Judges Propose Plans for New Lorain County Court Space
Lorain County four judges urge Commissioners to hire architects now to draft plans for permanent county offices and a jail building. The nine page report cites space shortages, aging courthouse from 1882 and 1894 jail, and outlines immediate and long range options including a Montgomery County style complex or a high rise.
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Lorain
Common Pleas
John D. Pincura
Pincura
Montgomery County
Dayton
LeRoy F. Kelly
Henry P. Webber
Harold §. Ewing
Fourth Common Pleas
Murbach
Middle Avenue
Sears
Webber
Jelly
Ewing
The Family Now
Chronicle Telegram reports on changes in household and kinship roles in a community feature, detailing how families adapt to social shifts in 1968. It highlights evolving dynamics among parents children and extended relatives with a focus on modern domestic life trends.
Stabbing in Lorain leaves man in guarded condition at hospital
Lorainite 42 year old Charles Richardson is in guarded condition at St Joseph Hospital after a butcher knife stabbed him in the right chest. Police name a year old woman as his assailant and hold her for investigation awaiting an affidavit to charge. Witnesses say officers seized the knife after a struggle on East 2nd Street near bins as the two fought over the weapon before rescue squads transported the injured man.
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Lorain
St Joseph Hospital
Charles Richardson
East 30Th St
Richardson
Zoning variance approved for Amherst service station and restaurant complex
The findings and lands committee will recommend a zoning variance for a 300000 dollar service station and adjacent L and K restaurant at Leavitt and Cooper Foster Park Roads. The panel approved a variance to one acre where 1.5 acres are required, allowing Marathon Oil Co. to build a colonial style complex pending council action.
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Amherst
Leavitt
Cooper Foster Park
Faindings
Marathon Oil Co
Elyria tax question looms as signatures eyed
Mayor Reichlin said a decision on city income tax collection is due within a week. If petitions for a referendum lack valid signatures, a July 1 collection starts. if valid, tax collection waits until after the November vote. Two petition sets exist, one by Republicans with 2210 signatures, the other by Democrats with 1070.
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Elyria
Leonard P. Reichlin
Oscar G. Dunn
Fred B. Sanford
Joseph Q. Petro
Drew Burkhard
Donnie L. Heathey
Daniel B. Roberts
Lorain County
Midway Mall
Endum
Sanford
Elyma
Reichlin
Chroncle-Telegram
Council
Vanished East Bridge Street site to become Spitzer parking lot
The former Blue Sky Inn at 128-190 East Bridge St in Elyria is razed by Spitzer empire lands. Spitzer Motors plans to use the area for parking for new and used cars. The building once housed the Blue Sky Inn, a long standing downtown spaghetti venue linked to the Streicher brothers and Tony Jiovanazzo’s era.
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East Bridge St
Spitzer Empire
Spitzer Motors of
Elyria
Blue Sky Inn
Streicher
John
Joseph
John Streicher
Elyria Storage Battery Co
Anthony
Tony) Jiovanazzo
Jiovanazzo
Maria
Arizona stays on standard time reshuffles KTAR lineup
KTAR-TV in Phoenix expands its evening broadcast after daylight saving time prompts the removal of NBC Serial Days of Our Lives from the schedule. The station adds a soap opera report to cover the day’s events for loyal fans who protested the change.
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Phoenix
Aztec head blast leaves one dead two injured
Aztec Chemical Co and Elyria fire department seek cause of Saturday explosion that destroyed a benzoyl peroxide drying building. One worker, Leslie C. Putzier, 21, of Grafton, was killed. Two others, George C. Evans and Kenneth L. Ditzel, were injured. Estimated damage to Aztec at $25,000. American Standard Co roof damage noted but not yet priced.
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James B. Harrison
Aztec Chemical Co
Chronicle-Telegram
Elyria
Aztec
American Standard Co
American Standard
Leslie C. Putzier
Grafton
Harrison
Putzier
George C. Evans
Belmar Ct
Kenneth L Ditzel
Whitman Blvd
Lorain County fair signs Roy Rogers for two nights
Lorain County Fair boards sign Roy Rogers and Dale Evans for a two night stand August 23 and 24 with The Sons of the Pioneers. Will Jordan to MC. Roy Rogers will not appear with Trigger due to travel issues.
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Lorain County Fair Board
Roy Rogers
Wellington
Dale Evans
Lorain County Fair
Sons of the Pioneers
Roy
Trigger
Chase and Park
Will Jordan
Fair Board
Gordon Greene
John Richards
Robert Kaltenbach
Klein's Attractions
Chicago
Smith
Rogers
Lorain County
Houston
Tex Heles
Vancouver
Canada
PeeWee King
Kathy Dee
Cleveland
Collins Sisters
Waterline project funding ends in Elyria
Mayor Leonard P Reichlin announced that a federal grant has allowed the city to discontinue payments on the Milan West Ridge Road water main project begun in 1962. The 3 inch line pumps water from Lake Erie to Elyria with a total cost of 1,003,910 dollars and federal support of 486,504 dollars plus 11,778 from the state.
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Leonard P Reichlin
Milan-West Ridge Road
Elyria
Lake Erie
Ohio
Renewal grant cut reshapes Midtown urban renewal plan
Elyna's survey and planning grant for Midtown General Neighborhood Renewal Plan was trimmed from 134000 to 121375 as HUD advised. Mayor Reichlin disclosed the change after a letter from Thomas Kilbride, HUD, detailing eligibility of planning costs for inclusion and noting city cost sharing under the first project approval.
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Elyna
Midtown General
Leonard P. Reichlin
Reichlin
Thomas §. Kilbride
US Department of Housing and Urban Development
Kilbride
HUD
Etyris Fe
Unis
Uns
United States
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Washington
Charles A. Mosher
R-13
Library of Congress
Harold Olmstead
William Kilfoyle
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
William G. Sharp
C-T
Luke Black
Norma Jones
Oberlin Inn
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Ford
Nigat Fair Board
Dan Smith
Sor
Hesand Rogers
Edison
Doris Snyder
Edison School
Snyder
Miss Snyder
Eugene Myers
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