Amherst Council halts angle parking elimination
Amherst officials paused plans to remove angle parking on Park Ave amid merchant protests led by Chamber of Commerce president Charles Dowling. Safety Director Carl Wenrich cited no ordinance authorizing the change and noted past accidents in downtown areas. Public officials urged consultation, deadlines, and a possible downtown parking lot solution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Wearsch Amherst
Chamber of Commerce
Charles Dowling
Dowling
Council
Safety Service
Carl Wenrich
Park Ave
Lorain
Amherst
Nhot
Ralph Zilch
Marvin Davis
John Mattey
Prospect
Church Sts
Robert Penman
Russell Dodson
Medina suspect admits robberies
William Karl Mueller Jr., 29, of Medina, was in Wyandot County Jail after signing a confession to two robberies in two days. He will be charged with armed robbery. Arrest followed holdup of City Loan Co. for 2,053 dollars and a separate robbery at Industrial Savings and Loan Assn. in Willard for 364 dollars. State patrols stopped him on State Rt. 19 southwest of Bucyrus after a vehicle pursuit. Police found 2,053 dollars in a paper bag and a .32 caliber revolver in the car. Mueller said he robbed to cover bad checks. federal charges may follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper Sandusky
William Karl Mueller Jr
Lafayette Rd
Medina
Wyandot
Mueller
City Loan Co
Jeanette Smith
Industrial Savings and Loan Assn
Willard
State Highway Patrol
R. W. Sack
C. R. Davy
Bucyrus
Galion
State Rt. 19
Braves and Phillies win in Five Lands league action
In Henrietta the Birmingham Braves overwhelmed the Henrietta Dodgers 208 in a Five Lands Boys Baseball League game. Ron Snyder collected a home run, triple and single in four at bats, while Mark Forman added a homer and a single. Doug Roose and Dennis Jones each had four hits, Jones adding three doubles. Rod Jones added three hits. Shoemaker and Buch had multiple hits for the Dodgers. Bob Fout earned the win. In the other game the Brownhelm Phillies beat Camden Cardinals 7-5 with Dicky Taylor the winning pitcher, and Paul Matos and David Vik each had three hits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henrietta
Birmingham Braves
Henrietta Dodgers
Ron Snyder
Mark Forman
Doug Roose
Dennis Jones
Jones
Rod Jones
Charles Shoemaker
Tim Buch
Dodgers
Bob Fout
Pony League Scores and Standouts From Elyria Play
Pony teams clash in Elyria with a spree of hits and runs. Manufacturers beat Fabricators 19 to 13 as Dan Andrick pitched a two hit game for Hart Construction’s 12 to 1 win over Hess Pharma. Lake Avenue Merchants edged Rotary Club 3 to 2, while Better Line and the Insurance Agents tied 55 until darkness. Bill Board Mike Monsky homered for M and F attackers. Ted Zumas, Ted Brown and Rick Cody homered for Western Automatic. Greg Cowen fanned 11 in relief for Western. Andrick struck out 11 in the two-hitter. Builders piled five, four, and three runs in an eight hit attack. Heath outdueled Lauffer as Lake Avenue Merchants beat Rotary Club. Frank Wasdovich had two doubles in the losers’ four-hit effort.
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Elyria Pony League
Western Automatic
Dan Andrick
Hart Construction
Hess and
Hess Pharmacies
Lake Avenue Merchants
Rotary Club
Ent
Bill Board
Mike Monsky
M&f
Ted Zumas
Ted Brown
Rick Cody
Western
Board
Greg Cowen
Andrick
Joe McGee
Dick Auscer
Jeff Heath
Herb Lauffer
Retty Club
Frank Wasdovich
Ramos to start tonight in Indians Tigers doubleheader
Detroit matchup centers on Pedro Ramos starting for Cleveland in game one with Jim Bunning pitching for Detroit. Team may shuffle for the nightcap between Ru ben Gomez, Sam Jones, or rookie Bob Hartman as the Indians juggle their thin rotation before the All-Star break.
