City Finance Committee seeks worker equipment cost studies
The Elyria finance committee last night asked for an employee by employee and piece by piece breakdown of current personnel and equipment and the city's needs in these areas. They plan resolutions of intent for four May levies and start 1969 appropriations but limited by insufficient information and delays due to budget cuts and a new city accounting system.
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Elyria
City Council
Lesnick
County crime rate drops in 1968 report
The county logged three homicides in 1968 with two closed. Deputies arrested 594 people, nine fewer than 1967, but the crime rate fell 4 percent. Patrol miles rose to 345,276 and total miles to 405,503 as radio transmissions declined. The jail averaged 62.2 inmates daily, and the 78‑member Sheriff’s Auxiliary logged 7,541 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Mertz
Sheriff's Auxiliary
Sheriff's Office
Vaan
Area death notices across Lorain and surrounding towns
Lorain and nearby communities report multiple deaths and funeral plans. Frank Hill 64 of 1734 West 20th Street dies Saturday. funeral Thursday 1 PM Wesley Methodist Church with burial Elmwood Cemetery. Other obituaries include Mrs John Pliske 78 of Fitchville River Road New London. William James Andrews 18 Norwalk. Mrs Kata Spehar 72 Lorain. Elsie C Chandler 45 Graf ton. Robert T Marks 72 Sheffield Lake. Jose M Ayala 70 Lorain. Barbara Lou Clapp 16 Milan. Funeral times and locations listed across Lorain Norwalk Grafton Wellington and surrounding areas.
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Lorain
Frank Hill
Wesley Methodist Church
LaFord Young
Bural
Elmwood
Mr. Hill
West 20Th St
Lorain Community Hospital
New London
John Pliske
Fitchville River Road
Samaritan Hospital
Ashland
Orange Ridge
Manitoba
Canada
Leonard Martin
Kenneth
Pearl) Parks
Willoughby
Daniel
Betty) Molnar
Fairview Park
Eastman Funeral Home
Ron Merrill
Savannah Baptist Church
Grove Street Cemetery
Norwalk
William James Andrews
Mill St
Heaston Hill
Haldon Robarge
Woodlawn
Esther Andrews
Boxboard Package Co
Barbara Parsons
Gloria Landoll
Shirley Caldwell
Pauline
Kathleen
Robert
David
Paul
Kata Spehar
East 34Th St
Spehar
Bosiljevo
Croatia
Yugoslavia
St. Vitus Church
John Bischan
Reidy-Scanlan
Simon Nekic
Calvary Cemetery
Grafton
Elsie C. Chandler
Grafton-Eastern Road
Chandler
Parkersburg
W. Va
Leo
William
Andrew
Richard
John
Jeff
Dianne
Loretta
Nettie Chapman
Betty Pool
Vermilion
Bogner Funeral Home
North Ridgeville
Sheffield Lake
Paul Kirk
Faith United Methodist Church
Robert T Marks
Reichlin-Cooley
Elmwood Cemetery
Mr Marks
Abbe Rd
Barbara Lou Clapp
Rawle
Milan
P.J. Garcia
Miss Clapp
Tiffin
Bank St
Norwalk High School
Card of Thanks for Bereavement Receiving Kindness
Grateful appreciation for sympathy shown during our bereavement. The family of the late Ira Teeter thanks publicly all who sent services, messages, cards, and prayers to lighten our sorrow and especially Alexis Reising, Mrs Mary Gubeno, Mrs Lilian Baker for their kindness and support.
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Feniuy
Ira
Alexis
Largest locust swarm estimated at half a billion
The largest swarm of desert locusts ever reported was estimated to contain about half a billion individuals, signaling a major outbreak. The figure underscores potential agricultural damage and raises concerns for affected regions.
National Snow and Rain Forecast Across Regions Tonight
Snow and rain will cover the lower Lakes into New England with snow in the Northern Plains and the North and central Rockies. Showers are expected along the mid Pacific coast while elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy skies prevail.
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Lakes
New England
Plains
Rockies
Mid Pacific Coast
Ohio Weather Outlook With Snow Flurries and Sun
Forecast calls for snow flurries in the north and east with mostly cloudy skies in the southwest today and tonight. The south and west see mostly sunny conditions tomorrow, with snow flurries ending in the northeast tomorrow morning and clearing by afternoon. Temperatures hold with highs in the 30s north and east and near 40 in the southwest, lows in the upper 20s to low 30s.
Lake Erie Forecast With Winds and Snow Flurries
Northwesterly winds 10 to 13 knots today and tonight on Lake Erie. Snow flurries accompany the chilly conditions across the basin.
