Fire destroys Grafton foundry laboratory evening blaze
Fire at Larson Foundry in Grafton destroyed a steel testing laboratory used to check alloy quality. Firefighters from four departments battled the 8:15 p.m. blaze in 4 degree cold aided by tanker trucks. No injuries were reported.
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Grafton
Garrett Johnston
Barrett Rd
Berea
Jack
Johnston
Richard Jansheski
Stevenson
Green
Larson
Tom Mahl
Board names Payner acting superintendent at 169 Board
Lorain County Board of Mental Retardation adopts a continuity policy making the adult services director the acting superintendent whenever the current superintendent is absent. Ellen Payner, director of adult services and workshop head, will assume acting duties. Nancy Jerecki will lead Murray Ridge School program. Dr. Gordon Mickey remains absent. Payner may resign but intends to stay as director of adult services.
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Lorain County
Ellen Payner
169
Nancy Jerecki
Daniel Berridge
Murray Ridge
Ralph Miller
Payner
Gordon Mickey
Mickey
Miller
Robert Thomas
Patsy Swegard
Swegard
Thomas
Pavner
State Department of Mental Retardation
Ohio State University
Akron University
Rosie
Funeral honors 75 officers for fallen New London cop
In New London Sgt. Timothy Budd 24 lay buried after a funeral attended by about 75 area law enforcement officers. Budd was fatally shot during a training incident at the police station with fellow officer Robert Skillicorn 26. Skillicorn attended the service after suffering shock at Fisher-Titus Hospital. The service at Our Lady of Lourdes Church mourned Budd, described by Rev John Sherbo as conscientious and polite. A police procession followed, with officers marching between vehicles from multiple counties and divisions. Budd’s survivors include his mother, father, a brother and several grandmothers.
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New London
Timothy Budd
Budd
Robert Skillicorn
Skillicorn
Fisher-Titus Hostal
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church
John Sherbno
Sens
Sherteasa
Wea Londen
Wakeman
Elyria
Tleveland
Willard
Fort Wayne
Ind
Monroes
Puta
Greenwich
Perkins
Schland
Huron Counties
Sherif
Chin State
Highaoa
Petra
Findhville
Tess Buddis
Dredders
Our Lady of Lourdes Church
Gene
Krebs
Bendix chief David O. Thomas dies at 94
David O. Thomas, retired Bendix chairman and key force behind the Elyria plant’s construction, died yesterday at Elyria Memorial Hospital after a monthlong illness. Born in 1882 in Johnstown, he built a long GM career before guiding Bendix into Elyria in 1941. He served as president, then chairman from 1958 to 1960, and was active in civic groups, hospital fundraising, and local business boards. He was survived by his wife Maude, two sons, four grandchildren, seven great grandchildren, and siblings. Funeral services are Friday at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church.
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David O. Thomas
Elyria
Bendix-Westinghouse Automotive Air Brake Co
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Johnstown
Thomas
Alliance
Lorain
Lake Terminal Railway
Johnson Steel Co
U. S. Steel Corp
Lorain-Cuyahoga
Michigan
Ohio
Hospital Fund
Lorain County Savings and Trust Co
WEOL
Automotive Old Timers
Society of Automotive Engineers
Elyria Ywca
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Elyria Country Club
Elyna Chamber of Commerce
Maude J
Alvin G
Boca Raton
Fla
Robert Q
Fort Madison
Iowa
Wendell P
Richard L
Clearwater, Fla
Arthur J
Edith i James
New Wilmington
Alex \Marsha
Harmian
Wooster
Harriett
Jane Elizabeth
G. Russel Hargate
Roderick. Pierce
Brookdale
Harold Dicken
Toad of Elsa Memorial Hospital
Bills seeks daily school meditation in Ohio
State Rep. Dale Locker of Anna introduced a bill mandating a moment of silence at the start of each school day in Ohio public schools. The measure would require a silent opening in homerooms or first period classes.
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Columbus
UPI
Dale Locker
D-Anna
Ohio
Locker
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William Green
Carlisle
Eaton
Mikie Sherman
David Thomas
Bendix
General Motors Corp
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Bendix Heavy Vehicle Systems Group
David C. Thomas
Bills
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