Parish cuts ties with Nicodemus longtime St Mary figure
Nicodemus Don Nicodemus to end duties as lay theologian and adult education director at St Mary Church Elyria effective June 1. He will focus full time on leading the Lorain County Council on Religion and Society, while church funds will come from a private donor. The council has long promoted ecumenism in the region.
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Don Nicodemus
St. Mary Catholic Church
Elyria
Nicodemus
Lorain County
Ray Yonker
St Mary Financea Committee
Council
William L. Newton
St. Mary
St. Mary Parish
County Council
Inciden
Tal
Vunker
St. Peter Catholic Church
North Ridgeville
Edward Murray
St Mary
Diocese of
Cleveland
St. Joseph Church
Capitola
Cali
Mayors allege Reichlin lulls voters on tax referendum
The income tax referendum committee led by former mayors Dunn Petro and Sanford accuses Mayor Reichlin of delaying tactics to defeat the petition. They say plans to place the issue on the November ballot would allow the tax to start July 1, 1968 if petitions are invalidated.
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Oscar G. Dunn
Joseph Q. Petro
Fred B. Sanford
Leonard P. Reichlin
Council
Reichlin
Committee For Income Tax
State of Ohio
City of
Elyria
Elyria City
UAW opens 21st convention amid AFL CIO split fears
UAW begins its 21st national convention in Detroit amid a looming rift with AFL-CIO that could produce a major labor split. Officials say no immediate severing of ties, with potential moves after the presidential election. observers expect a formal split unlikely before then.
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Detroit
UPI
United Auto Workers
Atlantic City
Afl-Cio
UAW
Ground broken for Lorain No 3 Drydock at AmShip yard
Leonard Horvitz of Horvitz Co Cleveland and Daniel S Connelly AmShip project engineer join A David Baumhart Lorain Port Authority chairman and Chester A Campbell Lorain service director representing Mayor Woodrow W Mathna to break ground for a 7 million shipyard expansion. The event nears completion in December 1969.
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American Ship Building Co
Lorain
Leonard Horvitz
Horvitz Co
Cleveland
Daniel S. Connelly
AmShip
A. David Baumhart
Lorain Port
Mathna
U.S. Navy
Black River
Traffic Death Watch in Lorain County Fact Sheet
Emergency advisory urges drivers in Elyria Lorain County to stay off high risk routes after a fatal crash and prompts motorists to avoid certain streets until further notice. Police and public safety officials broadcast warnings and request incident reports be filed promptly.
Elyria considers traffic changes including four way stop
Safety director James Tracey and Lt Jack Drage review options for Prospect Avenue and Eastern Heights Boulevard with a four way stop. A one side parking ban on Sumner Court is eyed due to narrow width and emergency vehicle safety. Traffic signal work at Tillotson and West River Road is underway with most of the installation costing about 3000.
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James ' Tracey
Jack Drage
Elyria
Tracey
Prospect Avenue
Eastern Heights Boulevard
Prospect
Sumner Court
Tillotson
West River Road
Ohio Bell strike ends with three year contract reached
Ohio Bell Telephone Co. workers may return to work early next week after a three year contract agreement. Local CWA officers will meet Saturday for details. No ratification vote needed. In Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky members vote on new deals. Nearly 2,000 Western Electric workers in Ohio are part of the CWA action.
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Cleveland
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Communications Workers of America
Ohio Bell
CWA
Cincinnati & Suburban
Northern Kentucky Citizens Telephone Co
Western Electric Co
Ohio
Smythe Reelected President of Elyria Memorial Hospital Board
Smythe, long-serving Elyria Memorial Hospital board member, was reelected president of the board. Officers include Vandemark as vice president and Fauver as treasurer. Also noted is the upcoming 50th anniversary of the East Side Sunday School now Pilgrim United Church of Christ, started in 1918 by Elizabeth Freese.
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Chauncey B. Smythe
Elyria Memorial Hospital
James G. Frank
Robert Vandemark
Earl Bell
Earl J. Fauver
James C Brown
Frank
Robert G. Brennan
Smythe
Thew Lorain Co
Roehring Co
Hospital Board of Trustees
Simce
Elizabeth
Washington Ave
East Side
Pilgrim United Church of Christ the East Side
Elizabeth Freese
Miss Freese
Garford School
First Congregational Church
First
Ida
Pilgrim Community Church
Oberlin mock convention debate on 14 plank platform
Oberlin College hosts a long debate on a 14 plank platform focusing on domestic issues and defense superiority. Delegates hear a Goodell keynote before tackling civil rights, urban affairs, civil liberties and labor planks. The discussion aims to influence delegates to the Republican National Convention.
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Oberlin
Oberlin College
Charles E. Goodell
R-N.y
Miami
Civil Liberties
Two Elyria Residents Struck By Cars In Separate Incidents
Two Elyria residents were injured yesterday in separate crashes. Donald County 21 of 281 Princeton Ave is in fair condition after being struck on Abbe Road while with a Lorain County Community College field trip. Brenda Curtis 4 of 427 Berkshire Road was hit on Berkshire Road while crossing and treated for scrapes. Neither driver was charged.
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Elyria
Donald County
Princeton Ave
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Abbe Road
Douglas Blough
Hawthorne St
Brenda Curtis
Berkshire Rd
Berkshire
Tommie Mercer
North
Pasadena Ave
Brenda
Elyrya Memorial Hospital
Lorain County Awards Contracts for School for Retarded
Lorain County commissioners awarded contracts totaling 1.399 million for the Lorain County School for Retarded. Raywood Construction Co of Cleveland won 867,300 for general contracting, Krebs and Calkins of Elyria 360,224 for plumbing and heating, and Harlan Electro Co of Toledo 163,225. The project, costing about 15 million, is funded by a 318,000 federal grant and county levy funds, and will be operated by the Lorain County Board for Mental Retardation.
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Lorain County
Raywood Construction Co
Cleveland
Krebs and Calkins
Elyria
Harlan Electro Co
Toledo
Lorain
County vote workers expect big turnout for election
Loram County Board of Elections expects a large turnout as absentee voting increases. Absentee ballots rose to 523 this year from 322 in 1964, driven by area growth and many first time voters amid heated primaries. Deadline was 4 p.m. yesterday except for servicemen who may vote until Tuesday. Total registrations stood at 88,534 compared with 85,170 in 1964.
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Loram County
Board of Elections
Black
Sewer group moves to form council for July funding
The French Creek Sewer Committee races to form a four community council of governments ahead of a July 1 deadline to apply for federal funds for a sewage treatment plant. At Sheffield Village Hall, by law sets from Sheffield Lake and Avon councils were reviewed to shape an executive committee and general assembly.
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Council
Sheffield
French Creek Sewer Committee
Council of Governments
Sheffield Village Hall
Sheffield Lake
Moran Sebo
Avon
Terrence Smith
Theodore Beckman
Donald Hubbard
Ohio Department of Urban Affairs
Sebo
General Assembly
Council of Governments 16
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