Millage for Lorain sewer bond stands at 1.3476
Lorain County Auditor Frank Ayres announced a 1.3476 mill levy for a 3 million sewage treatment plant bond. The estimated rate is seven hundredths mill below November 1960 levels when the issue failed. City officials seek a 250 000 federal aid grant to lower the burden, with construction slated late this year or early 1969. If approved, council members pledge sewer rate cuts. bids await state signoff on the grant, delaying final Power decision for months.
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Lorain
Frank Ayres
Columbus
Oberlin Debates Housing Bill Amid Open Housing Clash
Oberlin debates a housing bill with a clause banning lending discrimination by race creed color religion or national origin. Local bankers deny any basis for discrimination claims and open housing advocates push for action while noting concerns over impact on schools and development.
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Davis
Oberlin Savings Bank
Ira L. Porter
Peoples Bank
George Simpson
Ford
Lorain
Oberlin
Not Eggractly a Snack Rugby event heats up in England
In England, Dennis Spencer weighing 224 pounds and Jack Shelvey 280 pounds began warming up for a fried egg eating contest set for June 21. Each ate 30 ergs as part of the buildup.
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Rugby
England
UPI
Dennis Spencer
Jack Shelvey
Four More Homes Targeted for Demolition in City Condemnation Push
City inspectors plan further demolitions amid widespread substandard housing. Seres cited two vacant West Ave Elm St area properties with collapsing walls and no heat, housing seven to nine people across rooms. Owners like Lincoln Nave defend repairs as costlier than new builds while inmates of abandoned dwellings wait for formal orders.
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Ile
John Katko
Dhedrick
Avack
McPalliuchl
Sulu
West Ave
Elm St
Wood Sis
Seres
Lincoln Nave
Fox Furnace Row
Nave
Herman
Iie
Carlisle Teacher 56 Dies in Elyria
Mrs Grace Ellen Ehrman 56 a second grade teacher at East Carlisle School died on arrival at Elyria Memorial Hospital. Born January 10 1905 in LaPorte a Oberlin College graduate she was a member of First Church of Christ Scientist. Surviving husband John 340 High St a daughter Ellen Ehrman services tomorrow at 2 am Sudro Curis Funeral tome with Ralph Pitkin reading burial at Pudge Will Memorial Park. Friends may call at funeral ONE.
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Grace Ellen Ehrman
East Carisle School
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Ehrman
John
High St
LaPorte
Oberlin College
First Church of Christ Scientist
Ellen Ehrman
Ralph Pitkin
Baral
Pudge
National Tube Cuts Price On Seamless Pipe
National Tube Division of U S Steel Corp revised mill prices for certain seamless line pipe to meet competitive pipeline demands. The price adjustment of 14 dollars net per ton applies to AW grade N52 seamless pipe in 654 through 123 inch OD, with minimum order quantities and double random lengths. Effective with shipments yesterday from National’s mills at Lorraine and MeKeeport Pa.
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National Tube Division
U.S. Steel Corp
National
TH Vision
Uorain
Keesport
Demolition Fund Backed by Elyria Council
Council members backed creating a revolving demolition fund to raze ramshackle properties in Elyria. City officials said the fund is needed. a Ches ter house at 344 Lodi St. recently received a condemned sign and ten days to clean up. The measure was referred to the finance committee for study.
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Elyria
Joseph E Smith
City Safety Service
Dale C. Kellogg
Council
Clarence Schultz
R-Ist
Ile
John Katko
Robert Chester
Lodi St
Cty
Chester
Smith
City Board of Heating Standards
City Mall
Foes Speak But Fire Truck Repairs OK'd
Elyria City Council approved an ordinance to repair the fire department quad truck amid stormy opposition. Councilman Theodore Emerich argued for broader fixes, drawing support from Katko Smith and West, while Smith dissented earlier and was absent due to a relative's car accident. Mayor Dunn and Safety Director Kellogg cited a request by Chief Bates for the road repair.
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Elyria
Theodore Emerich
John Katko
Joseph E. Smith
Harold West
Smith
Safety Service
Dale C. Kellogg
Oscar G. Dunn
W. N. Bates
Emerich
Four Vehicle Crash Tangles Traffic Near Wakeman
A multi vehicle collision on Rt 20 west of Wakeman halted traffic in a one way zone. Two women were slightly injured. Steven Furger, Roche L Dean, and Kenneth Knapp were among drivers involved. The Elyria Methodist Home group, including Mrs Esther Fugger and others, traveled to Lodi for a church event. Knapp faces court for failing to stop in a cleared area.
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Norwalk
Ian
Wakeman
Kellogg
State Highway Patrol
Steven Furger
Cleveland
Roche
L. Dean
Beaver Falls
Kenneth Knapp
Grant St
New London
Dean
Aig
Fugger
Knapp
Elyria
Methodist
Wilbur
Harroad SL
Claude Learn
Press- Wakeman
Sunnee
Esther Fugeer
Lodi
Ther Boker
Ainsworth Lodge
al Mure
Patrol Report
Committee Study Drives Recommendation Split Refusal
The committeemen had made a thorough study before making a recommendation. Emerich, a member of the committee, had refused to sign the committee report.
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Emerich
Councilmen urged support after safety and finance talks
Relist W said councilmen on the safety and finance committee had spent a lot of time studying the issue and urged support on the matter.
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Clarence Schultz
Safety and Finance
Assistant At Church Names New Pastor
The Rev. Buford Stiles, longtime assistant pastor at Mr. Neho Prime ure Baptist Church, will succeed the late Rev. William Hale as pastor. Stiles has 30 years in the ministry, has served as church treasurer and board chairman, is a Tennessee native, NAACP member, Masonic Lodge Sidoma 93 affiliate, and worked 35 years at Western Automatia Machine Screw Co. He and wife Lula Mae reside at 217 Rush St.