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Lake Erie
Squirrel outsmarts feeder in playful yard moment
A Florida friend reports a clever squirrel tugging a rope bound bird feeder from a tree, turning it upside down to spill feed on the ground, then eating it. In Lorain County, Nellie Russo, Easter Seal poster girl, will meet Captain Kangaroo in Columbus at the Easter Seal Drive kickoff.
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Florida
Nellie Russo
Lorain
Nellie
Lorain County
Captain Kangaroo
Ohio
Columbus
Sheraton Columbus
Henry Schriver
Grafton
Wesley Goodell
Interracial talks cover wide range at community college
At Lorain County Community College about 80 teachers heard a panel of Oberlin College and Oberlin High School students discuss interracial understanding. Speakers cited lack of black history in schools and white insensitivity as barriers, with panels to continue in the series.
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Lorain County Community College
Oberlin College
Oberlin High School
Lorain County Supplementary Educational Center
William Parker
Parker
Adrian Tyler
Thomas Ricketts
Meg Roat
Cheryl Willis
Oberlin High
William Johnston
Charles Stoop
Erich Piltemer
Evans Blakely
LCCC
HUD talks in Lorain on urban renewal plan
HUD representatives meet Lorain officials to review a downtown area bounded by First Street Broadway Fourth Street and Washington Avenue for possible urban renewal status. A HUD approved project could yield two thirds federal funding toward a potential new city hall.
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Lorain
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Walter Benedict
First Street
Broadway
Fourth Street
Washington Avenue
Area births report from Elyria Memorial
A list of area birth announcements from Elyria Memorial notes newborns. Parents named include Mr and Mrs Timo thy Smith at 510 West 16th Street, Mr and Mrs Ralph Williams at 101 Riverside Homes, Mr and Mrs Gene Fye RD 1 LaGrange, Mr and Mrs James Howell 207 Blaine Street, and Mr and Mrs Kenneth Miller 1001 Elm Street Grafton.
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Elyria Memorial
Timothy Smith
West 16Th St
Ralph Williams
Riverside Homes
Gene Fye
LaGrange
James Howell
Blaine St
Kenneth Miller
Elm St
Grafton
Elyria Woman Injured in Car Truck Crash
A 74 year old Lake Avenue resident was treated at Elyria Memorial Hospital for minor injuries from a crash yesterday. Mrs Ralph W Norris of 1701 Lake Avenue was released after treatment for a cut lip and chest bruises. She was driving east on Jodi Street when her car struck a truck parked near 624 Lodi Street. The truck was not fully off the roadway and police said no charges were filed.
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Lake Avenue
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Ralph W Norris
Lake Ave
Jodi Street
Lodi St
Amherst Hospital Sunday Birth Announcement
John Brewer Track End Lot 11. A son to Mr and Mrs John Jones 329 Elyria Ave.
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Amherst Hospital
John Brewer
John Jones
Elyria Ave
Suit Settled For Seventy Two Thousand Five Hundred
An appropriation suit in County Common Pleas before Judge John D. Pincura settles for 72500. The Mall area highway improvement cases remain pending per City Solicitor Kosma Glavas. Land acquired for bridge approaches and related work is cited.
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County Common Pleas
John D. Pincura
Kosma Glavas
Amherst Hires Village Solicitor And Prep For Codes
South Amherst appoints Stephen J. Gurchik as village solicitor from April 1 1969 to March 31 1970 at an annual salary of 1000 plus fees for court appearances and extra work. He will review building permits codes and explore multi copy permits for water board builder and inspector. Council seeks building electrical and plumbing codes along with zoning. Lawrence V. McGlinchy presents grant papers for sewage treatment plant and sanitary sewer facilities to Medina group. Annexation procedures are also under review by Councilman Larry Knoble.
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South Amherst
Stephen J. Gurchik
Gurechik
Water Board
Gurchik
Lawrence V. McGlinchy
Neff and Associates
Farm and Home Association
Medina
Lowell Swinehart
Larry Knoble
Councilmanie
Elyria youth held on four burglary charges in Oberlin
Oberlin Municipal Court halted arraignment of Herley J. Westfall 18 and postponed to Thursday. He faces four counts of breaking and entering after alleged burglaries at Locke's Nursery Oberlin Elevator and Oberlin Lumber Company with $20 000 bond. A 16 year old juvenile was also arrested and referred to authorities. four break ins netted about $7.
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Oberlin
David R. Goldthorpe
Herley J. Westfall
Westfall
Winkles St
Elyria
Locke’s
Oberlin Elevator
Oberlin Lumber Company
Joe Yakumovich
Raymond Wilger
Lorain Coin Club to Meet Thursday Evening
Lorain Numismatic Association convenes Thursday at 7 30 p m at the Lorain Slovenian Home 31st and Pearl Avenue James Howard leads program on the 1968 Lincoln Cent Bull Dancik named chairman Also planned is a one day coin show on September 21 in St Johns Auditorium.
