Blind announcer urges aid for the handicapped at Lorain dinner
Art Edgerton, a blind commentator and WTOL TV music director, challenged business and civic leaders at the Lorain County Center for Sightless annual dinner to provide opportunities for handicapped people. Robert A. DeForest reviewed the center’s growth from two programs to serving over 1,170 people in six months. Ruth Ann Harmon, a 14 year old blind folk singer from Chagrin Falls, performed. Certificates of Appreciation were given to supporters by trustee Garrett Murray.
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Art Edgerton
Lorain County
Edgerton
Wtol-Tv
Toledo
Johnson
Robert A. DeForest
DeForest
Chagrin Falls
Ruth Ann Harmon
Miss Harmon
Cleveland Society For the Blind
Garrett Murray
Lorain County Center For Sightless, Inc
Center
Ann Harmon
A. L. Fauver
Ard
Groundhog predicts extended winter with fresh snow
The article notes a Feb 2 groundhog forecast of six more weeks of winter. Temperatures drop below 10 degrees tonight with a high in the low 20s and 1 to 3 inches of snow expected at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. Flurries and squalls may persist, creating hazardous travel.
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Groundhog
U.S
Cleveland Hopkins International Arport
Abbe Road widening delayed with higher costs and plan conflicts
State highway officials confirm another delay in the Abbe Road widening, moving letting from August to late January 1969. Costs are rising from an estimated 1.2 million as drainage and road alignment issues at Lorain County Community College and Sheffield create additional hurdles for the four lane project and required relocations.
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Ohio Department of Highways
Alarold Reader
Lorain County Community College
Abbe Road
Burns Road
Reader
Elyria City
State Highway Department
Sheffield
Gulf Road
Abbe Road Rt
City of
Elyria
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
Tses
Inghway
Haywood challenges Tracey on city auditor conflict claim
Elyria Safety Service Director James T Tracey is asked to obtain a ruling from the city solicitor on whether Haywood’s part time auditor role in North Ridgeville creates a conflict of interest. Haywood vows not to perform duties if conflict exists and urges Tracey to seek an independent audit of cemetery funds.
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Barbara Kamp
Elyria Safety Service
James T Tracey
Edwin G Haywood
Tracey
Haywood
North Ridgeville
Remembering Dick Finegan and local sports figures
A reminiscence of Dick Finegan 91 at his passing, detailing his Broad Street bakery, family ties to Carl and Gene Finegan, and his boxing and sports connections with Johnny Kochan and Lawrence Moore. Includes letters from readers Katie Peters praising Miss Florence Terry and a note on the National Humane Newsletter Pet Patrol program.
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Dick Finegan
Mr. Finegan
Mr Finegan
Carl R
Gene Finegan
Herman
Juicy
Lafayette
Ind
Klein
Finegan
Florida
Buss
Florence Terry
Katie
Harrison H) Peters
West Ridge Road
Elyria
Katie T
Miss Terry
Elyria High School
Ohio
National Humane
American Humane Association
Denver
Colorado
Hateowide
I Canada
TAHA
Howard
Bildor
Home Builders Association of
Lorain County
Rabies hunt after Avon Lake boy bitten by dog
Avon Lake police and dog warden Vin cent Cilla search door to door for a brown and white collie type dog that bit a 4 year old boy at 212 Moorewood Ave. The injury required 21 shots but authorities aim to locate the dog to determine rabies risk and avoid further vaccination.
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Avon Lake
Vincent Cilla
Daniel Crawford
Donald Ro Crawford
Moorewood Ave
Crawford
Crawoord
Antoni Trzeciak
Nicholas John
Polwe
Toboggan Run Opens at YMCA Camp
Camp IseSee-Kes on the Ver milion River opens a toboggan run this weekend. George Skriver, camp director for the Eta YMCA, says hours are 9 am to 5 pm Saturday and 1 to 3:98 pm Sunday, with evening slots from 5 to 11 pm.
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Camp IseSee-Kes
Vermilion River
George Skriver
Etsra Ymca
Semday
Partic
Police cruiser in wreck while transporting injured man
A police cruiser carrying Walter Taylor to hospital after an early evening accident was struck at Broad and Cedar streets. The driver, Walter Taylor, and Officer Glen Sutton were injured. suspect William Dull Jr fled the scene but was captured and charged with leaving the scene and resisting arrest.
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West River
Huron Streets
Broad and
Cedar Streets
Glen Sutton
Walter Taylor
Chuaser
William Dull Jr
Detroit Rd
Avon
Broad Street
Dull
Kenyon Avenue
GM threatened by new strikes at GM plants
The UAW set five additional local strike deadlines at General Motors plants including Pontiac Warren Tonawanda Detroit Livonia and Parma. About 16 500 workers at Pontiac could walk out today at 2 pm as part of pressure to secure local settlements under the national contract signed in December.
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Detroit
UPI
United Auto Workers
General Motors Corp
Pontiac Mich
Pontiac
Michigan
New York
Chevrolet
Warren
Mich
Chevrolet Motor
Tonawanda
Livonia
Param
Ohio
VAW
Don Millers Outdoor Column Honored by Ohio Writers
Columbus Outdoor Editor Don Miller of The Chronicle Telegram received honorable mention in the Outdoor Writers of Ohio annual competition. The ceremony at Hospitality Inn recognized Miller for his outdoor column Afloat and Aheld with other winners including Robert Rankin Best Daily Column and Rich ard L. Paugh Best Weekly Column.
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Columbus
Don Miller
Chronicle-Telegram
Outdoor Writers of Ohio
Miller
Aflott
Hospitality Inn
Robert Rankin
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Richard L. Paugh
Ken Kern
Oberlin News Triune
Ervin Bauer
Columbut
Alan Kain
Cincinnat
Enquirer
Cleveland opens 1 4 mile I seven stretch to traffic
The State Highway Department announced a 1 4 mile section of Interstate 7 between West 25th Street and Interstate 90 in downtown Cleveland will open Feb 19. The opening lets motorists travel from downtown Cincinnati via I 75 to I 90 and connect to I 9 near Conneaut, though the Cleveland section faced delays from foundation problems on a bridge.
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Columbus
State Highway Department
West 25Th St
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Conneaut
One-car crash kills dad of 3 in Milan
A 32-year-old Milan Heights man and father of three, Jack Edward Van Winkle of Fairley Road, died in a one car crash on Route 113 near the east Milan hill. He was pronounced dead at Norwalk Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital from a fractured skull and internal injuries. The car veered left of center, rolled, and he was thrown from the vehicle at 7:30 p.m. Police ongoing investigation.
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Milan
Berlin Heights
Rt 113
Milan Hill
Jack Edward van Winkle
Fairley Road
Norwalk
Fisher - Titus Memorial Hospital
van Winkle
Port Clinton official sentenced for fraud
Edward Simmons former Port Clinton service director was sentenced by Judge Arthur Tudor to one to three years for fraud connected to swindling the city of more than 2700 dollars. He was convicted January 17 on four counts to be served concurrently and remains free on bond while appealing.
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Toledo
UPE
Edtward Simmons
Port Clinton
Arthur Tudor
Simmons
Dowagiac
Mich
Ohio
Penentary
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