Lorain County Historical Society elects new officers
Clifford Newell will continue as president after reelection at the annual Christmas meeting at the museum on Fifth Street. The society reports a $2,000 mortgage-reduction fund from a $1,000 member match and anonymous gift. New officers include George Strom and Gerald Hicks as vice presidents, Mary Gray treasurer, Marge Strom recording secretary, Ella Pease corresponding secretary.
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Clifford Newell
Lorain County Historical Society
Fifth Street
George Strom
Gerald Hicks
Mary Gray
Marge Strom
Ella Pease
Jack Dilgren
Frank Ayers
Ray Jewett
Bob Frederick
Elyria High School
Vivian Hackett
Enc Penton
Avon Fights to Avert City Building Freeze
Avon city officials in Columbus met with the Ohio Pollution Control Board to seek approval for renewing Avon waste permit. They face conditions for a sewer and waste water plan, with a building freeze possible if no progress is made. The council set aims for a local sewer plan, while funding and plans face delays. Attendees included Mayor Mitok, Council President Snyder, and councilmen Beckman and Hubbard.
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Avon
Columbus
Ohio Pollution Control Board
Eaton Subdivision
Jeffrey van Atten
Health Board
Terrence Smith
Chronicle-Telegram
French Creek Council of Governments
Smith
Council of Governments
Pollution Board
Nicholas T. Mitock
William Snyder
Theodore Beckman
Donald Hubbard
Lorain County Blood Bank History and Blood Types
The Lorain County Blood Bank serves six area hospitals including Elyria Memorial and St. Joseph. Since 1947 it has gathered around 2,000 donations under director Karl H. Heidlberg. Blood types ARh-Positive and AB-Negative are described with regional prevalence, noting AB-Negative as the rarest.
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Lorain
Stanley J Birkbeck
Elyria
Vermilion
Karl H. Heidlberg
Elyria attorney Corts to chair Ohio Electoral College slate
Elyria attorney and chair of the Lorain County Republican Executive Committee, Robert J. Corts, will be among Ohio 26 electors meeting in Columbus to cast ballots for Nixon and Agnew. This marks his first presidential elector role and Ohio’s fifth time with 26 electors. The meeting occurs in the House of Representatives Chambers to select the president and vice president. A separate suit in Lorain County Common Pleas seeks 100000 for injuries in a fall against the Elyria Elks Lodge 466.
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Robert J. Corts
Elyria
Chaiman
Lorain County
Republican Executive Committee
Ohio
Electoral College
Columbus
United States
Corts
Congress
House of Representatives
Richard Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
Dennis J. Ryan
Grafton Rd
Lorin County
Improvements promised for rented Lorain County office
Lorain County commissioners met with James Lonergas, business representative of the owner, to secure promised improvements. The plan includes a burglar alarm and building upgrades to deter break-ins at the rented office used by the Lereta and Soldier Relief Departments, after several burglaries.
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Lorain County
The
Lereta Is
James Lonergas
Verben
Lorain Sets New Boundaries for High Schools
Lorain City School District redraws zones for 1969 70 as Southview joins Lorain and Admiral King. Boundary lines run along streets and railroads with centers of streets as dividers. Students on labeled sides attend Lorain or Admiral King based on home location.
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New Lorain High
New Southview
Lorain
Admiral King
Lorain City
Board of Education
Southview
Oberlin Ave
17Th Street
Washington Avenue
18Th Street
Long Avenue
20Th Street
Reid Avenue
71St Street
Baltimore and Ohio Tracks
Black River
Lorain High School
Baltimore and Ohio
Admiral King High
Lorain High
Nelson Sutherland
Southview High School reopening plan faces board decision
In Lorain the Southview High School will open next September as a two three or four year school, but a failed 98 million dollar building bond delays equipment purchases. The board will consider using operating funds to buy desks lockers and science gear and whether seniors can remain at their current school amid district reshuffling. The bond issue will be reapportioned to voters in May.
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Lorain
Southview High School
Southview
Mental health group names first executive director
The Lorain County Mental Health and Retardation Board selected John R. Pritchard as executive director. The board seeks nearly 100000 in state funds to establish an outpatient clinic near St. Joseph Hospital for Lorain County residents and former state hospital patients. Officials expect a state decision this month. A qualified psychiatrist remains a key hiring challenge.
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Lorain County
Lorain
St. Joseph Hospital
Ray Muzilla
Muzilla
Wakeman approves police chief pay plan and raises for two staff
Wakeman village council last night granted a 5 percent raise for two employees Harold Millhouse and Peter Metalik with new annual salaries of 525 and 307 dollars respectively. The council also set a pay scale for police chief Lyle Miller of Elyria at 500 dollars monthly plus 5 percent annual increases for four years. Miller reported 14 arrests since Dec 1 and sought a reserved parking space and exterior flashers on the cruiser.
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Wakeman
Harold Millhouse
Peter Metalik
Lyle R. Miller
Elyria
Miller
Mail for Morale ends as Chronicle reports morale drive
Annual Mail for Morale publication of servicemen names and addresses from the Vietnam combat zone ends today though Chronicle-Telegram notes the campaign not concluded. Editor Robert Barton urges readers to use the list to support servicemen as a regular morale effort rather than only during holidays.
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Vietnam
Chronicle-Telegram
Robert Barton
Poison beans linked to jewelry export and possible illicit import
A Cha tani Jewelry Co spokesman said beans used in deadly brooches sent to U.S. retailers may have originated in the Philippines or Brazil. US botanist Charles Gunn found the beans in a Sears store in Silver Spring Maryland on November 23 and prompted a recall. The beans are marked Oshinhos and are prohibited by Japanese law from import.
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Brazil
Chatani Jewelry Co
Charles R Gunn
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Silver Spring
Gunn
Tropics
Philippines
Untended car causes $300 damage to porch in Lorain
James B. Reynolds, 4, left an unoccupied car at his West 7th Street property in Lorain. The vehicle rolled across the street, damaging Goldie Nisenbaum's front porch by about $300. Reynolds later returned home around 4:45 am after forgetting something. Police say the car slipped from parking gear into reverse.
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Lorain
James B. Reynolds
West 7Th St
Goldie Nisenbaum
Reynolds
Italy's Rumor coalition takes shape amid worker unrest
Italy moves toward a center-left government as Premier designate Mariano Rumor nears presenting his cabinet to President Giuseppe Saragat. Despite a ratified program, workers and students stage regional strikes and sit-ins across the country, including Rome tram and bus walkouts and large farm hand walkouts in Sicily.
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Rome
Italy
Mariano Rumor
Giuseppe Saragat
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Labor Uniona
Stcily
Gekis
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Homewood
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Salvation Army
Edward Murphy
C-T
Mental Health Group
Wakeman Oks
South Vietnam
Ronald G. Oakler
Maint, Co. (Ltds
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James E. Carr
A.T.R
A.C.R
Robert Mills
16Th Army
Fourth Infantry Division
Apo San Francisco
David Drake
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Ronald R. Borsenik
Ronald Adams
Jerry Anderson
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