Retired Lorain park official named Commissioner Emeritus
John B. Johnson, 85, longtime Lorain County park official and former vice chairman, was named Commissioner Emeritus by Lorain County Probate Judge Harold Ewing. Johnson helped establish the park system starting in 1958 and served 342 terms as vice chairman before retiring in 1969.
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John B. Johnson
Lorain County Metropolitan Park District
Lorain County
Harold §. Ewing
Johnson
Lakeview Dr
Brentwood Village
Grafton
Ewing
Ohio Electric Utility Institute
William T. Rabliff
Crestview
Elyria
Sheffield Lake to ask 375000 sewer issue
Sheffield Lake voters will decide on a 375000 dollar sewer bond issue in the November 3 election. The bonds would be retired by a 3.17 mill levy annually for 10 years to fund sanitary sewers and connections. A public hearing on rezoning near Shoreway Shopping Center preceded the meeting, with the planing commission recommending R1 to R2 zoning for possible multiple housing units.
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Sheffield Lake
Shoreway
Planning Commission
Youth Corps bonus funds 84 new summer jobs in Lorain
The Neighborhood Youth Corps in Lorain Countyreceived a 22250 summer bonus enabling 84 more poverty youths to work this season. Youths earn 1.45 per hour for six weeks through August 21 under the Department of Labor grant administered by the Lorain Economic Opportunity Committee. About 900 applications were received with roughly 500 eligible under poverty limits. only some can be funded.
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U.S. Department of Labor
Kenneth Moir
Lorain County
Lorain
Lorain Gets $10,946 Federal Nurse Aide Grant
A federal grant of 10,946 dollars funds an eight week nurse aide training for 15 jobless Lorain County residents. The Lorain Board of Education will run the course taught by a registered nurse with up to 40 dollars weekly allowances for eligible participants. Applications are through the Youth Opportunities Center in Lorain or the Elyria Lorain Employment Services. Training leads to jobs in local nursing homes.
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Lorain
Manpower Development and Training Act
Ohio
Lorain Board of Education
Youth Opportunities Center
Elyria
Bureau of Employment Services
Vote on Sunday liquor sales asked
Petitions filed with Lorain County Board of Elections seek to place a Sunday liquor sales question on the November 3 ballot in Carlisle Township precincts 5 and 8 and Avon Lake precinct 4A. Petitions signed by 15 percent of 1966 gubernatorial voters. Ohio law requires voter approval in willing communities.
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Elyria Country Club
Aquemanne Lodge
Lorain County Board of Elections
Carlisle Township
Avon Lake
Aqua Marine Lodge
Elyna Country Club
Ohio General Assembly
Airport authority meeting fizzles
Lorain County Regional Airport Authority meeting postponed after only three of six members attend. Quorum of four unmet as several members were out of the city. Another meeting to be called soon for officer elections and hiring of a hangar engineer, a spokesman said.
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Lorain County Regional Airport Authority
Ayers
County awaits Cleveland firm OK on Elyria building pact
Lorain County Commissioners wait for written approval from Squire, Sanders and Dempsey before signing the revised 3 million county administration building agreement with Elyria. The deal includes city use of space, land purchase funds, a parking facility, and legal protection against taxpayer suits.
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County
Lorain
Elyria
Cleveland
David Rowlinson
Squire, Sanders and Dempsey
Chronicle- Telegram
Scribner L. Fauver
Cleveland Legal Tirm
Fred Ritenauer
Cleveland Law
James McCrystal
Sandusky
Jeresmo Keron
Ludwig M. Pincura
McCrystal
Rowlinson
Lost Dog Reunited After Downtown Find
Pauline Dunlap thanks Russ Davies for locating her daughter's lost dog Max. A woman found the frightened animal roaming downtown near 217 Lowell St and returned him after seeing the ad. Kent State contact Jan cried with joy, and the dog warden checked on Max’s wellbeing.
