FTC hearings push for full franchise disclosure rules
The Federal Trade Commission proposes a 27 item disclosure rule for prospective franchisees. It would require clear contract terms, financial histories, and a rights statement including a 10 day contract cancellation window. Industry views split with IFA opposing heavy paperwork while gas stations and pizza chains back stronger rules. Free copies of the notice are available from FTC offices.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Commission
FTC
International Franchise Association
IFA
Damage suit filed against Lorain Journal seeks 1 334 million
Murial Watt Mead, former Lorain real estate developer, sues Lorain Journal and 18 others seeking 1 334 000 in damages over a September 19 1966 creditor list publication she calls grossly overstated and false. Judge Robert Henderson set July 12 trial in Lorain County Common Pleas Court.
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Murial Watt Mead
Lorain
Lorain Journal
Lorain County Common Pleas Court
Ihland County Common Pleas
Robert Henderson
Ohio
C. William O’neill
Mead
Henderson
Cuyahoga County
Mental Health Board to Meet in Lorain County
The Lorain County Board of Mental Health and Retardation will meet at 7:45 tonight in the county administration building second floor. Olive Wertz of the Nord Center and John Gergen of Lorain County Community College volunteer training program will brief members on two programs.
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Lorain County Board of Mental Health and Retardation
Olive Wertz
Walter G. Nord
John Gergen
Lorain County Community College
Mental Health Board
Burglary at Westwood Junior High construction site
Deputies report burglars stole about 775 worth of tools from five contractor trailers at the Westwood Junior High School site on Griswold Road in Elyria Township. Padlocks were broken with a blunt instrument between Friday afternoon and yesterday morning.
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Westwood Junior High School
Griswold Road
Lorain County
Amherst to raise sewer rates for new plant financing
Amherst councils streets sewer committee votes 2 to 1 to increase sewer rates instead of borrowing from the electric fund. The plan bases charges on water usage. current fees are 9 dollars per quarter with a 8 176 dollar sewer balance as a $2 million plant renovation is considered.
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Amhers
Council
Dennis Clotz
Joseph Godfrey
Electric
Richard Geduldig
Clotz
Oberlin backs county drug program and adds cab subsidy
Oberlin city council approved participation in a countywide drug program and provided 779 dollars as its share. The program, run by the prosecutor's office, will deploy three undercover agents and an administrator coordinator while a subsidy to Oberlin Cab Co. supports transport related to the effort. City Manager Thomas Dalton expressed reservations about enforcement emphasis but offered no alternative.
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Oberlin
Oberlin Cab Co
Thomas Dal
Ton
Parents to hear children goals at Powers School meeting
Amherst parents will hear elementary education goals for grades one through four at Powers School Monday at 7 45 pm. A teachers panel will outline expectations by age, per secretary Mrs Felix Lence. The council also approved 375 for Oberlin Cab Co subsidy to aid elderly riders, noting ongoing expenses despite four month service success.
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Amherst
Powers School
Felix Lence
North Ridgeville toswear new fire chief and captain
North Ridgeville expected to swear in Capt Robert Dreger as fire chief and Lt Eugene Diederich as captain around March 1 after Civil Service exams. Former chief Ralph Steinmetz retired January 1 after 40 years with the department formed in 1931.
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Ralph Steinmetz
Steinmetz
Citizens committee sorts data from school survey
The eight member Citizens committee met for five hours to sort fact from suppositions about the school system. Chairman Donald Vocca said letters from residents will be opened at Friday’s meeting and analyzed for inclusion in findings.
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Citizens Committee
North
Vocca
Monica
Annual Fun-a-Rama Offers Band and Book Fair at School
The fifth annual Fun-a-Rama fund raising event at Wilcox Elementary School Bainbridge Road runs Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. Tickets go on sale at most schools during lunch. The Midnight Sadness teen band provides dancing music. A book fair replaces rummage. donations accepted Friday evening or Saturday morning.
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North Ridgeville
Wilcox
Bainbridge Rd
City
Parent-Teacher Association
PTA
Midnight Sadness
King says no living population is more primitive than another
Dr. James C. King of NYU Medical School argues in The Biology of Race that no population is inherently more primitive. He suggests the hippie teenager in a commune is not as primitive as parents think and that youths are misunderstood by their elders.
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New York
James C. King
New York University
Medical School
King
Sheffield Village hires Laundon as engineer for 1972 73
The Sheffield Village Council adopted an ordinance rehiring Thomas W. Laundon as village engineer on a fee basis for 1972 73. The police force drops to nine part timers plus the chief after William Canterbury resignation. The council discusses trash pickup rules, clean-up week, and traffic safety on East River Road.
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Sheffield
Thomas W. Laundon
Laundon
William L. Canterbury
Michael Hanke
Council
Lenin Pando
Hanko
Rosemary Schwarz
Pando
Anko
East River Road
Cashway Lumber Co
Division Three
The
State Highway Department
Vermilion council and mayor clash over city building buy
Vermilion council debate over purchasing the vacant Baker Ford Building at 5289 E Liberty Ave for about 95 000 to convert into a city garage. Mayor Maiden opposes the purchase, while Councilman Py and supporter Athey push negotiating plans.
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Vermilion Council
Baker Ford
Liberty Ave
Jack Athey
Public Sidewalks, Streets and
Sheffield schools delay sewer easement decision
Sheffield Lake city engineer joined the Sheffield schools board meeting to finalize a 99 year sewer easement on Forestlawn Elementary property. Three of five trustees sought more time to study the two page contract before a 3 to 2 vote to approve pending 48 hour objections.
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Sheffield
Sheffield Lake
Robert Swanker
Sheffield Lake City
Forestlawn
Anson Russell
John Hoag
Kenneth Birnbaum
Russell
Stuart names panel heads in participative program
Mayor Charles H. Stuart announces five city department heads as heads of five committees for North Ridgeville. The income tax office hours run Saturdays in March and the first three Saturdays in April for residents who have yet to pay taxes. Appointees include Police Chief Thomas Sigsworth, Building Inspector George Tabor, Street Superintendent Harold McVeigh, Sewer and Water Supt Dale Schroeder, and Robert Dreger as administration chair. Committees will advise city administration. In Malekula Island, tradition bars women from being seen by husbands’ brothers. wives cover face with leaves when a brother-in-law passes, National Geographic notes.
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North Ridgeville
Charles H. Stuart
Thomas Sigsworth
George Tabor
Harold McVeigh
Sewer and Water Department
Dale Schroeder
Robert Dreger
Washington
Malekula Island
New Hebrides
National Geographic
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Elyria
Maytag Elyria CO
Holbrook Smith CO
Thomas Hambly
Charles Stuart
Lorain Rd
Eugene Diederich
Center Ridge Rd
Dreger
Alfred Underwood
Civil Service Board
Underwood
Diederich
Patricia Isaak
Florida
Tuas
Chronicle-Telegram
Nancy Schwarzwalder
Cleveland Electric Iluminating Co
Avon-Richfield
Sheffield Village
Ruth Potter
Doris Burrell
Athey
John Maiden
Raymond Py
Maiden
Law
Elio Zerbini
Tam
Sunnyside Road
Vermilion Land Corp
Edward Kander
Corporation
Kander
Kancler
Lorain County Regional Planning Commission
City Planning Commission
Dan C. Mynhier
Civil Service Commission
Willard Zimmerman
Zoning Board of Appeals
Robert Maher
John Deal
Board of Contractor Licensing Examiners
Harbourtown
Frank Watson
Theodore Bender
Bender
Avon Lake
Timothy Smith
Stuart
Ridgeville
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