Ford Lorain plant to add second shift this summer
Ford Motor Co Lorain Assembly Plant will add a second shift on the truck line this summer with 200 to 300 additional workers. Current employment at the plant on Baurmbhart Road is 4,060. Comet production is about 17 per hour two shifts and Falcons run about 38 per hour. Truck output now 16 daily, slated to rise to 288 as demand grows. Hiring starts within several weeks.
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Ford Motor Co
Lorain
Baurmbhart Rd
Ford
Comet
Falcon Auto
Roberts to aid new motor pool in State Highway Dept
Willard Buck Roberts of Elyria will help establish a new car pool in the State Highway Department at Columbus. E L Toberen, Ashland Division director, says Roberts will have a title still undetermined but described as better than his former post. Dale Livingston of Lorain named acting superintendent of the Oberlin state garage, replacing Roberts, with pay about 100 dollars monthly.
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Willard
Buck) Roberts
Elyria
State Highway Department
Columbus
E. L
Toheren
Ashland
Highway Department
Roberts
Lorain County
Toberen
Dale Livingston
Lorain
Club 28
Oberlin
Livingston
Toberen Roberts
Pend Passon
Prince Puts Historians In A Dusty Tizzy
Historians debate naming the newborn prince after an American president. The christening may feature a ruler’s child with foreign ties and possible American godfather arrangements. Buckingham Palace has not commented on the reports.
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Prince
Poreas
Elizabeth
Bisenes
Rackingham Palace
Mayor Dunn Eyes Safety Study After Elyria Sal t Truck Accident
A city salt truck accident at the Elyria streets department garage killed Frank E. Westerfeld, 50, prompting Mayor Oscar G. Dunn to seek a full report on safety practices. Street Superintendent Fred M. McNally witnessed the event as Westerfeld, while repairing a lift, was crushed between the bed and the frame. Funeral services are set for Friday at Sudro Curtis Funeral Home with burial in Brookdale Cemetery after viewing hours.
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Elyria
Streets Department
Oscar G. Dunn
Dale C. Kellogg
Frank E. Westerfeld
Ford Rd
Fred M. McNally
Westerfeld
Dunn
McNally
Sudro Curtis Funeral
Robert Reynhout
First Baptist Church
Brookdale Cemetery
Nine Classes Now In Operation For Mentally Retarded
Lorain County expands special classes under the Child Welfare Board with enrollment rising from 47 to 108 since September. Agenda includes summer recreational activities, teacher training scholarships, and vocational options for older youths. Parents urged to stay engaged as levy plans discussed and a county welfare consolidation option considered.
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Lorain County
Child Welfare Board
Council For
Greater Elyria
Lee Blackman
Lorain County Child Welfare Board
John McDonough
McDonough
Thompson
Loran
Enally
Ing
Harold Eaing
Ambulance Hit By Mysterious Car In Cleveland Chase
An 18 year old motorist struck a police ambulance in Cleveland then sped through red lights while being pursued by police. The chase ended when the driver crashed into a tractor-trailer at low speed. no one was hurt.
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Cleveland
Upi
Bart
Plans For Armory Are Submitted In Elyria
Fate of Elyria’s proposed National Guard Armory rests with the National Guard Bureau in Washington. The ONG has submitted unilateral plans excluding the local Army Reserve unit. Brig. Gen. O. H. Gibson said federal approval could let the project proceed at an estimated 240000 dollars. The start was to be December but conflicts over including the Reserve unit caused delays and possible loss of federal funds.
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Elyria
National Guard Bureau
Washington
Ohio Guard
ONG
O. H. Gibson
Federal Bureau
Army Reserve
Refeel
Federal Budget Bureau
Ditch Legality Affirmed for Sunrise Development Project
The Court of Appeals upheld county commissioners' right to widen Culver Ditch to drain a proposed 301 home North Ridgeville project. The ruling supports a prior Common Pleas decision and notes upper land development shifts water runoff but leaves sewage plant effluent questions unresolved. Sunrise agreed to cover added costs from the ditch expansion.
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Sunrise Development Co
North Ridgeville
Court of Appeals
Culver Ditch
Common Pleas
John D. Pincura
Grace Sullivan
Board of Commissioners
Sewate
Oscar Hunsickerl
Perry Stevens
Arthur Doyle
Sunrise Development
Patterson Continues Rt 254 Fund Feud
County Engineer Don E. Patterson and County Commissioner J Norman Thompson clash over the $8 million Rt 254 project. Patterson claims a state deal reduced county engineering costs to conflict with Thompson’s public statements. He accuses Thompson of chicanery and breaching faith with state and federal highway authorities.
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Patterson
Don E. Patterson
J. Norman Thompson
Thompson
Rt. 24
Industrial Committee
Industrial Development Committee
Mediation Sets Strike Meeting At Sterling Foundry
Federal Mediation Service steps in at Sterling Foundry Wellington to convene union management talks Friday at 10 am in Wellington Town Hall. Local 34% walkout involved 30 workers last Friday. payroll distribution for February 19 to employees begins at the plant office with unclaimed checks mailed Saturday.
