Wellington Sesquicentennial Parade Highlights Community Aisle
A covered wagon led Wellington’s parade as more than 9 percent units joined the Sesquicentennial march. Over 1,000 people lined downtown to view Mona Phillips and her court, while Bits of History and period costumes moved along. Various local groups and nearby towns joined in, including a Rumley oil-pull tractor, a 1933 fire wagon, and a Model T from Veterans of Foreign Wars.
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Wellington
Lorain County Fairgrounds
Mona Phillips
Louise Grose
Joanne Dickason
Molly Bawn
Amherst Fire Department
Rumley
Avery
Chatham
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Paraders Drive Through Wellington Sesqui Parade
In Wellington, a sunbonneted grandma drives a buggy with a young passenger watching. Nearby, Kenny Welsh and Al Koerber ride in a Tin Lizzie as Allen Blodgett ponders from an antique bicycle, owned by Clyde Ray.
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Wellington
Allen Blodgett
Sullivan
Clyde Ray
Huron Wins Water Fight Championship at Sesquicentennial
Huron Fire Department captured the championship trophy in the two and a half hour water fight event. Florence Township and Oberlin Fire Departments finished second and third as teams of three from local departments competed. Wellington auxiliary police joined with a greenhands team drawing crowd interest before finishing in the mix.
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Wellington — Huron Fire Department
Florence Township Fire Department
Oberlin Fire Department
Wellington Auxiliary Police
Wellington teens win battle of bands prize
The Crows, a South Amherst teenage band, captured first prize of 25 dollars at the sesquicentennial battle of bands in Wellington. The Loving Kand, Wellington, took second for 15 dollars and The Sands of Time, also Wellington, earned 10 dollars. Over 200 teenagers participated across five bands.
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Wellington
The
Crows
South Amherst
Ten Arrested in Cascade Park Fireworks Incidents
Elyria police reported ten juveniles detained after multiple fireworks incidents in Cascade Park. One incident occurred in Sandy's Drive-In parking lot on Cleveland Street and all offenders were turned over to juvenile authorities.
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Elyria
Sec
Cascade Park
Cleveland Street
Wallace to Speak in Ohio as 3rd-Party Presidential Candidate
Former Alabama governor George Wallace arrives in Dayton Ohio for a campaign stop and will return Sunday to Columbus for a rally at Jet Stadium. The two Ohio appearances mark his first visits in the state for his third party bid.
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Dayton
Ohio
UPI
Alabama
George Wallace
Petty
Wallace
Columbus
Traffic Death Watch Stay off this list
Traffic Death Watch urges caution and safe driving to prevent fatalities. Stay off this list by avoiding risky behavior on the road and following traffic rules.
Man Denies Guilt in Robbery and Death Case
Wallace Brown 20 pleaded innocent in Elyria Municipal Court to armed robbery and auto theft charges from a Saturday night robbery at Clark Service Station. Coombs, 30, of North Ridgeville died in the robbers' car crash. Akers and Hill were treated in fair condition. Gibson remains at large with ongoing police chase. Bond set at 8000 dollars, preliminary hearing scheduled for Wednesday.
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Youngstown
Elyria
Wallace Brown
Lorain County
Wiley
Lorain
Ialsee
Marvin Gibson
Clark
East Bridge St
Gibson
Arthur E. Coombs
North Ridgeville
Larry Akers
Ollie Hill
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Chillicothe Receives 25 Penitentiary Inmates Transfer
Ohio Corrections Director announces 25 additional bio Penitentiary convicts moved to Chillicothe Correctional Institution. The transfer follows a riot incident and comes as about 2,900 inmates remain inside the facility after the June 24 chaos.
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Columbus
Division of Corrections
Maury Koblents
Bio Penitentiary
Chillicothe Correctional Institution
The
Chillicothe
Fireworks and cannons light Elyria Fourth
A 10th annual Fourth of July display in Cascade Park drew an estimated 10 000 to 30 000 spectators as $1 000 worth of fireworks lit the sky along with an 1861 cannon firing nine pound balls. Capt Parker Miller led Ohio Volunteer Infantry shots while Mayor Leonard Reichlin welcomed the crowd.
