Penn C station eyed for Amtrak's future
Amtrak official met Elyria leaders to discuss a permanent staffed passenger station on Buckeye Street for about 50 daily riders. Possibilities include acquiring the Penn Central freight station behind the current shelter, private development, or moving a Cleveland modular station to Elyria with a new or renovated facility planned by next year.
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Penn Central
Buckeye Street
Elyria
William J. Ehrig
Amtrak
Ehrig
Cleveland
City weighs freight rail station plan over passenger hub
A city considered building a passenger station leased to Amtrak but dismissed an expensive plan at Malcolm Manor Urban Renewal site due to cost and freight traffic concerns. Officials favored renovating the Buckeye Street freight station on a three acre parcel if a private developer can be secured and Penn Central vacated. The site, leased to a furniture firm, had previous talks of converting to a restaurant but federal bankruptcy and high asking prices stalled the deal.
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Malcolm Manor
Ehrig
Buckeye Street
Penn Central
Four more tag shortages raise BMW probe total to 1.5 million
Four additional auto tag shortages surface in Ohio's Bureau of Motor Vehicles bringing the total to 40 shortages and more than 1.5 million in missing funds. Notable cases include a $10,136 shortage charged to Edmond Watkins of Westerville and a $12,334 shortage tied to Homer Ward of Cambridge. Legal action seeks recovery of the Watkins sum as the investigation continues.
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BMW
Ohio
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Franklin County
Bureau
Attorney General's Office
C-T
Michael Laughman
Edmond Watkins
Westerville
Homer Ward
Cambridge
Guernsey County
James J. Ney
Fontoria
Seneca County
Rose Marie Evans
Willowick
Lake County
Watkin
Elyria Warns of Tighten Your Belts Financial Strain
Elyria faces near debt limits with bond capacity and rising costs. Finance director Kellogg warns of belt tightening and explores levies or income tax rises while auditors review bonding requests. City expects about 1.2 million in next year for bonds and note retirement amid deficits across sewer and sanitation funds.
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Elyria
Dale C. Kellogg
Kellogg
Council
New York City
Cleveland
Squire
Sanders
Dempsey
State Auditor's
New York
Thomas M. Radican
Radican
Marguerite E Bowman
Weather outlook with showers and variable winds tonight
Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and rain tonight. Winds vary from five to sixteen mph. Sunrise at 5:54 a.m. Sunset at 7:05 p.m. Yesterday's high reached 67 and the low 55. Details on Page 9.
Christian Democrats vow to block Communists in Italy government
In Italy's national elections the Christian Democrats pledged to keep the Communist party out of the cabinet and push reforms, while Communist gains raised questions about the new government. Zaccagnini affirmed faithfulness to pre election promises as parties plan negotiations.
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Rome
UPD
Christian Democrats
Italy
Christian Democratic Party
Benigno Zaccagnini
Popular Democratic Party
Il Popolo
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
United Way Sets 1976 Campaign Goal Over Two Million
The Lorain County United Way aims for 2,049,960 in its 1976 drive, starting Sept 20, a 7.8 percent rise from last year’s 1,900,392. The goal follows budget reviews and agency requests from 33 agencies, with two groups cited as examples.
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Lorain County United Way
United Way Board of Directors
Lacy Idol Center For the
New York City Film Shoot Draws Crowd for Classic Scene
New York guards keep back extras as a propman covers a King Kong body prop with a mix of paint and vegetable coloring. A styrofoam dummy lies in a plaza near Work Trade Center for the film final scene starring Jessica Lange, echoing Faye Wray’s famed role.
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National Guards
Mex
New York
Work Trade Center
Jessica Lange
Faye Wray
Food costs lift May prices to 7.2 percent inflation
Washington AP reports May consumer prices rose six-tenths of a percent led by a food costs jump the largest in ten months. Inflation now runs at 7.2 percent annually, up from 4 tenths in April, with pork, beef and fuel expected to climb further.
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Washington
Labor Department
Lkely
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Norm Failing
Richard Elliott
Elyria Chamber of Commerce
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Lorain Ford Plant
Miller
Bobby
George Hudnatt
Penn Central Station
Karel Neikirk
Paul Schroeder
Reds
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Christian Democratic Party News
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