Elyria Pioneers Hold Narrow Win Over Admiral King
Sport fans saw Elyria Pioneers squeeze past Admiral King with a steady defense and late surge as Findlay thumped Lorain. Panthers routed Parme Byzantine in another area basketball showcase. Score details and all-sport coverage span pages 20 to 23.
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Sandy Madhock
Elyria District Catholic
Chuck Machock
Panthers
Parma Byzantine
Diane McDermott
Nancy Barr
C-T
Bob White
Elyria
Pioneers
Admiral King
Panthera
Parme Byzantine
Findlay
Lorain
Lorain draws Litton unit toward new shipyard site
In Lorain a Litton Industries division eyes a potential shipyard location as steel and customers draw the operation to the area. The feature notes momentum from local business leaders and the broader industrial revival discussed in Everybody's Business on page 7.
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Litton Industries
Lorain
Everybody's Business
Elyria expands high school vocational program to meet skills demand
Elyria extends its established vocational training for high school students to broader capacity. The city plans to extend cable TV despite local opposition as the community debates media access. The square dance scene shifts toward social dancing with less focus on complex figures.
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Elyria
Elyria to set 1.4 million in city expenses
City council after three months of 1988 work has tallied operating expenses at 1.431 million and water works costs at 380,500 with 250,000 for capital outlay. Permanent appropriation for the year will be prepared by committee members later in the year to cover nine months, using general fund and other funds to balance. The committee chair is Kenneth A. Kreeck with council members Robinson and Malcolm D. McDeseki.
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Elyria
Coma
Kenneth A. Kreeck
Ad. Cretion
Ward A
Robinson
D-st Large
Gee
Malcolm D. McDeseki
Jail crowding in Lorain County sparks riot risk says sheriff
Overcrowded Lorain County jail holds 103 inmates under a 38 to 50 cell capacity. Ten cells downstairs house up to four men each with bunks and floor sleeping. Deputy Wells notes lack of mattresses and space, with some prisoners sleeping in corners or on the floor as tensions rise and transfer options lag.
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Jim Kane
Nate
Lorain County
Jim Wells
Wella Saiditeen
Ace
Nigeria mutiny kidnaps Balewa and seizes Lagos power
Nigerian radio reports junior officers seized Prime Minister Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa and his finance minister, placing Balewa under house arrest in Lagos. Washington confirmed the coup, marking the third military takeover in Africa this year, with no fighting reported in Lagos but possible assassinations.
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Leopoldville
The
Congo
UPI
Nigeria Radio
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
Washington
Nigeria
Balewa
Lagos
State Department
Halocene Fr Betaia
Army Africa
Therold Wilson
Taja Weshcka Alon Oe
Paris
West Africa
Upper Volta
Pfaudler Plant Strike In Wellington Over Fringe Benefits
About 225 Local 1161 members at the Pfaudler Corp plant near Wellington went on strike over fringe benefits. Union and company negotiators, with federal mediator Evans, worked through the night but negotiations remained deadlocked by midmorning. No picketing was observed.
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Ing
United Aes
el Dissercem
Erica
Pfaudler
U i
Meni
1161
Cfused
Reed
No Ute
Owen W. Carmen
Hisj
Wellington
Reichlin's Reapers r r ready formation of city team
Elyria Mayor Leonard P. Reichlin announced Reichlin's Reapers a two man squad patterned after Gov James A J Rhodes Raiders to tap Washington for federal money. Safety Service Director James T Tracey and Reichlin plan a two day trip to Washington next week to push funding for Elyria projects from fences to a downtown post office federal building civic complex.
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James A.J. Rhodes
Rhodes’ Raiders
Elyria
Leonard P. Reichlin
Reichlin
Reapers
Washington
Safety Service
James T. Tracey
Federal Building
Civic
Elyria council delays CATV action and orders new inquiry
Elyria city council's utilities committee delayed action on CATV and ordered a full reappraisal. Proposals from firms seeking the franchise are due by June 15, with a broader review of CATV terms and potential returns. Local officials weighed franchise length, customer charges, and channel scope while considering Lorain County station impact.
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Elyria Council
CATV
Community Antenna Television
Utilities Committee
Elyria Telerama, Inc
Elyrians Propose Quinine and Cold Remedies
Local Elyria residents offer varied home remedies for head colds. Ted Valassis at city hall promotes a four times daily aspirin and quinine regimen, while Peter Drenner suggests four eight day capsules or eight day capsules for four days. William Fazekas shares hot vinegar and hot honey, a tradition said to work only for Hungarians. Booth Bazley proposes a boiled grapefruit rind tea served hot, with plenty of sugar ready.
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Elyrians
Ted Valassis
City Hall
Peter Drenner
Wilder Ci
William Fazekas
West Erie Ave
Lorain
Fazekas
Elyria
Booth M. Bazley
Packinghouse
Bazley
Four survive AF crash in Athens Greece
A U S Air Force C47 believed lost in a blizzard high in the Greek mountains made a crash landing on a snow filled slope. Six of the 10 aboard were rescued, including nine Americans and one Italian. Rescuers reached the wreckage about 5,000 to 6,000 feet up Mt Hermes in the Peloponnesus. The peak stands 7,680 feet high.
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Athens
UPI
U.S
Mt. Hermos
Peloponnesus
Greece
Reelected Reichlin Receives Congratulatory Letters From Officials
Elyria Mayor Leonard P Reichlin, a Democrat, faces doubt after letters of congratulations arrive from Republican Secretary of State Ted W Brown and Vice President Hubert H Humphrey praising his reelection. Reichlin keeps these notes as proof of his win while his walls bear the reminders.
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Elyria
Leonard P. Reichlin
Ted W. Brown
Reichlin
Hubert H. Humphrey
Fred B. Sanford
Hia Walla
Weather Update Cold Spell With Snow Flurries
Colder conditions continue with partly cloudy skies and light snow flurries. Highs near 2 to 32 degrees, overnight lows around 12 to 20. Sunday will stay partly cloudy and cold.
Rusk Talks With Viet Leaders In Saigon Palace
Secretary of State Dean Rusk met for about an hour with South Vietnamese Premier Nguyen Cao Ky and other officials in Saigon amid barbed wire and antiaircraft guns. Rusk and Harriman reaffirmed U.S. resolve to defend South Vietnam while Vietnam urged no peace talks until Communist aggression ends. A ceasefire was set for Lunar New Year weekend as U.S. and Australian troops reported 192 Communists killed and 968 Reds captured. 25 U.S. sorties targeted positions in South Vietnam.
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Saigon
UPI
Dean Rusk
White Riverfront
Rusk
Henry Cabot Lodge
Averell Harriman
Nguyen Cao Ky
U.S
South Viet Nam
United States
Viet Nam
Harriman
Thailand
Thanom Kittikechorn
Tahat Khoman
Lodge
Navy
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