Lorain man killed in Rt 57 crash near Elyria Memorial
Stephen Batley 47 of Lorain died when his car slammed into a moving tractor trailer on Rt 57 at 4 23 am. The crash near Lorain-Cuyahoga Works of U S Steel left Batley dead at Elyria Memorial Hospital. Police cited excessive speed and noted no skid marks. A U S Steel employee, he bowled locally with the Elyria Elks Lodge 465. Debris and tire sounds described. investigators still probing driver rest and possible dozing. Funeral arrangements were incomplete.
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Lorain
Rt. 57
Stephen Batley
Euclid Ave
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Lorain County
James D. Rupert
Mill Hall
Bailey
Elyria Elks Lodge 465
Thomas Graham
Elks
Graham
Lorain-Cuyahoga Works
U.S. Steel
Rupert
Dennis Cavanaugh
Gaeriff
Lorain schools seek July levy after reversing cuts
Lorain Board of Education plans a special July 15 ballot for an operating levy to cover a projected deficit and fund reinstated staff. The levy aims to balance the budget for years and allow salary flexibility, with exact millage to be set after May 12 vote. the move follows rescinding teacher, nurse, admin, and secretarial cutbacks in a negotiated pact with the LEA that averted a strike.
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Lorain
Lorain Board of Education
Antone Ushetyi
Ann Nagy
Lorain Education Association
LEA
Lorain High
Harry Evans
Thomas McConsbe
Nagy
Ajhelyi
Ohio School Boards Assn
Columbus
State Foundation
Senate
House
Ashelv
Youth accused of lying in Cherie probe gets lawyer
North Ridgeville youth James D. Spradlin, 18, was in Elyria Municipal Court on a falsification charge connected to the Cherie Ulmer death investigation. He posted bond, received court-appointed counsel, and faces further arraignments on related felonious assault and criminal trespass charges. The Ulmer case involves a fatal incident on the Ohio Turnpike when a chunk of asphalt struck her vehicle.
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North Ridgeville
Cherie Ulmer
Elyria
James D. Spradlin
Root Rd
Stephen R. Nagy
Daniel Springer
Spradlin
Lorain County
Ulmer
Ohio Turnpike
Miss Ulmer
Berea Southwest General Hospital
Ohio Highway Patrol
J.B. Patterson
Spradkin
North Ridgeville High School
Phillip K. Trout
Patterson
Mise Ulmer
Gotsis pleads innocent to murder conspiracy
Lorain physician Dr. George P. Gotsis pleaded innocent in Lorain County Common Pleas Court to conspiring with taxicab driver George Abraham to murder Dr. Denis Radefeld. He appeared calm with three attorneys. Bond kept at 5000, trial set after a May 5 pre trial conference.
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Lorain
George P. Gotsis
Lorain County
Gotsis
Amherst General Hospital
George Abraham
Denis Radefeld
John B. Otero
Cleveland
Barbara Songer
Lorain County Common Pleas Court
Floyd D. Harris
Paul J. Mikus
Abraham
Radefeld
Oberlin School audit blasts record keeping lapses
State Auditor report covering June 1971 to Oct 1974 finds mismanaged clerk treasurer records at Oberlin City Schools though no fund shortage. Former officers Porter and McNulty served during period. current balance cited as $736,872. Issues include inactive funds deposit, lack of bank reconciliations, unrecorded receipts, misposted warrants, and payroll reconciliation failures.
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Columbus
Oberlin City
Ernestine Schmitz
Lucille Porter
Patrick McNulty
Oberlin Savings Bank
Jay
David Kessler
Taft Attacks Amtrak Timetable Through Ohio
Senator Robert Taft Jr criticizes Amtrak for overnight Cleveland service on the Boston to Chicago route. He says trains arrive at impractical hours, with westbound around 7 to 7:30 a.m. and eastbound 9 to 10 p.m. Amtrak officials defend the plan as aimed at improving Cleveland service and note negotiations with Penn Central and necessary station work while awaiting confirmation of September opening.
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Washington
Amtrak
Robert Taft Jr
R-Ohio
Cleveland
Boston
Ohio
L. Fletcher Prouty
Office of Public Relations
C-T
Elyria
Pronty
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Ment
Lima
Lodge
Louis Long
Pennsylvania
Cavanaugh
George Gotsis
John Kenney
Lorain Board
Cherie
Tom Chernitsky
Gary Clark
Mereanera
Gary Krause
Krause
Margaret Jenkins
Ushelyi
Ashelii
Seattle
Woodland Park Zoo
Mr. Young
Sindell's
Otero
Oberlin
By Gary Clark
Steve Jay
State Auditor
Taft
Fut Prouty
Leonard Retchlin
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