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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1970
Page
2
Multiple obituaries from Elyria Lorain Amherst and surrounding towns report the deaths of George F Sorg Sr 81 of 622 Woodland Ave Elyria died yesterday at Elyria Memorial Hospital. Other obituaries list Frank Kothe Jessie Karkellie Valeria Kuznar and related services and funeral arrangements with visits and burial details.
Death notices list Mary W age 80 of Brighton Two Wellington RD 1 survived by daughters Mrs Donald Shays and Mrs Robert Case two sisters and three brothers visitation times at Norton Funeral Home Wellington Saturday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm funeral Sunday 3 pm burial Brighton Cemetery Harry E age 79 of 37736 Butternut Ridge Rd survived by wife Bertha one daughter Mrs Eugene Burke one son Donald E and one brother visitations at Sudro Curtis Funeral Home Saturday 7 to 9 pm Sunday 2 to 4 and 7 to pm Oberlin Masonic Lodge services Sunday 7 pm funeral Monday 1 30 pm burial LaPorte Cemetery Francis E age 67 of 310 Seventh St Apt 504 Lorain survived by wife Charlotte sons Owen F Francis A and Don Lee two brothers visitation Walter Frey Funeral Home Lorain Saturday 7 to 9 pm Sunday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm funeral Monday 11 am burial Elmwood Road Lorain
The Lorain County coroner’s office will rule on the hanging death of Mrs. James Browning 43 of Indian Hollow Road RD 2, Grafton, found about 8 a.m. in a barn by a horse’s bridle from a rafter. Deputies said she had been despondent recently and her husband, treasurer of Martin J. Tobin Co in North Ridgeville, found her.
James Orden Suttle 19 of Salem was bound to the Lorain County Grand Jury by Elyria Municipal Court Judge Frank M Wilcox after pleading innocent to a charge of intent to rob the Red Head Gas Station. He pulled a toy pistol on the attendant at 1 40 a.m. but fled after the attendant walked away. Police traced his car and arrested him minutes later.
Dr. Richard J. Wright of Bowling Green State University will speak at the Elyria Rotary Club meeting at the YMCA Tuesday noon. The history professor will recount tales about the Great Lakes and the 1893 loss of the steamer Dean Richmond, drawing on his research and recent work on the American Ship Building Co.
In Londonderry a border guard fired on a taxi after it crashed through barriers wounding a man and his wife who were treated for leg wounds. In Belfast a Protestant MP’s home and a border customs house were damaged by explosions with no injuries. Anne Dickson faced violent targeting amid ongoing sectarian clashes.
About 175 teachers from Lorain schools and Lorain County Community College will be welcomed September 12. They will tour the public library city and university sites, have lunch at Riverside Park and receive Lorain harbor boat rides. Ambassadors Club and Wives of the Greater Lorain Chamber of Commerce organize the welcome.
Reported thefts include an automobile tape player FM radio and tapes valued at 24320 taken from a locked garage after a rear window was broken. Also a can of money 230 and cash with coupons valued at 200 taken from a residence while a babysitter was in the home amid construction noise.
Partly cloudy with a chance of thundershowers in the northwest, otherwise mostly fair tonight. Lows in the 60s and low 70s. Variable clouds with possible storms tomorrow, cooler in the northwest and extreme north, highs in the 80s. Southwest winds 12 to 22 knots tonight. Mostly fair with a chance of storms in the extreme west tonight.
Fair and mild conditions expected with highs in the lower 80s and overnight lows in the upper 50s to lower 60s. No rain is anticipated as dry weather continues across the region.
Wayne Herman age 48 of Elyria was reelected to his third one year term as president of the Lorain County AFL-CIO Federation of Labor defeating George Pashkevich. Eleven officers were elected at the UAW Hall in Elyria with Ray C. Dike named treasurer and multiple vice presidents chosen by vote.
