Death Strip crash injures seven on busy highway
A wreck on the Death Strip section of Routes 10 and 20 left seven injured, including William Reed 43 with a ruptured spleen and Kenneth Downs 38 with multiple fractures. The crash involved two tractor trailers and a Thunderbird near Elyma Memorial Hospital, worsening a history of deadly crashes in the two mile stretch.
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Rts
Peggy Reed
Fast St
Wellington, and Sons
David Reed
Douglas, Reed
Fair Condi
Hhehaway
Inman
Downs
Reed
State Highway Department
Luck of the Irish winner is Lorain man Santo
Steve Santo of Lorain won 140000 in the Irish Sweepstakes after buying an 83 ticket for a horse named Raduca. He plans to keep working at National Tube while avoiding media attention and seeking legal advice on taxes and collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Santo
National Tube Co
National Tube Div
Lorain
Santos
Ridgewood St
Raduca
Santo
NTC
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Cleveland
TRS
Ireland
Post office unveils five digit ZIP code system
The Post Office Department in Washington chose July 1 as the launch date for the new five digit ZIP code system assigning numbers to every mailing zone. Officials expect savings of about 15 million dollars by July 1, 1964 for the department and the public.
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Post Office Department
Washington
C-T
James C. Farley
Elyria
Harold Olmistead
County traffic kills 17th in Lorain County
A Cleveland man, Juan C. Jiminez, 22, died at Elyria Memorial Hospital after a crash on Route 301 near Route 254 which left two passengers injured. Jiminez’s car struck a guard rail and the front porch of the Howard Bliss residence at 2435. The car’s tires were worn smooth and the vehicle was traveling about 50 to 60 mph before loss of control.
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Sheffield
Cleveland
Lorain County
Rt 254
Juan C. Jiminez
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Jiminez
Angel Quinones
Elyra Memorial Hospital
Ramon Orengo
Rt. 301
Howard Bliss
NAACP Leader Forms Elyria Job Classification Unit
Rev. George T. Short Jr. announces a new Elyria NAACP committee to file, classify, and place job seekers. The group will hold Thursday meetings at 7 p.m. and aims to boost Negro employment with interviews and a local job openings list. Members include Myra Carter and Thelma Adams with Dr. Pettress and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
George T. Short Jr
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Short
Myra Carter
Thelma Adams
John Pettress
William Gillespie
Lou Heathey
Last of Big 11 signs steel pact ends labor unrest
Pittsburgh report says nearly two more years of labor peace are guaranteed as the United Steelworkers union signs a 21 month contract with the Big 11 steel producers. Colorado Fuel and Iron was first to sign followed by U S Steel Corp as the last to sign. The weekend signing sealed the agreement offering a 13 week vacation every five years for employees with greatest seniority.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
United Steelworkers Union
Colorado Fuel and Tron
U. S. Steel Corp
290 laid off at Fruehauf Avon Lake plant
Fruehauf Trail er Co in Avon Lake announced a layoff of about 290 employees, salaried and hourly, following order completions. Plant staffing drops to about 1,300 from a normal 1,500, with no clear timeline for returning to work.
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Avon Lake
Fruehauf Trailer Co
Lorain County
County Budget Hearing Questions Child Welfare Funding
Lorain County faces scrutiny over a 385 000 request from the general fund to supplement 615 000 from other sources for the child welfare department. Commissioner J Norman Thompson urged the department to press fathers for greater support and highlighted a projected 500 000 annual levy shortfall.
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Lorain County Child Welfare Department
County General Fund
J. Norman Thompson
Child Welfare Department
Mal
County General
Thompson
Elynia man charged with disorderly conduct after altercation
Lowell Skidmore, 26, of Albrecht Road Elyna, was charged with disorderly conduct after an early morning incident in which four Elyna patrolmen were allegedly struck. Police said Mrs. R Williams reported him sitting in a car in front of her home at 4 21 a m and Skidmore resisted officers Lawrence Jezewski and John Wubert as he claimed to wait for a friend. Two additional patrolmen arrived and were reportedly struck. He was jailed.
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Elynia
Lowell Skidmore
Albrecht Rd
Elyna
R. P. Williams
Kenwood
Skidmore
Lawrence Jezewski
John Wubert
Bcame
Beeen
Istrikine Pr. Jezewski
County group visits two retirement centers on bus trip
Firelands Retirement Centers Inc hosted a tour as 35 officers, church-affiliated representatives, trustees and friends traveled to Columbus and Findlay to inspect operating retirement centers. Firelands is a non profit corporation sponsored by the Congregational and the Evangelical and.
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Firelands Retrement Centers Inc
Church-Af
Firelands
Columbus
Findlay
Congregational
Evangelical
Reform Churches
United Church Board For Homeland Missions
Lorain County
First Community Church of Columbus
Bugs raise staffing gaps in Lorain County civil defense drill
A Lorain County civil defense exercise exposed staffing gaps as three key personnel were unavailable during a 1 am alert. The event tested county communication networks and the need to base plans on regular police and fire departments with around the clock duty.
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Stocksall
Lorain County
Stockstill
Howard Young
Amherst
Edward Herdendorf
Sheffield
James Mertz
Sheriff’s Office
Willard Waite
Ralph Turner
Huan Power
Avon
Lorain
Elyna
Birmingham
Mother is sentenced for fraud in relief funds case
Virginia DeBarbara 36 of Sheffield Lake is sentenced to an indeterminate term at Marysville Reformatory for Women after pleading guilty to fraud in obtaining county welfare aid. Her husband Paul received an indeterminate term in the Ohio Penitentiary for the same charge. They lived at 861 Lafayette Blvd. The couple admitted to receiving 515 dollars in aid from June 1 to Sept. 30, 1962, by failing to disclose the husband’s Cleveland employment. Bond increased from 2000 to 10000 after DeBarbara failed to appear for a probation hearing. Their two younger children are under welfare department care and an older son is in military service.
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Virginia DeBarbara
Sheffield Lake
Marysville
Cleveland
Child Welfare Department
Lorain Extends Deadline on Rt 58 Consent Law
Lorain receives a one month extension until Aug 1 for a city ordinance to widen IRt 58. If a 10 foot right of way cannot be obtained from all property owners, Lorain would incur 15 percent of the 2.36 mile project.
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Lorain
State Highway Department
Cty
Nickel Plate Road
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
Railroad
Amherst Counc
Amherst
Amherst city to seek Lorain water relief during drought
Mayor Frank J. Janik says talks continue with Lorain for buying water to ease pressure. Lorain cooperation is expected but Amherst engineers may consult Floyd G Browne and Associates on tapping Lorain’s Oberlin Avenue 10 inch main while Browne’s reps visit Wednesday for a council meeting.
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Amherst
Frank J. Janik
Lorain
George Zunich
Lorain Service
Floyd G. Browne and Associates
Marion
Oberlin Ave
Jack
Henry Morgan
Browne
Lorain Caanal
Amherst Water Co
Janik
Middle Ridge Rd
Boyd Tackett
Engi
Water Company
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Douglas
William I. Inman
Eddie Inman
Chronicle-Telegram
John Santo
Post Office
Naacp Head
Mr. Short
Isaac Chapman
NAACP
Steel
Fruehauf
County Group
Ohio
Firelands Retirement Centers Inc
Beulah A. Clifton
Roland S. Larsen
G. del Bates
Harriet Root
Joseph D. Stockwell
Accord County CD
First
Rolland Larsen
Fairelands
Larsen
Firelands Group
Winebrenner Haven
Churches of God
Oberlin
Forelands
Norman Duke
Operaton
Neer
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
Commission
Tackett
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