Window display marks 55th scouting year in area
A window display last week at C. H. Merthe Co. on Broad St won first place for Explorer Post 105 sponsored by the First Congregational Church. Other winners included Troops 115 104 and 124 sponsored by local groups and VFW Post 3341. Cub packs 140 139 and 136 sponsored by Fields PTA Elyria Township and First Methodist Church earned top positions in observance of Boy Scouting’s 55th anniversary.
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C. H. Merthe Co
Broad St
Flrst Congregational Church
Belden Township
Columbia Station Kiwanis Club
VFW Post No
Grafton
Fields Pta
Elyria Township
First Methodist Church of
Elyria
Selma March Under Parade Permit Tied to Election Drive
Sheriff James Clark hospital bound amid Selma march activity as 600 to 1,000 Negro demonstrators, part of a MLK led voter registration push in Alabama, proceed under a parade permit amid tensions. In New York a firebomb attack targets Malcolm X’s home while Mississippi Gov Johnson cites Communist influences and a judge warns against desegregation pledges risking federal funds.
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Dallas County
Selma
Ala
Martin Luther King
Alabama
Marion
King
Urday
James Clark
Elsenh
Washington
Mississippi
Paul B. Johnson
Johnson
FBI
New York
Malcolm X
Malcolm
East Elmhurst
Jackson
M.M. McGowan
Schoo Boards
Wakefield strike meeting aims to end week three
Representatives of Local 996 IBEW and Wakefield Lighting Division Wakefield Corp meet again in Vermilion to end a strike now in its third week. Issues persist over seniority and wages.
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996
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Wakefield Lighting Division
Wakefield Corp
Vermilion
Lorain man confesses to bank break-in at Westgate branch
Lorainite Thomas L. Sutton, 23, of 1216 Broadway, admitted breaking a wire meshed window at Central Security National Bank on the Westgate Shopping Center property and taking foreign currency of unknown value. Police said federal agents would arrest him on a bank robbery charge.
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Lorain
Central Security National Bank
Westgate
Thomas L. Sutton
Broadway
Sutton
Fire departments search for unconfirmed house blaze
Three departments Wellington La Grange and Carlisle checked areas around West Rd Webster Rd and Kipton Nickel Plate Rd after a Lorain County Sheriff's dispatch at 10 35 am reporting a house fire that could not be located. The caller claimed to be an Elyria Telephone Co operator but no operator was found at the company. Deputies would contact Oberlin exchange to verify.
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Wellington
Lorain County
West Rd
Webster Rd
Kipton - Nickel Plate Road
la Grange
Carlisle
Elyria Telephone Co
Oberlin Telephone
Car plunges 30 feet but three escape in Akron area
Three Lorain Countians escaped uninjured after a westbound car driven by John Smith, 51, of Lorain, tumbled 30 feet down an embankment from the Rt. 10 overpass in North Ridgeville. Passengers Donald VanHoose, 17, and Robert VanHoose, 15, were treated at Lorain St Joseph Hospital for bruises. Smith faced reckless operation charges.
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North Ridgeville
Lorain
John §. Smith
Kansas Ave
Donald E. VanHoose
Liberty Ave
Elyria
Robert VanHoose
Lorain St. Joseph Hospital
Smith
Ohio governor urges state reform for resources and growth
Gov. Rhodes, addressing Outdoor Writers of Obbo, calls for a strong director-led resources policy, criticizes weak rule-by-board systems, and pushes for a state university program, expanded airports, and industrial site development. He cites 124,000 plants and 157 brands, warns about funding gaps, and emphasizes taxpayer dollars returning multiple times through federal programs.
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Ohio
Fred Marr
Natural Resources
Councils
James
A. Rindes
J Commission
Edly Te Holder
Desteen
Enteral Resvercen Bs Geverter
Rhodes
Uni
Courthouse Library Space Debate Over Third Floor
The county weighs converting Court third floor space for the law library or outside relocation. The Library Association argues for expansion within the courthouse while some commissioners consider an architect study and potential external site with parking. Atty Richard Collella opposes moving the library outside the courthouse. Commissioners Thompson Pincura Horn, with library delegates Stanley West Bruce Alexander Kosma Glavas present.