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Lorain
James Howard
Lorain Numismatic Association
31St and
Pearl Avenue
Howard
Ihe Wiib
St John's Auditorium
Bull Dancik
One Car Crash Kills Driver Near Monroeville
A one car crash on Route 547 west of Monroeville killed Dennis W. Fries 22 and injured two passengers Donald L. Bores 21 and Stephen J. Bores 21. Fries died at Norwalk Fisher-Titus Hospital. Donald Bores in fair condition with possible hand and shoulder injuries. Stephen Bores treated and released. All were not wearing seat belts and the car rolled end over end after leaving the road at 2 20 a.m.
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Monroeville
Here
Dennis W. Fries
Norwalk Fisher-Titus Hospital
Donald L. Bores
Stephen J. Bores
Rt. 547
Norwalk
State Patrol
Fries
Health Board Seeks Reservations for 49th Annual Meeting
Lorain County Board of Health invites reservations for its 49th annual meeting. Ohio Department of Health solid waste chief Donald E. Day will speak. Advisory council member will be chosen for the county board. Dinner is at Midview Junior High School at 7 p.m.
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Lorain County Board of Health
Donald E. Day
Ohio Department of Health
County Board of Health
Midview Junior High School
Elyria Vandals Do 170 Damage in Two Escapades
Police report vandals caused about 170 dollars in damage to two Elyrians properties yesterday. At 235 Oberlin Rd Mrs. Alberta Whitacre four tires were slashed and the air filter stolen valued at 120 dollars. At 237 West River Rd three windows were smashed with soft drink bottles valued at 50 dollars.
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Elyrians
Alberta Whitacre
Oberlin Rd
Henry Meadows
West River Rd
North
Robbery at Elyria Service Station
Two armed men entered the Red Head service station at 237 West Bridge Street early this morning and held up attendant Paul Miller of 1121 Melvyn Lane, escaping on foot with $29.92, according to Elyria police.
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West Bridge Street
Elyria
Paul Miller
Melvyn
Oberlin city solicitor Severs in fair condition at hospital
Oberlin city solicitor Grover L. Severs aged 45 of West College Street remained in fair condition at Allen Memorial Hospital. A hospital spokesman said no definite diagnosis yet, but he is in the coronary care unit after admission on Saturday.
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Oberlin
Grover L. Severs
West College St
Allen Memorial Hospital
Severs
ROTC Program Expands Promotions and College Waiver
The ROTC unit will promote a cadet to Airman third class and allow college students in the ROTC program to waive one year of the four year requirement. Each year one junior ROTC student will be nominated to join the Air Force pace in Colorado Springs. The program includes weekly leadership drills run by two retired officers, a major and a sergeant, and will operate in high schools Akon North Akron Kenmore Dayton Stebbins Delaware Hayes Warren Western Reserve Fairborn and Grove City.
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Air Force Pace
Colorado Springs
Olc
Air Force
Ohio
Akron North
Akron Kenmore
Dayton Stebbins
Delaware Hayes
Warren Western Reark
Fairborn
Grove City
Theft in Columbia Garage Net Loss $330
Lorain County deputies report a garage theft in Columbia with items valued at 330 dollars. Richard Drumm living at 906 Mitchell Rd saw tools including a welder 100 dollars a cutting torch 150 dollars and two chain falls 30 dollars stolen after a broken overhead door was forced over the weekend.
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Columbia
Mitchell Read
Lorain County
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James T. Tracey
Jack Lesmick
Hill Service
William J. Andrews
Louis Spehar
Mrs
Leo Chandler
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Jose M Ayala
Mendoza
Emil Dovala
Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Mr. Ayala
East 28Th St
St. Joseph Hospital
Mrs. Ross Caroniti
Wellington
Mary H. Caroniti
Barker St
Caroniti
Uhrichsville
Penfield
First Presbyterian Church of
Ross
Virginia Wargo
Greenwich
Dorothy Rossman
Stirley Yarmock
Mary Rybarcyk
Joseph
Paget
Roth Charleser
Albert Soedeker
Dorothy Mae Snedeker
Ubrichsville
Norton Funeral Home
Bruce Kriete
Elyria St Paul's United Church of Christ
Greenwood Cemetery
Sudro-Curtis Funeral Home Inc
Embaimers
Harvey
Luis Presdent
Ernest Ff
Serekter Monager
Ewe Ra
Omalhive
National Forecast
Elyria Automobile Club
Lorain Automobile Club
Robert E. Boylan
West Ave
Grace Jurasin
U.S
Waters - Archer Insurance Agency
S. Amherst
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Lorain Coin Club
Clarence E. Cook
By Leary
Oberlin Hospital
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