Elyria residents recall Bastogne and 101st Airborne ties
Frank A Stylera and his wife of Elyria return from St Petersburg after 14 months abroad. He recalls the Christmas reunion with old 101st Airborne buddies and the Bastogne siege where General McAuliffe replied Nuts. He sent a poem about the battle to the Screaming Eagle publication, seeking space in the Chronicle Telegram.
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Frank A. Stylera
Elyria
St. Petersburg
Fla
Bastogne
101St Airborne Division
Sur
101S Airborne
Anthony McAuliffe
101St
Frank
Screaming Eagle
10St Airborne Division Association
Chronicle-Telegram
Publi
Lorain College Faces 12 Million Deficit by 1973
A rock bottom forecast from college treasurer Thomas D Bowen warns Lorain County Community College would run a deficit exceeding 12 million by 1973 under current finances, even without capital improvements. With a March staff survey showing 17 million needed for improvements by 1975, the five year projection assumes 3,600 full time students in 1974 and no new buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County Community College
Thomas D Bowen
Bowen
Max J. Lerner
Task force named to speed I-71 spur in Lorain County
A seven member task force was named by the Lorain County Regional Planning Commission Transportation Committee to advance the I-71 spur project linking Lorain with the Cleveland Cincinnati corridor. Chairman Randall R. Schunk, Elyria Chamber of Commerce director, leads the group which also includes Elyria city engineer Robert Kleindoder and officials from Lorain Amherst Columbia and Sheffield. The panel will review a $23,000 engineering study by Shaffer Johnston Lichtenwalter to assess feasibility of a four lane limited access road west of Elyria, 7.5 miles long with a $7.6 million price tag, and potential future extension to I-71. County Engineer Eugene E. Roberts and committee chair J Norman Thompson supported moving toward realization as a key to industrial growth. The meeting also updated highway improvement schedules through 1983. Dec 31 marks the exits of Thompson and Roberts from county office. the committee adopted a resolution of appreciation.
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Lorain County Regional Planning Commission Transportation Committee
Lorain
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Randall R. Schunk
Elyria
Shaffer, Johnston, Lichtenwalter
Eugene E. Roberts
Thompson
Highway Committee
Oberlin
West County Line
Rt. 113
Rt. 58
Rt. 60
Thompson and Roberts
Cleveland Eyes Elyria Tax Takeover Proposal
City council members weighed a plan to have Cleveland tax department collect Elyria income tax. Favorable initial reaction contrasted by votes to study before final decision. Proponents cited $75,000 annual savings as a key benefit from outsourcing to Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Elyria
Finance Committee
James T. Tracey
Elyria Safety Service
Kosma J. Glavas
Lorain County Joins Plan for Vocational High School
Oberlin Lorain County Vocational High School drew its first design sketches for a basic building. Edward Crider and Cliff Mochon presented initial reports after curriculum meetings with advisory committees. Superintendent Burton outlined a plan tied to surveys in grades eight to ten across Amherst Firelands Keystone Oberlin and Wellington. The board also approved joining the Lorain County Cooperative Purchase Plan and a data processing center study, funded by federal funds.
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Oberlin
Lorain County Joint Vocational High School
Vocational Board of Education
WR. Burton
Burton
Amherst
Firelands
Keystone
Wellington
Lorain County
Lorain County School for Mentally Retarded Gets $85,000 Boost
Lorain County commissioners were told an additional 85 000 has been allocated to the Lorain County School for Mentally Retarded to upgrade the facility. The funding comes on top of a 318 000 federal grant approved earlier and a total project cost around 1.5 million. Construction, largely funded by a county levy, is to be completed next summer. Officials will confer with architect Warren Finkel and the retarded children’s program on how to use the extra funds.
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Bowen
Bown
Lerner
Lorain County
Ohio Mental Health Facility Advisory Council
Columbus
Warren Finkel
Nine Santa Clauses jailed for disturbing the peace
A Waellingby Police Department spokesman said nine Santa Clauses had to be locked up last night for disturbing the peace. The incident occurred in Stockholm and prompted police action to restore order.
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Stockholm
UPD
Waellingby
King principal charged in Detroit Road collision
Westlake police report Admiral King High School principal Richard Ackerman charged with failure to stop in an assured clear distance. His vehicle rear ended a westbound bus on Detroit Road, leaving a student guard in serious condition at St Joseph Hospital. Ackerman transferred to St Joseph from Bay View Hospital. a summons will likely be mailed to his home.