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Federal Mediation Service
Sterling
Welington Stoke
Frofay Mormnz Cmahatr
Gilbert Sekdin
Wellington Town Hall
Ce Cmpany
Ceronnel
Protest forms over 35 percent cut in bus trips
PUCO officials in northern Ohio seek informally to broker a compromise on a proposed schedule reducing Cleveland to Elyria Lorain and Painesville trips from 19 to 12 daily starting Mar 7. Elyria Chamber of Commerce Manager Randall Schunk called a Saturday meeting for Elyria and North Ridgeville officials to plan local protests.
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Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Ohio
Greyhound Lines
Cleveland
Elyria
Lorain
Painesville
Committee Tackles City Budget Tonight
City Council finance committee meets at 7 30 p m to size the general fund budget for 1960 with an expected shortfall and a plan to trim spending. A second Buildings and Lands committee session is also set for city hall as budgeting details unfold and a May operating levy is discussed as a potential relief.
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City Council
City Hall
Jobless Man Jailed Over Death Threat Letter
David Allen, an unemployed factory worker in Columbus, was held on $5 bond after sending an unsigned letter to a Columbus woman that threatened her with death. FBI agents traced the letter to his home where he was served with a warrant charging threat and bodily harm.
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Colmbus
David
Allen
City
FBI
Columbus
Teste
Tuen
Board backs wardens in dog gripes at Lorain County
Lorain County commissioners and prosecutor defend dog wardens amid criticism from Mrs. William F. Green, president of the Lorain Humane Society. They cite deputized power to enforce the law and invite violators to be prosecuted. The board also notes potential court action if wardens are accused of overreach.
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William F. Green
Lorain
Michael J. Larke
Stanami
Green
Cmiity
Commie Somers
Dobro Fucker
Humaar
United States
Washington
Qatar
Educator Carl Feliers Dies at 4 Retired UMass Technology Leader
In Amherst Massachusetts Carl Feliers, longtime head of the Department of Food Technology at the University of Massachusetts, died in Vion Quebec where he had been rector. He was aged and renowned for his work in food tech education and university leadership.
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Amherst
Mass
Utz
Carl Feliers
Weesachusetts
Feraer
St. Anne de la Pontere
Workmen Earn Big Suggestion Awards at Lorain Plant
Two veteran U S Steel National Tube Division workers received substantial suggestion awards. Jack Ward of Amherst earned 2273 dollars for a new oil storage facility design and George Stanco of Lorain earned 2072 dollars for redesigning the bottom bolt on the Medart pipe straightener. Both men are longtime Lorain mill staffers with community roles in PTA, scouting, and church activities.
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George T. Stance
Jack Edward Ward Tright
Fritz Scharff
Lorain Works of Nations
U. S. Steel Corp
Ward
Lorain
Lo Tain Works National Tube Division
U.S. Steel Corp
Jack Edward Ward
Middle Ridge Rd
Amherst
George T. Stanco
Cantersbury Ct
Amherst Pta
Lorain Mill
Stance
PTA
St. Cyril and Methodius Orthodox Church
Cancer Crusaders Will Meet in Lorain County Drive
Preliminary planning for the April fund and education crusade for the American Cancer Society in Lorain County will start soon. Four orientation sessions for 28 area chairmen and key campaign workers will be held at 810 North Ridge Road Lorain with speakers Charles Hinckley and Julius Wilcox.
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American Cancer Society
Lorain County
Swarrow
North Ridge Rd
Lorain
Julius Wilcox
LaGrange
County Crusade
Charles Hinckley
Ohio
Hildred Brown
Grand Jury To Review 16 Cases
The grand jury convened with Alan VanWormer as foreman to review sixteen pending criminal cases and to receive a report on alleged concerns about rest homes raised by Prosecutor Paul Mikus and assistants. Jury members were drawn and some exemptions noted as the panel prepared to hear evidence and select actions.
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Alan VanWormer
East Ave
Paul Mikus
Mikus
J. Willliam McCray
Miwa
Wei
Srand
Baill
William Pesms
Acre
Hass
Mt. Maron
John Thomar
Jare Feverpan VanWormer
Virginia Card
Georma
Leran
Thelma Deliifield
Cleveland Blvd
Leram
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Earl Milner
Helen Stroud
Francis Grimm
Foster P. Dirlam
R. S. Wilson
Paul Wesebaum
Gilliland
Milner
Harold Kunkle
Rudy Farkas
Committee For Industrial Development
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Guy Neeper
Demity Interior of Planning
County Engineers Assoration
PUCO
Elyria-Ridgeview
Elyria-Lorain Bus Co
William Tattersall
Luke Loutman
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Cancer Crusaders
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