Valley City honors Jay Reynolds with giant half ton frog
Local residents presented Valley City resident Jay Reynolds a gift a giant frog weighing over 1000 pounds. The amphibian honors his years promoting the Valley City frog jump as state championship and his role as frog jockey in Angel's Camp California. Friends converted James Hawke’s garage into a workshop for the model.
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Valley City
Jay
Reynolds
Ohio
Abbeyville Rad
Angel’s Camp
Calif
Reynolds’ Frogman of Ohio Unveils Giant Yard Frog
A 10.5 foot long fountain frog nicknamed His Frogship dazzles Reynolds at his home after Mack Industries donated the sculpture. Friends hid to surprise him as Roy Hill and Ray Kemp placed it on the lawn. Reynolds, who collects about 100 frogs, plans frog jumping contests with his son Terry carrying on after him.
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Richard Mack
Mack Industries
Mack
Roy Hill
Ray Kemp
Reynolds
Frogman
Ohio
Jay
Terry
Riley
Ohio pilots acquitted in Formosa airliner crash
In Taipei district court two American pilots Capt. Stuart E. Dew and Capt. Hugh H. Hicks were acquitted of negligence charges over the 1968 Nationalist Chinese Boeing 727 crash near Taipei. The verdict follows a CAA report and an air force inquiry, with prosecutors potentially appealing under local law. Hicks’s wife died in the crash. 22 perished, 42 survived.
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Taipei
Formosa
Stuart E. Dew
Hamburg
Ark
Hugh H. Hicks
Hannibal
Ohio
Hicks
CAT
Civil Air Transport Line
Heu Chen-Chih
Hsu
Dew
China
Civil Aeronautics Administration
CAA
Air Force
Ward Boundaries Unchanged. No Immediate Reapportionment
Common Pleas Judge LeRoy F. Kelly ruled that Elyria and Lorain wards will not be reapportioned for this year’s municipal elections. He urged legislative bodies to prepare a plan for after the 1970 census, noting redistricting now would disrupt elections. The suit argued ward populations from 4,000 to 12,000 caused disproportional representation. Elyria has seven wards and Lorain eight.
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Lorain
Elyria
Common Pleas
LeRoy F. Kelly
Kelly
Kosma J. Glavas
John J. Hritsko
U.S. Supreme Court
Ohio
Glaves
Supreme Court
Dear Russ Honoring Edward Wilcox Bowler of Elyria
Dorothy Wright writes fondly of her father Edward Wilcox known as Elyria s Mr. Bowling and a kingpin among bowlers. St Stan s Holy Name Society Lorain announces a chicken paprikas dinner to fundraise next Sunday noon to 5 pm at St Stanislaus School cafeteria East 28th Street Elyria Avenue with officials hoping for strong support.
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Russ
Edward Wilcox
Elyria
Dorothy W Tite
Wilcox
St. Stan’s Holy Name Society of
Lorain
St. Stanislaus Church
East 28Th St
Elyria Avenue
St. Stan’s Holy Name Society
Black River Playhouse Prepares 1969 Season at Breezewood
The Lorain County Red Cross praises C B R of Lorain for readiness during emergencies. Tickets for adults and children are available from members and at the door. Pete Stelmack leads the program. The 1969 season opens with The Devil’s Advocate by Morris L West directed by Fritz McDonough with performances March 12 13 15 19 20 and 22 at Breezewood State Rt 301 Sheffield Lake next to Carousel Swim Club.
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Ful
Treasury
Pete Stelmack
Black River Playhouse, Inc
Breezewood
State Rt
Sheffield Lake
Carousel Swim Club
Black River Playhouse
Morris L. West
Fritz McDonough
Elyria Soldier Leads Nixon Inaugural Parade
Pic. Michael P. Donovan, 21, of Elyria, from Ft. Myer Virginia based Third Infantry Old Guard, led the Inaugural Parade for President Richard Nixon. The unit serves as presidental escort and guards Arlington Tomb. Donovan’s wife Linda and parents Mervin and Carol. brother Thomas, 19, serves in Vietnam.
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Elyria
Pic
Michal P. Donovan
Richard M. Nixon
Third Infantry
Old Guard
Ft. Myer
America
Arlington National Cemetery
Donovan
Mervin V. Donovan
Henry St
Linda
Arlington
Spec
Thomas Donovan
Mekong Delta
Vietnam
Carol Thomas
Chestnut Ridge
Bradford crash victim upgraded to critical
Bradford Pennsylvania hospital lists 35 year old Elyrian Robert C Brown as critical after a December 24 plane crash that killed 20 and left 27 survivors. Brown, an employee of Emtec Inc, had been described as in serious condition earlier and his status worsened slightly. In Lorain Ohio a U S Steel official was named to Community Hospital board, filling a vacancy left by Steve Szuhy.
