Lorain harbor project hit by federal funding halt
Col. A L Wright of the Army Corps suspended work on Lorain small boat harbor under Section 107 saying the project does not qualify. Funds could come from a longer approval program, but no 1969 1970 budget funds are available. Residents fear property loss while others see value and port profits. The council sent the letter to the Rivers and Harbors committee for review.
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Col
A. L. Wright
Army Corps of Engineers
Wright
Lorain
Second Street
Harmon’s Beach
Army of Engineers
Army Engineers
William Parker
R-7
Chronicle-Telegram
Parker
Reichlin accuses C T of editorial inconsistencies in Elyria
Elyria Mayor Leonard P. Reichlin blasted Chronicle-Telegram coverage at a council meeting. He charged the paper with misinforming readers about city government and criticized its handling of letters to the editor and the income tax debate.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Elyria
Leonard P. Reichlin
Reichlin
C-T
City Council
Council
The
Kenneth A. Krueck
D-2
David E. Gill
Bruce R. McCafferty
Gary J. Sadowski
James W. Sampson
Vincent P. O’brien
Firemen oppose police hires and seek assistant chief post
Elyria firemen protested the hiring of five police officers at a 1969 cost of 36000 while council faces patrolling pay disputes. The union again pressed to appoint Capt Floyd Rumph as assistant chief, arguing he has served since 1968 and earns captain pay. decision referred to the finance committee. Manila reports two earthquakes. one injuries a student in Mindanao area, viewed as aftershock from five days earlier. no other casualties.
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Elyria
C. W. Boals
International Association of Firefighters
Boals
Floyd Rumph
Rumph
Manila
Philippines
Mindanao
Weather Bureau
Lorain fire guts apartments leaving 13 homeless
A two story building at 1830 East 28th Street in Lorain was gutted by a daytime blaze. Four adults and nine children evacuated safely. Red Cross aided the families housed nearby. Fire officials discounted arson and estimated total loss pending final figures.
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Lorain
East 28Th St
Llewellyn Walters
Pearl Avenue
Dale Sheridan
Walters
Thompson family seeks shelter after Elyria fire
Mrs Juanita Thompson and her four children Judith seven John five Darryl four and Andrea two found shelter with Edward Thompson in Elyria after a blaze at 1830 East 28th Street Lorain. Welfare client plans uncertain. children aim to return to Lorain or stay in Elyria as school schedules press.
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Juanita Thompson
East 28Th St
Lorain
Elyria
Lotain
Judith
John
Fire leaves family of five homeless at Lexington Ave residence
A fire at 1359 Lexington Avenue displaced a family of five, including Adia Ortiz Nieves and her four children, who were taken to the Red Cross field house in Elyria for temporary housing. Seven other families returned to their apartments after the 4:59 a.m. blaze was extinguished. Cause was clothing drying near a horizontal gas furnace. Owner Jose Gonzalez awaits a damage report, estimated under two thousand dollars.
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Loraine
Lexington Avenue
Adia Ortiz Nieves
American Red Cross
Elyria
Arthur Meade
Red Cross
Llewellyn Walters
Walters
Hremens Haa
Jose Gonzalez
East
31St St
Elyria High seniors join National Honor Society
Six Elyria High School seniors were summoned to Principal Charles R. Miller’s office where they learned they were chosen for the National Honor Society. Inductees Betsy Boylan Barbara Coniam Van Cotter Lorne Eilbeck Sue Harrington and Gilbert LaLonde were met by parents in Room 313 as speeches on character scholarship leadership and service were given by school leaders.
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Elyria High
Elyria High School
Charles R. Miller
Miller
George Reash
Daniel Ternes
Terry Woodings
Gwendolyn Kurth
Gilbert LaLonde
Barbara Coniam
van Cotter
Lorne Bilbeck
Betsy Boylan
Sue Harrington
NHS members file for Elyria seventh ward council seat
Earl J. Wammes 32 of 231 Windsor Drive and Kenneth Thomas 34 of 169 Wood-Tidge Drive filed petitions for candidacy yesterday for Elyria and Elstia seventh ward councilmen. Wammes, a Bowling Green State University graduate, is a GM Elyria Fisher Body process engineer and St. Jude's Church member with a wife and five children. Thomas, Lorain High School alumnus, works for Liberty Mutual and belongs to Brookialley Residents Association and Northeast Community Leases Tromes and Finwire.
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Earl J. Wammes
Elyria
Wammes
Windsor Drive
Bowling Green State University
Elyria Fisher Body
General Motors Corp
St. Jude’s Church
Karen
Kenneth Thomas
Elstia
Thomas
Wood- Tidge Dr
Lorain High School
Liberty Mutual Insurance Co
Brookialley
Tromes
Finwire
North Ridgeville Eyes $453000 School Bond Proposal
The Ridgeville school board unanimously approved placing a $453,000 bond on the May ballot to fund additions to the Inch School and nearby facilities. The plan would raise taxes by about 1.764 cents per $199 of evaluated value, roughly 38 cents per hundred dollars of value, over 22 years.
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North Ridgeville
Walliam Gardner
Inch School
North Flementany
Sears
Red Cross aids Lorain servicemen families and kin
Lorain County Red Cross Chapter mobilizes 20 volunteers to assist 299 servicemen and their families with absences emergencies and illness. Director Elinor Hadley notes 24 hour support and counseling, with daytime operations and arranged hours. Call for more information as details appear in page 14.
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Lorain
Lorain County
Ahss Elinor Hadley
Red Cross
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Philippine
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Victor Castro
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Karl Lauter
Lancer
Amherst
Thompson
Robert Boylan
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William S. Glime
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National Oceanographic Data Center
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