Falls area arborist Edward Scanlon dies at 72
Edward H. Scanlon 72 of Olmsted Falls and founder of Edward H. Scanlon and Associates died after a short illness at Fairview General Hospital Cleveland. He served Cleveland as its first shade trees commissioner 1946 1954 and later advised Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co. on arboreal program. He lived at 7621 Lewis Dr Olmsted Falls and was an WWII Navy veteran. Survived by wife June a brother two sisters and several nieces and nephews. Funeral arrangements announced by Corrigan's Funeral Home Fairview Park with services Friday. Burial in Chasn ut Grave Cemetery Olmsted.
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Edward H. Scanlon
Olmsted Fails
June F
John
Cleveland Area
Marie Scannell
Toledo
Madeline Lavey
Winter Park
Fla
Obituary for Billy Mayer 101 of Columbia Station dies
William Billy Mayer ex farmer and Columbia Schools bus driver for 25 years died at 101 after a brief illness at Southwest General Hospital Middleburg Heights. Born in Liverpool Township Medina County he spoke of Columbia’s change from farm to residential community. Survived by son Carl W and daughters Leona Fitch Margaret Reisinger Pearl Churchward six grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Funeral at Columbia Baptist Church Baker Funeral Home Beav.
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William “Billy
Mayer
Royalton Rd
Columbia Station
Southwest General Hospital
Middleburg Heights
Columbia Schools
Chronicle-Telegram
Columbia
Mr. Mayer
Liverpool Township
Medina County
Acme Grange
Columbia Game Club
Columbia Senior Citizens
Columbia Baptist Church
Ella
Carl W
Parma
Leona Fitch
Margaret Reisinger
Pearl Churchward
Eustes
Fla
Erwin
Charles
Baker Funeral Home
Lee Cattel
Columbia Cemetery
Gunman robs Lorain gas station
A lone gunman robbed the Mico gas station at 4935 W Erie Ave Lorain taking 49 dollars after first asking for change and then threatening the attendant with a .38 revolver. He fled on foot after forcing the attendant to a back room. Police investigated.
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Lorain
Mico
Erie Ave
Weston Missouri hosts largest tobacco market west of Mississippi
Jefferson City Missouri report notes Weston in northwest Missouri as home to the largest tobacco market west of the Mississippi, per the Missouri Division of Tourism.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Weston
Mississippi River
Missour Division of Tourism
Mrs Vickie Mitchell 29 Dies in Elyria Hospital
Mrs. Vickie Sue Mitchell a 29 year old receptionist in Dr. Robert L Bentz offices Lorain died yesterday at Elyria Memorial Hospital at 9 36 a m She was born in Dark Arkansas and lived in Elyria four years Survivors include Gayle and two sons at home her parents Mr and Mrs George Stewart of Gark Arkansas eight sisters and two brothers Friends may visit today 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p m at J J Gluyna and Son Funeral Chapel Lorain then body will go to Cox Funeral Home Clarksville Arkansas for visitation Friday Funeral Saturday at 2 p m Burial Yale Cemetery Gark Arkansas
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Audrey Nash
Timberlake
Ear
Iron Bridge
Ontario
Zeis
Detroit Ave
Lakewood
Merton McKendry
LaPorte Cemetery
Anright Omar O
West 20Th St
Lorain
Ann
Vernon, Harold & Raymond
Dombrowski
Zion Lutheran Church
Ridge Hill Memorial Park
Mamie A
Mee Oberra
Lake Ave
Ralph
Ores
Curtin-Scheuffler
Tod
Brownhelm Cemetery
Elizabeth
Faer Park Rd
Entil Dovala Funeral Home
Lo Tain
Funeral
Elmward Cemetery
Wilkinsburg
Oberlin High School
Oberlin College
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh
George
Ann B.) Jewett
Westport
Salvador S. Silva Jr
33Rd St
St. Joseph Hospital
Southview High School
Thompson Landscaping
Sacred Heart Chapel
Salvador Silva Sr
Jesse
Mark
Denise
John Silva
Andrea Aguilar
Gabriel Alejandro
John R. Devin
