Lorain County Fair Opens With Early Start and Wide Exhibits
Lorain County Agricultural Society hosts the 107th Lorain County Fair in Wellington with midway rides, horse pulling and horseshoe events, plus thousands of exhibits. Setup features extensive electrical boosts, new transformers, and a busy grounds operation as crowds began to pour in despite light showers.
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Gut sunaHy
Wellington
Lorain County Fair
Ghit Andifarm
Lorain
County Agricultural Society
Ivestock
Locatrons
Troin County Agricultural Society
Birchhill Named State Editor for Chronicle Telegram
Jack M. Birchhill was appointed state editor of The Chronicle Telegram by O B Schoepfle, will oversee Elyria area coverage and head a 30 member staff. Former UPI reporter in Columbus and WSPD staff writer. Toledo graduate lives at 818 Park Ave with wife Nancy and two young sons.
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Jack M. Birchhill
Chronicle-Telegram
Schoepfle
Birchhill
United Press International
Columbus
Birchill
Elyria
UPI
Wspd Radio and Television
Toledo
University of Toledo
Park Ave
Nancy
Alec
Craig
Elynia awards contract for three traffic lights
Elynia awards the three-light contract on Lodi Street to Elyna Superior Electric Co. as the lowest bidder at 3 760. Mayor Charles V. Neeson announced the Elyna Board of Control approved the deal Saturday. Only other bidder was Graybar Electric Co. of Cleveland at 33 883, with installation to be done by city employees and delivery in four to six weeks.
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Lodi St
Elyna Superior Electric Co
Charles V. Neeson
Satuday
Elyna Board of Control
Mayor and Safety Service
Joseph C. Cowden
Graybar Electric Co
Cleveland
West Ave
Furnace St
West River St
City To Discuss Restrictive Lot Size Zoning Proposals
A meeting tomorrow at 7 30 pm will consider creating a 60 foot minimum lot size as part of architectural zoning. The Elyna Planning Commission and council building lands committee back the measure which would apply only to new developments and limit each lot to one home. Protests from residents on Hartford Drive preceded the council action, with concerns over property devaluation from project type homes near Abbe Road and Sherwood Drive. Developers say demand drives smaller homes.
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Council Building Lands Committee
Elyna Planning Commission
Gallery
Hartford Dr
Abbe Rd
Sherwood Dr
Young murder trial set for September eighteenth
Mrs Rebecca Young, 37, pleaded not guilty to murder charges in common pleas court. Bond was set at 15000 but could not be posted. Trial date October? September eighteenth at 9 a.m. ordered. husband Grover Lee Young investigated the shooting in July. Baby Sandra Lee born July 24 at Amherst Hospital. hospital release followed by county jail return. Son James, 17, held on juvenile charges for aiding in the crime.
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Rebecca
Young
Innocent
Common Pleas Court
Bond
LeRoy F. Kell
John B. Otero
Otero
King
Grover Lee
um/Young
James
Loram City
Police Dept
Mother
Horseshoe contests launch at Wellington fairgrounds
Lorain County horseshoe pitchers start a title a day competition at the Lorain County Fairgrounds at 7 pm with Class A to crown, Class B tomorrow, Class C Wednesday, and Class D Thursday. Organizers Kate Thoburn Lee Mason and Harry Carino, plus qualifying rounds held Friday to Sunday, back defending champ William Pentila. Local sponsors include Wellington Hardware Brumfield's Sparkle Market and Market Basket. Amherst Pen i Hilla, a noted pitcher, recently competed in the national championships.
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Wellington
Lorain County
Lorain County Fairgrounds
Kate Thoburn
Lee Mason
Harry Carino
Eeen
Wellington Hardware
Brumfield
Sparkle Market
Market Basket
Wiliam Pentila
Amherst
Park workers unpaid holiday time under legal ruling
Park officials dispute holiday pay for July 4 hours with 21 part time workers credited only straight time while four full timers received time and a half. City Solicitor Tattersall ruled overtime at more than eight hours conflicts with ordinances, citing David Madhock’s 25 hours as an example. The park commission awaits guidance as cash pay is held pending ruling with no immediate action.
