New Hunt For Killer Is Futile
More than 241 officers searched a one square mile area in Warren Ohio for Alfred Buck Wilson but found no trace of the elusive killer. The search, the eighth large manhunt after he shot three women, was called off at dawn after officers moved in Friday and then halted mid morning by Sheriff T Herbert Thomas.
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Warren
O +UP
Alfred
Buck) Wilson
Wilson
Ling
Asea
Trumbull
T. Herbert Thomas
Hiss
McKiley School
Butth
Laura Church
Ariene Louise Church
Chronicle-Telegram
Interest Saving Plan Hangs On City Notes
City auditors say delaying note renewals may save interest as Project A and B street improvements lag. Proposals propose breaking projects into finished streets, renewing notes only for completed work, and pushing assessments to owners with 30 day cash deadlines. Eight cars and a hydrant crash injures Betty Jo Widener in a East Ave collision. one driver faces DWI charges.
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Elyria
Ellsworth Albert
Albert
Alhpit
Thea Gots
Betty Jo Widener
Damascus
James P. Widener
Fioria Memorial Hospital
Widener
East Ave
Second St
Temple Ct
Steve ¥. Toth
Lafayette St
Bovee Goldcamp
S18
Temple Cl
Toth
Married Nearly 60 Years LaGrange Woman Dies at 91
Augusta L. Wilcox, 91, lifelong LaGrange resident and wife of Avery H. Wilcox, died at 3:30 a.m. in East Haven Nurs ture after a long illness from a broken hip in 1945. Born February 6, 1862, she was the daughter of William and Elizabeth Stevenson. She married Christmas Day 1886 and leaves two sons Dr Arthur A. and Albert S. Wilcox, six grandchildren, and 12 great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements include calling at Rt 303 home and a Tuesday service at 2 p.m. with Rev. Melvin Hunt of LaGrange Methodist Church officiating. Burial in LaGrange Cemetery.
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Augusta L. Wilcox
LaGrange
East Haven Nursature
Avery H. Wilcox
Wilcox
William and
Elizabeth LaBarre Stevenson
Rt. 303
Arthur A
Albert S. Wilcox
la Grange
Russell D. Fulton
Grafton
Melvin © Hunt
LaGrange Methodist Church
LaGrange Cemetery
Elyria Youths Charged Over Car Roof Tag Play
Four youths aged 15 and 16 were charged after playing on car roofs at a Cleveland Street used car lot. Police officer John Wirth found them on top of vehicles around 9 20 p m. Damages were estimated at about 150 dollars for paint scuffs and other marks. They were released to parents with notice to appear in Juvenile Court.
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Cleveland St
John Wirth
Wirth
Budget Boost for Elyria Chest Agencies Proposed
The Elyria Community Chest board approved a 1957 UF budget of 192 397 dollars, a 13.8 percent rise over 1956, with A P J O Donnell Jr noting the increase and pledging continued support for Chest agencies. A separate local case saw three men charged with breaking into a Texaco station, two pleading not guilty and bound to the Grand Jury, after a police investigation attributed credit to detectives Stankard and Burrer.
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G. Russel Hargate
Elyria Community Chest
Chest Board of Trustees
United Fund
A. P. J. O'Donnell Jr
Elyria Detectives
Theodore R. Smith
West
David L. Carter
Wood St
Frank Wilcox
Frank Dickson
E. G. Stankard
S.C. Burrer
Texaco
16Th St
Middle Ave
Board of Trustees of the Chest
Chest
Injunction Dissolved Over Lorain Non Gambling Pinball Devices
Lorain County Common Pleas Judge John D. Pincura dissolved the June 15 pinball injunction against the City of Lorain. Roy Fankhauser and Mario Cipolia claimed their machines were legal amusements and not gambling devices. The judge noted the plaintiffs had not been ordered to remove machines and relied on newspaper reports for any threatened action.
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Lorain
Ohio Supreme Court
Iourt
Fankhauser
Cleveland
Cipolla
Lorain Music Co
Church Plans Last Service In Building
Elyria First Assembly of God will hold its final service in the East Bridge Street church and relocate next Sunday to the new Abbe Road building. Rev. William Pirschke of Longview Washington will preach at the closing service tomorrow as the congregation, once meeting in a home, prepares to dedicate the $120000 brick structure near Hilliard.
