Elyria mall area may see $40 million boom with sewer upgrades
City officials and developers discuss a potential $40 million buildout for Elyria’s northwest district tied to sewer system upgrades. Leaders like Mayor Leonard Reichlin and Fred Sanford cite Midway Mall growth and new outlets such as Northgate Shopping Center, plus industrial and residential projects, as proof of possible expansion despite questions over data and financing.
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Elyria
Leonard P. Reichlin
Reichlin
Fred Sanford
Lorain
Northgate
Zayres
Gold Circle Discount
Northern Savings and Loan
Joseph and Feiss Co
Lorain Boulevard
Sanford
Lorain County
Tragic cottage fire leaves one dead, three hurt youths
Six North Olmsted boys spent a winter weekend at a Gore Orphanage Road cottage. One boy, Bruce Bement, 16, died at St Joseph Hospital. Grenfall Merriman and Laszlo Kerosi Jr. were listed in critical condition with extensive burns. Patrick Winters and Neal Bement were treated and released. A 16 year old Gary Rotzel accompanied Merriman. all details from Lorain County investigators.
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Gore Orphanage
North Olmsted
Bruce Bement
Raymond A. Bement
Marion Ave
St. Joseph. Hospital
Lorain
Vat
Grenfall Merriman
Grenfall L. Merriman
Columbia Rd
Laszlo Kerosi Jr
Laszlo Kerosi
Delmere Dr
Patrick W. Winters
Ralph B. Winters
Wisteria Dr
Neal Andrew Bement
Merriman
Gary John Rotzel
Lorain County
Glen Nida
Winters
Cleveland
Nida
Neal Bement
Gar Rotzel
Vermilion River
Four youths die as fire erupts in vermilion cottage loft
Winterst of Vermilion rescue after a loft fire gutted a cottage where four youths slept on cushions. Winters and Merriman and Korosi escaped, Bement died, others injured. Fire officials cite moderate damage. Lorain County coroner to determine cause.
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Winters
Nida
Merriman
Korosi
Bruce Bement
Bement
Vermilion Rescue
Lorain County
Paul J. Kopsch
Britons flood post offices before final postal strike
Britons packed post offices with letters and parcels on the last day to mail before a nationwide strike by 230,000 postal workers led by Prime Minister Edward Heath. The government barred sending packages and first class letters to ensure delivery before the walkout with limited emergency services and direct calls to New York.
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London
Edward Heath
Britain
Nixon deploys federal guards to protect foreign missions in NY
President Nixon sends a detachment of the Executive Protective Service to guard Soviet and other foreign missions in New York City during the city police labor stoppage now in its third day. Mayor Lindsay says the federal guards will supplement and temporarily bolster patrols as police stay off the streets amid contract talks.
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New York
UPI
Nixon
Federal Executive Protective Service
New York City
John F. Lindsay
Oie
Federal Securd
Jewish Defense League
JDL
Washington
White House
Greyhound
Executive Protective Service
Secret Service
Morgan
Lindsay
U.N
Charles Yost
Patrick V. Murphy
Murphy
John DeLury
Garbagemen’s Union
Uniformed Sanitationmen’s Association
de Lury
Soviets resume harassment of Americans in Moscow
United Press International reports new anti American incidents in Moscow with vandalized cars and threats. Walter Nelson of Pan American and David Nagy, UPI, had windshields shattered and other damage. Jay Axelbank of Newsweek was accosted near a foreigners area, rescued by a passerby. Edmund Stevens of Newsday had a car stolen near the secret police HQ. The episodes follow a pattern of Soviet retaliation against American residents.
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Moscow
UPI
Pan American Airways
Walter Nelson
United Press International
David Nagy
Nagy
Newsweek
Jay Axelbank
Axelbank
United States
Newsday
Edmund Stevens
Stevens
Black Power Clash Touched Tuy Hoa Barracks Riot
Witnesses say a January brawl at Tuy Hoa enlisted men’s club sparked by a black power movement led to a grenade wounding 27 soldiers. Command says not a typical racial clash though blacks and whites fought. An MPs shooting and other incidents followed with limited arrests and unclear grenade cause.
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Tuy Hoa
Vietnam
UPI
U.S
John Walters
St. Petersburg
Fla
22Nd Infantry
Walters
Vth
Tuy Hoa Army Air Field
75Th Airborne Infantry
Ranger
Charlie Rangers
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Andrew Keep
Rt. 57 Corp
Keep
Halles
Meyer Goldberg Food Chain
West River
Midway Mall
Meyer Goldberg
Rotzel
Ray Goll
Darrow Rd
Goll
Vermilion Police
Vermilion Fire Department
Lake Erie
Los Angeles Harbor
Wlan Alesis
Sum of the People Entertainment
Tom Morgan
Ing
Leningrad
101St Airborne Division
James T.abbot
Netherlands
William E. Thomas
Indianapolis
Ind
da Nang
Quang Tri
1St Brigade
Sth Mechanized Infantry Division
Rangers
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