Deputies cite 3 drivers in truck load crackdown
Lorain County deputies continued an overload truck crackdown into day two with a mobile squad stopping more than six trucks. One driver Vernon Reynolds 28 of 780 Washington Ave Lorain was cited for 1400 pounds over limit while two others Ernest Murray and Lewis Holcomb faced overload citations. The department plans ongoing random weighings in unannounced areas using portable scales.
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Lorain County
Sheriff's Department
Michael DeNicola
Daniel Sadkowski
James Holliman
Ernest Haylor
Vernon Reynolds
Washington Ave
Lorain
Ernest Dale Murray
Hecock Ave
Lewis Holcomb
Ward Rd
Wakeman
Oberlin
DiNicola
Library opens equipment bids for Elyria project
Elyria moves ahead with a 600000 library project as 35 specification requests arrive before noon. Bids were opened today and a special library board meeting was scheduled to review them. Contracts will be awarded as soon as possible across categories including equipment and furnishings.
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Elyria
Donald J Sager
Brary Board of Trustees
Sager
Area marine wounded in Vietnam in Gio Linh action
Lance Corporal Keith E. Thomas a LaGrange Marine serving in Vietnam is reported in good condition after being wounded March 24 in Gio Linh by fragments from a mortar. He is attached to Headquarters and Service Company First Battalion Fourth Marines and treated by the Third Medical Battalion. He is the son of William E. Thomas RD 1 Banks Rd LaGrange.
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Keith E. Thomas
LaGrange
Vietnam
Gio Linh
Thomas
Headquarters and Service Co
Fourth Marines
William E. Thomas
Banks Rd
Wounded Marine Beeson Evacuated to U S
L Cpl James Beeson wounded February 28 in Quang Tri Province South Vietnam has been air evacuated to the United States. His parents were told his condition is no longer critical and a visit is planned. Beeson arrived Thursday at Naval Hospital Philadelphia for treatment of chest and right shoulder wounds from machine gun fire.
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James Beeson
Quang Tri Province
South Vietnam
United States
Richard A. Beeson
Murray Ridge Rd
James
Naval Hospital
Philadelphia
Naval Hospital Ward
Sweeney split with party urges OBC vote in Ohio
Robert J. Sweeney of Cleveland, a former Democratic attorney general candidate, split with the Ohio party to back the Rhodes Administration's Ohio Bond Commission proposal and urged Democrats to vote for it in the May 2 special election.
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Columbus
UPJ
Rhodes
Ohio
Lorain Man Loses Arm In Plant Press Accident
A 31-year-old Lorain man, Glen Ward, lost his left arm when trapped in a punch press at American Standard's Air Conditioning Division on Woodford Avenue. He started at the Elyria plant in February and is listed in fair condition at Memorial Hospital Elyria Ward.
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Elyria Memorial Hospital
Glen Ward
Ward
American Standard
Woodford Ave
Elyria
Keys to head treasurer's rally headlines Ohio county treasurers
Lorain County Treasurer J Grant Keys was named chairman of the summer convention committee of the Ohio County Treasurers Association. The appointment was announced yesterday by association president Carl O Gess of Lucas County.
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Lorain County
J. Grant Keys
Ohio County Treasurers Association
Carl 0. Gess
Lucas County
Income tax urged for Elyria by Reichlin and Haywood
Elyria officials clash over a possible city income tax. Mayor Reichlin rates the suggestion as policy for the people to decide while City Auditor Haywood presses for a bipartisan study and a long range plan of expenditures under a tax. Haywood notes his role as Chief Fiscal Officer and urges public consideration.
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Elyria
Leonard P. Reichlin
Edwin G. Haywood
Reichlin
Haywood
Lorain County
Ohio NFO Ends Milk Withholding Action
The Ohio National Farmers Organization halted its milk withholding as pickets were withdrawn and milk deliveries resumed. At a Hillsboro meeting, officials authorized return to market, with many farmers planning to sell cattle as processing plans faltered. Seneca County soon resumed shipments while coordinating Phase II byproduct storage.
