Dayton natives helped end pay toilets nationwide in 1960s
Dayton teens Michael Gessel Ira Gessel Steve Froikin and Natalie Precker founded the Committee to End Pay Toilets in America in 1968 Their campaign inspired national media coverage and campus chapters at institutions like Johns Hopkins Harvard and Kent State while spreading free access to restrooms across the country The effort produced leaflets poems and a memorial award and drew dues from about 1800 supporters
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Dayton
Michael and
Ira Gessel
Steve Froikin
Natalie Precker
Committee To
America
Gessel
Dayton Development Coalition
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Howard Johnson
Ira
Peo
Ple
Congress
Froikin
Meadowdale
The
Friends
Dayton Public Library
Thomas Crapper
University of Chicago
Kent State University
Johns Hopkins University
Harvard
New splash pads open at South West park
Elyria opens splash pads at South Park and West with funding from Issue 6 and grants. Lisa Bowman's granddaughter first to play at South Park as Mayor Brinda cites citizen support and council leadership. Officials note future North and East pools will reopen and a $700000 investment backs park improvements.
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South West Park
Elyria
South Park
Lisa Bowman
Bowman
Remi Canfield
Parks and Recreation Department
Holly Brinda
South
West
Carrie Reardon
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Donna Mitchell
D-6th Ward
Marcus Madison
D-5th Ward
NAACP Lorain honors educator Gloria Funches Noland
The NAACP Lorain Branch celebrated its 32nd annual membership lunch by naming Gloria Funches Noland keynote speaker on education gaps. Noland, a Lorain Schools veteran and co founder of the Lorain County Alliance of Black School Educators, urged teachers to reflect students and urged parental involvement to close the achievement gap.
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E. Jean Wrice
Vince
Noland
Lorain
Lorain Schools
David Hardy
Hardy
Mississippi
The
NAACP
Carissa Woytach
Chronicle
Gloria Noland
Dayton Woman Killed in Drive-By Shooting
A Dayton woman in her sixties was shot and killed while walking by a targeted house as two men drove by in a car. Police say five to six shots were fired from a high caliber gun and she died at a local hospital. The name was not released.
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Dayton
Ohio
Creigee Coleman
Dayton Daily News
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Discover Aviation
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Discover Aviation Center
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Naacp Lorain Branch
Gloria Funches
the Chronicle-Telegram
Cwoytach
Perry
South Bass Island
Put-In-Bay
United States
Lake Erie
Port Clinton
National Park Service
Oliver Hazard Perry
Great Britain
Ashland
Ashland Times-Gazette
Ashland County
Shawn Grate
Stacey Stanley
Elizabeth Griffith
Ronald Forsthoefel
Grate
Goodyear
Akron — Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Akron Beacon Journal
Wingfoot Lake
Suffield
Zeppelin
Columbus
Ohio Wildlife Council
Erie
Lucas
Hancock
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