Lorain High Faces Confidence Vote Over School Turmoil
About 450 parents attended an hour and a half meeting at Admiral King High School where they passed a vote of confidence for Principal Richard Ackerman and the administration amid racial tensions. Ackerman defended taking control of the school and warned he would remove students not in class, while teachers backed the administration. The meeting followed a clash over minority representation on the senior class committee and Ackerman proposed 8 to 12 parent representatives to discuss educational problems.
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Ackerman
David Miller
Lorain Education Association
Miller
Walter Von Brock remembered as Elyria band director and mentor
Russ Davies recounts Walter Von Brock 65 who died at 1257 East River Street on October 31 after a 30 year friendship. Von Brock directed Elyria High Band and later elementary schools, championed new uniforms, and inspired publicity for his students while battling heart trouble for over a year. The column notes his impact and friendship.
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Walter von Brock
East River St
von Brock
Elyria
Galion
Garford and
McKinley
EHS
Elyria High Band
Walter
Diorio alibi filed in $83,000 Midway Mall bank theft
Joseph Diorio of Youngstown seeks an alibi claiming he was in Youngstown when a $83,000 Midway Mall bank theft occurred. His attorney filed the alibi three days before trial in Lorain County Common Pleas Court as jury selection set for 9 tomorrow before Judge Leroy F. Kelly.
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Joseph Diorio
Youngstown
Lorain County
Cleveland
Trick
Brinks Co
Lorain County Savings and Trust Co
Leroy F. Kelly
Government offices close Wednesday Veterans Day observance
State and local offices will be closed Wednesday in observance of Veterans Day. Courts, liquor stores, and financial institutions will not operate, while essential services like power remain open in affected areas. Some city offices will also close with limited services, and general commerce will resume later in the day.
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Wacal
Elyria City
Ates Cheved
Underage Driver Charged In Turnpike Crash
Police say 15 year old Barbara Knepper of Middleburg Heights Ohio drove without a license and reckless while a 19 year old Joseph H Withrow died after a crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike three miles west of the Irwin interchange. Knepper was injured and treated at Monsour Clinic in Jeannette.
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Irwin
UPI
Barbara Knepper
Middleburg Heights
Ohio
Joseph H. Withrow
Huntington
W. Va
Miss Knepper
Monsour Clinic
Jeannette
North Olmsted Board to hear school district financial report
A formal financial report from the North Olmsted school district is expected to be read at the board of education meeting. The article notes district finance and anticipated school challenges, with unclear details due to OCR errors but centers on school finances and planning.
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N. Olmsted
Financial Report
North Olmsted
Board of Education
Erewel Diotrict
Tenwil
Toemter
Tiffin Teens Die In Car Train Wreck At least five teens killed
United Press reports a weekend of deadly crashes across Ohio. In Tiffin a freight train struck a car killing Roger Faber 16 Eugene Amler Jr 16 Daniel Klepper 16 Thomas Cummings 15 and Valerie Long 13. A second Warren car hit by a train killed Janice York and Patricia Beeman both 15. Lonnie Smith 33 died after a collision near Carey. Mark Zimmerman 18 and Sandra Schwartz 22 died south of Holmesville on Ohio 76.
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Tiffin
de Pace
Tifin
Baltimore & Ohio Freight Sie
Roger Faber
Eugene Amler Jr
Daniel Klepper
Thomas Cummings
Valerie Long
Warren
Janice York
Patricia Beeman
Erie
Lonnie Smith
Carey
Chesapeake & Ohio
Mark S. Zimmerman
Rural
Wooster
Sandra Ano Schwartz
Mietenry
Ohio
Holmesville
Holmes County
Gilligan pledges to restore confidence in Ohio government
Gov elect John J. Gilligan outlined a program to boost citizen participation in Columbus after the election. He spoke to AP Ohio fall meeting in Cincinnati and plans cabinet work and bipartisan talks while warning against voter apathy and reliance on other means of redress. The session included a push for federal shield laws as newspaper executives urged protection for reporters.
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Cincinnati
John J. Gilligan
Gilligan
Associated Press of
Ohio
Columbus
Richard M. Schmidt Jr
Washington
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Schmidt
Cleveland
Suspect in San Francisco officer killing is arrested in Ohio
San Francisco police and FBI officers arrested Wesley Allen Johnson in Xenia Ohio after a nationwide search for the slaying of Patrolman Richard Rate tich. Johnson faces a federal charge of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution and is held in Dayton awaiting proceedings.
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Ohio
San Francisco
UPI
FBI
Wesley Allen Johnson
Wilmington
Xenia
Dayton
Johnson
Joe Allen Johnson
U.S
Robert Snell
Richard Ratetich
Baby baboon clings to adopted mother at zoo
A one week old baboon born by caesarean section at St Louis University was given a teddy bear with a pacifier as its first surrogate mother at the St. Lesis Zee zoo. Jane Nevens notes the newborn weighs about four pounds and bonds with the new parent.
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American Feline Society, Inc
New York
Egypt
Fitz
St. Lesis Zee
The
Zee
St. Lewis University
Jane Nevens
Terry Befant
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Black River
Lorain
Lake Erie
Ethel Shaffer
Lee Marine Service
Alabama Avenue
River Marine Service
Janice Arthrell
By Doug Kramer
Syd Nelson
Hickory Hills
Calla
Seong
Russ Davies
Thomas E. Williams
Lucy
Elyrians
London
Her Majesty's Wireless Service
United Press Int
Chronicle -Telegram
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