Boy burned playing with gun shells
An 11 year old boy named Alan Kibbe suffered a severe facial burn described as extensive 61st degree while handling 10 gauge shotgun shells. He was treated at St Joseph Hospital in Lorain and released. Two other Lorain youths aged 14 and 16 were nearby on the Ene Sand Co sandpile by West 9th Street when shells from a boat being painted exploded as a charge went off.
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Lorain
Alan Kibbe
Long Ave
St Joseph Hospital
Poliwe Kibbe
Ene Sand Co
West 9Th St
Car hits scooter. youth dies in Avon incident
Avon 36060 resident AVON-Richard Formanek, 20, died after a car skidded into his motor scooter on Rt. 76 south of Riegelsberger Rd. The driver, a 19 year old, and a 14 year old passenger were treated for injuries, and skid marks indicated a loss of control after braking. A separate report notes Dutch elm disease affecting trees near Lorain County Court House and Oberlin College Building.
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Wasuna
Rt. 76
Riegelsberger Rd
Thejotice
Lorain County
Gerard Princz
Apple Creek
Wooster
Mary O'Connor
Lorain St. Joseph Hospital
Margaret
O'Conner
Department of Agriculture
Lorain County Court House
Oberlin College
G. Ar
Popovich trial continued in Lorain case involving crash injury
Steven Popovich, 27, of 2361 East 42nd Street, facing four traffic violations since 1953, had his trial continued to September 5 after pleading innocent on August 10 to driving while intoxicated and failing to yield in a two car crash that injured eight month old Andrew Vargovich, son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Vargovich. Bond set at $400.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popovich
Steven Popovich
East 42Nd St
Andrew Vargovich
West 22Nd St
Amherst board seeks classrooms for kindergartens and thirds
Amherst Board of Education last night approved renting eight rooms for Kindergarten and third grade use at local churches to ease crowding. Rooms will not provide lunches. costs include custodial utilities and furnishings. Additional staff changes and substitute list updates were noted, with several teachers contracted for next year.
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Amherst
Board of Education
Smith
EUB
Ami
Methodist
W. A. Smith
Columbus
Clerk-Secional Church
Rotary
Grayce Purcell Will Smith
Marion L. Steele
High School Athletic Association
Betty Fine
Kindergar't
Russell Dodson
Jacqueline Murray
Doris Schee
Virton
Ginia. Smith
Michael Lindsey
Paul A. Wilson
Robert Cunningham
Robert Meske
Joyce Mackin
Joyce Szabados
County officers discuss finances and department fuel limits
County commissioners and department heads met to examine the tight county finances. Commissioner James P. Horm warned several departments may exhaust their annual allowances by end of October. The report referenced El Esherne November thut Sale and the involvement of Roger A. Swingle, pathologist with the Shade Tree and Ornamental Plants Bureau of the Agricultural Department Crops Research Division in Delaware.
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James P. Horm
Thut Sale
Sale Tree Services
Oberlin
Roger A. Swingle
The
Agricultural Department
Crops Research Division
Delaware
Car crash leads to missing tools and household items
Police said the car swerved and crashed at Lowell Street injuring no one, while a hubcap and tools including two box wrenches, side cutters, a .22 rifle, and a set of rips were reported missing from the scene. Officials suspect items were taken by children playing around the garage. The case awaits presentation to the county prosecutor.
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Formanek
Aa-1 Sewer Cleaner
Lowell St
Burmeister Funeral Home
Isj
Eugene — ‘Martin
Strictest economy urged in Lorain County budget talk
Lorain County officials urged strict economy for the next two months at a special meeting called by the county commissioners. They warned departments faced potential fund shortages before year end, with real estate taxes due August 28 and personal taxes in October. Auditor Ayres said the year’s outcome hinges on late tax collections, while Thompson warned the exact status remains uncertain until October.
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Lorain
J. Norman Thompson
James P. Horn
Frank Ayres
Ayres
Thompson
Auctor
Domestic Relations Court
Regional Planning Commission
Community College Committee
Sanitary Enginer’s
Missile plant strikers may defy order
Huntsville Alabama United Press telegram says James H Haygood head of Local 558 IB EW ordered strikers to return to work on Redstone Arsenal space projects but federal back to work injunction may deter obedience. He called members resentful and angry at the injunction. Judge Allgood ordered immediate return to work and to drop picketing. Some electricians resumed work on about 40 space projects including Saturn rocket test stand construction.
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Huntsville
Ala
UPT
Redstone Arsenal
James H. Haygood
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Haygood
C. W. Allgood
Birmingham
Marshall Space Flight Center
Army Missie Command
America
Police nab four youths siphoning gas at Avon Lakelot
Avon Lake police cited fourBay Village youths aged 15 and 16 after spotting them last night at 10117 Saddle Inn parking lot tampering with cars. Officers found two 2 gallon cans of gas and two siphon hoses as they poured fuel into their car. The youths admitted siphoning gas from cars and were released to juvenile authorities and their parents.
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Avon Lake
Four Bay Village Vous
Saddle Inn
Amherst school board considers gym lighting and library budget
Lorain County board discusses funding for Central and Steele High School improvements. Plans include fluorescent gym lighting, a $50,000 general fund advance, and a two year student worker on trial for Steele Library. A $15,207 bus payment is approved and a grand piano gifted to Shupe School.
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Amherst
Georgia Ave
U.S. Treasury
Steele High School
Central School
Thetorneys
Smith
Cen
Larain County
General Fund
Clerk-Treas
W. A. Smith
Lorain
James A
Jim Abraham
Bel
Ameri- Shape Ave
Broadway
Smyth
Lorain County
Bishop
Crty
Bellaire
Torain County
Ohio 34 County
Republican Womens
Republian
Robert Corts
Twinties
Tona Maxwell
Shupe School
Lehman Electric Co
Rhodes to Speak in Lorain County Chair Appointment
Lorain County Republican Executive Committee announced the appointment of Mrs Harriet Bishop of 15605 South River Road Columbia Station as county chairwoman in accordance with party rules and procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
Republican Executive Committee
Harriet Bishop
South River Rd
Columbia Station
Iaw Tha Avanutiva
Nammittas
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Sandstone
Park Ave
Irene Wearsch
Elyria
AVON
Richard Formanek
Frenne
Baldwin Pianos
Driscol Music Co
Broad St
Amherst Board
HL Uec
Congregational Church
Ralph Zilch
Washington St
Wiliam Eyman
Richard W. Horn
Elaine Breen
Margaret Egeland
Doris Gorake
Mabel Saner
Mary E. Keller
Paul ,Leimbach
Pat Leimbach
Marilyn Nagy
Diane Varouh
Dane W. Turner
Mary Olah
Raymond Batterhouse
William Huffman
Martha Vaughn
Nancy Greenawalt
Evelyn Hanson
Connie Lutz
Kevin Scibley
Idan Workman
M & M Improvement CO
Elyria Savings and Trust Company
F.d.1.c
Missile Plant
Rhodes
Harmon-Nielsen
Harmon Nielsen
Harmon-Nielsen CO
N. Ridge RD
Fairfax
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