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Elyria
First
Assembly of God
East Bridge St
Abbe Rd
William Pirschke
Longview
Wash
Assembles of God
Big Prairie
Elyria Gospel Tabernacle
Hirst
Gulf Rd
Hilliard
Storms Maraud Midwest and Den/Coast Cool Air Drops Temperatures
Severe weather sweeps the Midwest with violent thunderstorms and at least one tornado near Laverne Minnesota causing property damage and power cuts. Other tornado sightings reported in Nebraska South Dakota and Kansas as warnings fade by midnight. Cooler air spreads to the East Coast with 102 degree heat in Lamar Colorado and much cooler readings from San Francisco to Dallas and Chicago.
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United Presc
Upper Midwest
Laverne
Minn
Nebraska
South Dakota
Kansas
South Carolina
Colorado
Wyoming
New Mexico
Lamar
Colo
San Francisco
Denver
Dallas
Chicago
Miami
Penalty Imposed For Exhibiting Gambling Devices
Eugene F. Neuberger, 70, of 208 Broadway, fined $15 and costs by Judge Le Roy Kelly after police said three punchboards were found on a counter at the Dings PX, leading to a charge of exhibiting gambling devices. Neuberger ordered to appear in Municipal Court.
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Lorain
Eugene F. Neuberger
Broadway
Poe
LeRoy Kelly
Neuberger
Dings PX
Ridgeville Re Zoning Meeting Postponed
Ridgeville zoning board postponed a plan to rezone land between the Ohio Turnpike and NYC tracks from business and residential to industrial. Only two members attended, lacking a quorum. Three local property owners opposed the proposal. The meeting was rescheduled for next Friday at 3 p.m. in Town Hall.
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Ridgeville
NYC
Root
Ridgeville-Elyrial Township
Ralph C. Steinmetz
Steinmetz
Westwood Dr
Peroning
Stemmetaz
Enrollment and Attendance Rise at City Playgrounds
At the end of the first half day of play the city playgrounds show 177 more enrollments than opening day last year, with total now 1 277 versus 7 100 last year and attendance ahead of prior opening days. Franklin leads new grounds with 118 enrollments, St. Jude 91, and recreation field with 46. An injury occurred at Franklin but staff warn parents to keep children away from the tile and construction area. neighborhood activities next Tuesday include crafts, bikes and wagons decoration, and toy bands with Yankee Doodle Dandy. Hamilton playground hosts basketball shooting, baseball pitching, and whopper day next week.
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Franklin
St. Jude
Hastern Heights
Russ Lynch
Hamilton Playground
North Olmsted Man Fined For Drinking Driving
Warren W. Greer, 30, of Elyria pleads guilty in Elyria Municipal Court after a drunken drive on Elyria streets. He weaved U turns and curved lanes, nearly colliding with another vehicle. Judge Frank Wilcox fines him 200 dollars, adds four days in jail, and suspends his license pending financial responsibility compliance.
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Smith
Carter
Dickson
Dallas Ave
Elyria Health
Municipal Cour
Vulcan St
Frank Wilcox
Carl Schmitt
Kons
Gaines
Goines
Ers
West River St
Sanitarian Eart Stoan
Elyria
Broad St
Cedar St
John Wirth
Wirth
Irth
Warren W. Greer
Chestnut Ridge Rd
Greer
Forfeited Lots Bring $21,000 In County Sale
The county forfeited land sale yielded 21 000 from 24 lots including a 4800 28th Street Lorain parcel sold to Jacob Levin Lorain. The sale covered tax delinquent property in Avon Lake with sales open at the courthouse at 9:30 am conducted Monday and Tuesday per Auditor Frank Ayres.
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28Th St
Lorain
Lorain City
Jacob Levin
Avon Lake
Frank Ayres
Patrol Mistake Reduces Fine Against Driver
Tarleton 38 of Elyria faced a reduced judgment in Municipal Court after it was found he followed a State Patrol officer across a railroad crossing with flashing signals. Judge LeRoy Kelly imposed only costs, noting the patrolman had crossed the tracks just ahead despite the warning devices.
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Lorain
Larry Tarleton
Warden St
Elyria
LeRoy Kelly
Tarleton
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