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Detroit
UPI
Pedro Ralmos
Cleveland Indians
Detroit Tigers
Tribe
Mel McGaha
Chicago
White Sox
Minnesota
Tigers
Federal aid may be asked for bridge construction
Amherst council discusses pursuing federal aid for a new Jackson Street bridge over the New York Central Tracks. The 1891 and 1911 bridges have passed obligations to the city. a councilman urged condemnation due to hazard, while the ambulance need for Garland Funeral Home cited. The matter goes to the legislative committee.
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Amherst
Joseph Husar
Jackson St
New York Central Railroad
Husar
John Mattey
Garland Funeral Home
Amherst Water Co
Baptists Start New Structure in Lorain
Grace Baptist Church of Lorain has broken ground on a $75,000 L shaped red brick building on Root Rd to seat 400, with a nursery, kitchen, Sunday school room, pastor's study and office. Construction aims for completion by Sept 1. The church, an independent group, has met in the Antlers Hotel basement dining room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Grace Baptist Church of
Root Rd
Lorne F. Thompson
Thompson
Grace Baptist Church
Antlers ‘Hotel
Irish dance stars take top awards
Three area dancing students won first place at an international Irish dancing competition in Toronto after a bus of 29 aspirants traveled to the event drawing about 1,000 contestants. Peter Hayes, Jeanne McDermott, Frage Janice McDermott, Lorain residents, and Michael Spuhler of Cleveland earned top honors in a four hand jig and other dances, with several others taking third place in solo jig and three hand reel. Mrs Francis Burke of Elyria teaches Irish dancing to students from Elyria and Lorain.
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Toronto
Canada
Peter Hayes
Sandy Lane
Jeanne McDermott
West
21St St
Frage Janice McDermott
Main Ave
Lorain
Michael Spuhler
Cleveland
Danny Murray
Oberlin Ave
Kathy Chamberlain
12Th St. Lorain
Brenda Murray
10Th St. Lorain
Thomas Campbell
Francis Burke
Elyria
Two Walkers Hurt When Hit By Train Near Rt 61
Two Shieffield Lake residents were injured yesterday morning after being brushed by a west bound passenger train one half mile west of Rt 61 in Erie County. James Henline, 26, suffered a fractured right shoulder and leg and a puncture wound to the right hip, and is in fair condition at Good Samaritan Hospital in Sandusky. David Ramsey, 23, received a hip abrasion and was released after X rays. The men, walking east on the tracks, did not hear the approaching passenger train from behind and were struck by an object on the engine that tossed them 25 feet into the air and tore their clothes. Ramsey called for help.
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Sandusky
Shieffield Lake
Rt. 61
Erie County
James Henline
Hollywood
Good Samaritan Hospital
David Ramsey
Robinwood
New York Central
Ramsey
Burglars Loot St. Vincent De Paul Safe in Milwaukee
Milwaukee burglars failed to open the St. Vincent De Paul Society office safe using acetylene torches and ransacked desks instead. In one desk they discovered the safe combination and looted about $150.
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Milwaukee, Wis
UPI
St. Vincent de Paul Society
Two inmates escape from Grafton prison farm
Gerald P. Wolsyn 20 and John J. Tribule 20, both inmates at Grafton State Farm, crawled out a window and fled last night. Their absences were noted at 9 p.m. as authorities from the State Highway Patrol sheriff's deputies and local police joined the search. Wolsyn, at the farm since January 1961, was to be released next May. Tribule was sentenced from April 1961 to March 1963 for unarmed robbery.
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Grafton State Farm
Gerald P. Wolsyn
John J. Tribule
Cleveland
Wolsyn
Tribute
Police catch intruder in Samson Co
Lorain police nabbed a 13 year old suspect Monday rifling through desk drawers at the Samson Block Co on Colorado Ave. Investigation was turned over to the Juvenile Department after officers were dispatched when the night watchman found a broken window. A thief got about $30 in a Sohio Station break on Colorado Ave yesterday. A window was broken to gain entrance and reach inside.
