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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1969
Page
9
A street survey in Elyria and at Midway Mall found broad approval for President Nixon with comments like fine job and okay. Voters noted only one Democratic critic and centered on concerns over wartime troop withdrawals and overall progress.
street interviews show mixed views on Nixon. Some praise bold statements and progress on Vietnam while others call for faster actions and more information. Respondents from Sheffield Lake Lorain Shaker Heights Cleveland and Painesville weigh in on leadership and pace of crisis.
Lorain based American Ship Building Company announces the acquisition of Standard Metal Fabricating Company Omaha and Denver and its Globe Transportation affiliate. The deals extend the building products group nationwide, with Standard Metal linking Cincinnati Sheet Metal and Nashville plants to cover the east and midwest. George M. Steinbrenner III and Jacob O. Kamm say the purchases fit the diversification plan with no planned debt or equity financing in 1969.
Letter to the editor praises the Girl Scout float in Elyria parade and credits Vincent Howard a city fireman and his wife Sally for their hours of work and materials. It notes Troop 622 from St. Vincent de Paul School assisted and thanks two local residents for their dedication. Also mentions Marion Sartor recalling a 1920s military funeral for Harry Robertson.
Amherst unveils a setback as Orleans Co withdraws its bid to build a 30 unit three building complex under a turnkey leasing plan. Mosser Construction had previously raised per unit costs beyond government limits. Sandler says Orleans could still build if sold to Lorain Metropolitan Housing Authority after completion.
Robert B. Martin, a prominent Detroit businessman, is named vice president in charge of Fruehauf's modular buildings division. The Avon Lake plant on Miller Road will produce modular homes selling about 12000 dollars excluding land cost, and other modular buildings. Martin, longtime president of Dundee Cement Co, brings chemical engineering training from Columbia and will guide a unit tied to Fruehauf's trailer tech. He resides in Milan with wife Lillian and two children.
Walter and Virginia Nord Scholarship Fund trustees announce three 1969 high school graduates from Lorain County receive awards. Hutchens gets 300 dollars. Tokarczyk and Hayes receive 500 dollars each. Hutchens plans elementary education at Lorain County Community College. Tokarczyk eyes nursing and St. Vincent de Paul parish activities. Hayes active in student government and drama. Torn to page 18, col. 1.
Lorain County Joint Vocational School board approves bond issuance to fund a new vocational high school. bids to be opened July 10 at 8 p m in Oberlin, with state and federal funds totaling 3.6 million to cover a building opening planned for fall 1970.
Lorain County Community College becomes the first Ohio community college admitted to the National Scholarship Service and Fund for Negro Students. The advisory and referral program matches Black high school juniors and seniors with colleges likely to admit and fund them, with a supplementary scholarship fund from donors to cover unmet costs.
Logan Ohio public school superintendent Dwight J. Diller was named director of institutional research and development by Lorain County Community College. He will coordinate funding efforts and government relations, manage the college's institutional research, and maintain information systems reports. Diller holds degrees from Ohio University and has served as Logan schools superintendent since 1962.
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