Parents oppose proposed Westwood Junior High boundaries
White and black parents urged the Elyria Board of Education to reconsider the tentative lines for Westwood Junior High amid concerns that the map would minimize black enrollment. NAACP leaders and residents from Crestwood and Telegraph Road pressed for boundary adjustments to avoid disrupting rural pupils and preserve community ties.
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Westwood Junior High School
Elyria
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Robert C. Brizes
Telegraph Rd
Telegraph Road
Westwood
Elliott
Griswold Road
White
School board expands bus service for students
Elyria Board of Education widened transportation for next September benefiting seventh to ninth graders living far from school and tenth to twelfth graders beyond two miles, plus kindergarten to sixth graders living one mile or more away. Non public students on same lines if within 30 minutes. Board also approves kindergarten as regular program and schedules space. endorses Lorain County Community College levy. allows Windsor Roosevelt schools for Saturday park use. contracts for tuition checks. joins regional special education network to share resources and trial materials.
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Tive
Ex-policeman Kuzela loses bid to regain job in Lorain
Kenneth Kuzela fired from Lorain police in 1968 lost his latest legal fight after the Ohio Supreme Court declined to review his case. City Solicitor John Hritsko said the ruling upholds dismissal, with only a possible federal appeal left. Back pay of 23294 from 1969 to 1970 will revert to the city general fund. Kuzela was dismissed September 21 after cash and gambling slips were found in his car trunk.
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Lorain
Kenneth Kuzela
John Hritsko
Hritsko
Ohio Supreme Court
Kuzela
Supreme Court
Ninth District Court of Appeals
Lorain County Common Pleas
Paul J. Mikus
Malinovsky
Then
Civil Service Commission
Deadline Extended for Auto License Plate Reservations
Anthony J. Marsho, deputy registrar at 555 Broad St., announced an extension of the auto license plate reservation deadline to March 10. He stated the original deadline was tomorrow and this is the last call for reservations.
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Anthony J. Marsho
Auto License Bureau
555 Broad St
Woman may face charges in Lorain hit and run death
Lorain police and the city prosecutor consider charges against a 40 year old woman suspected of causing the traffic death of Bernardo Rivera-Collazo who was struck on Pearl Avenue near Homewood Drive. Witnesses say she fled the scene after backing up and parked at a gas station then went to a cafe. Janet Berens, 21, of 1851 East 42nd Street, was identified as the driver of a second car that struck Rivera-Collazo. no charges have been filed against her. Authorities seek a third unidentified car involved in the crash.
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Lorain
Bernardo Rivera-Collazo
Rivera-Collazo
Pearl Avenue
Homewood Drive
Pearl
E. 28Th St
Janet Berens
42Nd St
Berens Auto
Elections Board Seeks 50 More Voting Machines
Lorain County board of elections asks commissioners for 50 additional voting machines to handle expected high turnout in the November presidential election. The request comes as longtime director Lila Black retires and Joan Leyshon prepares to take over.
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Lorain County
County Board of Elections
Lila Black
Black
Jeresmo J. Keron
Keron
Joint Elyria council and school board set March 21 meeting
Elyria City Council and the Elyria Board of Education will hold a precedent setting joint meeting on March 21 at 7 30 p m in the community development department on Middle Avenue to boost cooperation on growth housing transportation and annexation with ongoing follow up meetings planned to align planning for schools with city expansion.
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Elyria
Elyria Board of Education
Robert W. Stevenson
Middle Avenue
Herndon
Clevelander indicted for bribery of officer to surrender tomorrow
A Lorain County grand jury indicted a Cleveland man, 12 counts of offering a bribe and 12 counts of bribery, in a case tied to bribing Oberlin police officer Robert K. Jones. He will surrender at 10 a.m. tomorrow at the Lorain County courthouse. bond likely. Three co-defendants remain jailed on $7,500 bonds. The probe involved Letco Toyota employees and a numbers game tied to bolita in Elyria Oberlin.
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Alonzo
Lorain County
Special Grand Jury
Oberlin
Watson
Burnett
Jones
Elyria
Lawrence Nowery
Nowery
Letco Toyota Inc
Broad St
Lorain
Grunda
North Ridgeville to seek two levies on May ballot
North Ridgeville council unanimously approved a 2 mill operating levy and a 1 mill street improvement levy for May. The measures aim to cover a projected year end deficit of about 38 thousand dollars, with the city noting a small share of the tax burden goes to local government. Council members cited Lorain County comparisons showing the city’s tax rate is among the lowest.
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North Ridgeville
John B. Parker
Council Finance Committee
Gilbert
V. Cornish
Cornish
Richard R. Sul
Linger
Lorain County
Oberlin school principal resigns
Oberlin The resignation of Donald R. Schick, high school principal, was accepted by the board of education last night. Schick, who has been principal for two years, will resign upon completion of his 1971 72 contract. He said he resigned to pursue a career in curriculum development and to allow time to find a replacement. Schick, a Kent State graduate, previously taught at Westlake High and served as district curriculum director. He and his wife Mary have four children.
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Foster Elliott
White
Northwood
Elliott
Oberlin
Donald R. Schick
Board of Education
Schick
Cleveland
Geville High School
Mary
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Jefferson Junior High
Crestwood
Joseph White Jr
Elyria Naacp
Rt. 113
Northwood Junior High School
Oberlin Music Theater
Richard White
Victoria Morrill
John Hanriot
Leonard Bernstein
Tahiti
Gian Carlo Menotti
Amelia
Hall Auditorium
Carl Skalak
Chronicle-Telegram
School Board
J. Robert Herndon
Thomas L. Showalter
Maplewood
Erie
Wilkes Villa
Showalter
Lorain County Community College
Elyria Parks and Recreation Department
Windsor and Roosevelt
Park Department
June Blakeslee
Lorain County Data Processing Center
Medina
Huron
By Doug Kramer
Miss Berens
Elections Board
Joan Leyshon
Secretary of State
Ted W. Brown
Board of Elections
By Anita Schrodt
Norm H. Failing
Failing
Thomas Showalter
By Earel Neikirk
New York
Irving Cohen
Willie Watson
Groveland St
Theron Burnett
Lodi St
Letco
Rotatori
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