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MR. Davies
Lowell St
Max
Jan
Kent State
Davies
Pauline
James T Dunlap JR
Ohio Street
Elyna
Dunlap
Lowell
C-T
Algae Blooms Cause Unpleasant Lake Erie Tap Water Flavor
Health officials report algae blooms in Lake Erie driven by hot weather and pollution. Water near Cleveland Avon Lake Sheffield Lake and Avon sees strong complaints while Elyria Lorain report fewer. Officials say despite odor and taste the water remains safe to drink and Avon Lake confirms periodic recurrence.
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Lake Erie
Cleveland
Avon Lake
Sheffield Lake
Avon
Elyria
Lorain
Robert Underhill
State grand jury probe on Kent State shootings set for Aug 25
Ohio Attorney General Brown announced a tentative Aug 25 start for a special grand jury investigation into the Kent State May 4 disturbances and four student killings. The plan calls for a courtroom panel with state staff to handle evidence and prosecutions if indictments occur, with FBI and state reports to be provided. The date remains tentative pending logistics and funding.
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Columbus
Kent State University
Brown
Kane Brown
Kane
Culons
James A Rhodes
FBI
Ohio Highway Patrol
Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation
Attorney General's Office
Stephen M Young
Ohio
Washington
American Cri Liberties Union
Benson Wolman
ACLU
Wolman
National Guardsmen
Cleveland Indians known as the Mollie McGuires?
A fragmented note wonders if the Cleveland Indians baseball team were ever nicknamed the Mollie McGuires. The scribble references a wager and a case of beer, with pagination hint to page 2 column 6.
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Dear Russ
Cleveland Indians
Mollie McGuires
Countians praise new tamper proof identity card
County officials and law enforcement cheer a new identi proof card promoted by the Greater Lorain County Retail Liquor Dealers Association. The card costs 1.50 and includes a color photo embedded in the card and laminated plastic.
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Lorain County
Greater
Boris
Lazoff
Association
Optiflex System, Inc
Columbus
Elyria Area Chamber backs county wide Career Day plan
Elyria Chamber representatives urged their board to continue participation in the county wide Hometown Career Day. Meeting attendees from Lorain Amherst and Vermilion chambers backed a cooperative fifth year, while Elyria directors had earlier voted to run a separate event.
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C of C
Elyria Area
Richard J. Elliott
Chamber
Milan Bendik
Lorain
Amherst
Vermilion Chambers
Elyria Chamber
Elyria
Jack Carrell
Lear Siegler
Romeo
Carrell
Holiday Inn
Elliott
Bendik
Raise Granted Clerk of Municipal Court in Elyria
A $1,300 raise for Dwight W Trubey, Elyria Municipal Court clerk, raises his salary to 1,500. Elyria City Council approved Monday night, with Fauver noting his duties match a city department head. Lorain County Commissioners must approve, likely as a formality, though two fifths of pay come from the county and three fifths from the city. The court’s income funds the entire salary.
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Dwight W Trubey
Elyria
Trubey
Scribner
Council
Trubes
Fauver
Trube
Lorain County
Ohio
Robert Rulli
Rullt
Lorain Towel Supply Co Bomb Threat Disrupts Evening
Lorain Towel Supply Co received two bomb threat calls yesterday evening at about 5:10 and 5, prompting police and fire department checks of the building. No device was found and workers were sent home.
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Lorain
Lorain Towel Supply Co
Lorain Fire Department
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UPI - 4
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C-T Carrier
Herbie
Costigan
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Chronicle-Telegram
Harwood Avenue
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Harwood
By Anita Schrodt
Russ Davies
Kent
Paul W Brown
Ravenna
Portage County
Wry
Gene Conway
Vernon M. Smith
Smith
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Murray Ridge Road
Sheriff's Department
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Reichlin
Ron Fleming
Vermilion
Clayton Phillips
Vernon M Smith
Sonkrone
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