A compiled record lists numerous individuals associated with hospital activity and discharges. Names plus multiple street addresses across Amherst Vermilion Avon Lake Sheffield Lake and surrounding areas are noted for Mrs Anthony Bacacio Mrs Gary Driskill Mrs Herbert Goodrich and others with addresses in Iona Avon Vermilion and adjoining towns.
Local OCR fragment lists names and addresses across Lorain and Amherst areas, including Mrs John Soroka, Mrs Robert Yeager, Mrs George Auxier and others with street addresses such as 25 Woodhill Dr and 1101 North Main St. The clipped text also references Edward Chupick and residents like Florence Turk and Elyna Shreves in various streets.
The Black River Booster Club will hold a benefit auction on August 29 to raise funds for finishing high school athletic facilities. Items include farm machinery, household goods, fruits and vegetables with lunch served and baked goods for sale. Auction starts at 10 am with auctioneers Roger Rumbaugh Jim Richards and Andrew Miller volunteering their services.
Chrysler Corp announced a tentative 5 to 6 percent price increase for its 1971 cars, averaging about $125 more per vehicle. The move makes Chrysler the second major UC automaker to announce a dealer price rise.
Florence Downman of 308 North Main is listed among discharges from Southern Lorain County Hospital on Friday.
A readable fragment lists numerous residents with street addresses across Lorain and nearby towns including Avon, Vermilion, and Elyria. Notable names include Larry Birt Jr, Deborah Channell, Francisco Figueroa, Andrew Foster, Janice Gresko, Melissa Hall, Donald Holt Camp, Victor Moreno, Kimberly Resovsky, Victor Reyes, and Dolores Rodriguez with respective addresses such as Eastlawn Avenue, Madison Avenue, Reid Avenue, East 33rd Street, and West River Road.
Listings show newborn sons and daughters born to families across Elyria area including Delara Pawlikowski Wellert Fishman Columbia Szokola i Hicks Stephenson McCann Boose in North Ridgeville Amherst Amherst Huron and surrounding locales with full street addresses and parental names. The Friday date appears amid the fragmentary notices.
A daughter to Mr and Mrs Gordon Koepp at 220 Holly Wood Street and a daughter to Mr and Mrs Henan Thomas of RD 3 Wellington. Louis Boatman of 819 Sanford Ave is also noted in the Oberlin area column.
Ira Shuster 74 of 149 Pasadena Ave faces second degree homicide by vehicle. Arraignment delayed to Tuesday 9 am in Elyria Municipal Court after a two car crash Aug 7 on Furnace Street and Kennedy Memorial Parkway left Marian L. Foss 52 of 250 Eighth St dead. Shuster released from Elyria Memorial Hospital. bond set at $500.
John Birch Society founder Welch told reporters in Akron that Kent State University hosts Communist students and professors and that Communists hold 60 to 80 percent control in government business finance and the news media. He urged ending Vietnam aid and trade with Communist nations and called the United Nations a Communist instrumentality.
A 12 jurors panel resumes deliberations in the John Norman Collins trial over the July 1969 slaying of Eastern Michigan University freshman Karen Beineman. The case carries a mandatory life sentence if found guilty. Collins also faces California charges for another 1969 homicide.
Mrs Joseph Vasi asserts Quality Cake Decorating Supplies at 318 East River St remains in business despite misreports. A Chronicle Telegram article on Aug 3 led readers to conclude otherwise. Vasi clarifies she sold only the candy business and Quality Candy Co owners do not sell their special order cakes under the Quality brand.
A fire in a vacant Lorain house at Vine and East 29th Streets burned for about two hours before being extinguished by four fire trucks. The blaze started near a stairway and spread through the structure. The home, owned by the Lorain urban renewal project, was slated for demolition later.
About 30 youths crashed a private party at South Hall Dormitory Oberlin College and assaulted two out of town visitors from New Jersey and Cleveland. The victims Nate London 25 and Duncan Williams 21 were treated for head wounds. Police suspect a golf club or billiard cue caused the injuries.
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