Lorain County 150 Years Old Tomorrow
Lorain County marks 150 years as a bustling growth center with General Motors Ford Bendix Westinghouse and U S Steel among major industries. The history traces Native roots Connecticut Western Reserve Moravian outposts and the county’s creation by state acts in 1822 and 1824, led by Hernan Ely who championed Elyria as the county seat.
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Lorain County
General Motors
Ford
Bendix - Westinghouse
U.S. Steel
Spain
France
England
United States
State of
Connecticut
Connecticut Western Reserve
Lorain
Huron
Erie
Chronicle-Telegram
Huron Counties
Western Reserve
Connecticut Land Company
Wayne
Trumbull
Geauga
Portage
Cuyahoga
Medina
Ohio
Hernan Ely
Ely
Justin Ely
West Springfield
Mass
Connecticut Land Co
Teens nearly drown after Brentwood Lake ice breaks
Three Grafton teens fall through thin ice at Brentwood Lake near Carlisle Township. Alfred Moen and his son Eric rescue two boys using a rowboat, while a third scrambles to safety and seeks help. All three treated for exposure and released from Elyria Memorial Hospital. Fire department aids with volunteers and two trucks.
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Carlisle Township
Grafton
Brentwood Lake
Blue
Alfred M. Moen
Eric
Lakeview Dr
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Chris
Gloria Y. Collins
Richard
James Heyde
James
Richard M. Patyak
Meen
Heyde
Patyak
Moen
Collins
Frank Schubert
Brentview Dr
Carlisle
Motive Suspected in Double Slaying of New London Brothers
Edward Hooker and Joe Hooker, aged 58 and 61, were found dead yesterday in their Townline Road home. Relatives say robbery was the suspected motive after the brothers received 78000 from a land sale to the New London reservoir. Deputies say the house was ransacked and the front window may have been used to fire. No suspects named. the elder Joe was shot in the head, Edward in the back and neck with a shotgun. The dogs were found injured in the barn. More details on page A-3.
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New London
Townline Road
Edward Hooker
Joe Hooker
Herbert Allen
Railroad St
Joe
Edward
Forced sale of acreage drives brothers to withdraw
New London headline reports Joseph and Edward Hooker, bachelor brothers, killed at their Townline Road home. Forced village purchase of over half their 126 acre farm for the New London reservoir led to withdrawal from neighbors and farming. They received about 78 000 dollars for 76 acres. Neighbors recall their isolation, past aid in hay and tree work, and rumors of valuables and guns in the house.
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New London
Herbert Allen
North Railroad St
Nixon Aims to Avoid Gas Rationing Amid Savings
President Nixon, citing progress in voluntary energy conservation, said Americans could avoid gasoline rationing through next spring. He promised to curb oil company profits, seek a windfall profits tax, review overseas tax breaks, and push for full inventory and pricing disclosures. He warned against dangerous price rises in foreign oil and dismissed fears of $1 gas or bread. In Saigon, three Paracels islands were bombed by Chinese MIGs and an amphibious landing followed.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
White House
Congress
U.S
Saigon
Paracels
Trucker Picket To Protest Low Hauling Rates
About 150 independent truckers from Lisbon, Salem, Canton, East Liverpool, Youngstown and Beaver Falls vote to set up pickets at River Road and Hen House truck stop to protest low freight rates. Columbus County Truckers Association tried to halt the protest but failed. The East Liverpool Canton group spokesman Denver Marks says the shutdown will affect steel and brick hauling across eastern Ohio, northwestern West Virginia and southwestern Pennsylvania.
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East Liverpool
Lisbon
Salem
Canton
Youngstown
Beaver Falls
Columbiana County Truckers Association
River Road
Hen House
Ohio River
East Liverpool-Canton
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Black River
Nathan Perry
Columbia Township
Ridgeville
Amherst
Lorraine
Col
Raymond Vietzen
Vietzen
Russia Road
Indian Ridge Museum
West Ridge Rd
Gene Krebs
Chris Collins
Robson
Richard Heyde
Esther
James Patyak
Edgewood Dr
Area Brothers
BY Helen Payne
Monica Williams
Ashland County Sheriff's Deputies
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
ED Hooker
Joseph
Allen
Floyd Schaffer
Hooker
Schaffer
HSK
Bulletin
Veeneesemeanennee
Eeeeseaes
Teenies
Cceersserenerees
Seetaverer
Bee Deata'aly
Teseeres
Seeeees Sports
Pattveeen Eens
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!