Juvenile in seatless car leads high speed chase with police
A 14 year old Elyria youth drove a seatless car at speeds up to 85 mph in a half hour pursuit that included four attempts to force police off the road. Three Elyria police cars and a sheriff’s cruiser joined the chase. The juvenile, charged as a juvenile traffic offender, fled after a crash on Rt 301 and was arrested later with his parents’ visit to the station.
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Elyna
Park Ave
Eastern
Conis
Rt. 10
Rt 20
Rt. 301
Elyria
Tui
Arthur Knapp
Sheriff’s Department
University Heights
Knapp
Chestnut Ridge
MacDonald
Fred Biltz
Rt 301
East Broad
Prospects Streets
Ptl
Carl Koepp
Koepp
Sur Oby
Clark St
Boston Ave
Taylor St
Kennedy
Family Service director to retire in Lorain County
Miss Helen MacKenzie will retire as director of the Family Service Association of Lorain County on January 1 1957 after nine and a half years guiding the United Appeal agency. A successor is expected to be named by the March 9 committee meeting as the agency plans a county wide program and future leadership.
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Jim Callihan
Lorain County Sales & Marketing Executives Club
Helen MacKenzie
United Appeal
Miss McKenzie
Association
Comence
MacKenzie
Bort
Cleveland Hopkins
FSA
Lorain
Scotland
Ohio fires kill mother and four children in Akron
Four major weekend fires in Ohio caused nearly one million dollars in damage and five deaths. In Akron a mother Barbara Roberts and her four children Margaret Dwight Adrian and an infant died in an apartment fire. About 30 people escaped.
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Ohio
Akron
Barbara Roberts
Margaret
Dwight
Adrian
Central
Lima
Lima Central High
Sahanl
Elberta sewage plant transfer discussed by officials
County commissioners held talks on transferring the Elberta sewage plant to the city amid financing questions. The project began in Vermilion with a 1953 cost near 66 500 dollars and included county funds for engineering. Officials said preliminary steps and a firm transfer date by April 1 were to be reviewed by Vermilion council.
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Elberta
Taylor
McDermott
Vermilion
Portsmouth
Butler Department Store
Lorain County
Carrollton
Louis Rauh
Elberta Beach
David George
Council
Dems Rally in Ridgeville for 2-Issue Fight and Unity
Ridgeville Democrats stage a meeting amid controversy over a master building plan, a proposed Viet Nam stance, and a 0.5 acre minimum lot size. Sweda leads calls for party unity while acknowledging illness and a disputed ordinance. Former mayor and local figures attend amid political tension and mudslinging.
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Ridgeville
Sweusaland
Robert Sweens
Thejine
Makejey
Leota B
Mitchell
Sweda
Paul Swed
Sweeney
Francis Wenz
Parma
Ber
Swedi
Viet Nam
Richard
Noll
North Ton
Medicare sign-up progress in Lorain area ahead of deadline
Lorain volunteers for the Medicare division of the Social Security Administration have signed up more than half of the eligible elderly residents with 23 working days left before the March 31 deadline. Director Ray C. Kepner urges verification by phone for any interviewee doubt and notes some unauthorized mediation attempts. The nationwide trend shows about 75 percent of seniors enrolled with one month to go.
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Medicare Division
Social Security Administration
Lorain
Ray C. Kepner
Kepner
Washington
America
Jploves
Building Co
ASB
William H. Jory
Security Administration
Jory and
Representa
Jory
ASB Repres
Youth held for jury in 2 robberies
Clyde Garner 20, of 124 West Bridge St. pleaded innocent in municipal court and waived preliminary hearing on a robbery charge. Bound over to the grand jury on $10,000 bond after police linked him to two robberies at Sally Ann Bakery and Leghy It Co. He admitted keeping the man at Sally Ann Bakery on Jan 26 and Feb 4 and Feb 8 at Leghy It Co. Police said he brandished a weapon though he claimed none was used.
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Clyde Garner
West Bridge St
Garner
Keng
Sally Ann Bakery
Lake Ave
Leghy' It Co
Broad St
Santee bus inspections begin as police check safety
Elyna police started inspections of Santee Buses with drivers deemed unsafe given 72 hours to fix defects. Safety Director James Tracey said Mayor Reichlin ordered the checks after commuters testified at a PUCO hearing in Cleveland about safety and scheduling violations. PUCO officials allegedly told police they may stop buses citywide for inspections. owner Arthur M. Santee contested the scope, arguing officers could only request operator licenses.
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Santee
Elyna
Safety Service
James T. Tracey
Leonard P. Reichlin
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
Cleveland
PUCO
County college orientation set
Lorain County Community College offers its first orientation for new students with President Max Lerner and Dean Donald Greive speaking. The session starts at 8 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Motel on Route 57.
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Lorain County Community College
Max J. Lerner
Donald Greive
Holiday Inn Motel
Rt. 57
Lorain High Stars Recount 1923 Ohio Title Moment
Lorain High basketball ace Faris admits scoring the winning basket in the 1923 state final against Belle Vue while teammate Van Arman earned key late points. Sheriff Vern Smith recalls the scene as part of a wider Lorain County news roundup.
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Vern Smith
Ralph
Bep) Faris
Sheriff's Civil Department
Lorain High
Phil
Flip) Kelser
Ohio Vending
Lorain Grid
Lorain Police Department
Lorain
Ohio
Ohio High School Athletic Department
Bellevue
Faris
George van Armzn
County college naming contest narrows to five best ideas
Lorain County community college students submitted more than 100 nicknames by mail and in boxes. A Name Committee of students and a Senate will pick the winning name, with a $25 savings bond prize for the winner and a student faculty committee to select the final name based on a short essay.
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Loram County
Cunity
Lorain
Elyria
Cam-T
al Senate
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Walton Woodroof
Philip Kaiser
J. N
Shirley) Rassler
Carl Deeds
Glenn J. Molyneaux
D. Lyle Crosby
Roy Cannon
Ion Oeee
Family Service
United Press International
Iments
Ivestigaton
Bay St. Clair
Cincinnati
Montford Heights
George Garland
Garland
Frantz Manufacturing Co
Canton
North Ridgeville
Marc Diederich
Kenneth Alten
van Arman
George
Russ Davies
Redmen
Smith
Paul Ochs
Vermilion Jagoons
C-T Ad
Elyria Memorial
Joseph B
Chic) Grubb
Lorain City
Lorain Works
U.S. Steel
Ralph Gibbons
Gibby’s Place
County College
O’neil-Sheffield
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