Elyria faces legal showdown over school borrowing plan
Elyria's financially strained school system may enter a legal maze as the board refuses to borrow funds from a state loan program without a passed levy. Officials warn the move could trigger lawsuits and, if levies fail, state intervention to run programs and cut staff to state standards. The board voted to seek a Sept 26 special election to reconsider a 6.9 mill levy.
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Elyria
Board of Education
Elyria Board
Franklin Walter
Chronicle-Telegram
Walter
Dickerson
State Board of Education
Mortgage rates hit 10 percent in Lorain County
A Chronicle-Telegram survey shows local home loan rates at 9 to 10 percent, with 9 percent available at Lorain County Savings and Trust and Northern Savings and Loan for larger down payments. The 10 percent rate appears at Pioneer Savings and Loan for big down payments over long terms. Turn to page A-4 for details.
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Cleveland
Lorain County
Savings and Loan
Chronicle-Telegram
Lorain County Savings and Trust Co
Northern Savings and Loan
Pioneer Savings and Loan
Pioneer
Lorain County Savings
Weather outlook for tonight and Friday in cool, clear spell
Cloudy and cool tonight with lows in the 60s and a 20 percent rain chance. Friday mostly sunny with a 10 percent precipitation chance. Winds tonight northwest to easterly at five to 10 mph. Sunrise today 6 17 a m. Sunset tonight 8 50 p m. Details on page B 7.
Chestnut Street becomes one way through August
Chestnut Street travelers will switch to southbound only from Broad Street to First Place until Aug. 11. The change aligns with two already one-way sections, leaving the Broad First area two-way and confusing drivers. Mayor Marguerite E. Bowman instructs police not to issue wrong-way tickets until Aug. 25.
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Chestnut Street
Broad Street
First Place
Marguerite E. Bowman
Clergy split over test tube birth debate in area
The Chronicle Telegram reports varied clergy views on test tube conception. Evangelical Rev Glenn Spaulding argues it defies God's word, while Catholic Fr Francis Gasbarre calls moral and legal questions unresolved. Other pastors see it as a non issue or a potential medical option.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Glenn W. Spaulding
Calvary Ridge Church
FR. Gasbarre
Birth of world first test tube baby sparks mixed local reactions
In Elyria area residents weighed ethics and hope after the world’s first baby conceived outside the womb was born to an English couple. The 5 pound 12 ounce girl stirred debate on science and morality, with many voicing support while others questioned religious and social implications. Local quotes reflect a range from cautious optimism to concern.
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Manchester
England
Patrick Steptoe
Robert Edwards
Lesley Brown
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