Avon council approves charter amendments on ballot
Avon City Council approves nine charter amendments proposed by the Charter Review Commission. Changes include eliminating the mandatory service department, giving the council authority to create or dissolve departments, moving the director of public service, and placing the measures on the fall ballot. Other amendments simplify legislative procedures, add the word within to notice requirements for property owners, and clarify duties of the zoning process.
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Avon City Council
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Board of Zoning and Building Appeals
Orchestra Scores in Greece Spark 10 Week World Tour
In Salonika the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra drew a 3,000 strong crowd for the first concert of a 10 week world tour as part of the Athens Festival. Conductor Max Rudolf received curtain calls after two encores. The event, amid social and civic circles, featured a stage on rock and a Greek dramas station project worth about £40,000. Council also approved water line extensions totaling $125,000 for Colorado Avenue, French Creek Road, Jayceux Road, and Moon Road, with specific pipe sizes and lengths.
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Aegean Sea
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French Creek Rd
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Moon Rd
Lorain council faces tax flip flop on 1 percent income tax
Local development experts fear council vacillation over an emergency 1 percent income tax could jeopardize Litton Industries plan for a $25 million Lorain shipyard. Rumors swirl about possible 1967 Democratic mayoral candidates including Zahorec and Parobek, with factional tensions noted.
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Demolition Clears Three Condemned Homes on Fox Furnace Row
In Elyria yesterday, a bulldozer razed three condemned houses on Fox Furnace Row in the Woodford Avenue area as part of a cleanup begun in 1961. A fourth house awaits demolition after guardianship issues are resolved. City inspector Robert Stephen said all properties were in very bad shape and owners were ordered to repair or raze them. Oberlin firm St Buchs and Sons performed the work under a city contract. the city will cover the bill and place liens on county tax listings to recover costs.
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Robert Stephen
Fox Furnace Row
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Kesma J. Glavas
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Woodford Ave
Oberlin Wrecking
St Buchs and Sons
Ohio tax plan eyed to fund schools via district income taxes
In an election year Ohio weighs how to pay for Gov. Rhodes and challenger Framer Reams Jr. proposals. A circulating plan would consolidate school districts, grant income taxing power, and tax valuations uniformity, with state collection and an equalization distribution. Critics note details remain to be ironed out.
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Richard Krabach
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Hagen 38 named superintendent of Columbus Local Schools
DONALD E. HAGEN, 38, is superintendent of Columbus Local School District. A former high school principal at Stow, he is assisted this month by retired former Superintendent E. F. Litzelberg who led the district years. Hagen, Baldwin Wallace College 181 graduate, holds a master from Kent State and pursues a doctorate at Western Reserve University. He was a WRU urban studies research assistant and part time instructor at Cuyahoga Community College. Previously he taught and coached at Madison, Chagrin Falls, and Seton, and led Milam High School and Jefferson Area High School as principal.
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Handicapped Children’s Day Planned at Lorain Fair
Lorain County Fair Board designated August 22 as Handicapped Children’s Day inviting local children with physical handicaps to attend with a supervising adult. Activities include a fair tour amusements refreshments and a grandstand show. Interested persons should contact Mrs. Mary Jane Lloyd at the Lorain County Society for Crippled Children and Adults.
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Lorain County
Welfare Clothing Subsidy Sparks State Plea in Columbus
Ohio welfare officials and civic groups urged higher welfare pay and a clothing subsidy for children. The State Welfare Department reported net income gains and outlined a request totaling about 6 to 6.5 million dollars for school bands, junior and senior high students, and clothing needs for 100,000 children, pressing for a meeting with state leaders to discuss funding.
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Wohl
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Akron
Industgave Canary
Wooster City Hall Viewed by Two Mayors From Lorain County
Elyria Mayor Leonard Reichlin and Lorain Mayor Woodrow Mathna toured Wooster’s new city hall on a 30 mile trip. They were welcomed by Wooster Mayor R. E. Cuthbertson and observed a modern 23 701 square foot building with a basement jail and unified offices opened in May 1962 costing 550 000 dollars funded by a bond issue.
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Elyria
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Lorain
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Maurice Brown
James Parobek
Antone Agrelyi
Frank Gall
Alex Oleko
Joseph Zahor
Zahor
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Latain
Loram School Board
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