Pro Wrestling Headlines Firelands Labor Day Festival
The Firelands Labor Day Festival in New London presents a pro wrestling show at Recreation Park starting today with a 7:30 p.m. Monday main event featuring Lou Klein and Randy Poffo versus Kurt Von Brauner and Doctor X. Additional bouts include Mike Thomas vs Mike Loren and Randy Poffo vs Denny Alberts. a women’s match to be announced.
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Recreation Park
Lou Klein
Randy Poffo
Kurt von Brauner
Doctor X
Mike Thomas
Mike Loren
John Davis
Denny Alberts
Bab’s
Harvey's
Park Place Drive-In
Small Fry Football Tryouts Set
Elyria Parks and Recreation Dept invites 9 to 12 year old boys with Elyria ties to join a Small Fry Flag Football League. Tryouts run Tue Wed Thu and Sept Sat at North South East West Parks from 3 30 to 5 p m. Fee five dollars jersey provided call 322 3028 for details.
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Elyria
Baseball scoreboard notes and varied NL results
In a busy major league slate weathered play with rain causing a Montreal and Philadelphia games to be delayed. The Atlanta-Chicago clash saw Morton and Sosa contributing while Thornton hit a 10th inning homer. Other games featured Cincinnati and St Louis matchups with pitching duels and several wins by Giants and Padres affiliates.
Area golf leagues lead in chaotic standings and obits
The page mixes golf league notes with probate notices. Players listed include Downing, Hough, Yeager and Sutton in early league results. Multiple Ohio probate entries name executors Edward M Cohan Lena Kocsis Kathryn Freeman and co administrators Crescentia Bowman Norman Loescher for Lottie Loescher estate in Elyria and Lorain County with dates in August 1973 and 1975.
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Crescentia Bowman
Norman Loescher
Durkee Road
Elyria
Ohio
Beebe Avenue
Lottie W. Loescher
Lottie Loescher
Lorain County
Elvria Dairies Golf League Championship Upset
Handicappers beat Tee Tattlers on the second hole of sudden death to win the Elmira Dairies Golf League championship at Pine Brook. Prizes awarded for closest to the pin, low putts, most pars, most 6s and 7s, and high totals on par 3s and 5s.
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Elyria Dairies
Pine Brook
Tee Tattlers
Elvrra Dairies Golf League
Ken Oswald Sr
Jack Yost
C. Crosby
Oswald
A. Valnev
C. Binggell
VEW Turkey Shoots Start September at VFW Post 9340
The VFW Post 9340 in Columbia Station opens its regular weekly turkey shoot schedule on Sunday September 7 with shoots each Sunday thereafter through November 23. Grounds are at the post located a half mile west of the Route 62 252 intersection along Route 2. Top performers include Jean Hogan Rose Harper and Lori Vinoverski with high series and singles across multiple teams and local sponsors.
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VFW
Columbia Station
Cornprobst Named Head Football Coach at Mt. Vernon High
Ray Cornprobst, longtime coach in Elyria Lorain and Columbia systems, is promoted from defensive coordinator to head football coach at Mt. Vernon High after Dale Dickson’s resignation. He previously served as Admiral King assistant football coach and head wrestling and wolf coach, with earlier stints at Elyria and Columbia.
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Ray Cornprobst
Elyria
Lorain
Columbia
Mt. Vernon
Cornprobst
Dale Dickson
Cornprotst
Wolf
Admiral King
North ties mark in B. C. Open round lead
North posted an eight under par 63 for the opening round of the B C Open in Endicott N Y. His 27 on the back nine matched the best nine holes in tour history and combined with a 36 on the front for a 63 lead. Sam Snead 69 and Dave Stockton 69 also played while Geiberger Nicklaus skipped the event now in its third year.
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Endicott
N.Y
Andy North
Sam Snead
Dave Stockton
al Geiberger
Geiberger
Jack Nicklaus
Amherst Boosters Set Meeting After Labor Day
The Amherst Athletic Booster Club will not meet Monday due to Labor Day. The next meeting is Monday September 8 at Amherst Steele High School at 7:00 p.m.
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Amherst Athletic
Amherst Steele High School
Little League West Meeting Set at Elyria Bank
Little League West officials announce a community meeting on Wednesday at 7 p m at Elyria Savings and Trust Bank on Rt 113. Those interested in helping the Little League West program are urged to attend. for more information call William Ross at 323-4130.
