Robert Clayton 101, longtime rail worker, dies in Oberlin
Robert Clayton 101 a retired railroad worker and Carter Nursing Home resident in Oberlin since 1977 died there Thursday Born in Nashville he once lived in the Cleveland area He was honored in The Chronicle Telegram on his 101st birthday and feted with birthday greetings from President Carter and Rep Don J Pease Oberlin proclaimed Sept 6 as Robert Clayton Day Nieces and nephews survive Services are incomplete and handled by Cowling Funeral Home Oberlin
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Ing Homie
Oberlin
Mr. Clayton
Nashville
Tenn
Cleveland
Chronicle-Telegram
Nursing Home
Carter
Don J. Pease
Doberlin
Robert Clayton
Cowling Funeral Home
Obituary notices for Woods Handley and Whiton include deaths
George H. Woods Jr aged 78 of Elyria from Florence Alabama lived in Elyria 13 years and worked as coal miner custodian and stock supplier. Walter J. Handley 79 of Prescott Arizona former Lorain County resident retired Fisher Body GM, died after brief illness. Elaina Marie Erminio infant daughter of Wellington died in Akron Children’s Hospital. Elsie S Whiton 93 of Oberlin died after two week illness. long Oberlin College maid and Vine Rebekah Lodge member. Burial and memorials planned in local area including Brookdale and Crownhill Cemeteries. services by Second Baptist Church and First United Methodist Church.
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George H. Woods Jr
Warden Ave
Florence
Ala
Elyria
Wheelwright
W. Va
Oberlin Schools
J.C. Penney
Woods
Second Baptist Church
United Mine Workers Association
Candis
Louise. Evans
Oberlin
George Jr
Dennis
Algria Brank
Leroy Bass
W.L
Anna B.) Holmes
Carrie Breckenridge
Louisville
Walter J. Handley
Prescott
Ariz
Lorain County
Mr. Handley
Fisher Body
General Motors
Huntington
New London
Spencer
Arizona
Gertrude
Kenneth
Oklahoma City
Oktla
Phyllis Arnold
Lois Handley
Florida
Nellie Smith
Obe
Elaina Marie Erminio
Richard Erminio
Wellington
Akron Children’s Hospital
Elsie S$. Whiton
Tressies Nursing Home
Allen Memorial Hospital
Russia Township
Whiton
Amherst Township
Oberlin College
First United, Methodist Church
Vine Rebekah Lodge
Carl G. Beighley
First United Methodist Church of
Crownhill Cemetery
Amherst
Death notices from Lorain header details multiple funeral services
Anna Dobrosky 76 of Lorain with daughter Maggie Duty and siblings. visitation 7 9 pm Friday John H Devin Funeral Home Lorain, prayer service 8 pm, burial Calvary Cemetery. Minn Dr John Alban 89 of Lorain. wake 2 4 and 7 9 pm Friday, service 8 30 pm, Saturday 10 am funeral home 11 am St Mary Church, burial Calvary Cemetery. George Ay 66 of Lorain. wife Ethel and children Noreen Cottrell Sharon Kowalwski. visitation 2 4 and 7 9 pm Friday Bele Seong Funeral Home. parishionary service 8 pm Friday. services Saturday.
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Dobrosky
Anna
Lorain
Mra
Maggie Duty
Frit
John H Devin
Calvary Cemetery
Minn
John Alban
Art
John C. Mitenich
Dante
Rite Andrews
Katherine Mulhern
Anne Stack
St. Mary Church
George Ay 66
Ace Hia
Ethel A
Sara
George
Michael
Charles
Joan
Noreen Cottrell
Sharon Kowlowski
Mary Zeesech
Bele Seong
Avon Lake opens Cruising amid local concern
The Avon Lake Theater premieres Cruising a controversial New York sex life drama sparking mixed reactions. City officials in Strongsville pressured theaters to drop the film citing resident complaints while Brook Park banned it, provoking debate over censorship and discretion.
