Frontier Week pet show and events light up Amherst Park Ave
Pets parade down Park Ave at 7 p.m. with judging for children and pets and thirty silver dollars awarded. The Sensational Shetters headline with tumbling acts. An ice cream social starts at 7 30 p.m. on the town hall lawn. Thespians present two old fashioned melodramas at Frontier Days Mel lordrama Theater to aid Indiana University convention expenses.
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Amherst
Park Ave
Town Hall
Marion L. Steele High School
Frontier Days
Judge fines four drivers linked to Baumhart drag racing
Municipal Judge Da vid R. Goldthorpe warned that the state patrol will crack down on dragsters as four Baumhart Rd. drivers appeared in court for traffic violations. They were arrests made at 4 a.m. Sunday after a late night gathering on the county Straight highway, once a larger drag racing event previously dispersed by patrols.
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Oberlin
David R. Goldthorpe
Baumhart Rd
May
Parton
Vermilion
Goldthorpe
Baumhart
Toledo
Larsen resigns housing post after Firelands start
Larsen announced his resignation from the Firelands housing project post to study in Cambridge and Andover Newton Seminary. Frank Pettinelli will succeed him as project manager, with Chuckrow Construction developing centers at $4.5 million across Elyria Vernon Lorain Oberlin Avon Lake and other counties.
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Firelands
Larsen
Cambridge
Mass
First Congregational Church
Andover - Newton Seminary
Boston
Frank Pettinelli
Lorain
Elyria
Vermilion
Oberlin
Avon Lake
Kipton
Board of Homeland Ministries
Ohio Conference of the United Church of Christ
Youthful escapee apprehended near Elyria
A 17 year old boy who fled Mohican Youth Camp near Loudonville in Ashland County was tracked by an Elyria citizen sighting on West River Street and caught on Garvin Avenue after a police chase. He was taken to Lorain County Jail for return to the camp.
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Elyria
Mohican
Loudonville
Ashland County
West River St
Garvin
Lorain County
Six Year Old Killed in Freak Ohio Turnpike Crash
A six year old Pennsylvania boy, John Weber of Mt. Lebanon, died from head injuries after a car crash on the Ohio Turnpike near the Sandusky Norwalk interchange. His mother Marcia Weber and three other children were hospitalized with injuries. The luggage rack caused the wreck when struck by the Webers’ car after being dislodged from a Baldwin Long Island vehicle. No charges were filed. a Huron County coroner report is awaited.
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Bellevue
Pennsylvania
Sandusky- Norwalk
John Weber
Bellevue Post
State Highway Patrol
Marcia Weber
Jonquil St
Mt. Lebanon
Weber
Vernon Post
Baldwin
Long Island
Post
Jones Rd area farmers win county plowing honors
In Lorain County, Edgar L. Jones of Jones Rd Wellington won the senior plowing match with 91 points and will represent the county at the Aug 7 area contest near Plymouth. Allen Gordon of Jones Ship is junior champ, with runner up Darrell Pitts also from Wellington in the senior division. Mohrman, Pitt, and Gordon among top finishers. judges noted good conservation practices and conditions aided by recent rains.
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Penfield
Jones Rd
Lorain County
Edgar L. Jones
Wellington
Penfield Township
Plymouth
Huron County
Allen Gordon
Darrell Pitts
Wellington Township
Rt. 58
Fitts
Jones
Lorain County Soil and Water District
Gordon
Pitts
Roger Mohrman
Mohrman
John Deere
Laurence Jackson
Green
Jackson
William Gill
Ohio State University
Harold Thoburn
Medina County
Floren James
Erie County
Lorain County Agricultural Extension Office
Eversman
Elyria
Soil and Water Conservation Department
Bi racial committee formed in Sandusky city
City commissioners approved a bi racial committee in Sandusky to study Negro white relations. The 16 appointed members include John Orr as an Harbrecht appointee and are endorsed by Congressman Charles A. Mosher and State Representative Ethel Swanbeck. New leaders urged establishment in June.
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Sandusky
Officila
Willam Harbrecht
John Orr
Harbrecht
Charles A. Mosher
Ethel Swanbeck
Elyrian Bobbie Ball preps for All American Derby title run
Bobbie Ball the 12 year old grand champion from Elyria arrives in Akron to compete in the All American Soap Box Derby at Derby Downs. A record 239 entrants from 35 states plus international entries compete for $30,000 in scholarships and the Cleveland Plain Dealer sponsors, with Bobbie aiming for a top five finish and a MIT scholarship.
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Cleveland
Ireeyye IE & Way
Bobbie
Akron
Michael Ulicky Jr
Derby Downs
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ohio
Ashland
Wooster
Zanesville
District of Columbia
Canada
West Germany
Puerto Rico
Venezuela
Philippines
Okinawa
Tasker Cleveland
Novak Electric
Eady Ct
Elyria
Byron Gramps
Grafton Rd
Richard
Derbytown
Gramps
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Frontier Week
Sans Spring
Shetters
Desmond
National Thespian Society
Indiana University
Firelands Incorporation
Boy
Warren Green
Richard Raab
Bill
Denny
Rt. 18
Rt. 301
Niles Sbrshine
Coe
Elyrian Preps
Race of Champions
Bobbie Ball
Chevrolet Division
General Motors Corp
Paul Lynde
Mt. Vernon
John Russell
Lawman
Arthur Godfrey
Paul Anka
Rock Hudson
Grafton School
Gan
John Bibbo
Parnelli Jones
Cleveland Plain
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