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the Law Library Association
Lew
Spree Thompson
Richard Collella
Stanley
A. H. West
Bruce Alexander
Kosma Glavas
Thompson
Ludwig M. Pincura
James P. Horn
Red China intervention in Vietnam could invite strikes on homeland
UPI reports that if Red China sends large forces into Vietnam like in 1950 it could invite heavy retaliatory air and sea blows on China itself. U.S. officials say no precise plan exists yet, but Far East forces are in readiness. Speculation notes no privileged sanctuary as Hanoi weighs widening the war and China weighs risks to homeland, supply routes, and Lop Nor nuclear sites.
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Washington
UPI
China
Korea
U.S
United States
Far East
Red China
Peking
Douglas MacArthur
North Korea
Viet Nam
Hanoi
South Viet Nam
Thui
North Viet Nam
Lop Nor
Reichlin backs city levies in Elyria race
Leonard P. Reichlin, first ward councilman, endorses Republican Mayor Fred B. Sanford in urging voters to pass two levy renewals on May 4. The .75 mill raise and 2 mill operating levy are needed to fund city operations and essential services for Elyria residents.
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Leonard P. Reichlin
First Ward
Fred B.sanford
Reichlin
Elyria
Career soldier's Viet death not in vain says widow
Mrs Dorothy Ruth Alexander, widow of specialist James B Alexander, 16 years Army service, insists he did not die in vain in Vietnam. She recalls his last letters noting danger yet resolve to protect family and hope for peace. He wrote of losses and limits on moving troops, then reassured his wife he would be all right and planned to return to college for his daughters.
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Dorothy Ruth Alexander
Daugh
Caroline
Mrs. Alexander
Kansas City
UPI
Iband
James B. Alexander
Viet Korea
Germany
Nam
Sareer
Alexander
V.C
Viet Cong
Carelune
Robbery suspects to court in Lorain case
Lorain police said the second suspect in the February 5 armed robbery attempt at Rose's Market, 3105 Broadway, will be arraigned on entering and breaking charges. Ronald M. Lewis alias Arnold Lee, 25, of 3821 Canton Ave., was arrested in Youngstown. James A. Fultz, 23, of 900 Olive, faces additional charges. Both suspects from Sheffield Township. Two men wounded in the hold-up remain hospitalized, one with a lower abdomen wound, the other with a chest wound.
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Lorain
Rose’s Market
Broadway
Ronald M. Lewis
Canton Ave
Arnold Lee
Youngstown
James A. Fultz
Olive
Sheffield
Fultz
Lewis
Floyd D. Harris
Maurice Mumford
St. Joseph' Hospital
Carl F. Baker
West 21St St
Robert L. Pastoris
New NAACP Officers Vow to Press Minority Issues in 1965
New Elyria NAACP officers led by president Herman Larkins addressed the group at installation services at Second Baptist Church. They pledged action on fair employment, housing access, and equal educational opportunities, and said they would expose discrimination and negotiate where needed. Officers installed included J W Yarbrough as vice president, Audrey Williams as secretary, Dale Adams as assistant secretary, and William Reed as treasurer. The first 1965 meeting and membership drive were set for 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at the church.
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Liam Reed
Audrey Williams
J. W. Yarbrough
Herman Larkins Jr
Larkins
Elyria
Nar
Wayne St
Herman Larkins
iJr
NAACP
Federal Aviation Agency
Qberlin
Second Baptist Church
16Th St
Waverly St
Dale Adams
Irondale Ct
William Reed
13Th St
George Short
Hospital closings protests urged in Wakeman event
The American Legion Auxiliary asks members and interested persons to contact state and federal senators and representatives to protest proposed closings of veterans hospitals in the state. The Auxiliary will conduct the Heart fund drive in Wakeman Feb. 21.
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Wakeman
American Legion Auxiliary
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Henry P. Webber
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