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New York City
Avon Lake Theater
Ken Gulling
Robert Holland
Midway Twin Cinemas
Ehrnfelt
Anthony Cgousios
Brook Park
Amherst mayor vetoes police raise citing income limits
Amherst Mayor Anthony DePaola vetoes the controversial police pay and benefits ordinance arguing the raises are too rich for current income. He cites Shakespeare and state law, says only the safety director can authorize personal days and police training changes, and notes retroactive raises may be unconstitutional. Council plans to override. the dispute centers on a three year contract and potential tax increases.
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Amherst
Anthony DePaola
Shakespeare
Council
DePaola
Thomas Ferguson
Bank Job in Lorain by Three Masked Gunmen
Three masked gunmen robbed City Bank Co. in Lorain on Homewood Drive and Grove Avenue taking over a thousand dollars after forcing five employees to lie on the floor. The suspects fled north behind Hills department store toward 36th Street. vault access failed and no photos were taken. FBI and police continue investigation.
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City Bank Co
Lorain
Homewood Drive
Grove Avenue
John Malinovsky
Hills Department
36Th Street
Malinovsky
FBI
Mike Bartley
Amiable deaths. Niesen and Washington noted
Martin J. Niesen 81 of 587 Middle St Amherst pronounced dead at Amherst Hospital after being stricken at home. Funeral arrangements by Garland Funeral Home. Jacob Washington 56 of 1834 Lexington Ave Lorain died Thursday morning in St Joseph Hospital Lorain. He worked as a scarfer at U S Steel in Lorain and served in World War II. He belonged to Herman Daniels VFW Post 8226 and Community Baptist Church Lorain. Burial in Elmwood Cemetery Lorain. Naomi Mosley 65 of 585 Edgewater Dr Vermilion died at the Cleveland Clinic after a three week illness. Survived by five sons and several daughters and many grandchildren. Funeral services 1 p m Saturday at Fleming Avenue Free Will Baptist Church. Burial Elmwood Cemetery Lorain.
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Martin J. Niesen
Middle St
Amherst
Amherst Hospital
Garland Funeral Home
Jacob Washington
Lexington Ave
Lorain
St. Joseph Hospital
Pallard
Ala
Washington
U.S. Steal
U.S. Navy
Herman Daniels Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Community Baptist Church
Jessie
Alan
Darryl
Dennis
Georgia Tolliver
Wiggins
Charles
Robert
George
Pensacola
Fla
John
Fort Lauderdale
Aubrey
Brooklyn
N.Y
Richard
Chicago
Ray
Brown Funeral
Benjamin Davis
Community Baptist
Elmwood Cemetery
Naomi Mosley
Edgewater Dr
Cleveland Clinic
Webb
W. Va
Mosley
Fleming Avenue
Free Will Baptist Church
Jeff
Marvin
Ernest
Tia
Vermilion
Harold
Ruth) Browder
Colonial Heights
Chris
Belva) Dilson
Arnold
Geraldine) Hughes
Elmer
Mary) Wailer
Wakeman
Raymond
Logan Copley
Ida Molette
Napoleon
Ohio
Glen
James
Park Ave
James Cavin
Lewis Copley
Atlantic Charter Talks Drafted at Sea in 1941 Meeting
In 1941 President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill met at sea to draft the Atlantic Charter, a pivotal wartime agreement shaping postwar aims.
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Roosevelt
Churchill
County Paramedic Service Meeting Postponed to March 18
County Commissioner Clerk Kenneth Koscho announced the paramedic meeting is postponed to 1 p.m. March 18 in the commissioners hearing room. The agenda includes a proposal to start a county paramedic service. Commissioners approved an .8 mill levy for June ballot expected to raise about $1.5 million yearly amid local resident opposition to a general levy.
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Kenneth Koscho
Koscho
Local births reported in Elyria Memorial area
The bulletin lists newborns and parental addresses in Lorain Grafton and nearby areas. Entries include a son to Brian Kildow at 1742 New Jersey Ave Lorain and a daughter to Pamela Malcomb at 1101 Novak Road Grafton among multiple others with dates March 5 and March 6 and names such as James Coen Arthur Ellis and Timothy Walsh.
