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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1973
Page
2
Local items from Elyria dated Friday June 29 1973 cover brief community notes and notices. Report highlights include civic updates and short agency announcements affecting residents.
Kay Gable sells 19 acre Clark Gable ranch in the San Fernando Valley for 800 dollars to developers who plan a housing tract named Clark Gable Ranch Estates. The move is announced as part of a land development project in California.
Carolyn King a 12 year old girl appeared in court to challenge the constitutionality of the Little League no girls rule seeking an injunction to stop the national office from lifting the local league’s charter. Michigan's Ypsilanti City Council ordered the league to permit Carolyn to play or forfeit city baseball diamonds. The national office halted local teams from post season tournaments and all star games. Frank Sinatra named in assault complaint signed by Salt Lake City agent Frank J Weinstock 35 who says he was pushed menaced and beaten by three men in a Palm Springs restaurant in May Palm Springs officials await Sinatra statement before action.
The Elyria utilities committee urged spending 35000 to repair concrete streets including Longford Avenue Olive Street and Poplar Street and to have the city engineer draft plans for paving and draining Louisiana Avenue from Furnace Street to West River Road. It urged cooperation with nearby cities on rate increase talks with Ohio Edison and recommended July 26 27 28 as Bargain Days downtown. Residents near Allen Elementary voiced drainage complaints and the committee will take no action unless residents settle differences or tile is installed to fix low spots.
Lorain County Jail water main options range from 145 000 to 300 000 with three routes proposed Infirmary Road Murray Ridge Road and West Ridge Road Each route carries distinct assessment totals and future expansion potential The plan includes a 24 inch main with a 12 inch spur to the jail and mentions possible county contributions and future sewer work plans Chicago Symphony Solti contest for young conductors marks his 60th birthday with prizes and a chance to conduct the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
A reader recalls a 29 year old woman exhausted by a self-imposed reading schedule, sleeping only four to five hours nightly. The tale warns that a beneficial habit can become harmful when pursued to excess, risking sleep loss and fatigue.
A list of local residents with ages and addresses appears, pairing several men and women across Lorain and Avon Lake. Names include Philip H Allegretto and Venessa Katona, John R Duncan and Barbara Iski, Steven Rivera and Maria Quinones, Louis Vider and Julianna Juhasz, Robert J D Orozio and Susan McCoy, Randy Stevenson and Deborah Sellers, John R Sinclair and Janet Putre, Charles B Currier and Patricia Gray. Data includes professions such as service supervisor steel worker cabinet maker and bank teller.
One Lorain man Alfred L. Jones 31 of 736 W 19th St Lorain pleaded guilty to assault and battery and was sentenced to three months in the county jail by Judge LeRoy F Kelly credit for time served. The case arose from March 28 at the Empire Tavern parking lot.
Two Elyria men were fined in Elyria Municipal Court on car and alcohol charges. James Hersh of 443 W River St South received 300 dollars and costs, three days in jail, and a six month license suspension after pleading no contest to driving while under the influence. Charles V Dolan of 165 Dilworth St was fined 250 dollars and costs for having physical control of a motor vehicle while under the influence. plea not indicated. Both were charged by Elyria police.
A one alarm blaze gutted the downstairs of Floyd Knorr’s home at 843 West Broad Street after a burner was left on in the kitchen. The fire spread from the kitchen to the hall and living room, with heavy heat and smoke damaging the upstairs. two of Knorr’s sons escaped injury. Geneva notes oil shale deposits formed in vast basins.
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