Broadway Producer Robert Griffith Dies in Rubbish Fire
New York producer of hits Robert E. Griffith 54 died at Port Chester hospital after a rubbish barrel fire sparked by an acetylene torch. The blaze spread to a nearby house at 532 Lowell St as Griffith, known for West Side Story and Damn Yankees, worked with Harold Prince on Fiorello. Firefighters were alerted after an automatic alarm tripped at Empire Spring Co. on Olive Street.
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UPI
Robert E. Griffith
Land Car
Griffith
Port Chester
N.Y
Ernest
Umpkin
Lowell St
Harold
Prince
General Brown
Wood
Olive St
Traffic crashes injure child woman in Elyria
A seven year old boy and a 61 year old woman were injured in separate crashes on Long and West River Avenues. Ricky Berry 11? suffered a bruised elbow and facial swelling after being struck by a car near Poplar Street. Peggy Lee Tutford 61 sustained nose and lip cuts after a collision near West River Street. A police report notes a driver hit a telephone pole but there was no pole damage. Glenn A. Rogers 40? of Gulf Road was charged with failure to stop within an assured clear distance after his car rear ended another vehicle.
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Herman P. Vaughn
Marseilles Ave
Elyria Memorial Hospital
West River St
West
Third St
Gerald J. Brennan
Garden St
Peggy Lee Tutfford
Hilliard Rd
East River
East Bridge Sts
Glenn A. Rogers
Gulf Rd
Rogers’ Auto
Prospect St Action Gets Unit Okay
City council streets and sidewalks committee will request plans and cost estimates from Elyria City Engineer Robert Kleinoeder for haying Prospect St. The finance committee is expected to approve at the June 14 meeting. Action followed a half hour session led by Chairman John Katko and Harold West. The group may seek a half mil five year levy on the November ballot to fund street resurfacing and improvements pending Klein oeder’s list. They also approved traffic signal purchases for the Northeast Bypass and recommended renaming Second St Alley to Michael St.
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City Council
Elyria
Robert Kleinoeder
St. UY
Council Chambers
John Katko
Harold West
Kleinoeder
Safety Service
Dale C. Kellogg
Northeast
Second St. Alley
Michael St
Youth Playing Dice Cited At Lorain Street Scene
A 1-year-old was cited to Lorain County Juvenile Court for taking part in a street dice game on Parmely Ave at 10 40 p m. Police said other youths fled on foot and one dice and a quarter were seized as evidence after officers arrived responding to a loud party complaint.
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Lorain County Juvenile Court
Parmely Ave
Class Honors A Monopoly
El Portal California graduation notes Patrick Dennis Kling, 13, as the sole eighth grade graduate at El Portal Elementary. All 213 residents attended the ceremony and each gave him a present, underscoring a communal celebration of his achievement.
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EL Portal
Mariposa County
Calif
UPI
Patrick Dennis Kling
Patrick
Elyria Planning Commission rejects 49 lot plat plan
The Elyria Planning Commission voted 3 1 against a 49 lot preliminary plat proposing two streets near AE and Tote VYeS. The safety director urged removal of one street 174 feet apart to avoid traffic hazards while developer Muzick sought city approval and reconsideration.
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Elyria Planning Commission
John Muzick
City Safety
Dale C. Kellogg
Muzick
Federal Housing Administration
George Rubertson
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