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Genevieve Bowens
Abbe Rd
Wendy Smith
Quincy St
Linda Newson
Bohannon Ct
Robert McClain
East Royalton Rd
Columbia Station
James Coen
Bellfield
Summit Dukeman
Wellfleet Dr
Grafton
Arthur Ellis
Island Rd
Gregory
Hilatre
Lake Ave
James Norris
Oakwood Dr
Barry Howard
Beavercrest
Lorain
NAACP Elyria chapter to hold treasurer election
The Elyria NAACP chapter will hold a special meeting at Mt Zion Baptist Church to fill the treasurer vacancy after Newt Reed’s death. The gathering will also select delegates for the regional conference in Chicago March 28 to 30 and is open to any qualified member.
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Elyria
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Newt Reed
NAACP
Chicago
Second robbery reported at Doctor's Clinic
Lorain County deputies arrest an unidentified man after a gunpoint robbery in the Doctor's Clinic parking lot at 38521 Butternut Ridge Road. It marks a second weeklong incident as eight people argued after a Cleveland man claimed he handed over change and was robbed. A nurse notified deputies. no weapon found. Earlier, a separate woman reported $17 stolen by three men in the same lot.
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Lorain County
North Ridgeville
Cleveland
School bus laws explained by OSP
The Ohio Highway Patrol explains that on two lane highways all drivers must stop for a school bus with flashing red lights and remain stopped until the signals end. On four lane roads only traffic following the bus must stop, even without a median. Violators face up to 500 dollars fines and a year’s license suspension.
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Elyria Post
Ohio Highway Patrol
Elyria
Arthur Knight
Oberlin nurse abduction case moves to grand jury
Dennis Vaughn of Oberlin faced the Lorain County Grand Jury on abduction, kidnapping, and two counts of rape after a Monday night attack on a 25 year old Allen Memorial Hospital nurse. Vaughn pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity at arraignment and remained jailed on 70 000 bond.
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Oberlin
Dennis Vaughn
Lorain County
Allen Memorial Hospital
Vaughn
Professor St
Martin Heberling
Father of hostage expresses skepticism over transfer reports
Zane Hall, father of Joseph Hall, a military attache and hostage in Iran, doubts militants will release the captives to the government. He fears a false alarm while noting his son recently sent a letter that seemed supervised. Hall, transferred to Tehran last August, says his wife Cherilyn, an Elyria native, has limited access.
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Little Falls
Minn
Iran
Zane Hall
Joseph Hall
Hall
Cherlynn
Elyria
Tran
Tehran
U.S
Athens
Cleveland Man 60 Dies In One Car Park Crash
A Cleveland man, Alexander Debrei, 60, died from injuries after his car left Valley Parkway in the Cleveland Metroparks Rocky River Reservation and struck a tree near Brookpark Road. Debrei, found by a ranger, was pronounced dead at Fairview General Hospital. Police say speed is not confirmed. coroner cites crash injuries possibly preceded by a heart attack.
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Cleveland
Rocky River
Cleveland Metroparks
Rocky River Reservation
Alexander Debrei
67Th St
Fairview General Hospital
Valley Parkway
Metropark Police
Debrei
Metroparks
Cuyahoga County
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Shannon
RJ. Gordon
Brookdale Cemetery
Elaina Erminio
Medina
Vincent
Olevo Erminio
Pennsylvania
Donald Elzer
Brunswick
Greenwood Cemetery
James Raymann
St. Patrick Catholic Church
Norton Funeral Home
J. E. Whiton
George H. Woods SR
Curtis-Scheutfler Funeral Homa, Inc
Greater Bigham and Vicinity
Maren C. Corts East
W. Scevalfias
Daniel Rokke
Avon Lake
Patti Ewald
Steve Fogarty
C-T
Holland
the Great
Strongsville
Walter Ehenfelt
Strongsville Twin Cinema
Pearl Road Theater
America
Strongsville City
Gousios
Ry Beth Boyd
Mrs
Jeff Mosley
Charter Meeting
Elyria Memorial
June Gilliam
Barbara St
Timothy Walsh
High Point Blvd
Doctor’s Clinic
Thomas Tomascheski
Gifford Road
Allen Memorial
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Brookpark Road Bridge
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