Oberlin College Faces Uncertain Sigma 9 Computer Future
Oberlin College bought a $900,000 Sigma 9 general purpose computer from Xerox last February hoping for strong backing. Xerox will exit the computer business, promising seven years of support only, leaving the college unsure how to proceed and seeking responsive commitments. College officials plan a meeting to assess implications and may press Xerox for solutions.
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Lorain County fair opens Tuesday with bids on water lines
The Lorain County Fair starts Tuesday and Rural Lorain County Water Authority bids for 360 miles of rural water lines open at noon. The Lorain Vocational School Board meets tonight at 8 pm near Oberlin. Wellington Village Council convenes Monday at 7 pm, while Wellington High School drills for football season and the Super Stars competition drew a large crowd with prizes awarded in age groups.
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LaGrange
Wellington
Council
Wellington Town Hall
Wellington High School
Deadline nears for fair board seats
WELLINGTON The Lorain County Agricultural Society deadline to file petitions for the fair board seats is 6 pm Sunday. Candidates must file petitions signed by 10 or more society members residing in Lorain County. Election will be by written ballot at the Lorain County Fairgrounds on Aug 20 from 1 to 4 pm. Current directors with terms expiring include Paul O. Pickworth Alvin Finkel Weldon Eaton Jim Camp John Emmerich Gordon Greene and Frank Chambers.
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Fair Board
Lorain County
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Paul O. Pickworth
Pittsfield
Alvin Finkel
Huntington
Weldon Eaton
Rochester
Jim Camp
LaGrange
John Emmerich
Oberlin
Gordon Greene
Brighton
Frank Chambers
Plein
Spencer woman quits mayor's race
Spencer Councilwoman Jean Burden withdraws from the mayoral race citing personal pressures. Burden, 382 North Main Street, is Spencer's first councilwoman and works as an accountant for Clifford's Plumbing and Heating and co-editor of the Spencer weekly. Her exit leaves Hayden Coe as the likely winner, both Democrats, with Pomeroy vacating the post after December term.
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Jean Burden
Burden
North Main St
Clifford's Plumbing and Heating
Spencer Weekly
Hayden Coe
Wo Main St
Coe
Glenn Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Rowland Re-elected Trustee for Lorain-Medina Co-op
Harry B Rowland Sr of Rochester is re elected trustee for District One of Lorain Medina Rural Electric Co op Inc. at the annual meeting held Monday night with about 200 attendees. The cooperative is pursuing nearly 0.5 million in construction including a Webster Road substation and about 13.2 miles of three phase distribution lines in the Penfield Litchfield area.
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Harry B Rowland Sr
Rochester
Lorain-Medina Rural Electric Co-op, Inc
Co-Operative
West Road
Webster Road
Penfield-Litchfield
City saves money as Elyria trims water cleanup costs
Elyria is saving about $900 a month as Lake Erie water is cleaned further, with plant officials noting clearer water since spring. Lorain officials say their lake water shows no significant improvement. Texas irrigation drives $1.83 billion 1973 crop value across 83 million acres, per institute.
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Robert Sturtz
Sturtz
Lorain
Texas
Austin
Tex
UPI
Texas Water Resources Institute
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