End of the Interurban Era in Cleveland Area
A Lake Shore Electric Railway car numbered 167 departed Cleveland at 1 AM on May 15, 1988, marking the final interurban run in the region. The Chronicle-Telegram offers a full page of stories and pictures to revive memories of riders from the 1890s through the line’s 25-year demise, guiding readers to page 24.
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Elyrian Max Wilcox
Wilcox
Lake Shore Electric Railway
Cleveland
Chronicle-Telegram
Circling the Square explains buried names in papers
Charles Hostetter clarifies how award winning newspapers hide some names in hard to find sections in today's Circling the Square column on the Dividend Page.
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Charles Hostetter
Lorain Council reviews five year air pollution ordinance
Lorain City Council scheduled to revisit a five year old air pollution ordinance titled Keaneson that has never been used. Elyria Council finance committee revised the police pay plan, page six section one. North Ridgeville Planning Commission moves to reduce absenteeism, page six section two.
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Keaneson
Elyria Council
North Ridgeville Planning Commission
North Ridgeville
Financial
Church
Elyria
Boy Scout
Wellington
Charges delayed in Oberlin baby death case
Investigators continue to seek answers in the death of a premature baby found in Oberlin City Dump. The 21 year old Oberlin College student identified as the mother faces possible charges tied to delivery details, with two dormitory peers to be questioned as authorities await hospital reports. The infant, believed seven to eight months developed and weighing about three pounds, may have lived up to 20 hours. The mother admitted the baby was hers, saying she thought it was dead at birth and attempted disposal via sewer before leaving the body in a tissue box.
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Oberlin
Oberlin College
Cleveland
California
G. L. Severs
Allen Hospital
Elizabeth Howie
Robert G. Thomas
Thomas
Sheriff's
Michael A. Ondreyco
Sheriff's Office
Gray Gables
Ondreyco
Cambridge Negroes pledge to seek calm through talks
Reginald Robinson of the SNCC said negotiations with Cambridge officials would start at 10 30 a m EDT to resolve racial tensions after National Guardsmen and a curfew were imposed. He warned no immediate solution to the town’s long standing unrest appeared likely.
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Cambridge
Reginald Robinson
Student Non-violent Action Committee
Calvin Mowbray
City Commission
Robinson
Soviet space shot speculation fuels flight reports
Moscow reports Lt. Col Valery Bykovsky on Vostok 5 completes 17th orbit amid talk of linking two ships for a flying laboratory with a possible first woman cosmonette awaiting launch while Tass notes gradual progress and a weightless movie-camera float in the cabin.
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Moscow
UPS
Earth
Tass
Soviet Union
Valery Bykovsky
Flying Laboratory
Bykovsky
Launche Ing
Russia
Mos
Space
North America
Hawk
Weather report for Northeastern Ohio with mild temperatures
Mostly sunny today with little temperature change and highs near 68 to 74. Fair tonight. Sunday brings more clouds and rising winds. Friday temperatures reach around 69 with a low near 15. A year-to-date range and light 0.02 inch precipitation in the last 24 hours ending 8 p.m. EDT Friday.
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Ohio
White teen shot amid Jackson civil rights tensions
A 19 year old white youth, Mac McGee, was wounded in Jackson Mississippi while riding past youths in a Negro neighborhood. The incident followed the funeral and march for Medgar Evers as dignitaries including Ralph Bunche and Roy Wilkins attended services. Wilkins said a Supreme Court ruling blocks a civil rights permit injunction and noted ongoing demonstrations may continue.
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Jackson
Miss
UPI
Medgar Evers
Mac McGee
Evers
Ralph Bunche
United Nations
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Mississippi
Wilkins
U.S. Supreme Court
Khrushchev Withdraws On Site Nuke Test Inspections
Premier Khrushchev in Pravda rejects three on site nuclear test inspections and presses Kennedy to act and pursue peace. He cites Kennedy's university speech and German peace treaty as central issues while warning that talks must settle the German question.
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Moscow
UPI
Nikita Khrushchev
Kennedy
Khrushchev
Communist Party
Pravda
American University
U.S
Kremlin
Geneva
U S Troops to Stay in Thailand After Exercise
About 2,000 of the 7,000 U S troops in Thailand will remain for five or six weeks after Southeast Asia Treaty Organization maneuvers end next week. The force trains in SEATO maneuvers under joint planning.
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Washington
Kennedy to Spend Weekend With Family at Camp
President Kennedy plans to travel to Camp David, Maryland, this weekend to rest and participate in civil projects and cleanup activities with his family, with remaining troops engaged in duties in Washington.
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Washington
UPI
Dhat Kennedy
David
Vendors cited on tax charge in Lorain County
Two Lorain County vendors were cited to court for failing to file sales tax reports. Geraldine Slater of The Colony at 118 East Ave and Edward J. Reber of a Shell station at 1980 East 28th St were named in affidavits filed in Elyria and Lorain Municipal Courts. If found guilty they face fines, jail time, or both, with daily penalties for delinquencies.
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Lorain County
State Department of Taxation
Elyria
Geraldine Slater
Colony
East Ave
Lorain
Edward J. Reber
East 28Th St
A. J. Cimperman
Cimperman
Ohio
ZIP-code aid eyed to speed mail and save Post Office costs
The Post Office Department launches ZIP-code the five digit address system on July 1 urging industry to presort mail. Maurice Core Cincinnati regional ZIP code coordinator says mass mailers must pre-sort before sending to post office to cut errors and handling, while avoiding staff cuts.
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Uncle Sam
Industry
Post Office Department
Maurice Core
Cincinnati
U.S
Post Office
Core
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