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Park Department
Park
John P. Machock
Machock
Madhock
J.C. William Tattersall
David Madhock
David
Tattersall
Park Commission
Wellington
Loram County
miJoffice
Area Com
Richard M. Notley
Oberlin
Amherst
Kent State U to give degrees to 44 in area
Kent State University will award 208 graduates and 405 undergraduates at Saturday commencement in Memorial Gymnasium, Kent. President George A. Bowman will confer degrees on 20 graduates and 24 undergraduates from inter-county area. Names listed include Avon Lake, Lorain, Amherst, Wellington, and Medina County students earning master and bachelor degrees in education, business, arts, and sciences, with several cum laude honors.
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Kent State University
Memorial Gymnasium
Kent
George A. Bowman
Lorain County
Avon Lake
Joseph Baden
Sunset Rd
Elyna- John Kean
Middle Ave
Grafton
Gerald Rothman
Grafton Rd
Manaan
Aanealy
Imajul Psy
Iubus
Lorain
John Beatty
Grant i St
Edward Chonko
Hecock
Fahye Graber
Washington Ave
Benjamin Postel
East 28Th St
Larrie Young
Toledo Rd
Amherst
Dennis Stachelski
South Leavitt Rd
JoAnn Myers
Norman Ave
David Kintzler
Emmons Rd
Brazil may be dropped from aid proposal list
Washington UPI reports Foreignsor Clarkson College of Technology director Fowler Hamilton says Brazil could be dropped from U S aid this year as a continuation of expropriation of American property. The potential cut affects graduates from 39 Ohio counties and 14 states plus Taiwan and Jamaica.
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Lowell Herron
Elyna
Anna Marie Hartman
Washington
UPI
Clarkson
East Ave
Fowler Hamilton
William Topoly
Brazil
Avon Belden
U.S
Ohio
Gram
Taiwan
Lorain
Joan Baumgartner
Jamaica
Ohio candidates' verbal blasts gather steam
United Press International reports the 1962 Ohio election campaign gains momentum as State Auditor James A Rhodes campaigns on his jobs and industrial development plan in Cleveland, Gov. Michael V. DiSalle attacks the plan, and John Marshall Briley tours Lorain County to unseat Senator Frank J. Lausche. DiSalle criticizes Rhodes and Briley touts diversification and consumer protection during a busy multi-county circuit.
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Ohio
James A Rhodes
Cleveland
Michael V. DiSalle
Rhodes
John Marshall Briley
Lorain County
Frank J. Lausche
Keys ill but tours Amherst for 13th District
Democratic candidate J Grant Keys toured Amherst this afternoon hosted by Lorain district chairman Thomas J Urban who said the trip was cut short by a heavy cold. Keys plans to attend the Lorain County Fair in Wellington daily and greet voters at his booth while also attending the Golden Agers anniversary dinner on Thursday. Keys, formerly Elyria mayor, now Ohio director of highway safety, opposes incumbent Republican Charles Mosher.
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Dent Kennedy
Ohio
D!salle
Columbus
Cleveland
Nhe
Imling
Robert E. Sweeney
Ralph S Locher
Treasury
Cratic
Toledo
Briley
Lorain County
Sheffield
Amherst
J. Grant Keys
Thomas J. Urban
Lorain
Keys
Wellington
Cleveland man reports hotel theft at Antlers Hotel
LORAIN A 32 year old Cleveland man was robbed by a hotel thief who forced him to remove pants from a bell boy to reach the lobby. Frank Wiencex said his door was left unlocked after an early Sunday morning retirement. Stolen were trainers valued at $40, $37 in cash, and a black leather key case.
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Lorain
Cleveland
Bell Boys
Frank
Wiencex
Antlers
Briley Tours Lorain County in Senate Campaign Push
Republican senatorial candidate John Marshall Briley visited Lorain County in a bid to unseat Senator Frank J. Lausche. He met Lorain leaders at McGarvey's, toured National Tube Co and the Lorain Harbor with Mayor Woodrow W. Mathias, held a luncheon in Sylvania, and planned a press session on the courthouse steps before continuing to the Lorain County Fair and a possible meeting with gubernatorial hopeful James A. Rhodes.
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John Marshall Briley
Lorain County
Toledo
Lorain
McGarvey
O'Neil-Sheffield
Ping Center
Libbey
Owens Ford
National Tube Co
Harbor
Briley
Slyria
American Legion Hall
James A. Rhodes
Obertin
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Montrose Way
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West Prospect St
Pamela Ann Arnold
Highview Dr
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Gordon St
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Salle
Apeere Ree
Friendship Baptist
Woodrow W. Mathia
James Mc- Kisson
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