Trash collection fee hike fails emergency approval in Elyria
Elyria City Council discussed a proposed 25 cent monthly trash fee increase to raise funds for the sanitation department. The measure passed first reading but failed emergency approval, with officials citing a $37,000 gap between needs and the current $292,000 appropriation and exploring other revenue options.
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City Sanitation Department
Elyria
Council
Safety Service
Jack M. Birchhill
Birchhill
Nation observes Freedom from Hunger Week
President Johnson proclaimed November 15 to 21 as National Freedom from Hunger Week. He urged the American Freedom from Hunger Foundation to plan observances and direct federal agencies to cooperate. The proclamation notes U.S. participation with FAO and over 100 countries in a global drive to end hunger.
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UPI
Johnson
American Freedom From Hunger Foundation
United States
U.N Food and Agriculture Organization
FAO
Woman Wins Long Battle as Ford Rd Dump Is Padlocked
Elyria closes the Ford Road dump after sanitation officials and Mayor Fred B. Sanford padlock the site following a complaint by Marguerite Bowman. Garbage was found at the dump, with estimates of tons to be cleared, and officials say it will stay closed until the health hazard passes. The owner, estate of the late Max Joseph, has faced a long string of burnings and legal actions since 1954 as residents pushed for a closure.
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Birchhill
John A Katko
Leonard P. Reichlin
la Bourn
Safety-Service
Ford Rd
Elyria
Bowman
Jack M. Birchhill
Elyria Health Department
Earl Sloan
Gordon Bell
J. L. Saxon
Sanford
Max Joseph
Cleveland
Prrate
Governor of
Ohio
Ohio Department of Health
Council
Joseph
UF audit chairman named United Fund campaign head
Samuel E Morgan Jr senior accountant at Ter stedt Division GMC was named head of the audit division for this year's United Fund Campaign. The appointment was announced by Herbert H Meister. Morgan previously served as vice chair of the audit division and in 1962 he sat on the division during the October campaign. He and his wife Helen have four daughters and one son. residence is 144 Riverside Ct.
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United Fund Campaign
Samuel E Morgan’ Jr
Ternstedt
GMC
Herbert H Meister
Morgan
United Fund
Adheverent Morgan
Helen
Riverside Ct
City drops sanitation fund bid
Mayor Fred Sanford says the city will not seek emergency rate increases for the sanitation department. After a 5-5 council vote blocking the measure, he calls for studies toward a basic correction of department operations and notes debt, past raises, and lack of capital planning. He opposes further subsidies and pledges no levy while defending service.
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Fred
Sanford
Sanitation Department
Cites
Sanitation
Shaker Heights girl drowns at James Lake
Westboro Wisconsin UPI reports Miss Priscilla Leunk 19 of Shaker Heights Ohio drowned Monday at James Lake four miles east of Westboro. Coroner James Amo said she was a lifeguard at Camp Forest Springs and disappeared while swimming. companions formed a human chain and recovered her body in nine feet of water. He cited an apparent cramp as the cause.
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UPI
Priscilla Leunk
Shaker Heights
Ohio
James Lake
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Leunk
Harold Leunk
Camp Forest Springs
Amo
Historic Oberlin elm withering amid Dutch elm disease
The West College and North Main Street elm on Oberlin College grounds is dying from Dutch elm disease and may not survive until next summer. Grounds foreman John A. Aquhart says it will last while it can show a green leaf, while tree service operator Art Salo predicts its disappearance next summer. The elm, tied to Oberlin lore from early prayer meetings to a town lost and found, as well as UN flag displays, has long been a symbol of the community and its reporters’ past.
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West College
Cleveland
Pinder Pease
P. B Pease
Brownhelm
Pinder
Lorain County Fair Promises Horses Ponies And More
The Lorain County Fair runs August 24–28 in Wellington with a pony pulling contest pony races harness races and a horse show plus a three team hitch. Open classes prize money 100 top pony prizes and $170 horse pulling purses. The Ohio Western Saddle Club Association Saddle Horse Show offers $1400 in cash prizes. racing features about $10,000 in purses over three days with pony shows and harness events midweek. Sheep swine cattle poultry rabbits bees geese ducks turkeys plus 4H dog club projects and a wide range of exhibits and midway entertainment complete the program offering something for every fairgoer.
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Wellington
Moodey
Ohio Western Saddle Club Association
Guernsey
Jersey
Ous
Dog Club
Judge fines 14 for contempt in Youngstown case
In Youngstown Judge Sidney Rigel handed fines and jail terms to fourteen people for contempt of court tied to grand jury testimony in a 1903-44 crime probe. Fines ranged from 50 to 500 dollars with jail terms up to ten days, including notable penalties for Paul Mastrodanto and Michael Pezell while others like Coates and O'Hara faced heavy costs. Two cases were continued as police and prosecutors pursue gambling charges. Keating to run for six more years in New York.
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Youngs Area
Town
Wallam
Paul Mastrodanto
Youngs
Michael Pezell
Campbell
Powell
Mastrodanto
Coates
Leamis
Youngstown
Boy held in fatal shotgun shooting case in Cleveland
A 14 year old boy was held in Cleveland today in the apparent accidental shooting death of 19 year old Leon Jennings. Police say Jennings was killed when the youths took turns firing a shotgun at him while playing Monday.
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Cleveland
UPI
Leon Jennings
Jennings
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