Should old post office come tumbling down
The Elyria community debates preserving the 105 year old Broad Street post office, a National Register landmark with Amherst sandstone columns. Fifth Third Bank considered demolishing it for a new branch but public opposition favors restoration. Local officials and Main Street Elyria urge preservation.
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Joe Ferut
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Elyria Should Not Run Private Restaurant in City Hall
A resident urges Elyria to avoid using city hall space as a landlord for a private restaurant in Court Street project. The writer argues for preserving the front wall, gutting for a durable 100 year future, and cites needs for downtown renewal with shops, services, parking, shuttle links, and not taxsupported favors.
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Emh Regional Medical Center
Elyria memory of simple joys and shared kindness
Frank Vandersommen recalls childhood days in Elyria noting that happiness came from small pleasures and community to keep Elyria a friendly place to live in later years. He believes imagination and modest profits could revive those golden times.
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Congress Should Prioritize Fiscal Reform and Social Programs
Congress pushed for using any federal surplus to cut debt and protect Social Security while debating tax cuts. They voted themselves a 3.4 percent pay increase and urged a unit approach to improve Medicare education gun control and social welfare. A 17 percent flat tax proposal by Amey and Forbes tops priorities.
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Stiff gun control laws push Jamaica into fear and chaos
The Plain Dealer reports gangs terrorize Jamaica amid martial law conditions as oppressive gun control since 1974 leaves civilians defenseless. The piece questions whether law abiding Americans should lend firearms for home defense to Jamaicans, drawing a World War I parallel.
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Letters to the Editor Guidelines From The Chronicle-Telegram
The Chronicle-Telegram invites letters to the editor and notes edits for brevity accuracy and clarity. Include signature full home address and telephone number. Mail to Editorial Page Editor Chronicle Telegram Box 4010 Elyria 44036 Fax 329-7262 or email ECT ohic net
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Cash-for-sterilization plan sparks debate nationwide
CRACK founder Barbara Harris offers $200 to drug addicts for sterilization, a program expanding from Anaheim to Chicago with billboards in Florida and Minnesota. Critics call coercive and exploitative, while supporters see a minimal, public attention-grabbing step amid broader drug treatment failures. Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune columnist.
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Broadway star wrongly arrested in NYC for race
Alton Fitzgerald White, star of Ragtime, was arrested and held for five hours after police questioned him at his apartment building. He was strip searched and missed a performance. Amnesty International cites racial profiling as common. White argues he was in his home, not in the wrong place.
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