John Adams Jr. longtime Legion leader dies at 61
John Adams Jr. 61 of Bond Street Elyria longtime Bendix Corp. employee and former district Legion commander died after a long illness at Elyria Memorial Hospital. Survived by wife Ruth son John Q. and four daughters Barbara Sanchez and others. Services set at LaPorte United Methodist Church and Athe heart and diabetes groups receive memorials to church organ fund.
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John C
Jack) Adams Jr
Bond St
American Legion
Elyria Memorial Hospital
State Department
American Legion Zipper Club
Adams
Bendix Corp
Vandergrift
Elyria
Harold Dicken
King Solomon Lodge No
American Legion Post 12
LaPorte United Methodist Church
David L. Bush
Ridge Hill Memorial Park
Organ Fund
American Heart Association
Diabetes Association of Greater
Services for Guserov temple co founder
Joseph Guserov 81 owned a kosher market in Lorain and helped found the local Jewish temple. Funeral Sunday 2:30 pm at Walter A. Frey Funeral Home Lorain with Rabbis Max Roth and Samuel Meyer officiating. burial in Salem Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Guserov
Lorain
Walter A. Frey
Max Roth
Samuel Meyer
Salem Cemetery
Mr. Guserov
Elizabeth Forris
Priscella Cort
Forris
Hungary
Jehovah's Witnesses
Walter
Irma) Dobrinski
Florida
Joseph
Stese) Cherney
Ethel Stoll
Parke
Betty) Abell
Elyria
Margaret McMillen
Texarkana
Ark
James
Julia) Wigg
Jackson
Miss
Frank Caine
John Ferris
Emil Dovala
Ridge Mill Memorial Park
Loretta Walinski
St. Joseph Hospital
Miss Walinski
Lorain High School
Bethel Chapel
Gene
Jerry
Tucson
Ariz
Reidy-Scanlan
Maude Zoba
Calvary Cemetery
Two Bomb Scares Prompt Evacuation Plan Review
Lorain County Administration Building faced two bomb scares last week prompting questions about emergency procedures. County Recorder Dorothy L Essex says the incidents show the need for an organized evacuation plan including securing cash registers and providing walkie talkies for supervisors and maintenance staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County Administration
Dorothy L. Essex
Reve
Ugly buzzards return to Hinckley park after long winter
In Hinckley Ohio thousands of nature lovers await the annual return of the ugly turkey buzzards to Buzzard Roost on the Rocky River cliffs. Ranger St. James French is the official buzzard day spotter as naturalists note updrafts aid soaring and a likely early pilot birds. The 75 birds usually arrive in spring from Florida and settle back to nests. as of press time the main flock had not yet been seen.
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Hinckley
UPI
Capistrano
Cleveland Metroparks
St. James French
French
Florida
Park Rangers
Ohio faces modest state spending hit from federal revenue share loss
Ohio budget director William Keip warns the state could lose 46.4 million in revenue sharing in the current two year cycle beginning next January. The 10 cent gas tax hike and other Carter inflation measures may force cuts across the general fund budget of 10.9 billion. Senate President Oliver Ocasek urged restraint but noted local governments could face program and employment curtailments if funds vanish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Carter
William Keip
Senate
Oliver Ocasek
Ocasek
Northfield Democrat
U.S
Clarence J. Brown
Brown
Howard Metzenbaum
Dohio
Carl Stokes
Rezoning Stands for Pear Road Drive-In Site
Middleburg Heights residents opposed to Pear Road Drive-In property rezoning for an office building complex, but the decision will stand. Steve Fogarty reports the stance remains amid local debate and planning considerations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Fogarty
C-T
Middleburg Heights
Pear Road
Linge
Heavilin
Planning Commission
Council
Deaths elsewhere in Polish air crash slate
Bloomington Indiana University associate anthropology chair Alan P Merriam died in the Polish air crash that wiped out the U S amateur boxing team. He planned lectures at Warsaw University on ethnomusicology and was a renowned expert on African and American Indian music and a founder of the National Society of Ethnomusicologists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ind
UPI
Alan P. Merriam
Indiana University
U.S
Merriam
Warsaw University
National Society of Ethnomusicologists
TU Anthropology Department
Bay View officers wounded in Sandusky shooting
Bay View officers James A. Cherry and Ronald G. Cox were wounded while escorting a family from Bay View when a suspect fired on their cruiser near Barrett Road. Hayes later found dead at home after a gunfire confrontation. investigation ongoing into the domestic dispute tied to the incident.
