Kobe and USX form joint venture for Lorain Works
Kobe Steel Ltd will own 50 percent of the USS Kobe joint venture taking over Lorain Works July 1. The plan aims to boost U S automotive engine steel and enter the Japanese auto market while USX stresses profits before further investments. Kametaka promises a firm root in Lorain with a cooperative approach.
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Lorain
Kobe Steel Ltd
USK Corp
Lorain Works
Kobe
Sokichi Kametaka
USK
Kametaka
Thomas Graham
USX
US Steelmaking
USS/ Kobe
Pittsburg
Calif
Pohang Iron and Steel
Korea
United States
Graham
Mayor suspends Sanford Prudoff over underage wine buy
Lorain Ohio Mayor Alex Olejko suspended Community Development Director Sanford Prudoff without pay for two weeks from June 12 to June 25 for allegedly sending an underage employee to buy a bottle of wine. The action cited poor judgment and improper use of a county vehicle amid a school system program risk. Prudoff reportedly asked an 18 year old work-study student to carry out the purchase.
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Lorain
Alex Olejko
Sanford Prudoff
Prudoffs
Enty
COE (Cooperative Office
Prudoff
Ogival trips C T speller in national bee
Ebon Francis Washington of Northwestern Junior High fell in the third round of the 62nd Scrip Howard National Spelling Bee on the word ogival an architectural term with pointed arches and ribbed vaulting She left with pride as one of the nation s top 222 spellers and memories to last a lifetime under the coaching of Mildred Mason and her mother Sylvia Washington
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Steve Fogarty
Washington
Ebon Francis
Ebon
Sylvia Washington
Mildred Mason
Mason
Eloom
Northwood
Eboni
Chronicle-Telegram
Ohio Senate approves income tax option for school funding
The Ohio Senate passed a bill allowing school districts to seek voter approval to levy income taxes instead of property taxes to fund schools. The measure, approved 24 to 7, includes a $50 tax credit for residents over 65 and allows districts to ask voters to approve the tax. The bill moves to Gov Celeste for signature and would take effect upon enactment as an emergency measure.
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Columbus
Ohio Senate
House
Senate
Alaij Zaleski
D-Elyria
Cleveland
Youngstown
Akron Columbus
Cincinnati
Dayton
Toledo
Richard F Celeste
BFGoodrich to sell elastomers unit to Japanese firm Zeon
BFGoodrich Co announced a letter of intent to sell its elastomers division to Zeon Chemicals Inc a Nippon Zeon subsidiary. About 40 Avon Lake Ohio employees at the technical center would be affected by the sale which hinges on a definitive agreement and government approvals.
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Akron — BF Goodrich Co
Elastromers
Bfgoodrich
Avon Lake
Zeon Chemicals Inc
Hobbs admits killing girlfriend in blackout attack
Lorain man Hobbs testified he killed Nancy Brock during an argument saying he blacked out as he struggled to defend himself. He cried while detailing waking in Brock’s van with her body near the back doors after the fight.
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Elyria
Lorain
Chifton Hobbs
Nancy Brock
Brock
Hobbs
Norwalk
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Japan Steel Company
Lorain Man
Wellington
Westwood
Westwood Parent Cooperative
Kimberly Earth
Olejko
Teen
Eboni Francis
By Karen Balmer
C-T
Columbus Bureau
Zaleski
Ary
Nippon Zeon
Avon
Julie Wallace
Oberlin
Ohio
Nancy
Brocks
John
Clifton Hobbs
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