Tornado-like winds cause damage near Penfield Township farm
A brief severe wind event struck the Foster Road home of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Taylor in Penfield Township. A quarter mile by 200 feet swath damaged three campers, farm buildings, and trees while Mrs. Taylor reported flying debris and rain circling. Heavy rain flooded streets and knocked out electrical wires. officials planned weather service review.
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Foster Road
Lawrence Taylor
Penfield Township
Taylor Farm
Rt. 18
Paral County
Brandtson Avenue
National Weather Service
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport
Gene Krebs
State Controlling Board stalls welfare budget advance
In Columbus the State Controlling Board delayed a $30 million request from the welfare department to raise nursing home subsidies. Democrats held a 4-3 edge and leaned against approval, while Director Raymond McKenna warned that without the advance, a 3 percent cut across ADC and health programs looms. An $11.26 per recipient ADC boost was issued by McKenna on his own authority.
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Columbus
APB
Welfare Department
Finance Agency
Fbodes
Senate
Harry Meshel
Youngstown
Raymond P. McKenna
McKenna
Meshel
House
Myrl H. Shoemaker
D-Bourneville
Vermilion River accident claims Rocky River boy four
A four-year-old Rocky River boy, Michael Dorsey, drowned in the Vermilion River near a cottage at Olympic Outing Club while on a pier with friends. He fell into about twelve feet of water, could not swim, and was recovered by the Lorain County Underwater Recovery Team. the coroner ruled accidental drowning. He is survived by parents Jeffrey and (unnamed) Dorsey, sisters Kathleen and Molly, and grandmothers. Funeral arrangements follow at McGorray Brothers and St. Christopher’s Church Rocky River.
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Vermilion
Rocky River
Vermilion River
Michael Dorsey
Jeffrey Dorsey
Hampton Rd
Lorain Community Hospital
Lorain County
Dorsey
Kathleen
Optometrist’s hobby wins big at state fair
Lorain optometrist Maxwell Hettler won the Ohio State Fair best of category honor for a white dry table wine made from Delaware grapes grown in Avon. A longtime hobbyist, he entered three other white wines and credits a wife bought kit, a Dover Winery class, and the Dover Wine Club for his skill. He is 48, married to JoAnn, and lives at 1239 Seventh St with two children.
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Lorain
Maxwell Hettler
Hettler
Dover Winery
Wes
Tlake
Dover Wine Club
Delaware
Avon
Cincinnati
Lerain
JoAnn
Seventh St
Court fight opens in mourning dove issue
Toledo court hears a suit by Larry Hyler of the Fund for Animals seeking to block Ohio’s mourning dove hunting season. The 2 p.m. hearing challenges the Sept 1 to Oct 17 and Nov 14 to Dec 6 schedule as illegal for a songbird and cites lack of proper rulemaking and public hearings.
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Toledo
Ohio
Lucas County Common Pleas Court
Larry Hyler
Fund For Animals
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Hyster
Brown
Department
Richard W. Teater
Dale L. Haney
Richard P. Francis
Francis
Good Samaritan killed helping stalled motorist on turnpike
Andrew D. Terk, 30, of Lincoln Nebraska, was killed in an early morning crash on the Ohio Turnpike west of Elyria while helping a fellow motorist. The driver of a semi tractor-trailer fled the scene and is being sought by the Ohio Highway Patrol. Terk died after being struck as he handed his wife a cup of coffee. his wife Rosemary and two children, Angella and Rosemary, were at Lorain Community Hospital as relatives prepared to travel from New Jersey.
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Amherst
Here
Ohio Highway Patrol
Andrew D. Terk
Lincoln
Neb
Rosemary
Terk
Terri
Ohio Highway
Lorain
Angella
New Jersey
William McCafferty
Toledo
McCafferty
Ely Park to get facelift with fountain area expansion
Elyria officials consider a park renewal that would extend a 15 foot raised platform near Broad Street creating a bandstand like setting. Project plans include lush foliage brushed concrete walkways spotlights on dancing water and brick surroundings around the fountain.
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Ely Park
Elyria
Broad Street
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Penfield Two
Lawr
Ence Taylor
Michael
Vermilion Police
Sheriff's Department
Outing Club
Molly
Walter Dorsey
Francis Harkness
McGorray Brothers Funeral Home
Detroit Ave
St. Christopher's Church
Holy Cross Cemetery
Brook Park
Optometrist
Loraiite
By Frank Finegold
Maxwell Bettler
Atty. Gen
William Brown
By Gary Clark
Vermilion Valley Plaza
Naster
Elyria, Oud
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