQ.
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Ohio
John S Andrews
Lorain County
GOP
Amherst Central High School
Lorain County Republian
Robert J. Corts
Charles A. Mosher
Myron T Brenneman
Ninth District Court of Appeals
Larain County
Carts
Andrews
Ray Bliss
Republican Party
Lucas County
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W. Jones
Western Reserve University School of Social Work
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Uae
A. Clair Siddal
Oberlin United Appeal
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Spiritual
United Airport
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William C Cook
Ohio Committee For Highway Safety
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