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Westlake
Richard Ackerman
Admiral King High School
Ackerman
Detroit Road
St. Joseph Hospital
St. Joseph
Bay View Hospital
Police Nad
Traffic Death Watch 1968 Lorain County update
A bleak snapshot tracks traffic fatalities in Lorain County for the year to date. Elyria and Lorain report notable death counts with many vehicles involved. The list urges drivers to stay off risky routes and drive safely.
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Lorain County
Elyria
Lorain
French Creek Avon plans its own sewer facility
The French Creek Council of Governments will proceed with a separate sewer facility without Avon. Avon's Terrence Smith says Avon withdraws due to time, while Sheffield and North Ridgeville officials consider keeping the original plan or inviting Sheffield Lake back. Meetings are set for Jan 9 in North Ridgeville to discuss interceptor rerouting.
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Sheffield
French Creek
Sheffield Lake
Nicholas T. Mitock
FCCOG
Sheets
Bernard Noll
North Ridgeville
F.D. Young
Councilman Access to Civic Center Appraisals Limited
In Lorain mayor Woodrow Mathna said copies of the Civic Center site appraisals for the primary and alternate locations are kept in his office for council members to view but not released to the public to avoid influencing the city’s property buying. The primary site is valued at $125 million and the alternate at $695,000.
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Lorain
Woodrow Mathna
Mathna
GI. Mahuta
Three men bound over in Luxaire theft case
Three men charged with grand larceny in the theft of thousands of dollars worth of Luxaire furnace and air conditioning equipment had preliminary hearings waived and were bound over to the Lorain County Grand Jury. Billy Sutton and Wesley Blaylock faced $1500 bonds each. The case involves theft while on duty as Luxaire shipping employees and loading the equipment onto a truck driven by Hooper, with goods later found in a North Olmstead garage awaiting sale.
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Luxaire, Inc
Lorain County
Grand Jury
Elyria
Frank M. Wilcox
Billy Sutton
Concord Ave
Wesley Blaylock
Evergreen Dr
Blaylock
Sutton
Luxaire Shipping
Hooper
Luxaire
North
Olmated
Specialization urged for Lorain County College facilities
Lerner tells trustees more specialized facilities are needed at Lorain County Community College. He cites data processing, library, arts, and faculty rooms as priorities while AAUP urges maximizing use of current space. Donald Love notes crowding limits and calls for modernizing approach. Trustees challenge AAUP to show building dereliction.
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Lorain County Community College
Max J. Lerner
American Association of University Professors
Donald Love
Family enrollment pushed in college books course
Lorain County Community College offers two Continuing Education courses with team-taught sessions by 20 professors. Books People are Reading Today and A Winter Class with the Arts invite family participation, cover sociological, psychological and literary analyses, and aim to stimulate active discussion on culture, art, and society. Readers meet weekly, with diverse books and arts topics led by different instructors, under CE Naftzger.
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Lorain County Community College
Summerhill
Nat Turner
Social Science
Understanding Media
Theater
Director of development leaves community college
Louis N Theodosson, director of development and institutional research at Lorain County Community College, was named associate director of the Cleveland Commission on Higher Education. Theodosion, of Berea, will begin duties in January and work with commission director Donald Swegan to promote higher learning across Greater Cleveland. Richard Gladish, director of data processing, also resigns to start his own firm in Elyria. Alexander Vangeloff was appointed director of data processing services at $13,300 yearly, bringing prior IBM supervision and Ohio Turnpike data processing experience to the post.
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Loram County Community College
Louis N Theodosson
Cleveland Commission On Higher Education College
Richard Gladish
Theodosion
Commission
Berea
Max J. Lerner
Donald Swegan
Greater
Cleveland
Tutions of Higher Learning
Greater Cleveland
Gladish
Elyria
Data Development and Research, Inc
Baker
Alexander Vangeloff
Baldwin-Wallace College
IBM
Colsen Corp
Elymia
Ohio Turnpike Commission
Elymia Telephone Co
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Cleveland Income Tax Ad
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Hetne, Crider and Williamson
Cliff Mochon
Schuter and Machon
St. Nicks
King
Detroit
Avon Plans
Leo Sheets
Edward Conley
AAUP
Uean of Arts
Clarence H. Schauer
C.E. Naftzger
Naftzger
Development Leaves Community College
Bob Beck Chevrolet
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