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Buford Stiles
Neho
Lorain Adds 202 Acres Near Foster Park Road
Lorain city council annexed a 202 acre parcel on the north side of Foster Park Road into the Fifth Ward. The tract, running toward Chertin Avenue, becomes part of Lorain with no objections reported. The annex area sits between Lorain and Amherst, extending city boundaries near Foster-Park Road.
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Lorain
Foster-Park Rd
Foster Park Rd
Chertin Ave
Hindeys
Loaun
Amherst
Fighth
Annexation Plea Brought to Elyria Council
Two Sheffield Village residents Thomas Wolfe and Walter McAllister urged City Council to support annexation to Elyria. The matter was referred to the building and lands committee for study, with a June 14 meeting set to discuss the plea. About 65 percent of voters signed petitions for the 440 acre tract abutting Sheffield Village, Avon Village, and Route 254, as residents seek a more mature and stable Elyria government.
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Shefferd Vilage
Elyria
Thomas Wolfe
Walter McAllister
Detroit Rd
Joseph E. Smith
Lorain County
Sheffield Village
Avon Village
Rt. 254
Wolfe
Plant Site Zoning Is Approved Near Abbe Road
A TiTacre tract west of Abbe and south of Clark Street was rezoned from residential to light industrial by City Council with unanimous approval after a quiet public hearing. A related sewer proposal by Ohio Metallurgical to provide pipe and for the city to install it was sent to committee for study.
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Abhe 2d
Clark St
Ohio Metallurgical
Joseph FE. Smyth
No Parking Vermilion Council Balks Boat Hoist
Vermilion village meeting sees Ed Fisher denounce a proposed boat hoist on Toledo Street while officials oppose its location citing parking and traffic concerns. A new parkland option near East River Road surfaced, with the board to check costs and the council ready to secure an option and bond for purchase. Also approved: 1961 62 budget draft, waterline bids, water sales to Erie County, and a sewage pumping station plan on East Lake Road. lifeguard hired. cemetery rates equalized. and storm sewer complaints noted.
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Fisher
Village Park Board
Vermilion River
East River Rd
Olympic Club
Park Board
Burgess and Naples
East Lake Rd
Holiday Inn Motel
Sunnyside Rd
Helen
Edgewater
Erie County Commissioners
Village Water
Poorman
Mitiwanga
Donald Hoffman
Willard Klingshirn
Valley View Estates
East Lake’ Rd
Klingshirn
Pine View
Maple Grove
Brownhelm
Council
Dwight McMullen
Adams
Jackson Streets
Hodza's Widow Irene Rodza Dies in Prague
Irene F. Rodza, 74, widow of former Czech Premier Milan Hodza, died Friday in Prague. The report from UPI notes Hodza’s wife passed away after a long illness, ending a long public life connected to Prague politics and the Hodza family.
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Hodza
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Irene F. Rodza
Milan Hodza
Centennial War Society Day Planned With Civil War Reenactment
The Larain County Historical Society schedules a Saturday afternoon centennial observance of the Civil War at the museum grounds with bugles, a cannon, period dress, songs and ballads. Fifteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry reenactors will appear in full uniform, while a style show, tea, and musical pieces honor the era and its people.
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Larain
Fifth Regiment, Ohi Volunteer Infantry
Phins
Ins Boon
Alfred Poe
O'Bonnell
Carlton Square
Milan Bendik
Ray Houston
Jack Huge
George P. Metcalf
John Everhart
Kelloge
Norman Becker
Frank Ayres
Loram
Fluoridation Fees Ready For Effort
Elyria councilman Paul Wainwright says petitions will circulate to force an initiative vote on fluoridation in the November ballot. Opponents plan a 7:30 p.m. meeting at The Chronicle-Telegram banquet room, with 1,425 signatures required. Speaker Mrs. Perry Stevens will address concerns over fluoride costs.
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Elyria
Paul Wainwright
Chronicle-Telegram
Wainwright
Perry Stevens
20 Letters Written On Cuba Deal
James Durbin of Sheffield Lake withdrew his request for letters of disapproval of the United States and Cuba prisoners exchange. He noted he received two letters, one a mimeographed copy to congressmen and groups, and said the effort would be futile if all who spoke against the exchange had written. Durbin did not change his stance.
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James Durbin
Sheffield Lake
United States
Cuba
Durbin
Car Sales Swing Up Sharply
DETROIT UPS The auto industry reports sharp May gains. Ford Motor Co sold 177,840 cars and trucks, the best May total since 1925, with 147,115 cars and 30,725 trucks the highest monthly May figure in two years and a truck record. General Motors posted 261,219 passenger car sales, the strongest month this year and up 21 percent from April 1961, while used car sales remain strong.
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Detroit
UPS
Auto Industry Today
Ford Division
Ford Motor Co
Ford
General Motors
Plumbers Strike Enters Tenth Week Amid Stalemate
The Plumbers and Steamfitters Local S30 strike reaches its tenth week with no vote on a new offer from the Lorain County Master Plumbers Association. The union seeks a three year contract with 13 cent hourly raises yearly, while contractors propose a one year pact with 11 cent raises or a three year deal with 1H cents this year and 10 cents annually for the next two years. External arbitration was also proposed. The strike began May 16 and may see more talks soon.
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Lorain County Master Plumbers Associion
Labor and Management
LOMPA
Umion
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