Lorain Faces Major Sewer Overhaul Guarded By Health Dept
Lorain may be forced to spend heavily to revamp its sewer system after the Ohio Department of Health warned of overloading the primary plant. Water Superintendent A V Agnew blamed ground water and storm water influx for the high volumes, while noting the plant’s design capacity is 10 million gallons per day and current usage nears 14 to 18 million at times. He cautioned that state demands could trigger costly, perhaps unnecessary, modifications.
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Lorain
A.V. Agnew
Ohio Department of Health
State Health Department
South Lorain
Agnew
Mikus Refuses to Modify Lakota Drug Case Terms
Lorain County Common Pleas Judge Paul J. Mikus denied altering a 20 to 40 year prison term for a youth convicted of sale of LSD and kept two other charges as misdemeanors after a 30 to 60 day window. The session also reduced marijuana possession charges for Douglas C W Kennedy and Richard Dostal from felonies to misdemeanors, with fines of 1000 dollars and required reporting on drug acquisition. The judge dismissed an indictment against Fidward Loescher on PCP related charges at the prosecutor’s request.
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Lorain County Common Pleas
Paul J. Mikus
Timothy R Sabota
Elvira
Sabota
Mikus
Douglas C W. Kennedy
Essex, Conn
Richard Dostal
Demarest, Nu
Oberlin
Fidward Loescher
South Point
Avon Lake
Justin Lumley
Lumley
Ronald E Loescher
Mull Ave
Not Forgotten Box Toy Drive By Fighting Farmers Members
Teen members of the Fighting Farmers Farm Bureau Council meet at Carl Diederick Jr residence in West Carlisle to sew stuffed toys for the Not Forgotten Box. Denny Ulrich William Fox Donna Diedrick and Judy Gross help prepare gifts for area children. The Salvation Army distributes the toys from The Chronicle Telegram lobby each year to ensure no child is forgotten.
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Fighting Farmers Farm Bureau Council
Not Forgotten
Denny Ulrich
William Fox
Donna Diedrick
Judy Gross
Carl Diederick, Jr
West Carlisle
Chronicle- Telegram
Salvation Army
Chronicle Telegram December 16 1969 Page 13
A compact newspaper card from the Chronicle Telegram dated Tuesday December 16 1969 highlights brief items on page 13. It preserves the era voice and local newspaper cadence with concise notes and named entities typical of the period.
Bus pact details being negotiated in Elyria school deal
The Elyria Board of Education is negotiating a draft bus contract with the city franchise holder. Lawyer for the franchise, Richard A Egg, and School Business Manager Paul Stewart said details will be shared soon and a mutually agreeable final draft is hoped. The contract links state transportation reimbursement to student rider numbers, and a drop in riders could raise costs for the board. Transportation for about 7 students is planned, but projections of 200 to 300 riders would reduce state aid and raise net costs. If administrators approve, a special session may be called before the next regular board meeting. Parents from Spring Valley and Lake Avenue areas pressed for service due to weather and long walks.
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Elyria Board of Education
Richard A Egg
Paul Stewart
Stewart
Spring Valley
Lake Avenue
Bus franchise revamp eyed for Lorain city routes
Lorain council utilities committee sent a bus franchise ordinance to City Solicitor John Hritsko and owner Richard Egg for revamping. The proposal would define five routes including West and East Erie avenues and a Lorain-Midway Mall connection, with Egg pledging no subsidy and adjustments for large families as routes are tested for demand. Parker urged routes serving residents, not just profits, while Egg defended fare plans amid criticism of rate schedules and philosophy. A possible special council meeting could follow, with the next session slated for January 9.
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Lorain
Richard Egg
Elyria
John Hritsko
Egg
Councils Utilities Committee
Egy
Erie Avenue
Meister Road
Lorain-Midway Mall
South Lorain
Parker
Hritsko
Ping
Dan
Ridgeville Accepts Crestview Sewage Plant Amid Debate
Ridgeville council adopted a resolution transferring the Crestview sewage treatment plant from private to city operation with conditions. Mayor Marcellus Diederich opposed immediate takeover, arguing the new council should share responsibility and insisting Noll Construction fix deficiencies at plant serving Aurensen Road before city assumes control. The measure passed 5-2, with dissent from Florence Billmeyer and George Marquis.