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Bay View
James A. Cherry
East Algonquin Trail
Sandusky Memorial Hospital
Cherry
Ronald G. Cox
East Seneca Trail
Sandusky
Cox
Lee Cox
Ronald Cox
Erie County
Hershel A. Hayes
Barrett Road
Hayes
Grand Pass
Naturalist Diez to Speak March 24 at Elyria Hall
Naturalist photographer Tom Diez will present two outdoor films at 7 30 p m on March 24 in the Great Hall of the First Congregational Church Elyria Sponsored by Black River Audubon Society the notice corrects a prior error about the date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Diez
Black River Audubon Society
Diez
First Congregational Church
Elyria
Area residents named as Bush delegates and alternates
George Bush selected six area residents as GOP National Convention delegates and alternates. Delegates from the 13th District if he wins the Ohio June primary are Scribner L. Fanver of Elyria Sterling G. Sechrist of Wadsworth and Jay E. Wagner Jr. of Sandusky. Alternates are Cynthia Y. Bowser of Lorain Jean Waters of Medina and Jean Hord of Huron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bush
Bush
13Th
Ohio
Scribner L. Fanver
Elyria
Sterling G. Sechrist
Wadsworth
Jay E. Wagner Jr
Sandusky
Cynthia Y. Bowser
Lorain
Jean Waters
Medina
Jean Hord
Huron
Births in Lorain County Two Local Families Welcomed Additions
In St. Joseph on March 4 a son was born to Rebecca Whitfield and Guy E. Walker of 2202 Lorain Drive Lorain. On March 8 a daughter arrived to Stephanie and Keith Waters of 2778 Cleveland Blvd Lorain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca Whitfield
Guy E. Walker
Lorain Drive
Lorain
Stephanie and
Keith Waters
Cleveland Blvd
Lorain Men Receive Prison Sentences in Thefts
Common Pleas Judge Paul J. Mikus sentences Darrel J. Brown 21 of Lorain to 25 years at Columbus Reception Center for theft of 59 items valued at 568 from Ontario Store on Nov 3. Victor Lopez 20 of Lorain gets 15 years at Mansfield Reformatory for two breaking and entering offenses. combined with a prior burglary sentence from Feb 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert
Crys
Elyria Christian Banquet Set for Monday Event
The Elyria Christian Academy will host its annual spring banquet at 7 p.m. alongside a student art and science exhibit. Speaker James Bardick, Midwest director of the Association of Christian Schools International, will address attendees. For details contact Arthur Walkden at 322-6894.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria Christian Academy
James Bardick
Midwest
The
Association of Christian Schools International
Arthur Walkden
Academy Court
March 7 births for Julia and Griffith families
A son was born to Mr and Mrs Luis Julia of 2315 Homewood Drive Lorain and a daughter to Rodger and Sharon Griffith of Elyria.
