Chronicle Telegram May 23 169 Elyria Ohio
Local edition of Elyria Chronicle Telegram reports on community events and notices for Friday May 23. Includes brief summaries of urban happenings and public notices relevant to residents.
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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1969
Page
9
Local edition of Elyria Chronicle Telegram reports on community events and notices for Friday May 23. Includes brief summaries of urban happenings and public notices relevant to residents.
Thirty six Elyria firms received certificates of appreciation at a dinner hosted by General Motors Fisher Body Division for backing a program to improve economics education in city schools. About 100 guests, including 65 teachers and school leaders, heard from Ernet Watts on the need for early and broad economic literacy and the role of market choices in democracy.
City officials discuss immediate fixes in four Abbe Road subdivisions where downspouts drain into blocked sanitary sewers. Residents to receive letters directing splash blocks and drainage adjustments. A new 54 inch relief sewer across Abbe Road to Alegunnier Drive would run 400 feet west to the treatment plant at Gulf would cost about 1.9 million dollars.
Safety Director Tracey says Ridgelawn remains uncut with grass knee high and will not be mowed before Memorial Day. Veterans leaders caution that Memorial Day services may be canceled, and call for volunteers to mow as city staff are stretched thin.
Elyria’s city departments limp through the fourth day of a strike with skeleton crews. Fire and police reports show fewer calls while sanitation suffers. one truck operates to curb garbage buildup as the landfill stays open extended hours. Plant operations continue with limited staff.
About 130 black students were out of class at Oberlin High School after an uproar over suspensions. Principal Paul Nabors and staff met with parents to keep peace as officers stood by. Nabors denied racial bias and explained policy on first offenses.
Lorain County Community College officials and faculty amend a black affairs recommendation to recruit black students. The amendment clarifies the aim to ensure recruits benefit from their education, as stated by Ronald Laws, committee chair. Further discussion focused on implementation.
Elyria officials say 330 city employees will be paid today for the past week including those off sick. Service Director James I. Tracey had earlier said no one was in the utility payroll office, but he and Utility Supt. Joseph Grace stayed late to finish the payroll.
The fourth soap box derby clinic will be held Sunday at 2 PM at Bon Lupo Chevrolet on Walker Road. Derby director Bob Wagner of the Amherst Jaycees urges all boys ages 1 to 15 to register and start building racers. The event, co sponsored by the Amherst Jaycees and Lorain County Chevrolet dealers, leads to the Amherst Derby on July 20.
Washington reports the eight-county air quality control district has been established by HEW Secretary Robert H. Finch. Besides Lorain, the group includes Cuyahoga Lake Geauga Portage Summit Medina and Stark. A Feb. hearing in Cleveland heard officials seek a seven-county non Stark district via the Northeast Ohio agency.
Alford Sanders, an inmate at the Ohio Penitentiary serving life for the 1958 murder of Father Mandeville, filed a post conviction appeal in Lorain County. Judge Jatin Pinera appointed attorney Lorain A Y Linney to represent the indigent defendant as the matter is sent to the county prosecutor for action. Sanders, 25, previously escaped Gratton prison farm in 1959 and killed Mandeville after entering his home for clothing and keys. He was captured five hours later after a car theft. He had lost an earlier appeal in 1960 and 1961.
A traffic safety advisory urges drivers in Lorain to stay off the list and drive safely. The notice emphasizes caution due to road hazards and aims to reduce fatal crashes in the area.
Russ Davies notes Ernie Erber of the C T composing room is the newspaper's oldest employee, with wife Gladys having died in 1917. The piece also mentions Virginia Talento as a part time copy girl and her police work with Oberlin Police Department, plus details on local law enforcement roles.
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