Heated Amherst session ends in mayoral action on checks
At a crowded Amherst meeting the mayor moved to suspend payment of city bills while officials sought a declaratory judgment. The Council and city auditor clashed over who controls disbursements, as a court ruling was anticipated and a formal apology was sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ob- Amherst
Robert Renouard
John W. Mattey
Arthur H. Kop
William A. Groomes
Penhafer Davis
LeRoy E
Davis
de J
Marvin R. Davis
Frederick J. Berger
Lorain County _ Savings
Trust Co
Jor
Ditor
Court of Common Pleas
Renouard
Devas
Alec Auditor
AIS
Day
Adobes
James J. Smith
Ted Engelhardt
Howard Paton
Eugene L. Stipe
Anthony DePaola
County college plans talent hunt for needy students
Lorain County Community College seeks a $91,985 federal grant under the Higher Education Act to fund a talent hunt. The program would recruit disadvantaged high school and junior high students, provide parent workshops, job finding help, counseling, and college information services, with eight guidance counselors. If approved, the college would expand services at minimal own cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County College
Lorain County Community College
LCCC
Max J. Lerner
Lorain
American Ship Building Co
Givesaid
Ofis
Millon
Great Lakes
Willi
Litton
Newdustries, Inc
Los Angeles
Willam H Jory
President Yard
Not enough work, Jory says of 2nd shipyard proposal
Jory criticizes the second shipyard plan as insufficient work for operations and questions the financial details. He cites Litton and Lorain Port Authority negotiations and notes proposals for a new yard costing tens of millions, while addressing pay and purchasing practices in city departments and a legal-action threat against the mayor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jory
Industrialist advocates education at Midview meeting
Leonard Diardario of Warner and Swasey Co Cleveland urged parents at a Midview Local School District Founders Day gathering to start encouraging learning from age one. He warned that lack of a high school diploma handicaps workers amid strong competition and emphasized well-educated citizens as future problem solvers for the nation. The event honored past district presidents with blue carnations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Leonard Diardario
Warner and Swasey Co
Cleveland
Midview
Diardario
Diordario
Dredge Bids Advertised for Lorain Harbor Deepening
U S Army Corps of Engineers bids for Lorain outer harbor deepening, with bids opened at 3 pm March 10 in the Buffalo district office. Project under Stage III of a 22 million program aims to deepen the east pier area to 29 feet by removing about 2 000 and 82 000 cubic yards of lake bottom material, bidder to commence this spring and finish by August 1.
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Lorain
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Corps Buffalo
Pleasant View TB facility may lose state aid in new law
Pleasant View Tuberculosis Sanatorium in Lorain County could be cut from state subsidies under an Ohio law taking effect next October. The new plan lets a health department advisory board pick which county TB hospitals receive patients and subsidies, with the subsidy rising to five dollars per patient daily at designated hospitals.
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Pleasant View
Lorain County
Ohio
Walter L. Evans
Ohio Department of Health
Chronicle- Telegram
Evans
Richland Hospital
Emmett W. Arnold
Ohio Health
Edison Birthplace Becomes National Shrine At Night
Lights flood the modest Milan Canal brick home, Edison’s birthplace, now a national shrine after the Edison Foundation received a plaque from the National Committee of Parks. Born February 11, 1847, he was the seventh child of Samuel and Nancy Edison and is famed as the Wizard of Menlo Park for inventing the incandescent light. Since 1947 the birthplace has been a museum with over 213,000 visitors signing the guest book. last year 20,060 people visited, and more are expected this year.
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Thomas Alva Edison
Nela Park Association
Milan Canal
Edison Foundation
National Committee of Parks
Samuel and
Nancy Edison
Menlo
N.J ) Park
Edison
Wizard of Oz thrills area stage with rocket age flair
Workshop Players Inc. presents a two act Wizard of Oz on a tiny arena stage with a rocket finale. Virginia Waratinsky as the Wicked Witch and Ann May as Dorothy lead an excellent cast with standout turns by Gugino, Petrillo, and Gammon. Technical crews handled a collapsible cauldron, revolving bridge and trap door as Lois Gremore choreographs and Charles Perzek directs. Performances run tonight tomorrow and next week Tuesday through Saturday.
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Workshop Players Inc
Kansas
Workshop Players
Marvelous Hocus Pocus
Virginia Waratinsky
Ann May
Dorothy
Tony Gugino
Orlando Petrillo
Wayne Gammon
Jenny Heinzerling
Dorothy Howe
Lois Gremore
Ron Roling
Valerie Jenkins
Charles Perczek
Jean Scheaffer
Jennie Heinzerling
Davis urges state income tax stance at local meeting
Elyria Chronicle-Telegram excerpt recalls Rendell Davis urging enactment of a state income tax to replace personal property and intangible taxes as a fix for Ohio finances. The item threads through social notes about local residents, retiree trips, a May 21 wedding, and community sports backers and their generosity, with nods to public figures and local clubs.
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Ohio
Rendell A. Davis
Cape Coral
C-T
Gulf American Land Corporation
Lorain
Bull County
Afl-Cio Federation
Stern
America
Elyrian
Gulf American
Florida
Holiday Inn
Ohio Turnpike
Washington
American Association of Retied Persons
Elyria
Cleveland
Columbus
State aid critique cites impact on small business and farming
A speaker condemned unjust penalties on small businessmen and farmers for investing in inventory and equipment. The talk highlighted the state’s vast needs in education welfare and hospitals and warned that ongoing cuts to state participation drive spiraling real estate taxes and shrinking local services.
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Amherst
By Connie Davis
Lerner
Henty
Evelyn Holmes
Koppenhafer
Journal
Tayte
Police Department
Safety Service
James Aldrich
KuiJbuske
General Electric
General Electric Tl
Dory
U. S. Steel Corporation
Ford Motor Company
Chester Carpenter
Midview Local Schools
Sentation
E. A. Wheaton
Carpenter
Eaton School Board of Education
Industrialist Lands Education
Lorain Harbor
Orin A. Beatty
Richland TB Hospital
Mansfield
Russ Davies
Yoder
Mike
Ollie Forbes
Chronicle-Telegram
Elizabeth
Gertrude Yoder
Mikes
Gettysburg
Mt. Vernon
Williamsburg
Jamestown
Yorktown
Monticello
Charlottesville
Manchester
White House
Lincoln
Kennedy
AARP
William J
Mae
Tobbins
West 28Th St
Tony Curtis
Bernie) Posey
Dianna Spicer
LaGrange Methodist Church
Posey
LaGrange
Cliff Spicer
Fra
Bowling Center
F.R. A
George Livingston
Nehi Bottling Co
Mr. Livingston
Ben Bittner
Vic Silver
Ben
Vic
Peng
Walter Johnson
Cleveland Browns
Henry P. Webber
Johnson
Ernie Green
Tmu
Los Angeles State College
Browns
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