Sacred Heart Church
Robert Ward
Calvary Cemetery
Helen M. Ford
Maurice Mosley
Brookdale Cemetery
Heather M. Surace
Robert J. Surace
Dilworth St
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Thomas Wetzel
Elyria
Louis Surace
St. Mary
Tommorrow
John Buza
St. Jude Church
Reichlin
William
Cheryl) Loescher
New London
Charles Tate
Arendtsville
Paul
Baltimore
Earl of Westminster
Roy
Spokane
Wash
Marian Roberts
Eastman Funeral Home
Allen Conway
First United Methodist Church
Grove Street Cemetery
Gladys Lloyd
West Palm Beach
Fla
Elyvia
St.Mary's Hospital
Lloyd
Pete Held
Vickie Sue Mitchell
Woodland Ave
Robert L. Bentz
Gayle
Gayle Jr
Michael
George Stewart
Gark
Ark
Faye Eversole
Rogers
Eula Hill
Springdale
Ruby Morris
Calif
Maudie Acord
Pomona
Wilma Adams
Ozone
Linna Mobbs
Batson
Judy Burns
Tulga
Okla
Mary Russell
Huntsville
Bobby Stewart
Fayetteville
J.J. Gluyna and Son
Cox Funeral Home
Clarksville
Yale Cemetery
Deaths abroad mark Duke of Leinster and UPI obituary notes
Edward Fitzgerald 83, Duke of Leinster, found dead in a one room apartment. An empty sleeping tablets bottle beside him. fourth wife Vivien cites declining spirits. Noted as an unconventional aristocrat who sailed Atlantic solo, drove Britain end to end for a $6,000 bet, walked at 69, and twice bankrupt. Succeeded by son Gerald. In Stockton, Warren Atherton, 4, former national commander of the American Legion who helped draft the GI Bill, funeral tomorrow. Survived by wife Marietta and four children.
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London
UPI
Edward Fitzgerald
Duke of Leinster
Britain
Vivien
Atlantic
Leinster
Ireland
Gerald
Marquess of Kildare
Stockton
Calif
Warren H. Athertos
American Legion
Atherton
San
Avon Lake 1976 Budget Shows Surplus and No Service Cuts
Avon Lake mayor presents a 1976 general fund budget of 1,806,050 with anticipated income of 1,850,649, indicating a surplus and no city service cuts. The plan references a 4 percent wage raise for city workers, possible employe raises from a 44,599 balance, and capital projects including roads and erosion work. The budget excludes federal revenue sharing funds while council urges Congress to continue the program.
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Avon Lake
Richard Hausrod
Council
Congress
Hausrod
Police Patrolmen's Association
Firemen’s Association
Avon Lake Municipal
William Hewitt Sr
Cleveland State University
Hewitt
Park Department
Warrant issued for Lorain rape suspect Amos Lee
Lorain police issued warrants for Amos Lee 23 in a kidnapping rape armed robbery and shooting incident on March 2. Lee faces two kidnapping rape aggravated robbery and grand theft charges after a 45 year old woman was attacked. Detective Sgt. Leland Matuszak exchanged gunfire with two robbers at a Lawson Store during the incident.
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Lorain
Amos Lee
Lee
Leland Matuszak
Lawsons
Lorain Plaza
Oberlin Avenue
Meister Road
14Th St
Oberlin Ave
Matuszak
W. 23Rd Street
County inmate charged with setting jail fire
Earl Hill, 26, of 240 Fifth St., jailed on aggravated menacing, set a jacket on fire tied to bars in a city jail cell. Six other prisoners escaped injury as Elyria Police stated Hill was charged with aggravated arson after the Sunday incident. A warrant by Richard F. Zelinski cited Hill threatening him with a razor at a downtown bar.
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City
Earl Hill
Fifth St
Elyria
Richard F. Zelinski
Hill
Mink coat theft linked to inn fire and jail escape
A mink coat valued at 3500 was stolen from the lobby of Elyria Holiday Inn near the 76 Lounge. Police say a fire at the inn sent ten prisoners coughing into the hall as officers used a extinguisher to control the flames. Helen Gordon, 68, of Mayfield Heights, reported the coat missing after placing it on a rack and returning to find it gone. The coat bore the name Helen Berusch on the inside.
