Elyria Reverses on Funds for Recreation and Levy
Elyria council debates restoring recreation funds and asks whether a May levy will pass. With street lighting and park programs at stake, officials warn a failed levy could cut essential services and force deep program reductions.
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Elyria Council
A Smuy
Dasketohiy
Possinie. Lobby. Com
Lorain County
Krueck
Stevenson
Elyria Board of Education
Oper
Recreation Board
James E. Corhelp
Thejcoran
Parks
Sheffield to vote on school bond and zoning changes
Sheffield voters will decide May 7 on a 455 000 school bond issue while council approved rezoning moves to R3A and R2 districts including apartment development limits and 25 foot front setbacks. The plan also includes a 3 percent bond rate, 23 year financing, and 20 acre Larizza site redevelopment near Abbe Road with Brookside School upgrades and district administration changes.
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Veres
Sheffield
Kenneth D. Hamiss
North West River St
Joseph Regnetter
H & Jl
Sheffield Lake
Squire, Saunders and Dempsey
Land Associates
Chagrin Falls
Development Corp
Hood Business Board
Brookside
Mar
Cleveland
Larizza
Cella Ridenour
Rt. 20
Tal
Addi- Abbe Ra
Umani A Fm
Fred B
Ford
Abbe Rd
Prospect St
Findley Es
East Broad St
Tate
Neighbor‘lands Committee
Elyriahood Business. Planning Commission
Guest
Bus firm nears end of line
Elyria Grafton Bus Co plans to cease operations after an insurance cancellation notice effective January 31 from American Fidelity Fire and Casualty Co. caused by premium payment mixups. Milton Gereke said the move followed a misunderstanding, with an extension to March 3 apparently crossing the notice. The nine daily trips between Elyria and Grafton will stop as the ordinance requires insurance to operate.
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Elyria-Grafton Bus Co
American Fidelity Fire and Casualty Co
Richmond
Utilities Committee
Milton Gereke
Gereke
Elyria
Grafton
Fellowship club welcomes Lorain County figure at YMCA meeting
At the Senior Fellowship Club meeting at the YMCA Carl O. Schmitkens former Lorain County treasurer was inducted. Fifty five members attended a screening of the film Prowlers of the Alleghers describing alligators in the area.
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YMCA
Carl O. Schmitkens
Lorain County
Used car dealers investigated in Elyria case
An investigation into illegal automobile sales practices in Elyria targets several used car dealers. Tee-Pee Motors owner Telly J. Pielac faces six counts for displaying cars without titles. other dealers are under review for improper title handling and notarization. The probe also covers failure to furnish titles within three days of sale and related record keeping.
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Elyria
Roy A. West
Telly J. Pielac
Woodland, Ave
Tee-Pee, Motors
Lowell St
West
Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Robert Rogers
BMW
W. A. Coleman
Pielac
Pt. Coleman
Roy E. Clishy
Wellington
Petane
The
National City Bank of
Cleveland
Sterling Foun
Elyria Savings and Trust Co
Ex Elyrian murder trial starts
The trial of former Elyrian John Nagy, 53, charged with first degree murder for a June 1 Lincoln Park, Michigan, killing, is set to begin before Circuit Judge John Wise in Detroit. Nagy allegedly shot James V. Topping, 34, at Nagy's estranged wife Mary 42's home after a dispute over the divorce. Topping, once Nagy’s coworker at Great Lakes Steel, was a father of three. Nagy bought the rifle and whiskey before ambushing him in the dark.
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John Nagy
Lincoln Park
Mich
John Wise
Detroit
Nagy
James V. Topping
Mary
Topping
Great Lakes Steel Corp
Lincoln
Elyria
Boundary Change Creates Lake Township For Sheffield Lake
Sheffield Township boundaries were altered to remove Lake taxing district complications. Commissioners created a new township named Lake whose boundaries match Sheffield Lake, existing in name only with no officials, following a precedent set at Elyria.
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Sheffield
Sheffield Lake
Lake
Elyria
Gerald S. Martin Reported Improving in Elyria Hospital
Gerald S. Martin of 133 Second St is listed as making satisfactory progress toward recovery at Elyria Memorial Hospital. A former Republican mayoral candidate in 1953 and ex-city councilman, he was admitted December 1 29. The nature of his illness was not disclosed.
