Elyria Catholic seniors honored at ninth annual assembly
At Elyria District Catholic High School an honor assembly recognized 235 seniors for scholarship and achievement. Awards included the Louis Rotunda trophy to Timothy Wagner, while Peggy Schmidt and Anthony Greszler led scholastic honors. Thirty-four were inducted into National Honor Society and staff and yearbook honors were announced. A class gift of curtains and remarks urged continued service. A bank robbery in Cleveland followed the school report.
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Elyria
Robert W. Donohoe
Elyria District Catholic
Elyria Catholic
Peggy Schmidt
Alumni Association
Ronald Gilgenbach
Peggy
Lawrence Firment
Kenneth Schaefer
Anthony Greszler
Louis Rotunda
Rotunda
Timothy Wagner
Mary Neil
Hoy
Harry DeBevee
Lawrence Fitment
Kirk Knoff
Barbara Mozynski
Quill and Scroll
Richard Ziegman
Camillia Sedensky
Jeanne Gaughan
Susan Myers
Karen Moore
Joseph Dowdell
Allen Richardson
Rebecca Lorensky
Dan Willemin
Charles Gerhart
Mary Stillwell
Betty Crocker
Marianne Ashyk
Barbara Vessalo
Daughters of the American Revolution
Cleveland Council On World Affairs
Roman Smith
Thomas Chernitsky
Mary Fitzpatrick
Lawrence Helges
Agnes Koviak
Sally Suetta
Barbara Brehm
Susan Eisbrenner
Susan Elek
Arthur Hattan
Rose Ann Kuterovich
Judith Mikoy
Jeanne Muzick
Mary Plas
Victoria Versace
James Younglas
Tim Wagner
Father Donohoe
Guilty Plea in Six Counts Leads to Jail Time for Lorain Man
Lorain resident William E. Sleeth pleaded guilty to six charges including resisting arrest and failure to stop. He received 20 days in county jail and 300 dollars in fines plus additional penalties for drunkenness disorderly conduct and driving with two licenses. The incident involved a collision with Ellen Gemmel’s car in Oberlin and a later hit and run linked by paint evidence. Lorain County deputies and Oberlin police reported slurs and racial epithets during the arrest and noted Sleeth’s Nevada and duplicate Ohio licenses.
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Oberlin
William E. Sleeth
West 30Th St
Lorain
Hyde
Murrell
Sleeth
Nevada
Ohio
Legal ruling awaits July on Elyria room dispute
A Lorain County Common Pleas Court case between Elyria and Elyria Township centers on a 12 by 43 foot first floor room in Elyria City Hall. Trustees have used the space since 1905 when the deed reserved it for township meetings. The city seeks eviction after a boundary change placed the room in Ely Township, now the town of Ely. Both sides must file statements by June 15 and briefs by July 15.
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Elyria
Elyria Township
Elyria City Hall
Lorain County Common Pleas
John D. Pincura
Ely
Indictments Target 34 OSU Students Over Campus Takeover
A Franklin County grand jury charged 34 Ohio State University students with unlawful detention conspiracy to abduct blackmail and menacing threats after the Black Student Union seized the campus admin building for about five hours on April 26 The NAACP said it will help defend the students Indicted come from Columbus Cincinnati Dayton Brooklyn N Y East Liverpool Uniondale N Y Fostoria and Cleveland with names including John Evans Jr and others in the group and several white demonstrators not charged.
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Columbus, Ohio
APY
Ohio State University
William J. Davis
Columbus
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Franklin County
Black Student Union
Ohio State
NAACP
John §. Evans Jr
Cleveland
OSU
Gordon B. Carson
Two hurt in Lorain motorcycle crash on Rt 2
Lorain woman Rose Gardner, 48, is in guarded condition at Lorain St Joseph Hospital with a cerebral concussion and head and finger cuts after a motorcycle collision on Rt 2 east of Amherst. Driver David Ray, 53, received treatment for a shoulder injury and was released. Police say a rear tire blew out causing the crash and a nail was found in the tire. No charges filed.
