Amherst Hesitates on Airport Pledge as Elyria Delays
Amherst finances weigh a $10,650 Lorain County Regional Airport pledge while Elyria stalls on its $186,952 share. Council considers status of payments, contingency funds, and possible removal from 1967 allocations as Lorain County and Lorain County authorities seek funds and smaller communities, notably Amherst, have yet to commit.
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Amherst
Lorain County
Council
Elyria
Engelhardt
County
Airport Authority
Lorain
The Family Newspaper Page Seventeen
Local page from The Chronicle Telegram highlights social notes and community brief items for Elyria readers. Readers find short notices on residents, events, and small announcements typical of a 1967 family newspaper page.
Balloon Busting Champion of Broad Street Retires
A letter from New York, signed Former Elyrian, claims Marsh Guerin or Guenin, long a storied Elyria businessman on Broad Street, retired after 50 plus years. The note describes a family reunion ritual since 1928 and a balloon-busting contest in which Marsh allegedly won 49 consecutive years, though the writer asks readers to turn to page 18 for more.
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Elyria
Broad St
Marsh Guerin
West Side
Lile
New York City
Elyrian
Ross
Marsh Guenin
Earl of
Omo
Marsh
Marsh Guermn
Hke
Lorain school bid dispute ends with Plumb bid
Lorain officials stood by a corrected reading of the low bid for a new high school after New York firm Chuckrow protested. The bid by Plumb Construction Co. of Lorain totaled 1.519 million, with Chuckrow claiming an 8 thousand error in addition. Board talks continue as plans include gym and auditorium on an alternate list funded by an 8.4 million bond.
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Lorain
New York
Chuckrow Construction Co
Board of Education
Plumb Construction Co
Chuckrow
Ernest Sposata
Aoard of Education
Sposato
Walter Caldwell Jr
Walter Caldwell and Associates
Plumb
Caldwell
Ernie
Plumb Co
John Hritsko
Hritsko
Harry Evans
Former Toledo couple murdered in Florida field
Bodies of Charles Mitchell 66 and Geneva Mitchell 67, a retired bookkeeper and his elder wife, were found shot 11 times in a palmetto scrub field near Winter Haven Florida. A statewide manhunt is underway as Polk County Sheriff Monroe Brannen notes the killer apparently wanted their car.
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Winter Haven
Fla
Toledo
Ohio
Charles Mitchell
Geneva
Polk County
Monroe Brannen
Dynamite Caps Found By Coast Guard In Lorain
Coast Guardsmen and Lorain police recovered nearly 50 dynamite caps on a small Black River island near East 31st Street bridge after a tip from two youths. Boatswain's Mate First Class Jimmy Johnson warned of danger from detonation and noted caps buried and scattered on land and in water. Police will continue investigation to determine theft source.
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Lorain
U.S. Coast
HUD aide surveys Ely Village before sale decision
A HUD official from Washington toured Ely Village in Elyria with Mayor Reichlin and planning director Hovis to assess options for sale to LMHA or private interests. Cobb arrived yesterday and will brief HUD leaders after another day or two of information gathering.
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HUD
Ely Village
Elyria
Lorain
Will
Washington
Leonard P. Reichlin
John F. Hovis
Reichlin
Cobb
Ronald Washley
LMHA
Wud
Negro to join school board and oversee Ely Village takeover
Cobb stated a program to have Ely Village 300 housing units refurbished and sold if federal rules allow. If not, HUD will proceed. He said LMHA has long sought to acquire the development for public housing and noted financing as a major hurdle. Reichlin praised the official visit and said the aim is decent, safe, sanitary housing for people.
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SMHA
Ely Village
Cobb
HUD
LMHA
Elyria
Reichlin
Sheffield to Consider Village Income Tax Study
A five member committee appointed by Mayor Howard K. Bliss will study village income tax options. City council authorized the mayor to pick the panel by a 5-1 vote. Bliss must select the committee by April 24. findings due to council on July 24. A resident income survey was proposed.
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Sheffield
Howard K. Bliss
Bliss
Airport loudness assurance sought for school near Lorain airport
Lorain County Airport Authority is asked to pass a resolution guaranteeing that future expansion will not raise noise levels at the Lorain County School for the Retarded on Murray Ridge Road. Atty. Jack Zagrans, chair of the Citizens Building Advisory Committee, notes flight paths would bring planes within 3,500 feet of the school, though current plans are not seen as seriously affecting it.
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Lorain County Airport Authority
Lorain County School
Murray Ridge
Atty
Jack Zagrans
Citizens Building Advisory Committee
Zagrans
Airport Authority
Humphrey in Holland for talks with Queen, leaders
Vice President Hubert Humphrey arrived in The Hague for two week European talks starting with an audience with Queen Juliana. He hoped to ease tensions over Vietnam and noted American historic ties with the Netherlands. He planned a black tie dinner with Mrs. Humphrey after meeting Dutch officials and potential antiwar demonstrators.
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the Hague
Hubert H. Humphrey
Netherlands
Juliana
Geneva
Humphrey
Queen Juliana
Mrs
Elyria Jaycees Renovate Finwood Scout Cabin
Elyria Jaycees begin restoration of the Finwood Boy Scout cabin led by George Iski with roof repair and interior work. Project managers George Parks and Harold Hintz plan a concrete floor, cleaned walls, new stain, sanitary facilities, stream cleanup, and possible dredging for a skimmying hole, with completion targeted by June.
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Finwood
Elyria Jaycees
George Iski
George Parks
Harold Hintz
Noti
Jaycees
Iski
Bill to ban Lorain landfill OKd by House committee
The House Agriculture and Conservation Committee recommended passage of a bill prohibiting garbage and waste disposal along waterways. Lorain could continue landfill along the Black River only by building dykes, with a Jan 1 1968 effective date. The measure now goes to the House Rules Committee for potential floor action.
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House
House Agriculture and Conservation Committee
Lorain
Black River
Lorain County
Edward DeChant
Avon Lake
Henry Schriver
Belden
Dechant
Schriver
House Rules Committee
Larain
Walil
David Baumhart
Make-up artist lectures at Lorain County College
Miss Carmie Amata a make-up artist from the Cleveland Play House demonstrated stage makeup to students in room 108. She transformed Sue Miller an 18 year old freshman into a much older woman and Gerald McBride a 20 year old sophomore into a dog in about twenty minutes during a college lecture and demonstration.
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Lorain County Community College
Carmie Amata
Childrens Theater
Cleveland
Miss Amata
Sue Miller
Briar Lake Dr
Gerald McBride
Root Rd
Lorain
Sue
Miss Amata Cho
Gerald
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Holland
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