Elyria Schools Emphasize Individualized Instruction Start
Elyria City Schools plan for 14 418 students this fall on Sept 5 and seek a $12.8 million bond on Nov 7 to add two elementary schools a new junior high West High School phase II and classroom additions. The bond would fund renovations demolitions reopenings and space upgrades while student enrollment rises with kindergarten reinstatement. Dr Thomas L Showalter says programs will focus on individualization and smaller classes with potential portable classrooms and out of area housing to fit the growth.
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Thomas L. Showalter
Ayia
Rlyria Board of Eaucation
West High School
Spring Valley
Prospect
Erie
Showalter
Hamilton
McKinley
Jefferson Junior High School
Roosevelt Gates
Maplewood
Edison Elementaries
Elyria High School
Nader group studies Ohio FHA policies
The Ohio Public Interest Action Group led by Ralph Nader previews a fall report on Ohio FHA programs. Two law students studied three months about 235 subsidized housing, inspection and appraisal issues, and shoddy construction from Cleveland to Cincinnati. Local officials in North Madison now require contracts with builders to meet standards, showing initiative against abuses.
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Columbus. Ohio
Federal Housing Administration
Ohio
Ohio Public Interest Action Group
OPIAG
Ralph Nader
Ohio Law
FHA
Martin Raach
University of Cincinnati
Phil McClelland
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Raach
North Madison
Cleveland Area
Baach
Nader
Cleveland boy aged 5 killed in Lorain traffic crash
A 5-year-old Cleveland boy, Reynaldo Ortiz, was fatally injured while crossing between parked cars on 14th Street in Lorain. He died of a broken neck at Lorain St Joseph Hospital after being struck by Ann T. Snezek, 57, of Lorain. He was taken to the hospital by the Lorain Fire Rescue Squad. driver not cited as investigation continues. Funeral arrangements handled by Charles F. Nunn Funeral Home in Cleveland.
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Lorain
Lorain St. Joseph Hospital
14Th Street
Ann T. Snezek
23Rd St
Lorain County Board Invalidates Only Signatures
Lorain County’s elections board says only signatures were invalidated, not whole petitions, in the effort to place an income tax repeal on the November ballot. Board director Joan Leyshon noted Secretary of State Ted W. Brown labeled some rulings asinine for rejecting entire petitions over a single questionable signature. In Lorain County, only individual signatures on 243 petitions were invalidated, she said.
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Lorain County
Board of Elections
Joan Leyshon
Brown
Leyshon
August Rain Falls Short of 1954 Record in 1972 Weather Note
North Ridgeville observer Raymond Diederich reports August rainfall at a little over five inches, above the long-term average of 4.62 inches, with days left to add more. He notes a Keed-sized storm could push August 1972 past the 1954 record of 7.2 inches.
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Raymond Diederich
North Ridgeville
Diederich
Officials call fair success despite lower attendance
The 1872 Lorain County Fair ended with 157 480 attendees, about 3 574 short of last year’s record. Officials called the fair a success despite adverse weather, noting Saturday crowds and planning for the 118th six day exposition in 1973 begin as cleanup starts.
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Wellington
Lorain County
Walter Young
Fair Board
Young
No charges filed after Vermilion Country Club shooting
Erie County Sheriff Allan Angney said no charges will be filed against club owner Arnold Pena until the injured Vermilion boy's condition stabilizes and further investigation is completed. The 18 year old, Robert F. Fortner Jr., was in critical condition with gunshot wounds to the chest and abdomen at Lorain Community Hospital. Fortner Sr. called the incident atrocious and demanded action.
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Sandusky
Erie County
Allan Angney
Robert F. Fortner Jr
Douglas St
Lorain Community Hospital
Vermilion County Club
Arnold Pena
Erie County Sheriff's Deputies
Pena
Fortner
Robert Fortner Sr
Telephone service restored after Aug storm damage
Ely via Telephone Co. crews finished repairing cables after almost two weeks of work. Plant manager Richard Young said lightning caused the worst damage since the July 4, 1969 flood and storm. Most restorations completed in four to five days, with Columbia Station La Grange and downtown Elyria areas still out briefly for underground lines.
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Elyvia Telephone Co
Richard Young
Young
Columbia Station
la Grange
Elyria
Second Street
East Avenue
Air Force publicist long in Elyria fuels local air show plan
Air Force coordinator for the Cleveland Air Show is master sergeant Richard Wetzel a Bradford Pennsylvania native. He has lived in Elyria since 1960 except for a two year posting as base career motivation head. Wetzel favors a volunteer force sees ROTC expansion easing college enrollments and expects Vietnam to end with POWs returned. He highlights Thunderbirds and Titan II exhibit as show draws.
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Wetzel
U.S. Air Force
Air Force
Cleveland Air Show
Army
Korea
Bradford
Elyria
Lorain County
Mike
Bob
Charlotte
Oakwood Dr
Armed Forces
Secretary of Defense
Melvin Laird
Vietnam
Nixon
United States
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