Sheriff buys classified boobytrap manual by mail
Lorain County Sheriff Vernon M Smith obtained a Department of the Army field manual on boobytraps via a civilian supplier for 350 from Normount Technical Publications in Oregon. Darmos tried to access the manual through Army channels but was repeatedly refused. Smith cited frustration over perceived police access to critical defense information and federal restrictions.
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Department of the Army
Oregon
Lorain County
Vernon M Smith
Smith
Donald Durmos
Sheriffs
Ohio Adjutant Generals Office
US Adjutant General
Washington DC
Normount Technical Publications
Forest Grove
Abe
Department of the Army Field Manual
Ravenna
Darmos
National Guard
Cleveland
Lorain National
Federal Adjutant General
Washington
Secretary of the Army
Las Vegas
Clark County
Nevada
US Adjutant Generals Office
Army
Army of
United States
City urged to halt Aztec chemicals plant odors in Elyria
Elyria council heard Felix J Klimezak demand immediate shutdown and removal of Aztec Chemical Co at 155 Garden St over noxious odors. He cited a prior October agreement and urged health and safety officials to move the plant, noting five months of persistent smells despite claimed scrubber operation.
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Elyria
Aztec Chemical Co
Garden St
Elyria Council
Felix J Kumezak
Kilimezak
Solicitor Safety Service
Health Department
Aztec
Klimezak
Fauver Opposes Bridge Plan For Lorain Boulevard Extension
Elyria council finance chair Fauver says he will oppose extending Lorain Boulevard past Lodi Street and linking to Second and Third streets with Black River bridges unless the project becomes a limited access highway. He urges considering widening Lodi West Broad or West River Street instead. The bridges would cost 15 million dollars with 977 thousand from State Bond Issue 1 and center the first phase of downtown urban renewal.
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Lorain Boulevard
Lodi Street
Black River
Scribner
Fauver
Elyria Councils Finance Committee
Republican Majority
Lodi
West Broad Street
West River Street
Hercules 100 Lands at Lorain County Airport in Historic Flight
A Hercules 100 owned by Southern Air Transport Inc. landed at Lorain County Regional Airport on Russia Road, carrying an Elyria manufactured furnace connector section for Union Oil Co. The aircraft weighed over 140,000 pounds at takeoff, while the 5,000-foot runway proved the shortest field legally able to handle such a large plane. C-T photos by Rob Thomas accompany the report.
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Lorain County
Russia Road
Southern Air Transport Inc
Brown Fintube Co
Elyria
Union Oil Co
Los Angeles
Calif
Rob Thomas
Columbia Township trustees discuss landfill deal
A special meeting is set for Monday at 8 pm to consider Pit Products Co operating a commercial landfill on Rt 252 in exchange for free township rubbish pickup. Residents warn sludge pollution and water contamination could arise. opposition cites residential zoning and nearby homes.
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Columbia Two
Columbia
Columbia Township
Rt 252
Pit Products Co
Cuyahoga County
Robert J Kelly
Cleveland Service
Robert Denington
West River Road
Hubbard Wilcox
Donington
Leroy Zorn
Columbia Trustees
Wallace Wendt
East River Road
Robert Kelly
Pit Products
Two youths killed in Medina garage torch blast
Medina police report two teens died after an acetylene torch ignited a drum of oil in a Medina garage. Charles Kosmos, 19, of Brunswick, died at the scene. Ed Stadnik, 18, of Medina, died about 7 AM at Medina Community Hospital. The blast shattered the garage windows as flames spread through the work space.
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Medina
Charles Kosmos
Brunswick
Stadnik
Medina Community Hospital
Kosmos
Corn growers invited to Lindell lecture on blight
Midview area corn producers are invited to a lecture on corn blight and production tomorrow at 8 am in the Midview High School agriculture room. Guest speaker is David L Lindell, Area Extension Agent Agronomy, Wooster and Canfield experiment stations. The session is part of the adult agricultural course directed by Jerry Lame.
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Midview
Midview High School
David L Lindell
Wooster and
Canfield Experiment Stations
Jerry Lame
Myiview
Mitock family ties loom over Lorain Catholic Avon game
Lorain County Auditor Joseph J Mitock and Avon Mayor Nicholas T Mitock watched siblings clash as Lorain Catholic faced Avon on the Lorain Quint court during Parents Night. Joe Sr sat between teams, supporting Elyria Catholic’s Roberta Mitock and Joe Jr of Lorain Catholic. Frances, bedridden, and six children anchored a family story as the article hints at growing grandchildren.
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Joseph J Mitock
Lorain County
Nicholas T Mitock
Avon
Lorain Catholic
Lorain
Panthers
Joe Jr
Elyria Catholic
Joe Sr
Elyria
Roberta
Ohio University
Senio Ar
Frances
Emily
Firelands board weighs consolidation of elementary schools
Firelands School District faces looming consolidation as Brownhelm and Birmingham elementary schools show deterioration. Water intrusion at Brownhelm prompts health chief to recommend a single district elementary building within three years. The district cites high maintenance costs for four aging schools and limited funds for new construction.
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Firelands Board
Henrietta
Brownhelm
Birmingham
Firelands
Erie County Health
Board of Education
Boswell
Louis Murphy School Board
Wo ed school sewer line contract approved
Old Wo ed school sewer line contract in Oberlin approves awarding Andy s Excavating Lorain a city project to build a sewer line to the Lorain County Joint Vocational Education School south of the city. Estimated total cost is 111740 with city covering the 12 inch line and interconnections and the school paying engineering costs and reimbursements.
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Oberlin
Andy S
Lorain
Lorain County Joint Vocational Education
Rt 58
Corporation
Hamilton Street
Voeed
Rts
Lawson's may add motel to Amherst restaurant plan
Amherst plans outline Lawson's Family Restaurant on Routes 254 and 5A with a 38 to 100 unit motel to operate in conjunction. Manners Management Corp will run the motel and restaurant, joining two other planned motels in the state. The project, discussed by Amherst's building and lands committee tomorrow at 7 p.m., mirrors Ohio plants in North Canton, Warren, and Streetsboro, with 130 seats in the restaurant.
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Amherst
Rts
Robert Spae
Manners Management Corp
Stow
Rt 18
Akron
Building and Lands Committee
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