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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1972
Page
4
Lorain County deputies report burglars used a vehicle to back up to Earl M. Gregory’s garage at 13706 Hale Rd. and haul away a $165 hydraulic jack Saturday night or early Sunday. No other items taken. deputies list no additional vehicles or equipment stolen.
Avon Lake Municipal Employes Association rejected the city’s 5 percent overall raise offer, favoring a 6 percent package with added benefits. The 8 to 1 vote supported consulting the federal wage price board on ceilings while seeking extra benefits and schedule changes, with a March meeting planned and a April 15 recommendation deadline.
A unanimous Amherst council approval establishes a joint regional objection to Ohio Edison Co. before the Federal Power Commission with plans to appoint a committee and hire witnesses attorneys and engineers. The group may share costs up to 500 dollars and can withdraw. agents include C. C. Stout William Lyren R O Eaken Charles Glen Brook and Thomas Dalton.
Lake Recreation Commission proposes adding two non voting members. Mayor Harold Earley and the council would consider the appointments. Council representative Richard Hausrod urged that at least one woman be included in the pool.
Avon Lake council authorized buying 17.5 acres adjacent to Center Road for 39,000 dollars from Evelyn Odom to expand the city landfill. Odom may continue living in a nearby house for up to two years at no cost. The current site near the waste treatment plant on Miller Road will be moved as the city plans a new service building and larger disposal area. The council also discussed adding two non voting members to attend meetings when conflicts arise and potential vending machines at the pool to save funds.
Former councilman and council president Michael Lash will chair a nine member charter review commission approved at last night’s meeting. The group will study the city charter and present recommendations before the November election. Members include Thomas Beal Robert Newport Nancy Gogol Michael Buckley Patricia Turner Albert Gruenwald Perry Eiben and Robert A Daugherty.
Northeast Lorain County communities Avon Avon Lake Sheffield Lake and North Ridgeville push for quicker I 71 access. A state highway department special meeting in Columbus on March 13 will discuss Rt 611 progress. J Philip Pickley will host area officials and a car caravan is forming with citizens invited via Avon Lake Mayor Harold Earley.
Yankee a pet dog sounded an alarm that saved the occupants of two houses destroyed by fire in Pittsburgh. The barking woke his owner Joseph D Alessio who roused residents of two neighboring homes as flames enveloped the structures. Firemen arrived to find a ball of fire at the scene.
U S Rep Charles A Mosher of Oberlin will chair a public meeting of the Northeast Ohio Congressional Council at Lorain County Community College on March 10. The 9 30 a m to 1 p m session will hear testimony on shipping harbors pollution and commercial fishing with council members J William Stanton Louis Stokes Charles Vanik James Stanton and William Minshall also in attendance.
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