Area chiefs push back on Richards plea bargaining claim
Four area police chiefs criticize North Ridgeville Chief Thomas Richards after he accused plea bargaining of lowering felonies to misdemeanors. Chiefs from Elyria Amherst Avon Lake Lorain Vermilion Oberlin defend cooperation with prosecutors and caution on case outcomes.
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North Ridgeville
Thomas Richards
Richards
Star Reporter
Lorain County
Elyria
Maurice Flood
Lorain
John Malninovsky
Amherst
Arthur Koppenhafer
Koppenhafer
Oberlin
Robert K. Ferber
Abbe Road widening faces funding snag in Sheffield
The Abbe Road expansion from Cleveland Street to Rt 254 would be four lanes at an estimated cost of 2.149 million, but Sheffield council says no funds are available for relocating a water line required before construction. Mayor Kale hopes Lorain County will cover it, with possible county funding split if the city can pay half.
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Sheffield
Abbe Road
Lewis T. Kale
Lorain County
Kale
Cleveland Street
Elyria
Rt. 254
Midview to join Lorain County ROTC program in 1969 70
Midview High School in Grafton becomes the first Lorain County school and one of 10 in Ohio to offer the Air Force Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps in the 1969 70 school year. The program, approved by U S Senator Saxbe, will provide aerospace education and non military training with a path to civilian aerospace careers or the Air Force.
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Midview
Lorain County
Grafton
Ohio
U.S. Air Force Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps
Office
William Sax
Air Force
Akron North High School
Dale Reichenbach
Maxwell Air Force Base
Ala
Lorain Names Calta to Three Year Public Schools Post
Lorain Public Schools appoints Calta to a three year term as head of the district with a $522,500 salary for the 1971 72 school year. The appointment takes effect in August 1969 and requires the holder be a native of Cleveland. Calta joined Lorain as a teacher in 19% at Whittier Junior High, later served at Lorain High as guidance counselor and assistant principal, became principal at Lorain High in 1953, then director of secondary education, retained that post while becoming Admiral King High principal, and in 1968 moved to superintendent to replace John Evars.
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Lorain
Cleveland
Calta
Whittier Junior High School
Lorain High School
Admiral King
John Evars
Elyria Finance Panel Debates Tax Plan Substitution
The Elyria finance committee discussed Theodore Lakocy's proposal to replace four May levies with a 3.5 mill operating levy and a 0.5 percent city income tax. They took no action, noting voters may support one method over the other if both appear on the ballot.
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Elyria Council
Theodore J. Lakocy
R-7
Lakocy
Elyria
Robinson
Malcolm OD. McDonald
Lakacy
Finance
Oberlin woman seeks daily Elyria driver for commute
Mildred Reed of Oberlin 31 a mother of two needs a daily driver to Elyria to reach her job at H R Block 422 Cleveland St Elyria starting 9 a m Monday through Friday She is paralyzed from the waist down and cannot drive Her husband works 6 a m to 3 30 p m to pick her up Her contact numbers in Oberlin are 775 6195 for Mildred and 775 6193 for her sister Ruth Brooks She is willing to pay for transportation and return trips are not a problem Also noted is the Elyria Convenient Food Mart expanding to Oberlin with Nate Gerson of Elyria as franchisee and the family ties in Elyria.
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Oberlin Area
Mildred
Charles) Reed
Rt. 20
West Road
Oberlin
H & R Block Inc
Cleveland St
Elyria
Reed
Two Norwalk Teens Found Dead in Car
Two Norwalk teenagers William James Andrews 18 and Barbara Lou Clapp 16 were found dead in a car on a northeastern Seneca County farm near Bellevue. Officials ruled accidental carbon monoxide poisoning. both had been reported missing days earlier. Andrews worked at a Norwalk industrial plant and Clapp was a Norwalk High School student. Obituaries note on page 18.
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Norwalk
Seneca County
Bellevue
Wiliam James Andrews
Barbara Lou Clapp
Andrews
Miss Clapp
Albert O'Halloran
Crime drop in Lorain County 1968 sheriff reports
Sheriff Vernon M. Smith notes a nationwide crime rise reversed in 1968 for unincorporated Lorain County areas. The department handled 1,422 criminal cases, down 161 from 1967, with 664 closed, 46.69 percent closure, up 3.36 points. Burglary leading offenses with 179 cases. Turn to page 18.
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Lorain County
Vernon M. Smith
Department
Avon adopts ordinances to settle CEI fly ash suit
Avon City Council at a special meeting adopted three ordinances aimed at out of court settlements of a lawsuit by Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co CEI over fly ash dumping on CEI property near the 190 Rt 611 interchange. The CEI suit was sparked after a 1967 permit denial by Mayor Mitock and upheld by the zoning board in December 1967 and February 1968. The ordinances include CEI payments to the city plus pit filling and seed plans, CEI option to buy 30 acres after fill, and city authority to sign a memorandum with options to purchase real estate. Six council members approved, one abstained.
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Avon
Cleveland Electric Nluinating Co
CEI
Nicholas Mitock
Zoning Board of Appeals
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Valek
Valeri
Vermilion Police Chief
Roland Fleming
Fleming
Ferber
the Family Newspay
the Chronicle-Telegram
Elyria, Ohio
Lorain County Common Pleas
Henry P. Webber
Webber
Jerry Keron
Reichenbach
Col. For
Lorain Schools
William F. Naegele
SOE
F. Calta
Elyrians
Edward A. Robinson
Kenneth A. Krueck
D-2
Finance Committee
Rus
Davus
Page If
By Nancy Schwarzwalder
Miller Road
Mitock
Council
City Law
Glenn Seeley
Donald Hubbard
Martin Nantz
Lorain County Community College
Massilon Museum
Nantz
Middle Ave
Cincinnati
Texas
LCCC
University of Cincinnati
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