Elyria to halt new hires in 1979 budget plan
Elyria faces a tightened budget as Mayor Marguerite Bowman presents a 1979 plan with no new hires. Finance chief Edwin Haywood warns replacing retirees could spike costs and risk raises. General fund seen at 6.8 million, about 750 thousand above 1978 due to raises and capex. Public hearing set for August 21 ahead of council approval by month end.
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Elyria
Marguerite E. Bowman
Edwin Haywood
Council
Haywood
State Department of Taxation
Father disrupts All-American Soap Box Derby car
Michael Pulliam 38 admits helping his daughter Susan build her car. He smashed her car in anger after officials disqualified Susan’s vehicle for not being built by the driver. Officials also disqualified 13 year old Steven Hall’s entry from Cincinnati.
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Akron, Ohio
Michael Pulliam
Akron
Pulliam
Susan
Steven Hall
Cincinnati
Steven
Masseuse jailed for prostitution in Elyria
Elyria detectives arrested a masseuse at Yoshiko Oriental Health Spa on Broad Street opposite City Hall on a prostitution charge. One woman remained in jail pending bond as police refused to name her while confirming the arrest.
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Elyria
Yoshiko Oriential
City Hall
The Gap in the Mourning Line by Jimmy Breslin
In Vatican City a loyal spectator, Mama Virginia from Pavia, waits three hours at St. Peter's in the heat to glimpse the pope’s body. She recalls her late husband cow tending, Mattei’s plane crash, and German wartime fear, while wary of official papers.
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Ned
Bascape
Pavia
Mattei
Mama Virginia
Pope Paul VI
St. Peter's Basilica
Rome
UPI
Storm knocks out power to thousands in area
Thunderstorms and heavy rain across the region caused widespread outages when lightning struck a 69 000 volt transmission line in southern Lorain County. About 5 000 customers served by Edison Firelands Electric Coop and Lorain Medina Rural Electric Cooperative lost power from 8 30 p m to midnight. New London and nearby towns were hardest hit while Cleveland’s NWS logged a funnel sighting elsewhere that night.
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North Ridgeville
Ray Diederich
New London
National Weather Service
Cleveland Hopkins International
Elyria
Weather Service
Lorain County
James Markle
Lake Erie
Ohio Edison
Edison
Firelands Electric Cooperative
Lorain-Medina
New London Fire Dept
Brentwood Lake
Grafton
Alberta Beach
Vermilion
Hallover Road
Wellington
LaGrange
Cuyahoga County
North Olmsted
Brook Park
Dale
Westlake
Rocky River
Oldest Ohio veteran Blaine a 101 year Elyria native
FOSTORIA AP news profile of David Miller Blaine born Feb 19 1877 in Elyria, Ohio. He is the state’s oldest veteran and among the last survivors of the 13 682 Ohio Volunteers in the Spanish American War. Blaine, living at Good Shepherd Nursing Home, enjoys bridge, horse betting, reading, and sun.
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UPI
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U. S
David Miller Blaine
Elyria
Blaine
Cleveland
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