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North Ridgeville
Crestview
Marcellus Diederich
Aurensen Road
Diederich
Noll
Clifton Perryman
Noll Construction Co 7
Florence Billmeyer
George Marquis
Howard Reinhold Dies Beloved Open Heart Member Oberlin
Howard Reinhold of Oberlin, longtime origInal member of Operation Open Heart, died last Tuesday after a cerebral hemorrhage followed by coma. Roy Jensen, president, lauded him as devoted to helping children at Green Acres Oberlin and the Summit County Children's Home in Akron. He painted the first official insignia for the group displayed at Rose Jewelry in Midway Mall.
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Operation Open Heart
Lorain County
Howard Reinhold
Oberlin
Reinhold
Roy Jensen
Elyria
Operation Open Keart
Green Acres
Summit County
Akron
Wilcox open to moving court to old church building
Elyria officials consider buying the Church of the Open Door on Lowell Street to relieve a critical shortage of municipal space. Mayor Reichlin and Judge Wilcox favor relocating the court to the church auditorium, freeing space for police engineering and planning while adding park land and recreation when not in use. Price around 150000 with final figures due later in the week.
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Elyria
Frank . Wilcox
Leonard P. Reichlin
Lowell Street
West Park
Reichlin
Council
Wilcox
City Hall
Date C Kellogg
Wilcot
Income Tax
Elyria City Probes 1968 Airport Finances Before Grant
Elyria City Council considers granting $25,000 to Lorain County Regional Airport Authority only after reviewing its 1968 financial statement. The council received copies of the report prepared by Mennille and was urged to obtain full accounting of the original $200,000 city grant. Authority members defend spending while a critic notes missing statements and legal concerns. The county airport project faced a $875,000 shortfall due to land settlements and rising construction costs, with Oberlin opposition impacting progress. The city and Lorain agreed the extra funds would be paid back, and the council’s action remains in advance of a December 29 adjourned session.
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Lorain County
Paul Minnillo
Elyria Airport Authority
Council
Howard M Saddler
Elynn
Saddler
West
Elyria
Oberlin
Federal Aviation Administration
Lorain
Lora County
Larain City
Third Elyria youth pleads innocent in marijuana case
The third of three Elyria youths arrested for possession of marijuana pleaded innocent in Elyria Municipal Court. Richard Michael Anderson, 19, of Jamestown Avenue, entered the plea before Judge Frank M. Wilcox and a preliminary hearing was set for December 24. Police said more than 15 pounds of marijuana were confiscated, the largest amount ever seized in Fioria. Torres, Ehrman and Anderson were arrested after midnight at the Torres Motel. Torres and Ehrman were arraigned. all three posted $5,000 bonds and were freed pending further proceedings.
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Elyria
Richard Michael Anderson
Jamestown Ave
Frank M Wilcox
Fioria
Torres
Ehrman
Poher
Gregory Allan Torres
Lake Ave
Dennis Alan Ehrman
Tenth St
Anderson
Tores
Council praises police alertness in marijuana case
Elyria Council commends the police department for alert work after officers arrested three 19 year olds for possession of 15 pounds of marijuana. Patrolman Herridean Jones and auxiliary Joseph Merante stopped a car at a motel leading to four arrests and the discovery of six bags of marijuana and related paraphernalia in Torres room and clothing.
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Elyria
Herridean Jones
Joseph Merante
Anderson and
Ehrman
Torres
Jones
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Kennedy
Iowa
the Chronicle- Telegram
Elyria, Ohio
Egy, Hritsko
William Parker
R-7
Phi
Lorain Elyria Transit Co
Ridgeville
Claude Krueck
Lorain County Health Department
Noll Construction Co
George Noll
Maple Dr
Russ Davies
Siewepa
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