Elizabeth Taylor and John Warner lead Charlotte World 600 parade lap
Actors Elizabeth Taylor and John Warner rode as parade leaders at the Charlotte Motor Speedway before the World 600 stock car race. A separate scene near Monticello, Illinois featured 1000 attendees enjoying a ragtime honky tonk piano contest won by Dorothy Herrold of LaPorte Indiana.
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Elizabeth Taylor
John Warner
Charlotte, N.C., Motor Speedway
Monticello
Ill
Dorothy Herrold
LaPorte
Ind
Architect proposes city hall renovation plans for downtown
Cleveland architect Robert C. Gaede presented a concept to the Preserve City Hall task force for renovating the old city hall. The plan includes an annex at Second and Court, a three story decked parking structure, restored towers, new interior code compliance, and a potential third floor archives. Financing remains the main hurdle as the 10 member group weighs the project.
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Robert C. Gaede
Cleveland
City Hall
George Strom
John Timms
Gaede
Second
Court Streets
Elvria Savings and Trust National Bank
Lorain County Regional Planning Commission
Marguente Bowman
Ridgeville schools face closing without levy OK
NORTH RIDGEVILLE The school board warns residents to approve a 7.76 mill emergency levy on June 7 or schools will close in November. Superintendent Roger T. Beitler says the decision rests on whether residents want their kids in school, with the levy adding about 97.78 dollars in property taxes per year.
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North Ridgeville
Roger T. Beitler
North Ridgeville eyes emergency school levy to stave cuts
The district aims a three year emergency levy to raise about 690000 annually, offsetting a projected deficit of at least 711000 by year end. If approved, the district can issue notes with interest paid from 1978 taxes. failure means schools reopen in January funded by 1978 taxes. The plan faces opposition over tax fear and administrator pay raises. The levy would fund teacher salaries and health insurance and retirement contributions, but no new programs.
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Roger T. Beitler
Lorain County
Elyria
Inccome
Notable Deaths Across Cities Include Fauntleroy Powell Twombly Mayfield Camozzo
Pittsburgh business leader Thomas W. Fauntleroy president of Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel died in Sewickley Valley hospital. Stockbroker C Beach Powell descendant of Gov Bradford and Harrison died at home in Conway New Hampshire. Wells Twombly San Francisco Examiner sports columnist died at Kaiser Hospital Redwood City. Jacksonville State University coach Clarkie Mayfield died in a nightclub fire in Southgate while helping others. Adolfo Camozzo art director Donizetti Theater Bergamo and former Met Opera deputy choir master died at 67.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Thomas W. Fauntleroy
Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Co
Sewickley Valley Hospital
Sewickley Heights
Fauntleroy
Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel
Conway
N.H
C. Beach Powell
William Bradford
Plymouth Colony
William Henry Harrison
Benjamin Harrison
Albany
N.Y
Powell
Hartford
Conn
Cleveland
San Francisco
Wells Twambley
San Francisco Examiner
Kaiser Hospital
Redwood City
The
Examiner
Twombly
America
Jacksonville
Ala
Jacksonville State University
Clarkie Mayfield
Mayfield
Southgate
Byt Mayfield
Jacksonville State
Bergamo
Italy
Adolfo Camozzo
Donizetti Theater
New York Metropolitan Opera
Florence Township Datebook Trustees Meeting and Local Events
Florence Township trustees meet at 8 p.m. in township hall. Columbia PTA Singers gather at 9 30 a.m. in Grange hall. Elyria Senior Citizens Recreation Program runs 9 30 a.m. to noon. Grafton Midview Band Parents meet at 7 30 p.m. at the high school. LaGrange Board of Education holds 7 p.m. in board room. Oberlin Senior citizens discount registration 1 to 4 p.m. at the public library. Renfield United Church Women meet at 9 a.m. for quilting at the church.
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Public Library
Coffin Home Goods Stirs Local Craft Trend In LA
In Los Angeles a local firm sells coffins repurposed as furniture with plans including wine racks plant containers and glass topped coffee tables. Prices range from 225 to 325 dollars. In Monterey County the SPCA operates a 200 acre wildlife sanctuary near Salinas Highway founded in 1969. it releases rehabilitated wildlife such as raccoons possums and deer into the grounds guarded by a chain link fence.
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Los Angeles
Jack Rogers
SPCA
Salinas Highway
Los Laureles
Claude Kinoult
Carmel
Humane Society
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Elizabeth
Prince Philip
Rudolf Nureyev
Margot Fonteyn
Frederick Ashton
Hamat
Ophelia
Muhammad Ali
Chip Mcallister
Ali
Columbia University
Henry Kissinger
Kissinger
Indochina
Chile
By Kathy Misichko
Bank
Broad Street
Court Street
Oberlin Towel and Linen Supply
Oberlin Laundry & Dry Cleaning
Main St
Oberlin
Ridgeville
Ohio Public Expenditure Council
Ohio
Parks and Recreation Department
William Harnish
Harnish
Parks Am Recreation Department
Louis Kordish
Kiwanis Club
Chicken Manor
Center Ridge
Ray Kordish
South Central Park
Hamish
Karen Skinner
North Ridgeville Co-op Nursery
Camozzo
Met
la Scala
Milan
Ankara
Donizetti
Paul Desmond
Lieberson
New York
Ing
Dave Brubeck
Take Five
Dent
Columbia Records
Elt
Ford Motor CO
Gulf
Lawson
Birmingham
Florence Township
Columbia
PTA Singers
Grange Hall
Grafton
Midview Band
LaGrange
Board of Education
Renfield
United Church Women
Monterey, Calif
Monterey County
Futon
Liyria
Marlton
Crete
Elyna
Tha
SAS
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