Daring daylight robbery targets Lorain club steward
A bandit with an automatic pistol accosted Justin Sikorski in his car near West 15th Street and Reid Avenue, stealing 1401 dollars in cash and a bag of checks from the United Polish Club steward. The thief fled southwest, is described as white, about 5 feet 10 inches, 137 pounds, wearing a gray topcoat and hat.
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Lorain
West 15Th St
Reid Ave
Justin Sikorski
Garfield Blvd
United Polish Clb
Long Ave
14Th St
Sons of Italy
Sikorski
Lorain Banking Co
Driver Charged With Drinking Is Fined, Jailed
Harris C Brackley 39 of 525Clark Sr was fined 250 and sentenced to seven days in city jail after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated Municipal Court Judge Frank M Wilcox suspended Brackleys license one year Brackley was stopped by Elyria police after erratic driving early Saturday
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Harris C. Brackley
Clark Sr
Frank M. Wilcox
Brackley
Elyrias
Boots Abandoned After Gunfire Frightens Car Thief
A car thief fled after a shotgun blast at 2 22 am Saturday as he tried to steal copper wire from a car belonging to Harold Spieker on Elizabeth Court. Deputies found the thief had dropped a pair of boots, with the car and copper wire left behind. Charles VanAmburgh reported seeing a man with a loaded vehicle and notified authorities, prompting a pursuit through Murray Ridge Road area. The suspect fled into the darkness, taking six-foot strides, as deputies arrived. The stolen car, taken Friday, was recovered. the wire valued at 3150 was abandoned at the scene.
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Sheriff's
Charles VanAmburgh
Murray Ridge Rd
Vandinburgh
Charles Myers
North Murray Ridge Rd
Sheriff's Department
VanAmburgh
Sam
Robert Sauer
Edward Hale
Harold Spieker
Elizabeth Ct
Miracle in 1400-foot shaft saves Nevada youth
An 11 hour descent ends with Larry Dacek, 11, surviving a flooded Sutro Tunnel shaft near Nevada’s Comstock Lode after a rope broke and rotten timbers held. He was lowered to safety by police and volunteers, then hospitalised with a compressed spine injury, sprains, and cuts. Fred Vatalero, 17, waited above, while Howard Carlson, 17, summoned help.
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Virginia City
New
Larry Dacek
Larry
Reno
Nevada
Comstock Lode
Fred Vatalero
Fred
Howard Carlson
Walter German
Carson City
Four Die In North Side Rooming House Fire
Four persons died and two others were critically burned in a predawn blaze at a three story rooming house on Chicago's north side. Victims include Mrs. Sarah Harris aged 77 and Albert Schorn 62, both of Chicago. A 9 year old girl, Carlene Gigliotti, is among the injured. A car strike at 23 Cromwell Street added to victims as a resident was taken to hospital in fair condition. Fire officials reported fifty residents were displaced. No arrests were made in the automobile collision during the incident.
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Chicago
UPI
Sarah Harris
Albert Schorn
Lorain
Carlene Gigliotti
Cromwell St
Colorado
American Hospital
Ave
John Amn
St. Jobrolio
Wold
Alexander Gigliotti
James Tolley
Colorado Ave
UL Coutse
Atap
William Bernight
Eugen
DiSalle
John Jonak
Garfield Heights
Ann T. Kraft
Cleve Calm
Robert Baker
Zion
Uil
Fisher - Titus
Bergen
Memorial Hospital
Norwalk
Columbus
Zanes
Toledo
Ohios
Turnpike
Cincinnati
Krumpp
Cleveland
Baker
Klumpp
Richard Bacon
John Peck
West Lake Rd
London
Carswell
Earl T
Plains
Carl Iceman
First Congregational Church
Ohio
Keep em In Line urged penalties for parent strikes
LONDON UP I reports the National Union of Teachers urges stronger penalties for parents who strike teachers in its Journal today. The call targets disruptive actions affecting classrooms and student welfare, signaling tough new measures to deter interference with schooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
UPI
National Union of Teachers
Today
Recorder's Collections Rise Under New Fee Schedule
A 1960 county report by Recorder Leota B. Mitchell shows higher income for last year despite fewer deed and mortgage recordings. Fees totaled 67,743.95 dollars, up 5,662.60 from 1959, with 6,404 deeds and 7,449 mortgages recorded. Mortgage values reached 76,001,142 city property and 16,253,220 rural. cancellations 42,256,897 city and 13,456,321 rural. Charte l mortgages filed 26,765, up from 25,325 in 1959.
