Firemen open Abbe Rd station in quiet opening
Elyria Fire Department took over the new Abbe Road Fire Station at 11 30 am with a brief flag-raising ceremony. Assistant Fire Chief Robert Curtis said Engine Company No 1 will staff the station with one pumper until next summer when a diesel pumper is purchased. Initially two shifts will staff 24 hours on 24 off, then a three platoon system. Captain Wayne Farmer named commander. Lt. Lloyd Kinney led the shift activating the facility.
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Elyria
Abbe
Itead
Robert Curtis
Curtis
Wayne Farmer
Abbe Road
Lloyd Kinney
County college defers austerity plan amid faculty protests
Lorain County Community College trustees did not adopt the 23 point austerity program. They added one night to the night class schedule to three per week and voted a tuition increase from 150 to 200 dollars for country residents next semester. The proposed curtailment program remains to be decided administratively. A faculty member, David Durr, was misidentified in yesterday's Chronicle-Telegram.
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Lorain County Community College
Chronicle-Telegram
Max J. Lerner
Ler
Ner
David Durr
Paul Durr
Christmas joy hits 26 Green Acres kids at LCCC feast
Lorain County Community College Eureka Club held a Christmas party for 26 Green Acres Children’s Home residents in the college cafeteria. About 525 dollars funded gifts including motorized robots bicycles and cameras plus a turkey dinner. Club officers distributed envelopes with shopping money while students provided entertainment and carols.
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Oberlin
Green Acres
Lorain County Community College
Eureka
Roy Jones
Servomatian Ware Co
Elyria
Richard Chavez
Dave Pustay
Ohio trade mission praised as highly successful
Lorain architect Warren E. Finkel described the recent Ohio trade mission to South America as the best and most successful ever. The 55 member group led by Governor James A. Rhodes visited Caracas and Sao Paulo with a Rio de Janeiro weekend, attracting over 5,000 business visitors and prompting the immediate opening of an Ohio Trade Office in Caracas funded by the Ohio World Trade Council.
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Lorain
Ohio
South America
Warren E. Finkel
Finkel
Greater
James A. Rhodes
Wustrate Finkel
Caracas
Nelson Stud
Gregory Industries
Mascon Toy Co
Crucible Steel Co
Lorain Products Co
Rhodes
Ohio World Trade Council
Yule Story in Art at Elyria Library Lecture Series
The Christmas Story in Art slide lecture will run 7 30 p m Monday Wednesday and Thursday in the Elyria Public Library auditorium. 40 slides from the National Gallery in Washington will be shown with accompanying text by Donald Sager head librarian. Mickey Rooney and his sixth wife Margaret were divorced Thursday in Los Angeles.
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Chrismas
Elyria Public Library
National Gallery
Washington
Donald Sager
Los Angeles
Mickey Rooney
Margaret
Vermilion barn fire destroys Trinter Brothers dairy housing
A fire yesterday destroyed a large barn on Trinter Road owned by Paul and Donald Trinter. About 10,000 bales of hay and straw burned as flames fed by wind. Firefighters from Berlin and Florence Townships and nearby departments battled the blaze using Vermilion water lines. No cows were reported lost. the site includes a milking parlor and silos, with the Trinter dairy operation previously rebuilt after a 21 year-old barn loss.
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Trinter
Brothers
Trinter Road
Florence Township
Berlin
Paul
Donald
Trinters
Huron girl guilty in marijuana case sentence deferred
A 20 year old Huron woman Diane McCormick was found guilty of illegal possession of marijuana with sentencing deferred by US District Court Judge Don Young pending a probation report. McCormick admitted sending 140 dollars for the drug to California before the package was intercepted at the Huron Post Office.
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Toledo
Huron
U.S. District Court
Don Young
Diane McCormick
Willams
St. Huron
Steve Luddy
California
Waterline Installation Approved for Sheffield Township
County commissioners approved a 700 foot waterline on 43rd Street in Sheffield Township after a public hearing. The line will draw water from the Toledo Avenue main, with an estimated cost of $6,000. About nine property owners will be benefited by the project.
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Sheffield Township
Toledo Avenue
Lorain bus strike seeking US mediated Monday talks
Lorain Elyria area bus strike enters 16th day as Mayor Mathna asks federal mediator Kenneth Evans to call a Monday meeting between the union and Lorain City Lines and Employees Transit Lines. Union seeks a guaranteed 40 hour week and cost of living adjustments. Companies offer 24 cent hourly raise over three years, contingent on fare hikes approved by city councils.
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Lorain
Lorain-Elyria
Woodrow Mathna
Kenneth Evans
Evans
Mathna
Amalgamated Transit Workers
Lorain City Lines, Inc
Employees Transit Lines, Inc
Robert E. Figler
Elyria
Jocal 1034
Lorain City Council
Council
Avon Lake boy burned transfers to Cincinnati burns institute
A 4 year old Avon Lake boy, Robert Napp, was flown to the Shrine Burns Institute in Cincinnati for treatment after suffering burns covering more than half his body. He was burned in his home while playing with a cigarette lighter. The transfer and care are funded by the Lorain County Shrine Club, with plans and arrangements handled by local club members.
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Avon Lake
Shrine Burns Institute
Cincinnati
Robert Napp
Lorain St. Joseph Hospital
Lorain County
Shrine
Glenn Myers
Wellington
Robert
Leite W. Napp
Fairfield
Myers
Gerald Stang
Oberlin
Oberlin names new dean of men Thomas Bechtel
Thomas F. Bechtel, former Oberlin College staff member and 1959 graduate, will serve as dean of men at Oberlin starting July 1 1968. President Robert K. Carr announced the appointment yesterday. Bechtel, husband of Doris, has held roles including assistant dean of men 1961 63 and assistant to the president 1963 64, with later work on the Peace Corps Training Project. He earned a Harvard education master’s degree in 1965 and is father to two children.
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Thomas F. Bechtel
Oberlin College
Oberlin
Bechtel
Robert K. Carr
Walter E. Treeves
Oberlin College Peace Corps
Harvard
Doris
Cleveland seeks renewed urban renewal funds
Mayor Carl Stokes announced a new and ambitious reappraisal of Cleveland's troubled urban renewal program. He named five civic leaders to assess current problems, identify required actions, and restore eligibility for federal funding. Leading the group is Paul A. Unger, president of the Unger Co.
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Cleveland
UPD
Carl Stokes
Lems
Stokes
Paul A. Unger
Unger Co
GM UAW Reach Three-Year Pact For Ternstedt Unit
Detroit agreement between General Motors and the United Auto Workers promises three years of uninterrupted work for about 1,100 Ternstedt Division employees in Route 113. The national settlement, reached within 24 hours of a Thursday deadline set by Walter Reuther, must be ratified by members at 127 GM plants in 70 cities. Local grievance talks are to occur by mid January, with potential walkouts if needed. Local 780 officials expect swift resolution of local issues, estimating only a few hours of discussions to settle differences.
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General Motors Corp
United Auto Workers Union
Ternstedt
Walter P. Reuther
General Motors
U.S
Ment
UAW
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