Lorain Expands Annexation Bid to Include Sheffield Township
Lorain Mayor Woodrow W. Mathna and five council members voted to expand the annexation proposal by adding all of Sheffield Township and more of Elyria Township. The revised bid targets 575 additional acres in Elyria Township and 1,575 acres in Sheffield Township including the O'Neill Sheffield Shopping Center, with plans to place the issue on the May 3 primary ballot.
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Lorain
Woodrow W. Mathna
Sheffield Township
Elyria
Mathna
Elyria ‘Township
Griswold Road
West Ridge Road
Elyria City
O'Neil Sheffield
Sheffield Village
Elyria Township
J. Leonard Camera
Joseph Rulli
Andrew Kosco
John Koscho
Alex Olejko
Amherst
Brownhelm Township
John Hritsko
Hritsko
Sheffield
Rt. 254
Sheffield Lake
First National Bank
Lawson's
Carey Villa
Brownhelm
Council
Apollo Go-Ahead Halt Marks Unmanned Moonship Test
Apollo launches on a suborbital test from Cape Kennedy after a halted countdown. The Saturn IB rocket, weighing 23 tons and 82 feet tall, aims to test entry heat with a 310 mile flight and 18,600 mph reentry. Boxer's escort ships and destroyers stand by for emergency landing as plans call for a second unmanned flight before crewed orbital flight later in the year.
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Cape Kennedy
UPI
America
Earth
Boxer
Cape
Oberlin group aids Viet Gls in Da Nang
Junior Women's Club of Oberlin Ohio sends surprise care packages to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron CHMM 263 in Viet Nam. First shipment weighed 50 pounds of cookies popcorn Kool-Aid and soup. addressed to Maj Robert Fails. Club member wife Martha Fails notes Oberlin American Legion covers postage and will continue while troops are overseas. Second shipment includes flashlights pens and writing paper for squadron members.
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DA Nang
Viet Nam
Oberlin
Ohio
Marine
CHMM-263
Robert Fails
Martha
Maj. Fails
Oberlin American Legion
Tournament time heats up as area teams swing into action
Elyria crushed Oberlin to extend its tournament winning run while Lorain and Brookside finished their seasons. Firelands remains in contention and Clearview defeated Avon in the Class A nightcap. Details on Pages 20 to 23.
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Elyria
Oberlin
Lorain
Brookside
Firelands
Clearview
Avon
Amherst Tragedy 50th Anniversary Highlighted
Anniversary note marks the 50th milestone of the Amherst railroad disaster with a magazine page feature and photographs. The story recalls the life-taking accident near Amherst while noting human interest and local memory.
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Amherst
Avon and Lorain area notes mix of births and public notices
A scrambled OCR snapshot records items from Avon, Elyria, and Oberlin notes. It mentions a birthday event on the 21st, Elyria barbershop, Sheffield firemen training, a family leaving quake area, and local district salary talks with Oberlin city employees reporting 10 to 20 percent raises.
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Elyria
Sheffield
Columbia
Ieee
Oberlin City
C.creese
Ares von
Idea
Boy Scout News
Oberlin
Ewes
Peewee Ewes
Abby
Elyria Hospital
Elyria Municipal Ct
Elyria Foundry Expands to Enhance Gray-Iron Plant
Chromal Joy Corp moves into a new expansion phase at Elyria Foundry Division adding over 10 000 square feet to finishing, plus 2100 square feet for a shower locker room, tool crib and a foreman's office. Executives aim to make Elyria the nation’s premier gray iron foundry.
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Elyria Foundry
Chromal- Joy Corp
Chromalloy Corp
Richard J. Golimar
Joseph Friedman
Filbert St
Elyria
Weather Flurries Forecast For Local Area
Mostly cloudy with snow flurries today and tonight. Highs near 29. Lows around 19. Generally fair and warmer Sunday.
Elyrians Aid 85 Orphans in Da Nang Through Operation Cradle Help
Elyrians have sent aid to 85 children at Stella Maris Orphanage near Da Nang Air Base as part of Operation Cradle Help. 6924th Security Squadron led by T Sgt T J Berry Jr coordinates donations of blankets food medicine diapers and nylon-based thermal blankets from local volunteers including Agnes Bach who makes quilts from nylon hose.
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Viet Nam
Stella Maris
da Nang Air Base
6924Th
T. J. Berry Jr
Berry
da Nang
Mary Margarette
Elyria
Agnes Bach
Bon Air Ave
Apo
San Francisco
Calif
Warnings not jail for Santee bus drivers
Arthur Santee, president of Santee Bus Line, told Mayor Reichlin drivers were afraid after a Cleveland paper reported he ordered arrests for buses failing safety standards. Reichlin said service was restored with warnings and 72 hours to fix infractions. Police planned more checks. Santee vowed upgrades within two weeks.
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Santee Bus
Elyria
Arthur Santee
Leonard P. Reichlin
Cleveland
Reichlin
Santee
Safety Service
James T. Tracey
Reich
Lin
Ex-area pilot declared dead after missing flight
The Navy ruled Lt Cmdr. David B. White dead after a routine training flight on Jan 16 with two companions remained missing. The three men, members of NC Squadron FS-872, disappeared near Lake Tahoe after taking off from Alameda. White, a former Vermilion High School athlete, had been a United Air Lines pilot for nine years. Memorial services planned locally.
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U.S. Navy Department
David B. White
Sierra Mountain
Mill Valley
Calif
Finland
Lake Tahoe
Navy
Alameda Naval Air
United Air Station
San Francisco
Lines
Cmdr. White
United Air Lines
Elizabeth
Steven
Chris
Topher
Anne
K. Bruce White
Ely
Stuart
Seven-member Lorain County airport authority urged
County commissioners backed creation of a Lorain County Airport Authority with Elyria and Lorain each appointing two members and the county commissioners naming two more. The six will choose a seventh. The body will oversee site surveys and runway and facility construction for a $500000 project with half funded by federal grants and additional state and private funds. Members serve without compensation as per Regional Planning Commission recommendations.
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Lorain County
Elyria
Lorain
Airport Authority
Regional Planning Commission
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Apollo
AL Rossiter Jr
Appollo
Oberlin Group
E. C. Witham
Friedman
Chromal- Joy
Richard J, Gollmar
Elyrians
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