Ridgeville approves 6 percent city raises amid blue flu
North Ridgeville City Council voted a 6 percent raise for nearly all city staff retroactive to Aug 1, with exclusions for certain officials and new or already adjusted posts. The move aimed to quell a police sickout linked to stalled 7 percent raises, but funding hinges on a November 1 mill levy and time-consuming bookkeeping.
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North Ridgeville
Parks Recreation
Sewer and Water Department
Finance Committee
Charles H. Stuart
Kenneth Krueck
Stuart
Council
Fire sparks ignite debris in truck at Brotherton Disposal
An acetylene torch sparked debris inside a truck at Brotherton Disposal 110 Malcolm Ct and was quickly extinguished with a garden hose. No damage reported. City council passed the Pay Ordinance and a fund transfer ordinance unanimously. Evergreen Drive ordinances approved on first reading. A six day camp for visually impaired children opens with many activities and a list of participants from Elyria and surrounding areas. The camp runs through Saturday, August 14, 1971.
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Brotherton Disposal
Malcolm Ct
Evergreen Drive
Mercury free fish tale from Brighton to Washington DC
In a lighthearted Brighton yarn two years in the making, Andy Davidson and Dick West swap jokes about a supposed thermo gravitational fish purification system to remove mercury. Davidson, an avid fisherman, admits no real knowledge yet keeps retelling the tale, even as West’s cheeky letter of reply sits on his wall.
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Brighton
Washington
Davidson
West
House of Representatives
United States Press Gallery
Washington, D.C
Two Elyria Women Plead Innocent to Fraud and Embezzlement
Two Elyria women indicted by the Lorain County Grand jury pleaded innocent at arraignment in Common Pleas Court. Nancy Ann Webb 36 of 9581 West Ridge Road faced forgery and embezzlement charges tied to her employer Lorain attorney John D Ozich and remains jailed on 10000 bond. Ella May Perkins 52 of 531 Lowell Street pleaded innocent to welfare fraud involving 2261 dollars obtained from August 1970 to April 1971 and is free on 2000 bond. Both await pretrial hearings before Judge LeRoy F. Kelly.
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Elyria
Lorain County
Grand Jury
Common Pleas
Nancy Ann Webb
West Ridge Rd
Lorain
John Dozich
Paul J. Mikus
Ella May Perkins
Lowell St
LeRoy F. Kelly
Mosher backs Nixon trip to China in Elyria talk
Rep. Charles A. Mosher backed Nixon's trip to China at a two hour Elyria meeting of United Auto Workers Region 2 Community Action Program Council at the Holiday Inn. He called it good politics with real need and also supported Kennedy's universal health insurance bill financed by payroll tax and general revenue. State Rep. J Leonard Camera also spoke in favor of a state income tax to fund schools and welfare and predicted a school fund bill soon.
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Mosher
Nixon
China
Elyria
Red China
Charles A. Mosher
Roberlin
United Auto Workers Region 2
Community Action Program Council
Holiday Inn
Rt. 57
Council
Tam
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
J. Leonard Camera
D-Lorain
Camera
Brighton inventor tames contaminated fish with purifier
Washington report describes Andy Davidson of Brighton Ohio presenting a thermo gravitional fish purification system for home use. The piece notes small town life centers on watching thermometers and contrasts indoor outdoor readings with a humorous aside about weather enthusiasts and medical thermometers.
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Andy Davidson
Brighton
Ohio
Thermometer musings spark a quirky fish purifica tion scheme
A humorous riff notes Davidson's obsession with thermometers and a supposed thermo gravitational fish purification idea. It likens inspiration to Newton and offers a satirical method to prepare swordfish by freezing head down, culminating in a mounted thermometer as a trophy.
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Davidson
Isaac Newton
Tennessee Walking Horse Facts and Local Gossip in Elyria
In Elyria Ohio a reader questions the birthplace of the first Tennessee Walking Horse while sharing local lore about the breed. A long letter covers Tennessee trivia, Pope and Tennyson quotes, family milestones, and updates on the Foreman and Peloquin families including a 90th birthday, a 60th wedding anniversary, a new grandchild, and political candidacy.
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George Shriver
Grafton
Wellington
Wakeman
Sheffield Lake
Kathy Carpenter
Debbie Everling
Amherst
Roger Ferrier
Cincinnati
Bob Horrocks
Celeste Koniarski
Cathy Means
Heather Panger
George Simons, Jr
Marietta Starke
Kathy
Priscilla Tuttle
Cathy Bernard
Linda Drabik
Randy Parrish
Dave Perusek
Marty Konacek
James Trager
DeKalb
Ill
John
Lorain County Center
Rob Thomas
Mary Bohannan
Chronicle-Telegram
John Payne
By Dick West
UPI
Russ Davies
Bill Graw
Cornell Ave
East Ohio
State of
Tennessee
Memphis
Nashville
Ike Trubey
Elyria Municipal Court
Vanderbilt University
Big Bull Edwards
Murfreesboro
Tenn
Our City
Alexander Pope
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Russ
Andrew J. Foreman
Margaret
Harvard Avenue
Car-riagé
Washington Ave
Henry
Ron
Marilyn
Arsem
Goody
Bea
Dave Robertson
Dave
Palo Alto
Calif
Oxford Ave
Robertsons
California
Ida
Martha
Peloquin
Gulf Rd
Foremans
Peloquins
Frenchy
Andrew J. Foreman, Jr
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