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Leota B. Mitchell
Recorder’s Department
DiSalle Explains Clemency In Klumpp Case After Review
Ohio Governor Michael V. DiSalle released a 13 page report detailing why he commuted Edythe Klumpp’s death sentence. He argued new evidence and the jurys limitations prevented a full appraisal of those involved, and noted public sentiment against Klumpp did not guide his decision.
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Columbus
UPI
Michael V. DiSalle
Edythe Klumpp
Cincinnati
DiSalle
Neo Byu Uywe Waule Ae
Hamilton County
Ins
United States
Ohio
10 Day Layoff Ends at Ford Lorain Plant
A 10 day layoff for 3,600 workers at Ford's Lorain Ohio assembly plant ended today. Passenger car workers returned to Baumhart Rd plant to start a 40 hour week, ending the first mid model year layoff since 1957. About 1,000 truck assemblers remain out with no definite return date. Previous production had been limited by holidays and extra days off.
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Ford Motor Co
Lorain
Baumhart Rd
Ford
County Budget Outlook Bright For 1961 General Fund Rise
County Auditor Frank Ayres told commissioners 1961 general fund receipts may reach 2 4 million, about 250 300 more than 1960 and near 80 000 above department heads' requests. Supplemental asks add about 40 000, with 40 000 unrequested. The board plans to set departmental appropriations starting tomorrow and aims to finish by midweek.
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Frank Ayres
Ayres
Edward Gawlik
Gawlk
Memorial gift funds hospital expansion in Elyria
A $30,000 donation from the Timms and Irish families was announced at a cabinet meeting for the Elyria Memorial Hospital Campaign. The gift, in memory of Henry Timms Irish, will sponsor two memorials the solarium and the children's playroom in the new six story wing.
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Timms
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Henry R. B. Irish
Holly Hall
Henry Timms Irish
W. B. Timms
William B. Timms Jr
Trish
Irish
Chauncey B. Smythe
Fruehauf Union Aides Elected In Avon Lake Plant
Local 925 Allied Industrial Workers at Fruehauf Trailer Co. Avon Lake plant elected a five member bargaining committee and a three member board of trustees. Incumbents James Boggs and Ray Schmitz won re election, with new members John Flack Ervin Moody and Theodore Hall joining. Ray Hahn was elected trustee defeating Lester Tanner.
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Allied Industrial Workers
Fruehauf Trailer Co
Avon Lake
Fifth St
Broadway
Lorain
Fruehaut
James Boggs
Elyria
Ray Schmitz
North Olmsted
Boggs
Ray Hahn
Birmingham
Lester Tanner
Francis Baron
Ford Plant Official Succumbs
William G. Graham, 57, new superintendent of the body and paint department at the Taesin Ford plant in Vermilion, died on arrival at St. Joseph Hospital Lorain after a heart attack at his home. Born Oct. 7, 1903 in Wilkinsburg Pa, he moved from Oakland Calif where he had directed a Ford plant department for 35 years. Survived by wife Opal, daughter Debra, son William, two sisters and a brother. He served in World War II with the Navy and was a 32nd degree Mason.
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Jefferson St
Vermuilion
Oakland
Calif
Ford
Mr. Graham
Wilkinsburg
Phillipsburg
N_ J
Yerva Buena Lodge
F and AM
Rahmes Temple Shrine
Valley of Oakland
Opal
Debra
William
James Klutz
Preyl, Pa
Vera Day
Los Angeles
Charles
Harris
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Thief Out of
Boots
Recorder
Louise Bergen
William Bergen
United Press International
Walter
Godfrey
Cerebral Palsy Center
Middle Ave
Elyria Elks Club
Elks Fund
CP Center
Bill Schroeder
Elyria Elks
Floyd
William L. Newton
Cerebral Palsy Organization
Korea
Alrman
Wilford Jacobs
Carl Jacobs
Fort Charlotte
Fla
Elsie Jacobs
Midview High School
Wilford C. Jacobs
San Francisco
Fruehauf
Ford Plant
William G. Graham
The
Taesin
Illinois
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