Foe corrects error on baseball homer by Elmer Smith
The letter exchange centers on Hal Lebovitz's Cleveland Plain Dealer column misidentifying Earl Smith as the Indian who hit a four run homer in the 1920 World Series. Lebovitz confirms Elmer Smith of Norwalk was the batter, while noting the ease of error in sports reporting.
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Hal Lebovitz
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cleveland
Brooklyn Dodgers
Earl” Smith
Elmer Smith
Norwalk
George Kimbel
Elgris
Lebovitz
Hal
Russ Davies
Lebovite
Lorain YMCA to Begin Construction on New Building
Construction starts on the basic unit of a new Lorain YMCA family building at Tower Boulevard and Oberlin Avenue with a $1.1 million project. Wood reported completion by spring 1970 and additional fund raising planned to finish the full facility with two gyms and a handball court.
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Lorain
YMCA
Tower Boulevard
Oberlin Avenue
Wood
School boards seek to curb disputes with new recognition rules
A subcommittee on negotiations recommends recognizing the right to organize and the right of an employee to join a union. An inserted provision states that if no competing organization requests recognition, the proposed group gains recognition. The report aims to reduce labor conflicts in schools.
Frederick Heads Red Cross Board
Frederick elected as head of the local Red Cross board with other officers named including Robert Barton from Elyria. The meeting also discussed scope of negotiations and rights to organize for professional and economic purposes, noting board matters within those limits.
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Frederick
Red Cross
Robert Barton
Elyria
Eay
Aoes
Black Progressives Give LCCC $300 Scholarship
The Black Progressives at Lorain County Community College presented a $300 scholarship named the King Scholarship to cover two thirds of this school year’s tuition. Members raised funds through speeches to civic groups amid the broader black liberation movement. The group aims to create activities and courses open to both black and white students with broad campus support.
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Lorain County Community College
King
Brown
Percy blasts Wallace as Nixon backer tours Ohio
Sen Charles Percy visiting Elyria urged voters to back Nixon instead of Wallace calling Wallace a liar and demagogue while praising Humphrey. He accused Wallace of racism and urged unity behind Nixon and Saxbe in a daylong Ohio campaign tour with local candidates present.
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Charles Percy
Elyria
George Wallace
Illinois
Hubert Humphrey
Percy
Holiday Inn
Wis
Wallace
Richard Nixon
U.S
Charles Mosher
William Saxbe
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Nixon
Cansidate
Ohio
Inebriated man talks to shop window mannequins
Lorain officers describe a case where an intoxicated man engaged a clothing store window mannequin in a conversation, then repeated the odd behavior with a second mannequin and a parking meter before officers intervened. The incident reads as a bizarre public disturbance with no reported injuries.
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Lorain
Students vote in mock election at Lorain County Community College
Lorain County Community College students held a mock election this week. Nixon led with 48.6 percent, Humphrey 38.6, Wallace 14.8, and Gilligan won the Ohio U.S. Senate race 433 to 282 over Saxbe. Mosher led the U.S. House race with 106 to Betleski 48.
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Richard Nixon
Lorain County Community College
Nixon
Hubert Humphrey
George Wallace
John Gilligan
U.S. Senate
Ohio
William Saxbe
Charles Mosher
U.S. Con
Nixon-Agnew
Humphrey-Muskie
Wallace-LeMay
Humphrey
Wallace
John J. Gilligan
U.S
Senator
William B. Saxbe
Charles A. Mosher
Adrian F. Betleski
Reelec
Meat cutters approve three year contract in Ohio
Meat Cutters District Union 427 based in Cleveland ratified a three year contract with more than 400 members in Lorain County. The agreement provides a 2 percent wage increase and various fringe benefits retroactive to Sept 1 for most, with Kroger and A F receiving Sept 8. Weekly raises include about 31 dollars for department heads 28 for most cutters and 21 for scrapers.
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Union Meat Cutters
Ohio
Meat Cutters District Union 427
Cleveland
Lorain County
Kroger
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