Area sees 5 to 7 inches as Ohio digs out after snow
Snow fell across Ohio from Saturday night into yesterday with totals from two to seven inches and seven inches at Cleveland Hopkins and Akron Canton. Minor accidents numbered over 70 due to slick roads while Elyria and other cities reported injuries from crashes. Temperatures dropped to single digits with high teens today and a 20 percent chance of more precipitation. Snow emergency in Cincinnati led to towings on emergency routes. Columbus and others reported main streets clear but side streets icy.
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Columbus
Mayor cites civil service overhaul may cost 40000
Lorain Mayor Joseph Zahorec says correcting civil service problems could exceed 40 000 and take years as tests are required for most city workers not covered by civil service to meet proper hiring procedures. He will consider top three scores and state help to protect veteran employees while the civil service commission meets Friday.
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Joseph Zahorec
Morninc
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Civil Service Commission
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Louis Rosso
Hacnik
Rossa
Commission
State Attorney General's Office
Rosso
Tony Zampieri
Lorain County to mail about 15000 property tax bills
About 15000 personal property tax bills will be mailed to Lorain County taxpayers before February 15. The personal tax returns are due April 30 with late filing penalties. Agriculture taxes will be phased out this year reducing to 10 percent of appraised value, ending a five year phase out.
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Lorain County
Trepoy
Treppy
Teenagers shovel snow to aid Riverview seniors
Three Riverview Plaza paperboys, Mike Koniarski and Jonathan Tanner, shoveled snow early yesterday to help elderly residents reach church services. The act led neighbors to praise teens who performed a quiet good deed without seeking publicity.
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Riverview Plaza
East Ave
Chronicle-Telegram Newsboy
Mike Koniarski
Felix Koniarski
Andress
St. Mary School
Jonathan Tanner
Paul Tanner
Eastern Heights Blvd
Eastern Heights School
Chronicle-Telegram
Elyria meeting to discuss black students and school boundaries
Elyria Board of Education and local civil rights leaders plan a February meeting at the Elyria Neighborhood Center to discuss problems facing black students and proposed boundaries for new junior high and high schools on Griswold Road. The session follows a year of racial unrest at the high school and includes NAACP leaders Mrs. Willie Porter and Isaac C. Chapman.
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the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Porter
Isaac C. Chapman
Chapman
Griswold Road
Elyria
Nude man shoots policeman to death in Florida
In Jacksonville a naked man emerged from a parked car and killed Policeman Edward J. Parker as he investigated a deserted warehouse area. Parker, 34, was surprised by a gunman described as a black man in his twenties who fled on foot. The two women in the car, abducted and said to be black, reported a rape claim.
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Jacksonville
Fla
UPI
Edward J. Parker
Dillard
Fifth Corps
Hirth
J. G. Farben
Frankfurt
Anthony R. Libonati
Seventh Army
Libonati
Polish note in jar SOS for daughter
Evelyn Gale found a Polish note inside a new jar of pickles in Sutton England. A translator was called to assess an apparent SOS but no danger existed. The message warned a man was attempting to seduce a daughter in the factory pickling shed.
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Sutton
England
UPI
Evelyn Gale
Seventh Army Germany stems drug race bias issues turning around
In Heidelberg and across Germany the U S Seventh Army shows improved morale and professionalism as housing, discrimination, and violence concerns decline. Gen Davison cites increased training funding, reduced militant black groups, and growing credibility to persuade troops about drugs and safety.
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Germany
Heidelberg
United States Seventh Army
Franklin R. Dillard
Michael S. Davison
Vietnam
Michael Davison
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