County teachers train in science workshops at Brush School
County teachers conducted four day science sessions at Brush School on Durkee Rd to plan pupil experiments for the upcoming year. A reading workshop was held today and new teacher orientation is set for tomorrow morning with demonstrations of electrical, telephone, and atomic structure experiments.
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Brush School
Durkee Rd
Marian Woodrum
Henrietta
Tures
Grace Gannett
Brush
Karen Dey
Knollwood School
Fire destroys barn and livestock in Penfield Township
A $20 000 barn on the Justin Gordon farm east of West Road burned to ashes yesterday afternoon. The blaze also wiped out a Holstein bull 10 heifers and calves seven hogs and hay and dairy equipment. No one was harmed and neighbors aided after the fire department worked six hours. Gordon plans to sell his Holstein herd and abandon dairy farming until new quarters can be built. The cause was believed electrical wiring.
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Wellington
Penfield Township
Justin Gordon
Jones Rd
West Rd
Bob
Farmers of America
Lorain County
Gordon
Big Town workers vote against union at Ridgeview store
Big Town Super Mart employees vote 7 to 4 against Local 880 as their bargaining agent amid ongoing NLRB actions. NLRB finds improper conduct to deter unionization and pending order to rehire five female clerks. Local 880 has until 5 p.m. Tuesday to file objections.
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Big Town SuperMart
Ridgeview
Union Local 880
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Big Town
Local 880
Lacquer Explodes At Norwalk Firm Fire Destroys Building
A lacquer spraying room blast at Suhr Kitchen Co on Summit St in Norwalk caused an estimated 50 000 damage. A faulty fan motor sparked flames that melted window frames destroyed two garages and two upstairs apartments. Four workers fled safely and one fireman suffered a minor hose injury.
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Norwalk
Suhr Kitchen Co
Summit St
Oral
William Lohmar
New London Barn Fire Quenched After 11-Hour Battle
Firefighters fought a 100 by 20 foot hay and straw barn owned by Ralph Stone from 11:35 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. 800 gallons of water per minute were pumped from a city line. Forty head of cattle and stock were moved to safety as the blaze burned through the roof, with origin under investigation and insurance covering the loss.
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New London
Ralph Stone
Medina
Stone
al Walters
Ifihe
US car production tops five million this year
Production in the week ending Aug 15 totaled 42,278 units in the United States with 20,854 passenger cars and 21,424 trucks and motor coaches. AMA notes cumulative 1964 output through Aug 15 at 6,084,565 units, including 5,056,907 cars and 1,027,658 commercial vehicles.
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Detroit
U. S
Automobile Manufacturers Association
AMA
County road aid costs listed for Amherst and Avon Lake
County records show Iorain County funded fifty percent of highway improvements in Amherst and Avon Lake. Walker Road in Avon Lake cost the county $11 178 and Kolbe Road in Amherst cost $4 155, totaling 15 328.
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Iorain County
Amherst
Avon Lake
Walker Rd
Kolbe Rd
Ford Rd dump opens for clean up after padlock
The Ford Road dump, padlocked by the city, reopened on a limited basis for garbage removal after operator Jack Joseph agreed to move existing waste to the city landfill, ban burning or new dumping, and then return to padlock once cleanup completes. Elyria officials cited sanitarians’ inspection showing tons of garbage and trucks on site.
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Ford Rd
Jack Joseph
Joseph
Elyria Safety Service
Jack M. Birchhill
Birchhill
Elyria Health Department
Sanitarians
Earl Shaw
Gordon Bell
Boy 10 Flips Match Causing $668 Loss in Norwalk
A 10-year-old boy admitted flipping a match into a basement storage bin at 2% Newton Terrace causing a fire damage estimated at 665 dollars. The blaze damaged a refrigerator valued at 300 dollars two chairs and golf cart with clubs worth 250 dollars. The property belonged to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rohrer of Apt. 44. The boy is in Huron County juvenile custody. A 14-year-old also faces petty larceny charges for stealing a fishing rod and reel from a neighbor’s boat and repainting the rod to hide it.
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Norwalk
Huron County
Newton Terrace
Richard Rohrer
Apt. 44
Sanford Seeks A Cow For Milking Contest
Mayor Fred B. Sanford appealed for a cow to practice with ahead of the county fair milking contest next Wednesday. He was out of town and missed several calls from residents offering to let him milk their cows, and he still needs a gentle cow to learn the technique during evening milking sessions.
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Fred B. Sanford
Eagler
Sanford
Father and son miners trapped in cave-in near Elyria
Joseph Yuhasz a 34 year old man and his father Frank were entombed in a sewer hole cave-in while digging for sewer lines at a house under construction on Arlene Drive Tuesday afternoon. They were rescued by nearby workers and taken to Elyria Memorial Hospital where Joseph was listed in fair condition and Frank released after examination. The pair ran Yuhasz Builders.
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Joseph Yuhasz
Debra Dr
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Frank
Arlene Dr
Elyria Township
Yuhasz Builders
Thrill Day Adds Extra Saturday at Ohio County Fair
Fair director Dan Smith says an extra Thrill Day is scheduled during fair week with some shows free and others charging admission. The event, approved by the Ohio Exposition Board, runs as an experimental five day fair extension with plans for a possible six day fair next year featuring a pony pull sky diving motorcycle racing and an auto thrill show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
Dan Smith
Smith
Stunt Flight Planned At Lorain County Fair
Bob Barnhill of the Barnstormin Barnhills plans a brief stunt in an antique Waco at the Lorain County Fair around 4 p.m. weather permitting. The Ashland native will leave a smoke trail to mark the path, tying into the Ashland air show schedule August 23 to 30 with daily activities starting at 3 p.m.
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Lorain County Fair
Bob Barnhill
Barnhills
Akron
Barnhill
Ashland
Lorain
Mussolini Kin Dies in Rome After Surgery
Count Vanni Teodorani, 47, nephew of Benito Mussolini, died in Rome following a surgical operation. The death was reported from the Italian capital with UPI noting the nephew’s relation to the former dictator.
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Rome
UPI
Vanni Teodorani
Benito Mussolini
Editor H Lyon Woodrum Dies After 60 Years At Abingdon Journal Virginian
Abingdon Virginia editor H Lyon Woodrum 76 longtime head of the Abingdon Journal Virginian died Wednesday in a local hospital after a six decade tenure with the weekly paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abingdon, Va
UPI
H. Lyon Woodrum
Abingdon Journal- Virginian
Lorain County Voter Registration Opens with Saturday Sessions
The Lorain County Board of Elections reports 700 to 800 registrations so far as voters prepare for the fall election. Special registration will be held on three Saturdays September 5 12 and 19 with dozens of polling sites listed across Elyria Lorain and area towns. Eligible residents include those new to Lorain County those turning 21 by November 3 and those who changed names moved or were discharged from the armed services.
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Carlisle
LaPorte Methodist Church
Columbia
West River Rd
Eaton
Henrietta
Vermilion Rd
Huntington
Penfield
Pittsfield
Sheffield
North Broadway
Lorain County
Oho
Armed Services
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