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Little League West
Elyria Savings and Trust Bank
Rt. 113
William Ross
Suit Over Prize Money Dismissed In Santa Monica
A federal judge dismissed a suit by three women tennis players alleging unfair prize money in the Santa Monica Championships. The judge said the plaintiffs should have filed before the tournament began, and denied a temporary restraining order against Santa Monica. The report also notes entries for the Pacific Southwest Championships at UCLA Pauley Pavilion with Stan Smith, Dick Stockton, Brian Gottfried, and Onny Parun.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Santa Monica
U.S
Robert Fifth
Stan Smith
Dick Stockton
Brian Gottfried
Onny Parun
Ucla
Pauley Pavilion
Smith
Stockton
Jimmy Connors
Oaklands A's release McKinney after Maxvill added to roster
Oaklands A's activate veteran Cal Maxvill and release infielder Rich McKinney. Maxvill, part of world championship teams with Oakland and St. Louis, will back up shorts stop while Bert Campaneris heals.
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UPL
Oakland A’s
Cal Maxvill
Rich McKinney
Maxvill
Oakland
St. Louis
A’s
Bert Campaneris
Bakke Named Assistant Ski Jumping Coach for 1976 Team
U S Ski Team Nordic Program Director John Bower designates former Olympian Bill Bakke as assistant ski jumping coach for the 1976 U S Olympic squad. Bakke will assist head coach Glenn Kotlarek and host fall camp September 15 on a plastic-surface hill in Madison.
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Utah
UPI
U.S
John Bower
Bill Bakke
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Bakke
Glenn Kotlarek
Madison
Fis
Cardinals Recall Eight Players From Farm Clubs
The St. Louis Cardinals recalled eight optioned players from Tulsa and Arkansas. From Tulsa: Mike Barlow Greg Terlecky Keith Hernandez and Jerry Mumphrey. From Arkansas: Doug Capilla Mark Covert and Ryan Kurosaki. Some recalled players are not scheduled to report to the Cardinals. Stella Taylor, a 39 year old Fort Lauderdale pool manager, attempted England to France swim but turned back due to rough seas.
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Arkansas
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Greg Terlecky
Keith Hernandez
Jerry Mumphrey
Doug Howard
Doug Capilla
Mark Covert
Ryan Kurosaki
Cardinals
Dover
England
Stella Taylor
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
France
Smith Traded From Lobsters to Phoenix Racquets
World Team Tennis moves Stan Smith from the Boston Lobsters to the Phoenix Racquets in exchange for Janet Newberry and other considerations. Newberry played for the Lobsters in 1974. Smith was drafted by Detroit but did not sign.
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Phoenix
Janet Newberry
Miss Newberry
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Smith
Beton
Girl shot during peach tree raid dies in Wilmington
Sheila Ferrell, 13, died after being shot during an alleged peach tree raid in Wilmington. John Bailey, 24, arrested on a first degree murder warrant, faces high bail disputes amid five days of racial unrest and protests over his release.
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Wilmington
Del
Sheila Ferrell
Delaware Division Hospital
John Bailey
James McNair
Bailey
New Books at Elyria Library Span Wide Topics
The Elyria public library lists new arrivals across fiction and non fiction. Titles include The Battle of New Market by William C. Davis and The Pacific Crest Trail by William R. Gray and Sam Abell. Other reads cover personal growth education history nature and biographies.
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New Market
William C. Davis
William R. Gray
Sam Abell
Billy Graham's wife acquitted in assault case
Ruth Bell Graham, 54, was cleared of assault and battery charges after she took a protest sign from demonstrator Daniel L. Pollock during President Ford's address at the Mecklenburg bicentennial on May 20. Judge William G. Robinson ruled the prosecution failed to prove criminal assault.
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Graham
Oil nations’ reserves fall as recession hits demand
The IMF reports June money reserves of oil exporters declined slightly due to weaker demand from recession-struck consumers. The one percent drop, first in at least five years, may have worsened in July.
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Washington
UPI
International Monetary Fund
IMF
Organization of Petroleum Exporting
Five Die In Niagara Sewer Cave-In Tragedy
Five men trapped in a Niagara Falls sewer tunnel after a retaining wall failed were recovered. The 700 foot long eight foot diameter shaft filled with storm drainage water after the collapse last night around 9:30 p.m. Police reported the workers were extending the sewer line when the accident occurred.