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Cascade Park
Maurice C. Flood
Ely Park
Parker Miller
Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Lorain County +H
Leonard P. Reichlin
Fire damages Bagley Road home forcing family evacuation
Early morning fire on Bagley Road sent Mrs. Robert Schaefer 42 and her grandson Jimmie Grice 24 to Southwest Community Hospital Berea with smoke inhalation. Firefighters extinguished the blaze in three minutes, but the house and contents were damaged beyond immediate use and the family must find new living quarters. Insurance coverage noted.
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North Ridgeville
Bagley Road
Southwest Communnity Hospital
Berea
Robert Schaefer
Bagley Rd
Jimmie Grice
Schaefer
Soviet Cosmos 230 satellite launched for data relay
The Soviet Union launched Cosmos 230 today and reported the Sputnik operating normally. Tass said the device is sending information to a Soviet research center for evaluation.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
North Ridgeville ends teen curfew and lifts restrictions
Mayor Richard Noll and Police Chief Thomas Richards announce the curfew for youths 16 and under is lifted to midnight and 16 to 18 year olds to 1 am, with the 5 am end time for all. The measure, adopted in May as a temporary step, saw reduced incidents and is not expected to return.
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North Ridgeville
Richard Noll
Thomas P. Richards
Noll
Richards
Noll Construction Co
Bernard
George
Raymond
Tay
Nol
Wellington Plans Sesqui Weekend Events
Wellington hosts a multi venue sesqui weekend with an Old Fashioned Bargain Festival downtown from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and an Antique flea market in the village square from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. A town hall square dance runs 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. Finalists in a beard growing contest are named at the Sesquicentennial Prom.
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Wellington
Village Square
Town Hall
Joe Centorbi
TV Host Capt. Penny to Emcee Lorain Derby
Capt. Penny aka Ron Penfound will announce each heat at the Lorain County Soap Box Derby on July 21 on Rt. 58. He will help prize awards including a 340 savings bond and a trip to the All American race in Akron on Aug. 24.
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Ron Penfound
Capt
Penny
Ohio
Lorain County
Channel 5
Elyria
Bob Pallante
Penfound
Akron
Seven Injured In Three Car Amherst Collision
Seven people were taken to hospitals after a three car crash at 8 30 on Foster Park Road near Oberlin Avenue in Amherst. The injured include William Wilson 48 in critical condition with a cerebral concussion and multiple fractures. Robert Sanks 23 in fair condition with cuts and bruises. Joyce Reisinger 2 in fair condition with a fractured arm dislocated elbow and facial cuts. Robert Wilson 42 in fair condition with facial cuts and hip and leg bruises. Ottis Gambill 50 in fair condition with a cerebral concussion and chest and left shoulder injuries. Beverly Iwanek 25 and her 15 month old son John treated at Amherst Hospital. Police say Gambills car went off the road and rear ended the Iwanek car which was shoved into a field and the Gambill car crossed left of center into Sanks westbound car. No arrests yet. investigation ongoing.
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Amherst
Foster Park Road
Oberlin Avenue
Lorain St. Joseph Hospital
William Wilson
Foster Park Rd
Robert Sanks
Cleveland Blvd
Lorain
Joyce Reisinger
Haven Dr
Elyria
Robert Wilson
Ottis Gambill
Beverly Iwanek
Iwanek
Gambill
Lod
Joyce Re Winker
Sanks Tar
Sanks
Polav
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Wakeman
Huntington
Rochester
Vermilion
Grafton
Erie County Sheriff's Mounted Posse
Erie Shores
Kenny Welsh
al Koerber
Huron
Mark Weber
Troy Warner
Rudy Neumann
S. Amherst
the Chronicle-Telegram
George Perkins
William Simpson
American Legion
Peter van Vormer
Daisy
G. Russel Hargate
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
We the People
Elyria High School
Fred Eppley
Randy Schunk
Schunk
Elyria July Fourth
Soviets
Tara
Col
Derby
Loram County Speedway
University of Denver
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