Lorain Wins HUD Grant for Code Enforcement Project
Lorain receives a 382000 grant from HUD to support code enforcement in the 3.5 acre Community Improvement Area One in South Lorain. Funds fund paving lighting and inspections. loans at 3 percent for up to 20 years and grants up to 1500 for eligible elderly or indigent residents. Completion is expected within three years.
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Lorain
Department of Housing and Urban Development
South Lorain
Starr
City orders weed clearance or fines for Tracey property owners
Safety Service Director James Tracey says the city will strictly enforce a weed ordinance as spring rains fuel growth. Property owners must cut weeds on lots and median strips or face a minimum 20 dollar charge. unpaid weed cutting costs may be added to property taxes.
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Tracey
Safety-Service
Ruling on Bridge Upkeep Stands With County Authority
County prosecutor Paul J. Mikus says a ruling that county funds should not be used to build or repair bridges on county roads within municipalities will stand unless court action reverses it. Lorain’s three main bridges cost upwards of $300,000 yearly to operate, with Evie Avenue bascule bridge costing $215,000 last year.
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Mikus
Paul J. Mikus
Lorain
Evie Avenue
Black River
21St Street
31St Street
J. Norman Thompson
Prosecutor’s Department
North Ridgeville
Richard Noll
John P. Gallagher
Lorain County
Gallagher
Erie Avenue
Avon High School Graduate Lylea Higgins in Paris Riots
Dear Russ reports Lylea Higgins, Avon Class of 1966, now Mrs. Walter Johnson, living in Selma Alabama. Her parents Lyle and Norma Higgins recall Paris unrest while Lylea works on a special construction project for A G McKee in Paris and watches nightly news about events. Norma visits the Latin Quarter where pavement is torn up.
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Russ
Avon High School
Lylea Higgins
Walter Johnson
Selma
Ala
Johnsons
Lylea
Lyle Higgins
Norma
C-T
Avon
Paris
Higgins
France
A. G. McKee & Company
Walter
Alabama
Latin Quarter
Repairs close Stewart Road near West Road in Huntington
A section of Stewart Road between Routes 58 and 301 near West Road will close for several days for bridge repairs. Lorain County garage advised traffic may use Stewart Road from Route 58 east toward West Road or from Route 301 west toward West Road.
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Huntington
Stewart Road
Rts. 58
West Road
Lorain County
Elyria Opens Six City Pools For Summer Schedule
Elyria will open six city pools for the summer with hours from 1 to 5 p.m. on Mondays and Fridays and 1 to 8:30 p.m. other days. Pools are at Eastern Heights, South, North and West recreation fields, and Cascade Park. Season passes available at the Parks and Recreation office, Ely Building, West Broad Street and West Avenue. Daily admission ranges from 10 cents for under six to 30 cents for adults.
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Elyria
Eastern Heights Recreation Area
South
North
Cascade Park
Parks and Recreation
Ely Building
West Broad Street
West Avenue
Oberlin College grants 510 degrees at outdoor Oberlin Square ceremony
Ten Countians from Oberlin and eight others from Lorain County earn Bachelor of Arts degrees at Oberlin College commencement in Tappan Square. Elyria pair Phillip Henry and Geraldine Kearse graduate cum laude alongside six other Lorain County residents and seven Oberlin graduates.
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Oberlin
Elyria
Lorain County
Oberlin College
Tappan Square
Phillip M. Henry
William L. Henry
West 15Th
Geraldine T. Kearse
Lee A. Kearse
Jackson Ave
Lorain
Ludmilla Lacroix
Elyria College Summer Session Sign-Ups Offered
Elyria College at Lorain County Community College invites registration for the summer session in the College Center Building on Abbe Road. Registration runs 9 to 11 30 am 1 30 to 4 pm and 6 to 8 pm with the session starting next Monday and ending August 9. Forty three day and evening courses listed with varying tuition per credit hour by residency. Bulletin details available from Admissions. Last summer 629 attended Pioneer Day is celebrated in Utah every July 24.
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Lorain County
Ohio
Office of Admissions
Oberlin Receives City Planning Grant
Oberlin will get a 9020 grant to begin a comprehensive city plan development. City Manager Edward Smith noted Oberlin sought 23000 on Jan 31 and expressed surprise at quick action by the housing department. The grant is not tied to urban renewal and no planner or firm is yet hired.
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Oberlin
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Washington
Edward Smith
Smith
Starr Receives $7,000 Raise in Worcester City Role
Richard E. Starr, Lorain community development director who quit Friday, will head Worcester Mass Modern Cities program earning about $20,000 annually. His Lorain salary is $13,270, and he arrived in Lorain in July 1966.
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Lorain
Richard E. Starr
Starr
Modern Cities
Worcester
Mass
Baccalaureate Address at Oberlin Presses Public Work Standards
The Rev. B. Whitman Dennison urged Oberlin graduates to balance personal expression with public responsibility in a speech titled A Peculiar Kind of Work. He called for goal oriented public work rooted in spirit and promise, citing Robert F. Kennedy's Cleveland City Club remarks after King's assassination. A federal study notes New Hampshire has the cleanest air in the nation.
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Oberlin College
B. Whitman Dennison
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Canton
Finney Chapel
Robert F. Kennedy
Cleveland City Club
Martin Luther King
New Hampshire
Vermilion Golfer Shot While Playing at Local Course
Vermilion police report a golfer, Thomas D. Ansell, 27, of 1521 Forestview Dr, was grazed by a .22 caliber slug while on the second green at Vermilion Country Club. He was treated at St. Joseph Hospital Lorain and released. Deputies say the incident occurred shortly before 4:30 p.m. and remain under investigation.
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Vermilion
Vermilion Country Club
Erie County Sheriff's Office
Thomas D. Ansell
Forestview Dr
St. Joseph Hospital
Lorain
Ansell
Lorain St. Joseph Hospital
Barry
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