Sturges dies in New London at 51
Herbert French Sturges assistant cashier at the New London Branch of the Huron County Bank died this morning after being stricken apparently with a heart attack in his home. He was 51, lived at 150 Coleman Ct., New London, and had worked after the NL Savings and Loan merged with the bank. He was born in Atlantic Iowa and moved to New London in 1958. He was a WWII Army sergeant and a Northern Iowa University graduate, active in church and local boards.
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Herbert French Sturges
New London
Huron County Bank
Coleman Ct
New London Savings and Loan Banking Co
Sturges
Atlantic
Iowa
Northern Iowa University
Purdue University
United Methodist Church
Firelands Electric Cooperative Inc
Inmate Recaptured After Lorain County College Escape
Ronald Maxwell, 24, of Cleveland, who walked away from Lorain County Community College while awaiting transport to the Grafton Farm, was picked up by Cleveland Police at his home and will be transferred to Mansfield State Reformatory. Capt. W D Hawke said farm inmates now wear khaki uniforms.
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Grafton
Grafton State
Lorain County Community College
Cleveland
W.d.hawke
Ronald Maxwell
Mansfield State Reformatory
Maxwell
Reformatory
Hawke
Norwalk Girl Injured In One Car Crash
A Norwalk teen remained hospitalized in satisfactory condition after a Wednesday crash at Webb Settlement and Huber Roads. Lori Casper, 17, of Arlington Circle, was a passenger in a car driven by Terry Staneart, 17, of Williams Street, also 17. The vehicle skidded, left the road, and stopped in a field after going through a snow fence. The driver and two other passengers were not hurt. no citations were issued.
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Ridgefield
Norwalk
Webb Settlement
Huber Roads
Lori Casper
Arlington Circle
Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital
Terry Staneart
Williams St
Nor
Ohio Highway Patrol
Huber Road
Ridgeville may hire three more police if funds found
North Ridgeville officials discussed expanding the force after Police Chief Thomas Sigsworth and Mayor Charles Stuart asked for more officers. The department currently has 12 officers, two per shift, covering 25 square miles and 15 000 residents. Additional manpower would cost about $30 000.
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Ridgeville
North Ridgeville
Eugene Francis
R-2
Francis
Thomas Sigsworth
Charles Stuart
Sigsworth
County reimbursed for home tax roll back 10 percent
Lorain County Auditor J A Pijor received 1 401 869 72 from the state treasurer as reimbursement for the 10 percent roll back in real estate taxes last year. The roll back began with the second half tax and will appear on next year’s tax bills. Subdivisions and taxing districts have already been reimbursed. In Chicago an estimate says 20 million cars scrapped annually yield more than 1 billion dollars in reusable metal.
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Lorain County
J. A Pijor
Pijor
Chicago
United States
Mastics warns against monkey business on I 90
Rep George Mastics criticizes a Cleveland I-90 meeting as a public relations effort and demands rapid completion of the highway. He will miss the 2 p.m. session due to a Washington, D.C. engagement while urging action from the Ohio Department of Transportation and Gov. Gilligan.
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Mastics
Cuyahoga County
Lorain County
Cleveland
J. Phillip Richley
Ohio Department of Transportation
George E. Mastics
Ohio
Cleve
John J. Gilligan
Ohio Department of Highway
Washington, D.C
Ohio House of Representatives
Traffic Death Watch Stay off this list
Public safety message urges drivers to avoid risky behaviors and stay off the death watch list by driving safely and attentively. Authorities stress cautious speed, seatbelts, and alert driving to reduce crashes and save lives. Authorities urge reporting hazards and obeying traffic laws to protect all road users.
Author to address new library group
WESTLAKE The first annual meeting of the Friends of the Porter Public Library will be held Thursday Jan 25 at 8 p.m. at the library Center Ridge and Westwood roads. Local author William Ellis will speak on Danger Books Inside. Pro tem officers from October remain: Mrs Nicholas Lesko president Wilson Caldwell vice president Mrs Louis Chelko secretary Kenneth Crandall treasurer. Ellis is a 1952 Chi Omega Award winner for Bounty Lands and has written Jonathon Blair Bounty Lands Lawyer The Brooks Legend and articles for Reader's Digest Life Harper's True and other magazines.
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Westlake
Friends of the Porter Public Library
Center Ridge
Westwood Roads
William Ellis
Nicholas Lesko
Wilson Caldwell
Louis Chelko
Kenneth Crandall
Ellis
Jonathon Blair
Lawyer
Brooks Legend
Reader's Digest
Life
Harper's Rotarian
True
Indiana guest dies of heart attack in Elyria
David Whitcome a 39 year old Shelbyville Indiana man staying at the Americana Inn 910 Lo Rain Blvd Elyria suffered a heart attack at 1054 p.m. rescuers arrived and he was pronounced dead at Elyria Memorial Hospital authorities said the attack was his third according to the fire department report
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Indiana
Elyria
David Whitcome
W. Jackson St
Shelbyville
Ind
Americana Inn
Lorain Blvd
Whitcome
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Births in Elyria Memorial list new arrivals
A son to Mr and Mrs Roger Adkins at 209 Blaine Street. A daughter to Mr and Mrs Dennis Hale at 217 Lowell Street. Winford Mueller at 191 Cornell Boulevard. A son to Mr and Mrs Stephen Newman at 334 Washington Avenue. A son to Mr and Mrs Gary Munger at 7190 Root Road North Ridgeville.
