Elyria looks to revitalize downtown with new city hall
Mayor Michael Keys outlines 1986 goals including a replacing fire stations and a downtown revitalization plan. A new city hall on Broad Street is urged to replace the old Sears building. sewer rate projections may drop by six dollars. Wastewater plant work at Gulf Road starts spring, cost about 39 million with federal grant.
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Elyria
Michael Keys
Keys
Broad St
Sear’s Department
Gulf Road
City pledges $10,000 to downtown spruce-up plan
Elyria officials boost the downtown revitalization effort with a $10,000 city contribution as the Elyria Midtown Commons Improvement Group reports $23,000 in pledges from area businesses. The five-step plan, developed by EG&G Inc., aims to study problems, create a master plan, publicize efforts, solicit merchant funds, draft blueprints, and bid contracts. A public meeting is to be held.
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Elyria
Elyria Midtown Commons
Charles Hyman
Ron Landig
Landig
Eg&g Inc
Akron
John Grossmann
Council
Battle looms over new cardiac catheterization lab
Elyria Memorial and Lorain Community Hospital clash over a second lab in Elyria. LCH questions EMH's 1984 second-lab bid while a Franklin County appeals court weighs the two-year-old Lorain County application. A public hearing is planned for February as the Health Systems Agency reviews the case.
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Heart Lab
EMH. Lorain
Elyria
Elyria Memorial
Lorain Community Hospitals
LCH
Franklin
County Appeals Court
Lorain
The
Health Systems Agency of
North Central
Ohio
NIH
EMH
Ohio Health Department
Mob leaders convicted in Las Vegas gambling skim case
Prosecutors secure convictions of Aiuppa Cerone Rockman and four others for skimming 2 million in Las Vegas casino profits. Trial tied to Argent Corp loans and Stardust Fremont bids. linked Teamsters figures and Chicago Cleveland mobs. Sentences up to 40 years, $80,000 fines possible.
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Kansas City, Mo
Chicago
Cleveland
Las Vegas
Joseph J. Aiuppa
Underworld
John P. Cerone
Milton J. Rockman
Midwest
la Cosa Nostra
James Harmon
President
Commission On Organized Crime
Allen R. Glick
Argent Corp
Glick
Teamsters
Central States Pension Fund
Stardust
Fremont
Joseph Lombardo
Angelo LaPietra
Elyria Faces Bed Tax Dispute Over City Revenue
Elyria officials question six percent bed tax split with Lorain County asserting only the second three percent tax triggers county shares. The three percent tax was enacted in 1977 with a later second three percent tax repealed in 1979. Elyria collected 136,800 in 1984 and 145,889 in 1985, with funds in the general operating fund.
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Lorain County
Elyria
Amherst
North Ridgeville
Shilling
Inflation Holds Under Four Percent In 1985
The Labor Department reported that consumer prices rose 3.8 percent in 1985, marking the fourth year inflation stayed at or below 4 percent. Core factors included higher fuel and food costs while coffee rose amid a Brazilian drought, with forecasts suggesting inflation could stay under 4 percent through 1988.
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Washington
Labor Department
Evans
Econo
Wyington
Ition
Father faces negligent homicide charge in son's hunting death
The father of 14 year old Archie Tomblin was issued a summons to appear in municipal court on a first degree misdemeanor charge of negligent homicide. The boy died from a shotgun blast during a rabbit hunt in Misty Township near Lake Avenue. The case is handled by Lorain County Prosecutor's office.
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Elyria
Sheriffs Department
Columbus
Tomblin
W. River Road
Archie
Lorain County
Outside Tonight Sky Clears Low Teens Thursday Sunny
Weather brief notes gradual clearing and cool temperatures with lows in the mid teens and Thursday highs in the mid twenties. Chance of precipitation near zero tonight and Thursday with a brief mention of lake effect conditions and a Friday night train stat.
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Chicago Outfit
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Angelo A. Lonardo
Cosa Nostra
Williams
Pension Fund
David Helfrey
Justice Department
Organized Crime Strike Force
Milton Rockman
Terry
Pete” Shilling
Ity Council
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