City hall space solution via O'Donnell Building transfer
Reporter Joe Cowden notes in What They're Saying on Week-end Dividend that Space Solution and Cs Si rent space on the ground floor may be aided by purchasing the O'Donnell Building damaged by fire. Funds from this deal would back the bond issue for the second income from Space, with math supporting the plan. Other C-T staff join in to highlight local talent.
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City Hall
Joe Cowden
O'Donnell
C-T
June brides bow out with bevy of Elyria weddings
June Stories June highlights a season of weddings in Elyria Lorain County as brides bow out with multiple ceremonies. Photo story reports on feminine circles appear on CT women's pages pages 10 and 11, offering detailed coverage of these events.
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Elyria
Lorain County
CT Women's Pages
Elyria Committee to Study Courthouse Proposal Formed
The Elyria mayor announces that a committee will be formed to study the courthouse proposal. The panel aims to review the plan in detail, assess costs, and report back with recommendations.
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Elyria
Striking union faces vandalism claims in suburbs
Paint bombs damaged two Brown Fintube homes in Lorain County as owners accused Local 996 United Auto Workers of the act. Police and sheriff reports describe red and white paint splatters and a broken bedroom window. The incidents followed a temporary injunction against the union over picket line activity filed by Brown Fintube.
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Columbia
Salvation Army Corps
Lorain
Knickerbocker
Brown Fintube Co
United Auto. Workers Union
Brown-Fintabé
Niederst
C-T
Howard Niederst
iCenter Ridge Rd
William Rothgery
Ohio St
Brown
Fintube
Rothgery
Elyria
Niedersi
LeRoy Kelly
Richard A. Stith
Brown Fintube
Weather outlook for Ohio with cool nights and diminishing winds
Northeastern and Northwestern Ohio see sunny, cooler spells with a high near 54.78 and winds diminishing this afternoon. Tonight remains clear and cool with 56 to 60. Sunday brings partly cloudy skies and a cooler feel. Lake Erie warns Northwest storm waves, scattered showers fade, and gradual clearing expected.
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Ohio
Lake Erie
Heavy Hurricane Audrey Drops Rain Across Ohio
Audrey shifted away but dumped up to four inches of rain in parts of Ohio. The Weather Bureau said the worst is over with a forecast of clear cool weather. Rain totals included Greenville 4.5, Kenton 3.7, Youngstown 2.9, Cleveland 2.3, Columbus 1.9, with Piqua and Bellefontaine over two inches. Winds up to 63 mph lashed Fast Liverpool. damage to Louthan Manufacturing Co. plant roof and walls. Pa trains from St. Louis to New York were six hours late.
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Audrey
Ohio
Weather Bureau
U.S. 40
Greenville
Kenton
Youngstown
Cleveland
Columbus
Piqua
Bellefontaine
Liverpool
Louthan Manufacturing Co
Pennsylvania
St. Louis
New York
Rains Strike Ohio Detours and Flooding Shut City
Heavy rains caused widespread flooding and detours across Ohio and neighboring states as the storm audaciously Named Audrey moved northeast. Downtown Wellston saw a quarter mile of damage with wind and rain washing out streets while basements flooded in Piqua. Civil defense teams restored power and blocked streets as sewers overflowed and manhole covers popped open under the sustained downpour.
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Miamisary
Miinois
Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
Ohio
Wellston
Jackson County
Piqua
Cleveland
State Highway Patrol
Portsmouth
Elyria Man Fined 500 for Booking Illegal Race Bets
A Elyria man, Stanley Sharkey Avon, was fined $500 and court costs after pleading guilty in municipal court to booking illegal horse race bets. He faces a 10 day suspended jail term if gamb ling charges recur. Detectives seized racing forms, betting records, and equipment at his office on East Broad Street. The incident marks Sharkey’s fourth conviction on similar charges since 1941.
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Elyria
Stanley Sharkey Avon
East Broad St
Benson Tea
Kenneth Martin
Edward Stankard
Sharkey
Arlington
Belmont
Suffolk Downs
Delaware F
Monmouth
Union Calls Two Meetings Over Vandalism at Brown Fin tube Homes
The Brown Fin tube Unit of Local 996 UAW plans two sessions at union headquarters on East Bridge St to address vandalism at the homes of two Brown Fin tube Supervisors. C Franklin Carr urges members not to assist the act and warns discipline for any involved. He says if a member is found responsible they would be discharged.
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Brown Fintube Co
Brown Fintube
United Auto Workers
Afl-Cio
UAW International Representa Itive C
Franklin Carr
East Bridge St. T
Carr
UAW
Carrl
Rowboat Used By Rescuers Of Polk People
Heavy rains flood roads across Ohio and ten people escape danger after a truck is stranded on Mil Creek near Coshocton. A rowboat crew rescues Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Keith of Polk in Ashland County, aided by bystanders and other evacuees including four children.
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Ohio
Coshoct
C. M. Keith
Polk
Ashland County
Mil Creek
High Venter
Fatal Cave-In Fatalities Louie Lewis in Elyria sewer trench collapse
A 49 year old man Louie Henry Marvin Lewis of 206 Second Street died after a 15 foot trench collapsed during a storm sewer project on Cornell Avenue. He died at Elyria Memorial Hospital. Co worker Virgil Powers was injured but escaped serious harm. Burial arrangements were set with local funeral homes.
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Cornell Ave
Louie Henry Marvin Lewis
Second St
Lewis
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Lorain County Excavating Co
Virgil Powers
Mr. Lewis
Oakland
Illyria
Methodist Church
Shinns‘ton
W. Va
Warren
Julia Schmidt
Unity
Elsie Brownsing
Leavittsburg
Harold Dicken
Edgar J. Harmer
Shjnnston
Masonic Cemetery
Carroll Student Shot To Death At John Carroll University
John Carroll University student John H. Zebrowski, 22, was shot and killed today by Quality Bar owner Carmen Basile, 38, who claimed self defense. Basile was arrested on homicide charges after an argument inside the bar spilled to a rear parking lot where Zebrowski and others allegedly continued fighting.
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Cleveland
John H. Zebrowski
John Carroll University
Carmen Basile
Quality
Basile
Zebrowski
4th Army Searches For Bodies From Louisiana Disaster
The 4th Army mobilized all resources in coastal Louisiana to count hurricane victims. Death toll stands at 161, with 11 in Texas. Helicopters from Fort Polk, bulldozers on Calcasieu River, and a radio network aid search and recovery. Snakes inflict misery as bayous flood towns. refugees move toward Lake Charles.
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Lake Charles
4Th Army
Louisiana
Texas
Cameron
Gulf of Mexico
Fort Polk
Calcasieu River
Wake Charles
Holsomback
Mama
Papa
Calcasieu Parish
Henry Reid
Simple Classifieds Sell Fast in Chronicle Telegram Ads
A breezy sales pitch touts Chronicle Telegram Classified ads as a quick way to move items from business to horse or house. The note cites an ad writer’s number and a sample listing for a 1949 Cushman scooter priced at 100 dollars with a phone contact.
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Lodi
Formosa
Amherst
Oberlin
Church
Wellington
U.P
Elyrian
International News Service
Carroll
Cal
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