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Elyrian Robert C. Brown
Bradford
Brown
Emtec, Inc
Allegheny Airlines
Lorain
U.S. Steel
Lorain Works
Woodrow Mathna
Nils Lindbloom
South Park Dr
Steve Szuhy
Columbus teachers reject board proposal for negotiations
More than 2,000 Columbus public school teachers rejected a bargaining plan and gave the board 10 days to present an acceptable alternative. They also demanded talks now on class size salary grievance procedures and hospitalization with a Feb. 18 salary deadline. National President George Fischer urged strikes only as a last resort.
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Columbus
UPI
Lausche
State Fairgrounds
Columbus Education Association
National Education Association
George Fischer
Ohio
America
Two Teens Missing After Wilmington Disappearance
Clinton County sheriff reports no solid leads in the Friday disappearance of Mike Riley and Anne Swaith. Deputies and Civil Defense searched a 400 square mile area near Wilmington, while authorities consider foul play. The 20 year old son of Judge Paul Riley and 18 year old daughter of Judge Luther Swaim vanished after saying they would visit Xenia for a snack.
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Wilmington
Clinton County Sheriff's Office
Mike Riley
Anne Swaith
Donald Osborn
Riley
Probate
Paul Riley
Miss Swaim
Common Pleas Court
Luther Swaim
Xenia
Judge Riley
Ohio road toll rises with weekend crashes
A weekend period from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Sunday saw 14 traffic deaths on Ohio roads, a figure near the average for a 54 hour stretch.
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Ohio
No cause found yet for blaze at Bell Ave home
Fire at 450 Bell Ave killed two men and two children and caused 10000 dollars in damage to a red brick one story home. City investigators noted possible building code violations from beds in the basement and said the fire was still under investigation with a report due in a few days.
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Bell Ave
Lyle C. Scott
Scott
Robert Sampsel
Sampsel
Fire Department
Protesters crown Nixon as top target in antiwar actions
In Washington protesters held an inaugural counter parade with Nixon masks and effigies, branding him criminal and a tool of billionaires. Police kept the event peaceful as some demonstrators attacked Agnew reception areas, with several arrests reported around the Smithsonian and along Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
Spiro T. Agnew
Smithsonian Institution
Park
Smithsonian
Metropolitan
Man in shooting in fair condition
Walter Layne 49 faces charges for the January 9 shooting of two police officers. Over the weekend both officers showed improvement at St. Joseph Hospital with Yuhas listed as fair and in ICU. Rakich recovered from surgery to remove a .38 caliber bullet from his arm after it perforated his back lung and rib.
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Lorain
Walter Layne
St. Joseph Hospital
Michael Yuhas
Yuhas
David Rakich
Oberlin Students Choose Nonprovocation at Inauguration
About 40 Oberlin College students voted not to provoke police at the presidential inauguration. They expect possible clashes but aim to learn rather than escalate, and question the efficacy of labeling police as enemies while stressing restraint and orderly conduct.
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Washington, D. C
Oberlin College
Oberlin
William Hedges
Oberlin Resistance
Hedges
Chicago
Richard M
Nixon
Wellington civic leader James MacDermott dies at 80
James Christopher MacDermott 80 a Wellington business man and civic leader died yesterday at 3 30 p m in Elms Convalescent Home after several weeks illness He was born in Wellington lived there most of his life with stints in Cleveland He attended Wellington High School and Ohio State University where he played football and belonged to Beta Theta Pi He served in the Mexican Border campaign the 83rd Division in World War I helped form the American Legion in Ohio and founded the Wellington Post He later formed The Mac Dermott Co He was active in the Republican party and chaired Lorain County Central Committee and the county Board of Elections He managed Charles Taft s gubernatorial campaign and led multiple Wellington anniversaries He was a past commander of the local Legion post and belonged to several fraternal and civic groups He is survived by his wife Adele Pratt Hanna two sons three daughters thirteen grandchildren and four great grandchildren A private funeral is planned with burial in Greenwood Memorial contributions may go to South Lorain County Hospital.
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Wellington
James Christopher MacDermott
Elms
First
Cleveland Cavalry
John J. Pershing
329Th
MacDermott
Douglas MacArthur
Paris
American Legion
Ohio
Wellington Post
MacDermott Co
Republican Party
Lorain
Board of Elections
Charles Taft
Legion Post
Masonic Lodge 127
Order of Eastern Star
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Cleveland Cavalry Association
Clevelend - Canadian Campfire Club
Lorain County
Norton Funeral Home
Richard Baker
Christ Episcopal Church
Oberlin
Greenwood Cemetery
South Lorain County Hospital
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Smith
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Sandusky
Citizens Band Radio
The
Red Cross
Michael P. Donovan
Ohio Road
Associated Press
James C. Macdermott
Charlie Robinson
Robinson
Anthony Curry
Marie Shephard
Eddie Glass
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Capitol Hill
David Dellinger
National Mobilization Committee
Pentagon
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