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Elyria Holiday
Helen Gordon
Mayfield Heights
Elyria
Helen Berusch
Park flood damage values estimate to hundreds
Cascade Park sustains flooding damage amounting to several hundred dollars per parks and recreation director Cheries Roagland. Most harm occurred to a 10 foot section of ford that washed out while parklands escaped serious damage.
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Cascade Park
Parks and Recreation
Cheries Roagland
Theft and accidents clutter Amherst area police log
The Lorain County area reports multiple incidents including a staged radio theft discovered as a prank, several two car crashes on East River Street Broad and Cedar streets Cleveland Street Chestnut Ridge Road and other roads. A crane accident in Eaton Township with no injuries was noted. Property losses include a car radio and jewelry totaling about 130 dollars. Police investigated the incidents and reported no injuries in most crashes.
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Kenneth Streets
Oakwood Dr
Apt
Hll
Citizen Band
Radio Rama
Twatar
Fairlawn Avenue
Uyu
East River Street
Prospect School
Prospect St
Evelyn Houston
Adams St
Broad and
Cedar Streets
East Avenue
Fourth Street
Cleveland Street
Naanjue
Ohio State Highway
Rts
Eaton Township
Lems
Clara Ming
Russia Rd
South
Amherst
Crestwood
Griswald Road
Lorain County Sherf’s
Chestnut Ridge Road
E River Road
Carlisle Township
Abhe
No new meeting set with Parker Oberlin
The Olberlin board of education has not heard from NAACP leaders on rescheduling a meeting about transferring middle school principal Eugene Parker to the central office. NAACP President Thomas Ellis was to submit written suggestions as soon as possible, while the board waits for Ellis input before proposing its own ideas.
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Oberlin
Board of Education
NAACP
Eugene Parker
Parker
Thomas Ellis
Ellis
Dennis Flood
Naacp State Education
Flood
John Lewis
Ralph Brooks
Brooks
Jury seated for Elyria youth trial in shooting case
In Cuyahoga County Common Pleas a jury was seated for a 19 year old Elyria youth charged with the December 30 shooting and robbery of Lawrence Kaminski. Claudia Nelson 23 seeks a separate trial for attempted aggravated murder and aggravated robbery in the same incident. Kaminski and Nelson were in the Black Lite Lounge before the attack in North Olmsted. Kaminski was hospitalized and later released from Fairview General Hospital. A third man who pled guilty to attempted aggravated murder received a prison sentence.
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Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Common Pleas
Elyria
Eilyria
Lawrence Kaminski
Rickie McMillan
Fifth St
Daniel Corrigan
Claudia M. Nelson
Iil Ave
Cmalian
Miss Nelson
North Olmsted
Kaminski
Third St
Lorain Rd
McMillian
Fairview General Hospital
Two Clevelanders Held on Bomb Charges
Two Cleveland men Ted Ricci and Richard Viccarone are jailed on possession of a destructive device after a five-stick dynamite bomb was found in their car at the Strongsville exit of the Ohio Turnpike. They appeared in U S District Court and bond was set at 100000 and 85000 respectively. A federal court spokesman said arraignments are scheduled for March 1.
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Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Strongsville
Ohio Turnpike
Ted Ricci
W. 93Rd St
Richard P. Viccatone
Madison Ave
U.S. Magistate
Jack Streepy
U.S. District Court
Yockey
Ricci
Gas pact talks continue tonight with Columbia Gas
Council's finance committee will meet in council chambers at 7 20 pm with Columbia Gas representatives to negotiate a new Tate contract. Committee chair Beverly J Renner says a counter proposal will be offered and that high users will pay more.
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Council
Columbia Gas
Tate
Beverly J. Renner
D-7
Brookside students push for changes at high school
About 25 Brookside High students met Sheffield-Sheffield Lake Board of Education to seek improvements. They asked for a smoking lounge outdoor study area more classrooms parking lot repairs and an outdoor study hall possible, depending on funds. Superintendent Nace noted first student board meeting and uncertain outcomes while opposing a smoking lounge.
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Sheffield Lake
Sheffield-Sheffield Lake Board of Education
Brookside High
Richard E. Nace
Nace
Mace
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E. Main St
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Lorain Station
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Dark, Ark
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Malinovsky
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