Mixed turnout in second wave of school levy votes
Voters in Avon Black River Clearview Columbia and North Olmsted decide on operating levy requests in a second onslaught. Early turnout ranged from light to moderate with Avon noting "quite a few" for early morning and Columbia reporting "medium light" participation while Clearview showed steady flow and Black River expected light turnout. North Olmsted hopes 7.75 mill levy secures passage as 45 precincts show no clear pattern.
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Avon
Black River
Clearview
Columbia
North Olmsted
Robert A. van Auken
van Auken
Shoppers jam Midway Mall and downtown Elyria stores
Downtown Elyria and Midway Mall report heavy Christmas shopping with 400000 weekly shoppers and crowded parking. Mall officials praise first Friday and Saturday, while Sunday traffic falters due to weather and fewer downtown stores open. Merchants expect higher sales but tighter profits as costs outpace prices.
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Shoppers Jam
Elyria
Midway Mall
Paul Moos
Midway Mall Merchants Association
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Moos
Association
Richard Portneck
Elyria Merchants’ Association
Harry’s Men’s Wear
417
Broad St
Portnick
Howard Foxman
Loomis Camera Co
Foxman
Elyria Faces Reapportionment Clash With One Man One Vote
Elyria faces a clash between its charter based on registered voters and the U S Supreme Court one man one vote rule as councilman Fauver seeks a reapportionment committee. Officials expect census data after the 90 day deadline and anticipate charter amendment in 1971 to align with the ruling.
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Elyria
Supreme Court
Scribner L Fauver
Fauver
Council
Families to talk to GIs via Red Cross tapes
The Lorain County Chapter American Red Cross will record tape messages from servicemen’s families to send to overseas soldiers and those at home. Polaroid photos will be taken at the chapter office on West River Road North. Taping runs until Christmas week. appointments are by calling the office.
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Lorain County
American Red Cross
West River Rd
North
Clyde McDonald Jr
Elyria studies sewage plant to handle industrial wastes
Elyria Council hears a proposal from Scribner L. Fauver to study the city sewage plant’s effectiveness in treating industrial wastes bound for the Black River. He warns the plant may not be designed for such waste and urges a pollution program with state and federal pressure on funding in 1971. The proposal was referred to the health committee.
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Elyria
Elyria Council
Scribner L. Fauver
Black River
Fauver
Finance Committee
Four Firemen Hurt in $15,000 Three Alarm House Blaze
A three alarm fire at 235 Princeton Ave last night caused about 15000 in damage to the home owned by Clarence Frymier. Four firefighters sustained minor cuts and bruises after fighting the basement to attic blaze for three hours. cause undetermined. Mr and Mrs Frymier and one child escaped unharmed.
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Elyria
Princeton Ave
John Kenney
Clarence Frymier
Chester Magda
Donald Norman
Edwin Bolden
James Machkoff
Lyle C. Scott
Frymier
Scott
Evacuation At Elyria High After Minor School Fire
Elyria High School was evacuated at 3 p.m. after a minor basement incinerator fire caused smoke but no structural damage. Fire chief Lyle C. Scott cited a reverse draft in piping as the cause and the principal Charles R. Miller said students were sent home for the day as a safety measure.
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Elyria High School
Elyria
Sixth Street
Middle Avenue
Lyle C. Scott
Elyria Fire Department
Scott
Charles R. Miller
Miller
Lerner backs county college as state model in Ohio plan
Lorain County Community College president Max Lerner urged the Ohio Board of Regents in Columbus to adopt his college as a model for a statewide 25 new community colleges system. He praised the revised Master Plan for Higher Education, noting local control and job training centers, and cited LCCC’s apprenticeship programs and strong faculty as evidence of the plan’s benefits. A second public hearing on the plan was set for December 18.
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Columbus
Lorain County Community College
Max Lerner
Ohio Board of Regents
Lerner
Lorain County College
Regents
Plan for colleges dead says Millett
Ohio Chancellor Millett declared a proposal to convert university branches and technical institutes into community colleges dead and not to be discussed at the December regents meeting. Opposition, including Kent State regional campuses foes, argued the plan breaches state trust and local control while praise came for most of the master plan.
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Columbus
UPI
John D. Millett
Ohio Board of Regents
Millett
Association of
Kent State University
Kent
Elyria High School Cooperative Programs Expand Vocational Training
Elyria High School runs four cooperative programs COE DCT DE and CWE guiding students who forego college paths. Morning classes are followed by two hours with a program coordinator and afternoon work from 1 PM for at least 15 hours weekly at local business training stations. About 150 students yearly gain practical skills and work experience aligned with their interests.
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Elyria High School
Elyria
Ship's captain faces possible license loss
Burr Wolters, a Sandusky shipmaster with 38 years at sea, faced possible revocation or suspension of his Coast Guard master’s license after allegedly failing to aid two drowning men in the Detroit River near Nov. 21. The Coast Guard charged negligence as a hearing opened with Lt. Commander Robert V. Richard presenting the case. a freighter arrived 26 minutes later as the men disappeared. Lebold's body was not recovered.
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Detroit
UPI
Coast Guard
Burr Wolters
Great Lakes
Sandusky
Ohio
Wolters
Sylvania
Detroit River
Robert V
Richard
William Caminity
Gibraltar
Mich
E. Bruce Lebold
Trenton
Lebold
Federal
Thomas Mackin
Boston
Mackin
Close up shot in Lorain death trial evidence
FBI agent testified that Ratcliff died from two shots fired at not more than one foot, while Schultz was wounded from at least six feet. The incident followed a three car chase ending at Oakdale Avenue and 24th Street after a night at Villa Capri.
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David Ratcliff
Hamilton Ave
Lorain
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Lorain County
Richard Schultz
West Erie Ave
James D. Beck
FBI
Washington
Ratcliff
Beck
Schultz
Oakdale Avenue
24Th Street
Thomas Breno
West 32Nd St
Darlene Campbell
Deborah Richardson
Joyce Fate
Villa Capri
Broadway
Darlene
Deborah
Breno
Joyce
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Russell Thompson
Betty Lane
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