Death toll rises as poet Helen Steiner Rice dies at 80
Lorain native and famed author of religious and inspirational verse dies at age 80 in Cincinnati after a long career with Gibson Greeting Card Co. Known as the poet laureate of the greeting card world, she remained simple and devout. She had ties to Lorain through early life and professional work.
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Helen Steiner Rice
Lorain
Cincinnati!ap
Gibson Greeting Card Co
Cineinpali
Steiner Rice
New
Death Rosters MCSHEPARD and Arden Donovan Obituaries
Death notices for MCSHEPARD aged 23 noted as a speaker and early advocate of Women’s Rights, married in 1929 to Franklin Rice, widowed in 1931, later executive with Gibson Greeting and prolific poet. Services in Cincinnati with burial in Lorain. Arden W. Donovan, 73, North Ridgeville resident for 25 years, retired Hertz employee, survived by wife, daughter, sister, brother, and eight deceased siblings, with burial arrangements by Bogner Funeral Home.
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Antonia P. Marquez
Lorain
Amherst Hospital
Maravez
Mexico
Sacred Heart Chapel
Manuel Hernandez
David
Daniel Marquez
Samuel
Elizabeth) Rodriguez
Paul
Frank Aguilar
Isabel Morales
Peter
Elores) Gonzales
Lillian 8. Gay
St. Joseph Hospital
Gay
Houston
Christ United Methodist Church
Eastern Star No
New Castle
George
Sturgeon Bay
Wis
James
Charles
Geraldine Hauser
Natural Bridge
Ijohn
Reichlin-Cooley
Merlin Levering
Elmwood Cemetery
American Cancer Society
Antonia C. Diaz
Lorain Manor
Diaz
Puerto Rico
Jose
Jose A
Fenito
Isa Calderon
Louis
Juanita) Osorio
Salvador
Clotilde} Vargas
Denny Calderon
John R. Bovin
Sacred Heart Church
Martin van Trieste
Calvary Cemetery
Franklin Rice
Dayton
Gibson Greeting
Arden W. Donovan
Chestnut Ridge Road
North Ridgeville
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Dunkirk
X.Y
Donovan
Hertz Rent-A-Car Corp
Cleveland Hopkins
Marvelle
Timothy
Dawn) Hart
Myrtle Gabroud
Buffalo
Joseph Donovan
Independence
Bogner Funeral Home
Ohio districts shift as 13th drops to 7th in Census counts
The Census Bureau ranks Ohio districts by population with the 18th District at seventh, noting two districts will be lost to other states due to population movement south and west. The 6th District leads with 543,692 residents and 2174 percent growth since 1970, while the 13th district gains 10.5 percent to 464,056. US Rep Don J Pease represents 512,747 constituents. The 13th district includes 474,275 whites and 26,200 blacks among others, with 14,821 identifying as Spanish origin. The Ohio State Senate Ways and Means Committee weighs sunset legislation 5.B31 championed by Common Cause, aiming to review state boards and possibly terminate agencies unless re-created.
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Census Bureau
Ohio
Cincinnati
Columbus
Don J. Pease
D. Oberlin
Washington
Capitol comments on regulation and Van Meter bid plans
Common Cause notes Capitol push for more competitive markets while State Sen. Thomas Van Meter raises funds for a likely 1982 gubernatorial bid. A fundraiser is set for April 28 at the Governor's Mansion in Columbus with tickets at 100 dollars per person and 150 dollars per couple. Van Meter helped raise nearly 2 million dollars as co chair of the Senate Republican Campaign Committee, aiding GOP Senate control.
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Thomas van Meter
Rushland
Jim Rhodes
van Meter
State Senate
Thomas A. van Meter
Governor's Mansion
Columbus
Tom van Meter
Senate
Republican Campaign Committee
G.O.P
Tom
Curtis Andrews
Lorain Mayor pushes half percent income tax hike
Mayor William Parker told about 20 senior citizens the city is in desperate need of a half percent income tax increase to cover a $2.5 million shortfall over two years. He urged seniors to rally behind the proposal in the June primary, noting layoffs and manpower shortages in police, fire, and sanitation departments. The measure is expected to raise about $1.5 million in 1981 and around $3 million the next year.
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Lorain
William Parker
Parker
Garfield Boulevard
Sanitation Department
Rex Ingman
Ingman
Springfield
Ohio
UAW Local 1230 dispute over handbills and misreporting
Tens of thousands of unsign ed handbills circulated at Ford Brook Park plants amid a fierce local union election fight. The charges involve Don Talley and others over alleged misused funds, libel suits, and misleading reports by the Chronicle-Telegram. A correction was printed, and internal union actions were debated, with accusations of political maneuvering tied to Talley and union president Thurman Payne.
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Mmake
United Auto Workers Local 1230
Ford Motor Brook Park
Talley
Chronicle-Telegram
Claude Spence
Spence
Union
International Union
The
International
Thurman Payne
Payne
Lorain housing case trials set by judge for June
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Ralph A. McAllister tentatively set three trial dates in June for seven of the 12 defendants in Lorain's federal housing rehabilitation program case. Trials begin June 5 with Rodgers, Mihalsky, and Svete, plus a June 15 date for Rose Sidter, and June 22 for Fernandez, Mounts, and Flores. Four defendants, the Kourys Prudoff and Jacobozzi, were found guilty April 7 and seek new trials. venue and fair trial concerns are raised in motions.
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Cuyahoga County
McAllister
Lorain
Anthony B. Rodgers
Walter Mihalsky
Leo J. Svete
Michael Koury
Rose J. Sidter
Community Development Department
Anacleto Fernandez
Robert Mounts
Gasper Flores
Michael
Maxine Koury
Sanford Prudoff
Elio Jacobozzi
Probation Department
Jacobozzi
Prudoff
Kourys
Lorain County
Jeans found in murder victims' home during trial
A prosecutor testified that the defendant Eric Davis’s jeans and wallet were found in the Medina County house where 14 year old Fred Bickerstaff Jr 12 year old Kenneth and their mother Donna were slain before a fatal Aug 28 1980 fire. The wallet held Davis’s driver license and credit cards. Davis faces 15 counts including aggravated murder and arson as his trial proceeds.
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Sled WA
Eric Davis
Medina County
Bureau of Alcohol. Tobacco and Firearms
John Prymer
Davis
Loch
Carl Stewart
Fred Bickerstaff Jr
Kenneth
Donna Bickerstaff
Cleveland
James Willis
Bickerstaffs
Teresa
Prymer
Bickerstaff
Harrisville
Spaghetti Dinner and Pancake Breakfast Dates Listed
Datebook items show an Amherst American Legion spaghetti dinner from 12:30 to 6 p.m. and a Griswold fire station pancake and sausage breakfast from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. with Fireman and Ladies Auslary noted.
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Sandstone Express
Amherst American Legion
Auslary
Griswold Ra
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