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Gerald S. Martin
Second St
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Mar Itin
Elyria
Man Pinned in Cement Mixer at Work
Peter Carp of 1025 14th St. was in fair condition at St Joseph Hospital with a fracture of the right leg after being pinned in a cement mixer while at Consumers Builders Supply Co. at Washington Ave and 13th St yesterday at 3 40 pm. The firm declined to provide details or location of the accident.
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Lorain
Peter Carp
14Th St
St. Joseph Hospital
Consumers Builders Supply Co
Washingtonvive
13Th St
Mayor proposes 2 mill levy on May ballot
Neeson outlined a plan for a 2 mill operating levy to be placed on the May ballot with part earmarked for municipal pay raises. The proposal was referred to the city council as debate over funding continues amid poor city finances and prior levy defeats.
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Neeson
Eete Ue
Charles V. Neeson
Councill
Amog
Nance Committee
Board of Elections
Amonnt
Sion
Defendlson
Free night parking pleases Elyria merchants
Elyria merchants report a very favorable reaction to free evening parking downtown and urge a year round program. Allen Whiting, president of the Elyria Retail Merchants Association, asks for a city study on costs and offers to pay 250 dollars to offset revenue losses. The group also recommends two hour meter heads to improve turnover.
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Elyrians
Elyria Retail Merchants Association
Allen Whiting
Whiting
Elyrian city confirms three appointments to boards
The city council last night confirmed Mrs. John Timms to the board of health, Robert G. Ligod to the park commission, and George A. Ferguson to the zoning board of appeals. Kenneth A. Kreck was elected president of the Board of Education, with Vincent J. Glori named vice president. The reorganizational meeting praised Timms’s reappointment and Elsworth R. Schneider’s three-term service on the park commission.
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Chris Howley
Donald F. Minnich
Ohio School Board Association
National School Board Association
Brookside
William W. Barr
Arthur Schofield
Robert Knudsen
Supt. Barr
Barr
Hous ‘Nz
Appointmentso
Elyrian
John Timms
Board of Health
Robert G. Ligod
Park Commission
George A Ferguson
Zoning Board of Appeals
Kenneth A. Kreck
Cott
Charles V. Neeson
Rain Board of Education
Timms
Krueck
Elsworth R. Schneider
James E. Corcoran
Lorain Education Unit Maintains Clerk Post as Sposato Continues
Ernest Wr. Sposato Jr. will continue duties as clerk for the Lorain education unit. No new board clerk was named since Sposato, who took that position last year, was appointed to a two year term.
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Ernest Wr. Sposato Jr
Sposato
Ouster dispute at St. Peter and St. Paul church seeks compliance
Pastor Burdikoff faces a Lorain County Common Pleas motion asking the court to fix a date for compliance with prior orders. The filing seeks an accounting of church funds, exclusive use of the church, payment of litigation costs, a larger bond, contempt citation, and turnover of vital church records including births, deaths, marriages, receipts, and disbursements.
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Burdikoff
U. S
George Burdikoff
Preme
Waefi
St. Peter and
St. Paul
Lorain
Aty
Basti Daiama
Lorain County
com‘Common Pleas Court
Elyri
Common Pleas
W. W. Post
Badger
Holmes County
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Ratko
Hoagland
von P. Maychock
Ted Emerich
T -Park Department
Council
Charles Vo Neesons
Richard E. Baird
Baird
Fred B. Sanford
Richard E. Baeri
Chris Nelson
John A. Katko
Harold A. West
Kenneth
Karl Eur
Cerenna
Eee Gee
Hamister
Fellowship Club
North Ridgeville
Turnpike Commission
David Gaede
H. C. Wilcox
Gaede
Gerald Martin
Whiting’setter
Finance Committee
Ellsworth J. Albert
Safety Committee
Oy Kenneth A. Krueck
Eugene B. Smith
Water Committee
J. C. William Tattersall
Safety Service
Joseph C. Cowden
Water Department
Cowden
Lorain Education Unit
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