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Lorain
Nichi
Samson Block Co
Colorado Ave
Sohio
Avon Lake pool opener push amid budget and fence contracts
Avon Lake officials push to open the new municipal pool on July 4 with sod purchase approved for 600, a 2,115 fencing contract to Aluminum Fence Co. and a $1,900 pool budget balance cited. If not ready by July 4, a July 7 grand opening is planned as engineers prepare sewer plans and the recreation director salary is raised.
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Avon Lake
Picken
Aluminum Fence Co
Cleveland
Finkbeiner, Pettis and Strout
Toledo
North Inwood
South Inwood
Fairfield
Four Injured in Two Car Crash at City Intersection
Four persons suffered minor injuries in a two car collision at Oakdale Avenue and West 23rd Street last night. Drivers Clinton Calhoun and Mrs Janet Louie Tyler were treated and released at St Joseph Hospital along with passengers Lason Williams and Florine Pobst and two young Tyers.
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Lorain
Oakdale Ave
West 23Rd St
Clinton Calhoun
Lexington Ave
Janet Louie Tyler
Allison Ave
St. Joseph Hospital
Lason Willams
Canton Ave
Calhoun
Florine Pobst
Kettering
Ann Tyler
Jane Tyler
Lorain Man Charged Over Gaming Devices Found
Gus Pappas, 65, of 1928 East 28th Street, faces court on a gambling device possession charge. A vice squad raid at 1810 East 28th Street poolroom uncovered a punch board hidden under the counter drawer during a routine check.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Gus Pappas
East 28Th St
Crusading Amvet commander tours area for nuclear survival
Edwin P Fifielski national commander of the American Veterans of World War II travels a 60 000 mile caravan through the continental states to showcase a family fallout shelter and stress that no single survival solution exists local civil defense authorities and 1 600 Amvet posts back the tour which began at Boston's Old North Church marking Paul Revere's ride.
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Sheffield Lake
Paul Revere
Old North Church
Boston
Shoreway
Edwin P Fifielski
Fifielski
America
Fisielski
Middlesex County
Police arrest reckless driver in Lorain Plaza incident
Lorain police booked 17 year old Charles A. Verespe of 505 Elyria Ave for reckless operation after witnesses saw him racing in the Lorain Plaza Shopping Center parking lot. He left about 100 feet of skid marks and will appear before the juvenile department Saturday.
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Lorain
Charles A. Verespe
Elyria Ave
Lorain Plaza
Verespe
Juvenile Department
Sharp theft hits Chicago trucking terminal
A Monday police report notes burglars stole 20000 dollars worth of hazard blades from a Chicago trucking terminal. The incident highlights a sharp breach in security and a sizable loss for the facility.
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Chicago
UPI
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Arthur H. Koppenhafer
Sanford Slutzker
C. L. Goodspeed
Dwight Standen
Braves
Phillies
RE. H. E
Coren
Fritz
Super
Beuer, Brown and Lunaing
Hess Shapebeand
Moacker
Gayder Biediman
Ander
S Nek
McGee
Lake Ave
Leaffer Biske
Heath and Bidlingmeyer
Ramos
D&s Appliances Inc
Oberlin
David A. Wilding Jr
Brownell School
Alberta Neumyer
Peg Board
Ohio State Employment Service
Pen Ametgit
Henry Gordon
Richard Martinek
Lorain County
Crownhill Ave
Foster Park Estates
Electric Light Fund
General Fund
Regional Planning Commission
Cuyahoga County
Building Department
Baptists
Grafton Prison Farm
Ath
Desantis
28Th Street
Ohio
Cleveland Street
Samson Co
Berkshire Ave
Inwood
Brookfield
Electric
Canterbury Ave
Dellwood St
Bellaire Ave
Durrell Ave
Redwood Blvd
Recreation Commission
R. C. Froelich
Civil Service Commission
Lorain Man
Ole
Con Wan
Vermilion
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