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Lorain
Lorain St. Joseph Hospital
Rt. 2
Amherst
Rose Gardner
East Erie Ave
David Ray
Maple Drive
Elyria Post
The
Highway Patrol
Ray
Tavern damage leads to fine
Mrs. Naomi Butler of Courtland Street Wellington was found guilty of malicious destruction of property and fined 100 dollars. Municipal Judge David R. Goldthorpe sentenced her to 10 days in jail but suspended the term on condition of good behavior for one year.
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Oberlin
Naomi Butler
Courtland St
Wellington
David R. Goldthorpe
Butler
Earthquake Strikes Eastern Sicily Shaking Agrigento
A strong pre dawn quake registering five on the Mercalli scale hit eastern Sicily near Agrigento. Residents fled into the streets in panic and stayed outside for about four hours after the tremor.
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Agrigento
Sicily
Burton to lead Lorain County Joint Vocational School
Former New London School Superintendent William R. Burton is named superintendent of the proposed Lorain County Joint Vocational School District. He currently leads the Marion Area Joint Vocational-Technical School and has worked on plans for nearby county programs. Burton, a Ohio State University graduate and Korean War veteran, will relocate with his family once housing is secured. The district serves Amherst, Firelands, Keystone, Oberlin and Wellington, offering programs for 11th and 12th graders in agriculture, business, retail education, home economics and trade and industrial areas.
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New London
William R. Burton
Lorain County
J. Corbett Walker
Wellington
Burton
Marion Area
Erie Huron
Ottawa County
Ohio State University
Delaware
Franklin Counties
US Army Counter-intelligence Corps
Amherst, Firelands
Keystone
Oberlin
Great Lakes Boaters Die 50% More This Season
Rear Adm. Charles Tighe reports Great Lakes boating deaths rose 50 percent in the first two months of the 1968 season, with nine deaths per month versus six in 1967. He notes most victims lacked safety devices. Lake Erie accounted for ten of 18 April–May deaths.
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Cleveland
UPI
Charles Tighe
Ninth Coast Guard
Great Lakes
Coast Guard
Tighe
Lake Erie
Lake Michigan
Lake Huron
Lake St. Clair
Two Drivers Hurt In Vermilion Head On Crash
In Vermilion on Route 6 and 2 two men were hospitalized after a head on collision near the Holiday Inn Steakhouse. Fred J. Koviak 26 of Fuller Road Elyria suffered fractured ribs and possible skull fracture. Lyle H. Prittee 40 of Lorain had fractured ribs and both were listed in guarded condition. The crash occurred at 9 18 p m when Koviak unable to avoid a stopped left turning car crossed into the eastbound lane. The accident remains under investigation.
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Fred J. Koviak
Fuller Road
Elyria
Lyle H. Prittee
Meadow Lane
Lorain
Holiday Inn
Vermilion
Koviak
Rts
DeWitte Maddock Alive Contrary to Rumor
A relative says DeWitte Maddock of Hilliard Road Cuyahoga County is alive and well. The report in Russ Davies’ column about Maddock’s death is denied, noting his son Dean Maddock of North Ridgeville High School basketball fame. The senior Maddock is a known Elyria bowler.
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DeWitte Maddock
Maddock
Hilliard Road
Cuyahoga County
Russ Davies
Dean Maddock
North Ridgeville
Elyria
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Shirley Gerber
Ann Kaib
Gertrude Ketch
Mary Linda Kirkpatrick
Patricia Moore
Roger Neff
Sharon Ondreyco
Judith Peck
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William Same
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George Fager
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Dana Hart
Judy Mikoy
John Rodak
Ann Yanosky
Laura Petcavage
Geraldine Elsasser Zahars
M. B. Johnson School of Nursing
John Koviak
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Joan Schemmel
Sharon Lauffer
Judith Toth
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Steven Pastor
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William Marvin
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William County
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Barbara Tylicki
Dorothy Archer
Kathleen Solet
Alicia Day
Gerald Conroy
Central National Bank
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RD 3
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Tenepac Brabhaf
Albert W. Bruno
David Clay
Rt. 511 South
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Carson
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Fostoria
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East Liverpool
William D. Phears J Jr
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