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Niagara Falls
N.Y
Local births listed for Kovacs Sperry Stringer Morse Wells Amend and Ferner
A fragment lists newborns with parents and addresses including a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Kovacs at 1534 D Street and a son for Mr. and Mrs. David Sperry at 706 East Erie Avenue, plus other names and addresses such as Edward Ferner 1817 Nantucket Drive James Wells 2206 West 23rd Street Danny Amend 1818 West 23rd Street and Vermilion residents Mr. and Mrs. Larry Stringer and Mr. and Mrs. John Morse and Asonto.
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Stephen Kovacs
Steve Hall
N. Central
David Sperry
East Erie Ave
Edward Ferner
Nantucket
Larry Stringer
Howard
Vermilion
Asonto
John Morse
Harris Rd
James Wells
W. 23Rd St
Oberlin Allen Asono Address Listing
Mr and Mrs Gary Abicht of RD 2 Box 129 Wellington are listed in the directory under Oberlin Allen Asono with a likely household or contact entry.
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Asono
Gary Abicht
Wellington
Man charged with two counts of assault
A Lorain County man, Robert W. Sherrill, 38, of 18913 Station Rd, was charged with felonious assault and assault after allegedly threatening a man with a rifle inside a Rt. 82 tavern and later beating him in the parking lot. Deputies said a rifle was confiscated at the scene. He was jailed after the 12:01 a.m. arrest.
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Columbia Twp
Rt. 82
Robert W. Sherill
Lorain County
Vermilion Woman Charged With DWI After Stop
A Vermilion resident Judith A. Sander 21 of 368 Hand Rd was charged with driving under the influence after Elyria police stopped a northbound car weaving near West Bridge Street at 3 15 a m and jailed her after she failed a balance test.
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Elyria
West River Street
Judith A. Sander
Hand Rd
West Bridge Street
Grain Prices at Lorain County Market Close
Lorain County Farm Bureau Cooperative Association notes closing prices for grains. Wheat at 3.47 per bushel Shelled corn 2.62 per bushel Oats 1.40 per bushel Soybeans 5.22 per bushel.
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Lorain County Farm Bureau Cooperative Association, Inc
Deaths mark long NY and MI journalism legacies
Floyd Barger, 68, former New York Daily News editor and Tribune Co. director, died after a weeks long illness in Mineola Nassau Hospital. A newspaperman since 1927, he led the News for 33 years and earlier worked for the Flushing Journal and Brooklyn Eagle. He is survived by wife Elizabeth Chick, a son Bruce, and a granddaughter. In Detroit, Viola Hoffa, 85, Hoffa’s mother, died 28 days after he vanished, described by friends as dying of a broken heart. She raised Hoffa and siblings after her husband’s death in 1920, supporting the family as a laundry presser and ironer.
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Mineola
N.Y
UPL
Floyd Barger
New York Daily News
Tribune Co
Nassau Hospital
L. 1
Barger
The
News
New York
Flushing Journal
Brooklyn Eagle
Boardman
Ohio
Wittenberg University
Springfield
Garden City
Elizabeth Chick
Bruce
Viola Hoffa
Trash fire sparks major blaze in vacant lot
A minor trash fire at the corner of E. 28th St. and Globe Ave. in Lorain grew when an abandoned underground natural gas well ignited. Firefighters battled for 3.5 hours, using 80,000 gallons of water and 14 cans of foam with two extra pumpers and a snorkel truck. No injuries reported.
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Lorain
E. 28Th St
Globe Avenue
Fire Destroys Barn Near New London
A barn and milking equipment at Bruce Hammann’s farm on Townline Road near Fayette Road two miles northwest of New London burned early yesterday. The family found the fire at 8 15 a.m. and workers evacuated cows and calves as the structure burned nearly to the ground. Lightning was reported in the area but the cause is undetermined. arson has been suspected in other area fires over the past two years.
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New London
Bruce Hammann
Huron County Townline
Fayette Road
Walters
Hammann
Police Find Multiple Deaths in Lorain Case
Lorain officers found 63 year old William White at 411 Denison Ave in a second floor bedroom. He had been dead for several days and neighbors reported he had not seen him for days.
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