City eyes options for Court Street land sale site
Lorain developer interest blocks sale of city owned Court Street property across from Ely Park. Committee chair says city should not be in real estate business and favors keeping site for a possible new city hall. Elyria Savings & Trust mulls leasing for parking.
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Irving R. Emmerich & Associates
Lorain
Marguerite E. Bowman
Ely Park
Arnold Tollett
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Emmerich
Alan Zaleski
Elyria considers Turner Block lease for city hall site
Elyria city officials discuss leasing the Turner Block to EST and the bank for two years while evaluating a future city hall plan. The move would fund parking lot costs, with rent at 1350 monthly and a 13.14 per square foot purchase option. Mayoral aide notes possible Public Works Bill funds.
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Bowman
St. J. Fitch
EST
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Broad Street
Peter van Wormer
Fitch
Richard Elliott
The
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Olan Mills
Tuer
Lottery chief suspends Ohio workers over criminal records
CLEVELAND AP Gerald Patronite executive director of the Ohio Lottery Commission suspended seven lottery employees yesterday. Four were cited for failing to disclose felony or misdemeanor convictions. The action follows a controversy sparked by Miami County prosecutor Robert Huffman and four state legislators alleging as many as 17 lottery staff had criminal records. Among those suspended was Bernard J. Oakar, 44, of Cleveland, brother of…
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Gerald Patronite
Ohio Lottery Commission
Patronite
Miami County
Robert Huffman
Mary Rosé Oakar
Oakar
Commission
Dakar
New York
Brook Park youth slain after noon home dispute
A 17 year old, Mark G. Spoden of 13381 Crestway Dr., was shot six times in the torso with a .22 semiautomatic rifle and died on arrival at Southwest General Hospital after a noon argument with his younger brother over lunch. The younger boy grabbed the weapon from his stepfather's room, called for help, and was taken to the county juvenile detention center. The attached text also details suspensions of Cleveland officials related to a separate gambling incident involving a man named Dakar and several others with prior convictions or guilty pleas.
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Fred Scheucher
Fire Department
Cuyahoga County
Cleveland air show to feature Blue Angels and Army teams
The Cleveland National Air Show at Burke Lakefront Airport September 4 5 and 6 will include the Navy Blue Angels six plane display at speeds up to 550 mph and the Army Golden Knights eight jumpers. Also showcased are aviation tech aerial demonstrations the world’s largest aircraft and the Army Silver Eagles Helicopter Team. The Armed Forces have aided aviation events since 1929.
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Golden Knights
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Elyria voters weigh 3 mill levy for school upgrades
Elyria City School District voters face a November vote on a 3 mill capital improvements levy to raise about 4.5 million over five years for renovations at multiple aging schools. The plan, supported by the board despite past rejections, would fund additions, renovations, demolitions, and new classrooms across Elyria’s campuses with architect fees included.
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Elyria
BOARD
Lois Ohlemacher
Sue Fy
Showalter
Young Girl 14 Aims To Be A Firefighter In San Francisco
Lynn Oakley fourteen trains to join the fire service though Civil Service exams wait until nineteen. She saved fifty one dollars for a helmet, studies fire technology, and monitors fire calls by short wave radio. At fires she photographs from behind the lines and learns from captains. She frequents fire houses and the Pioneer Memorial Fire Museum, collecting paraphernalia and admiring equipment.
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UPI
Lynn Oakley
Lynn
Civil Service
Margaret
Lis
Pioneer Memorial Fire Museum
Handicapped youths learn to swim in pilot program
Twelve handicapped children join a Lake Erie coast Riviera Swim Club program in Oberlin Avenue under Red Cross and Easter Seal Society sponsorship. Instructor Jerry Coleman leads six sessions this year focusing on water safety without flotation gear to help children gain independence from braces and feel freedom in the water.
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Frank Finegold
Lorain
Riviera
Oberlin Avenue
American Red Cross
Easter Seal Society
Lorain County
Jerry Coleman
Louisiana Ave
Elyria
Red Cross
Coleman
Virginia
Natalie Kent
Woman bound by intruder in Eaton Township home
A 19 year old woman was tied up and injured at knifepoint when a man broke into her Eaton Township home and waited for her return. The assailant forced her outside to a nearby lot, fled in a tractor trailer rig, and nothing was reported stolen. She was treated for severe shock at Elyria Memorial Hospital.
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Eaton Twp
Lorain County Sheriff's
Elyria Memorial Hospital
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