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Ohio National Farmers Organization
Hillsboro
H. M. Lewis
Scioto County
NFO
Ohio
Lewis
Seneca County
National Organization
Man loses two fingers in mishap at factory
Donald Reisz aged 38 of 590 Chestnut Ridge Road suffered the loss of two fingers on his left hand in an industrial accident at Mobilaid on Oberlin Road about 11 30 today. A hospital spokesman said the fingers were severed by a shaper and Reisz is listed in good condition at Elyria Memorial Hospital.
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Donald Reisz
Chestnut Ridge Rd
Mobilaid
Oberlin Rd
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Elyria Soldier Earns Bronze Star in Vietnam Action
Lt. Charles R. Firestone of Elyria has been awarded the Bronze Star for his role in Operation Junction City. The 173rd Airborne Brigade fire direction officer wrote his mother that he helped defend a fire support base under Viet Cong attack. He also earned recognition from the South Vietnamese government for gallantry in Operation Attleboro.
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Charles R. Firestone
Elyria
Junction City
Vietnam
Maude Mitrik
Foster Ave
Firestone
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Elyria High School
Tri-State College
Angola
Ind
Grafton fills vacant council seat
Grafton appoints William F. Goddard to fill the unexpired term of Councilman Guy Everson who moved to Parma. Sworn in by Mayor Ernest C. Taghill, Goddard will serve about one and a half years. He, his wife Wilma and their four daughters live in Grafton and he works as a checker for National Dairies in Cleveland.
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Grafton
William F. Goddard
Novak Rd
Guy Everson
Parma
Ernest C. Taghill
Ono
Goddard
Wilma
National Dairies
Cleveland
Upside-down deputy calls in own crash
SANDUSKY Erie County Sheriff's deputy Michael Clipson, 24, Vermilion, reported details to the State Highway Patrol after his cruiser collided with a car driven by Donna Brunon, 40, Milan, on Route 113 near Route 61. The cruiser hit a power pole, rolled over, and Clipson, suspended upside down, notified headquarters. Mrs Brunon and two youths were treated and released from Good Samaritan Hospital. the deputy also was released. The crash remains under investigation.
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Sandusky
Erie County Sheriff's
Michael Clipson
Vermilion
State Highway Patrol
Rt. 113
Rt. 61
Donna Jean Brunon
Milan
Clipson
Brunow
Carla
Julie Walker
Good Samaritan Hospital
Call for More Probers for Body in Rain Threat
In Elyria the search for 13 year old Terry Flood’s body in the Black River is intensified as thundershowers threaten. Fire department divers from the area and the Erie County Underwater Recovery Team are aiding the third day of the effort. Terry disappeared after a boat capsized near the dam, with his companion Peter Nicoletti surviving by reaching shore. Fire officials hope the body is lodged in a river cave. visibility underwater is limited to about three feet. The search spans from the dam south to a downstream reaches, with law enforcement and insurance officials assisting.
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Terry Flood
Peter Nicoletti
Elyria
al Sigsworth
Barbara Kamp
Black River
Nicoletti
Hlyria Mobile Homes
Terry
Jim Gattan
West Ave
Erie County
Asst
Earl Schaefer
Levi
Huron
Denver Hauser
Sandusky Insurance
Ray Zahniser
UCLA Takes NCAA Final. Elyrians Attend Louisville
UCLA defeated Dayton in the NCAA championship game as Elyria residents A N Chick Smith and wife Margaret watched in Louisville. The note highlights Smith as Ohio Athletic Conference commissioner and records two Lorain Ford promotions, William E Moser to General Foreman and John B Mueller to General Foreman in the pre-delivery and passenger paint areas.
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University of California At Los Angeles
UCLA
University of Dayton Quint
Elyrians
Louisville
A.N
Chick) Smith
Margaret. Smith
Elyria
Ohio Athletic Conference
Ford Motor Assembly
William E. Moser
Ford
Moser
Mississippi
Maxine
Jerry
Amherst
John B. Mueller
Pennsylvania
Mueller
Esther
Lisa
Gretchen
Vermilion
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Lance Cpl
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Area Marine
U.S
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Ohio Nfo
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Associated Press
Ft. Sill
Okla
Citarles R
Shelly Levi
15Th St
Russ Davies
Jack Wilhelm
Lorain County Community College
Midview
George Lucia
Charles Sheldon
Board of Education
Chester Carpenter
John Churella
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