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Roger Adkins
Blaine St
Dennis Hale
Lowell St
Winford Mueller
Cornell Blvd
Stephen Newman
Washington Ave
Gary Munger
Root Rd
North Ridgeville
LaGrange approves 1973 appropriations total 176944
The village council approved 176944 in appropriations for 1973, which is 13931 more than 1972. The allocations include general fund 35214 street construction 17870 state highways fund 1752 general bond retirement 10590 special assessments 9934 water revenue fund 57901 sewer revenue fund 28010 meter fund 1842 health district fund 1742 and federal revenue sharing fund 12000. The general fund covers salaries for the mayor clerk solicitor treasurer council park funds fire funds and police funds.
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Lagrange
Area GOP lawmakers cool toward state of the state
Ohio area Republicans reacted skeptically to Governor Gilligan's state of the state address. State Rep. Ethel Swanbeck questioned the $9.7 billion budget and welfare priorities while Sen. Paul Matia said the speech aimed at Gilligan’s reelection and noted no tax reforms. Swanbeck urged tax impact clarity and more funds for localities, while Matia criticized missing income tax changes and open government references. Rep. George Mastics was unavailable.
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Ethel Swanbeck
Huron
Paul Matia
Westlake
Gilligan
Swanbeck
Ohio
Matia
House of Representatives
Welfare board reappoints two members to advisory board
Lorain County Welfare Advisory Board reappointed George Ferguson and Violet Miller for another four year term. The eight member panel serves without remuneration.
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George Ferguson
Violet Miller
Lorain County Welfare Advisory Board
Haiti expands port facilities to double cargo capacity
Haiti has begun an 114 million project in Port au Prince to upgrade port facilities. The plan aims to raise cargo handling from 235000 tons annually to 516000 by 1977. The project reflects continued investment in Haiti's infrastructure and trade capacity.
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Port-Au-Prince
Haiti
Three injured in Sandusky two car crash
Three Elyrians were injured in a Sandusky two car crash as a northbound Gariss auto ran a stop sign at West Monroe Street and collided with an eastbound car. Amanda Gariss 76 in serious condition with facial injuries and her sister Alice Gariss 86 in fair condition were passengers. driver Lester Gariss 74 treated and released. The crash damaged a parked vehicle and the porch foundation. Melody Taylor 30, the other driver, was uninjured. The Garisses were en route to David Suitor Funeral Home for Virgil Gariss's arrangements and Lester was cited for failure to yield.
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Sandusky
Good Samaritan Hospital
Amanda Gariss
Rochester
Alice Gariss
East Ave
Alice
Lester E. Gariss
Washington Ave
Lester
Amanda
West Monroe Street
Gariss
David Suitor
Virgil A. Gariss
Gariss Auto
Melody Taylor
Wayne Street
Cariss
Two men arrested in Amherst robbery
Amherst police and Ohio Highway Patrol report the Jan. 3 armed robbery of the IGA on Milan Avenue and Quarry Road led to two arrests. Terry Smith was jailed in Cleveland after a similar Cleveland case. Scott Workman, 34, was captured near Warren and to be taken to Lorain County Jail. John Green, IGA manager, said a gunpoint demand opened the safe and the suspect fled in a car.
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Amherst
IGA
Milan Avenue
Quarry Road
Cleveland
Terry Smith
Smith
Scott Workman
Ohio Highway Patrol
Warren
Lorain County
John Green
Trial date deferred for man charged in strangulation death
Paul Black, 52, of 5121 Abbe Rd., faces second degree murder charges in the strangulation death of his ex wife Marion Black, 50, at Village on the Green in Avon on Oct 20. A pre-trial hearing postponed the trial date while defense motions seek state lab test information. Black remains free on $25,000 bond.
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Paul Black
Abbe Rd
Marion Black
John Gallagher
Andrew Warhola
Black
Russell Provenza
Common Pleas
Paul J. Mikus
Village-on the-Green
Avon
Fisher-Titus Hospital suit settled out of court
A negligence suit against Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital over Charlene Downing’s death during surgery was settled out of court for an undisclosed sum after one day of testimony in Huron County Common Pleas Court. Plaintiff Glenn Downing filed in 1971 seeking 150000 from Dr Russell Fisher Dr R W Higgins and the hospital.
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Norwalk
Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital
Huron County Common Pleas Court
Glenn Downing
N. Hester Sr
Charlene
Huron County
Russell Fisher
R. W. Higgins
T.L. Paffenbarger
Salvatore Jefferies
Cleveland
Ing
Tentative Lakewood school strike ends likely with deal
Negotiators report a tentative agreement to end a four day Lakewood Public School custodians and maintenance workers strike. The accord includes salary schedule adjustments for 1973-74, improvements in hospitalization, an extra paid holiday and an improved vacation plan. Union members vote at Slovak Civic Club at 8 a.m. and ratification could lead to return to work. If approved, details will be presented to the Board of Education February 12.
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Lakewood
Lakewood Board of Education
International Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers
Keith Folkes
Board of Education
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