Democrats block $5 Piggyback tax on Elyria street repairs
City Democrats thwarted Mayor Bowman's plan to add a $5 piggyback tax on license plates for street work. They favor borrowing to fund repairs, arguing long-term loan costs exceed short-term tax revenue. The mayor vows to pressure council over street conditions while seeking funds for a Post Office conversion to a municipal court.
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Marguerite E. Bowman
Dem
Elyria
Donald Rothgery
Finance Committee
Council
Rothgery
Counselor Mrs Mog resigns from Lorain County Family Service
Gloria Mog, a 35 year old counselor and architect of the agency's family life education program, resigned after serving since October 1973. She will move to New Jersey with her husband David as he takes a Princeton University job. The agency will seek a master’s qualified replacement, with 2 to 4 years in social work. A bequest over 12000 to Elyria Memorial Hospital from Rose Bernasek’s estate includes 12423 to the hospital and portions to the American Cancer Society and the Heart Fund, with funds yet to be allocated.
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Gloria Mog
Lorain County Family Service Association
County schools gain millions in revised state aid
Lorain County 15 districts see increased basic state aid to 8.61 million from 6.59 million after revised property valuations. Elyria faces potential deficit despite higher aid. final shares for 616 districts pending. List shows Avon Lake through Westlake with updated amounts and prior figures in parentheses.
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Lorain County
Ohio
Lorain
North Ridgeville
Elyria
Oberlin
Amherst
Columbia
Lorain City
House
North Rudgeville
Wellington
Keystone
Lulow
Senate
Department
C—T
Thomas A. van Meter
R-Ash
Avon Lake
Sheffield-Sheffield Lake
South Amherst
Brunswick
Medina
Black River
Norwalk
Willard
New London
Huron
Berlin-Milan
Vermilion
Bay Village
Berea
North Olmsted
Olmsted Falls
Strongsville
Westlake
New primate and cat building opens at Cleveland Zoo
Yogi the gorilla watches champagne toast at a house warming in the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo as Edward Chajnichi of Brecksville pours for the grand opening of the new $3.7 million primate and cat building. The exhibits emphasize natural habitats with glass viewing instead of bars.
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Yogi the Gorilla
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
Edward Chajnichi
Brecksville
Zoo
Yogi
Robert Muller
Poll Finds 82 23 Vote Against Nazi Rally Skokie
The C T Straw Poll shows 82 readers opposed and 23 in favor of the Supreme Court allowing a Nazi rally in Skokie Illinois. The poll notes strong counter demonstrations and debates over free speech versus public safety and antisemitism.
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Nazi
Supreme Court
Skokie
C-T
Chicago
Marquette Park
Germany
Skeleton finds on Vermilion Road fuel Indian burial debate
Parks crews unearthed three ancient skeletons near Haynes Farm off Vermilion Road with artifacts and charcoal suggesting late Woodland era origins around 1200 to 1400 AD. Ray Vietzen and Cleveland Museum of Natural History experts weigh whether the remains match a prior 1942 discovery, while ongoing digs at Hiden Place involve Oberlin and Cleveland State students under Lorain County Metroparks funding.
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Vermilion Road
Metropark
Carl Crapo
Ray Vietzen
Don Bier
Department of Archaeology
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Bier
Sheffield Township
Gulf Road
Rt. 621
Vietzen
Crapo
Trailside
Blden Place
Park District
Lorain County
Oberlin College
Cleveland State University
Lorain County Metropark District
Hiden Place
Haynes Place
Lorain County Metropolitan Park District
Rob Muller
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Reichlin
Atlanta
U. S
Los Angeles
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Cleveland
East Bridge Streets
Peachtree Plaza
Hyatt Regency
Washington, D.C
U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Mrs. Mog
Family Services
Paul Foster
Agency
City Hospital
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Rose Bernasek
Hospital
American Cancer Society
The
Heart Fund
By Paul Schroeder
Columbus Bureau
Lora County
Department of Education
Spencer
Stanley Searing
Searing
Roger Lulow
State Auditor’s Office
Parks
Haynes Farm
Haynes
Biden Place
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