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Luis Julia
Homewood Drive
Lorain
Rodger and
Sharon Griffith
Elyrja
Speeding and expired plates allege fines in Ohio and New York
A garbled list shows multiple individuals, including Weliames George of Auston Texas and Raymond Jr of Tappan New York, cited for speeding, with several entries noting expired plates, red light violations, and fines around 20 to 21 dollars. Names, addresses, and charges are inconsistently presented amid OCR garble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Auston
Texas
Raymond ‘Roll Jr
Tappan
N.Y
Tea Hammond
Ravenna
Onis Levine
Broadway
Lorain
Sare Moller
Ohio St
Richard
Thomas Jr
Rocky River
Robert Zegarac
Broadview Heights
Wo Sapp
Brunswick
Ford frustrates Ohio backers as primary deadline nears
Ohio backers led by US Rep. Clarence J. Brown push for a Gerald Ford candidacy. Petitions and written consent must be filed by Thursday for Ford delegates in the June 3 GOP primary. Brown notes Ford has not decided, despite calls to act, while Gov. Rhodes stays neutral to promote party unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Gerald R. Ford
Clarence J. Brown
R-Chio
Ford
Urbana
John W. Brown
Thomas A. van Meter
Ashland
Senate
Brown
Texas
John B. Connally
Connally
James A. Rhodes
Rhodes
Jimmy Carter
Grunda seeks fourth term as Lorain County prosecutor
Lorain County Prosecutor Joseph R. Grunda announced his candidacy for re election to a fourth consecutive term. He faces Daniel Stringer in the Democratic primary on June 3. Grunda holds multiple honors and leads the MEG undercover drug unit while naming committee chairs for his campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
Joseph R. Grunda
Daniel Stringer
North Ridgeville
Grunda
Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association
Ohio Supreme Court
Ohio Prosecuting Attorney Associations
Cratic
Lorain County Metropolitan Enforcement Group
MEG Agency
Lorain County Bar Association
St. Ladislaus Church
Holy Name Society
John D. Pincura III
Richard T. Laux
Kosma Glavas
Elyria
Leo Bullocks
Hilma Seward
Joyce
Mertz announces candidacy for Lorain County Sheriff term
Lorain County Sheriff James A. Mertz, 42, of Carlisle Township, a Republican, declared his bid for election to his first full term. Appointed last March after the death of Vernon M. Smith, he has a long department tenure since 1959, rising from sergeant in 1961 to captain in 1968, and is a Heidelberg College psychology major with multiple polygraph credentials and professional affiliations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
James A. Mertz
Mertz
Carlisle Township
Vernon M. Smith
Heidelberg College
Lorain County Community College
Southern Police Institute
University of Louisville
Louisville
Ohio Association of Polygraph Examiners
American Association of Police Polygraphists
Academy of Certified Polygraphists
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IEA
John Adams Jr
Legion
John Adams
Guserov
Temple
John Forris
Bayit L-Epletot
Agudath B’naisrael Temple
Emma Zubrick
Miramar
Fla
Wellington
South Broward Community Hospital
Hollywood
Zubrick
Yugoslavia
Yovanka Gleglove
Mildred Kaplan
Coral Gables
Fra
Sam
Rade
Lakewood
George Yambrisak
Norton Funeral Home
Michael Loser
Greenwich Cemetery
Curtis-Scheuffler Funeral Home, Inc
Darvey
Carfis Emed
W. Screnfer Desiel Rotke
Ugly Birds
Buzzin’ Hinckley
National Defense
Middleburg
Valerie
Skip Cregier
Cregier
Atlantic
Imperial War Museum
Duxford
England
al Heavilin
Ward
Doris Linge
St. Joseph
Common Pleas
Weliames
Suum Thomas
Pater Baker
Brunswick Drive
Zaiek
Meister
Vera Eit
Jerry Dunford
River Road
Lawrence
Richfield
Moh Gauthier
Briarwood Raed
Columbia Station
Red Light
Joe Redey
Bromerwick
Vallice i' Mete
Barrish
Lorain City
Democratic Central Committee
Joseph Grunda
James Mertz
Fulton Funeral Home
Doyle E
Blackburn
Russell D. Fulton
Main St
Gratton
King Solomon Lodge
John C. Adams, JR
4Th and Midler Elyria
Edwin E Sakal
Wlm
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