Amherst revenue sharing funds eyed by city council
Amherst council finance committee will meet February 6 to decide use of more than 64000 in revenue sharing funds. Mayor DePaola proposes 45815 to retire Elyria Avenue debts and 18200 for Amherst Public Library operating expenses, a plan echoed to the prior council at a June 11 public hearing. Representing the library attended that hearing.
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Amherst
Anthony J. DePaola
Elyria Avenue
Amherst Public Library
DePaola
Amherst Library
Deaths abroad mark passing of Jack Oakie and others
Obituaries note Jack Oakie, 74, dies at Northridge Hospital from suspected aortic aneurysm after abdominal pains. Also reported: Jack O Connor, 75, dies on a Pacific sea cruise. Skeets Yaney, 68, country music figure and radio host, dies after long career. Steve Wengenroth, 71, Cape Cod printmaker praised by Andrew Wyeth, with memorial in Rockport.
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Northridge Hospital
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Shirley Temple
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the Great Dictator
Clark Gable
Loretta Young
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Country Music Hall of Fame
Nashville
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KSTL
Alma
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Gloucester
Mass
Rockport
Cape Cod
Steve Wengenroth
Andrew Wyeth
America
Art Students League
Grand Centra
New York
George Pearce Ennis
Eastport Summer School of
Eastport
Maine
Ennis
Wengenroth
Wyeth
Stowe
National Institute of Arts and Letters
Fine Arts Commission
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, D.C
National Academy of Design
Library of Congress
Tiffany Foundation
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Museum of Modern Art
Whitney Museum of American Art
Brooklyn Museum
Norwalk roof cave in idles 350 workers at Van Dresser
About 350 employees at the Van Dresser plant in Norwalk were off work after a Saturday morning roof cave-in under two weeks of snow. Some 1100 square feet of roof collapsed in the northwest section at 75 Ontario St, cutting gas, water and electricity. Normal operations expected to resume with the second shift today. The company, which makes cardboard and metal auto parts, has not yet estimated damage.
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Norwalk
van Dresser, Inc
Ontario St
van Dresser
John Auble
Fair votes to abolish B in zoning plan
Elyria council member Charles C. Fair voted in favor of a community development committee recommendation to abolish B- in zoning districts and fold them into B-1 neighborhood business. Other council members Howard Coleman and Robert Frederick opposed. Fair along with Richard P. Seward and Larry E. Coey supported the measure.
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Elyria
Charles C. Fair
D-2
Chronicle-Telegram
Fair
Howard Coleman
D-7
Robert Frederick
Richard P. Seward
Larry E. Coey
Records and exploration note on Tasman voyage discovery
The article notes that more than 600 salt water fishing world records exist. It recalls Abel Tasman of Holland discovering Van Diemen's Land now Tasmania in 1642 during a voyage from Java to the Fiji Islands. His circumnavigation showed Australia was not part of South America.
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Holland
van Diemen’s Land
Tasmania
Java
Fiji Islands
Australia
South America
Judges to study plan for easing court caseloads
Administrative Judge Paul J. Mikus says a meeting of common pleas judges may consider appointing a court referee to reduce the 500 annual average in civil and criminal dockets. A referee would handle cases, with trials returning to judges if needed, and likely earn 20,000 to 25,000 dollars.
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Common Pleas Court
Common Pleas
Paul J. Mikus
Mikus
Probate Court
Domestic Relations and Juvenile Court
Floyd D.harris
Adrian F. Bedeski
Avon Lake appoints Butler acting fire chief replacing retiree
Lieutenant Richard Butler, a 16 year Avon Lake Fire Department veteran and fire prevention officer, is named acting fire chief by city council replacing Alexander Albert who retired January 20. Butler will serve until the Civil Service Commission tests for permanent appointment are set.
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Butler
Avon Lake Firemen
Avon Lake
Richard Butler
Alexander Albert
Civil Service Commission
Creston livestock sale reports strong prices across classes
Creston consignors moved 1,180 head with calves steady to high, top $88 for select calves and steers reaching $46.50. Hogs remained firm to strong with tops near $47, plus highs for sows and feeders. Cattle and Holstein bulls posted solid gains, while various beef and dairy categories posted notable highs and lows. News from Lombard Illinois adds a coffee water quality note from Weickart on water’s impact on flavor.
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