Lorain County College Awards $2.53 Million Hub Building Contracts
Lorain County Community College trustees approved four contracts totaling 2,525,118 for Phase One construction of the campus hub at Lorain. Chuckrow Construction and Consolidated Comstock lead as general and electrical bidders with other firms for plumbing and HVAC. Bid openings prompted immediate bids for kitchen equipment and furniture.
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Ramouth College Center
Lorain County Community College
Robert Chuckrow Construction Co
Consolidated Comstock. Co
General — Chuckrow
North Abbe Rd
Consolidated Comstock
Cleveland
Nova Co
Avon
Spahn Corp
Warren E. Finkel
Finkel and Finkel
Spain
William Cummings
Perkins and Will Partnership
Chicago
Death toll climbs in Salt Lake City United jet crash
A United Air Lines Boeing 727 arriving at Salt Lake Municipal Airport burst into flames, killing about 40 people and injuring many others. Survivors escaped as rescuers worked amid smoke and wreckage, with authorities tallying the dead and counting 41 severely burned victims. The crash marked the third Boeing 727 disaster in three months.
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James C. Bapis
Salt Lake City
UPI
United Air Lines
Salt Lake Municipal
United
Lake Michigan
American Airlines
Cincinnati
Ohio
Sullivan
UAL
Stanley Carter
Utah Air National Guard
New York
San Francisco
Johnson orders more troops to Vietnam amid build up
President Johnson authorized the Pentagon to provide all requested personnel to bolster the 160,000 U.S. troops in Vietnam. He said he would ask Congress in January for more defense funding and noted plans to close or shrink surplus bases to save about $500 million yearly. McNamara indicated a sizeable increase is being planned and declined to specify numbers.
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William J. Eaton
Johnson City
Tex
UPI
Johnson
South
Viet Nam
Pentagon
U.S
Congress
Texas
McNamara
Dean Rusk
Ian Smith
Washington
United States
U S loss light as 100 Viet Cong fall near Saigon
Communist guerrillas attacked a 1000 strong U S infantry force near Saigon before dawn. Americans held ground and killed over 100 Viet Cong in heavy fighting that lasted past sundown. The battle occurred at a rubber plantation along Highway 13 in the Tron Triangle area.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Highway 13
Tron Triangle
Elyria High and Elyria Catholic Ready for 1965 Football Night
Elyria High travels to Lorain to renew a long series while Elyria Catholic visits Ridgeville Park. In other news, 24 WAKEMAN area residents hunt for a wild cougar as Spencer officials note state health department approval for a third reservoir and council studies fluorescent lighting for the square. Wellington residents urged by the county health commissioner to fluoridate village water supply.
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Elyria High
Elyria Catholic
Lorain
Ridgeville
Spencer
State Health Department
Third Reservoir Council
Wellington
Russians Launch Venus 2 Space Probe From Moscow
The Soviet Union launched an unmanned Venus mission Venus 2 using an interplanetary station on a voyage toward Venus. Tass said Venus 2 would pass the planet late next February and that the probe is functioning normally. Mariner 2 had preceded with a successful flight to Venus three years earlier, and explored the Moon and Mars in later missions.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
Venus
America
Earth
Tass
Venus 2
Mariner 2
Mariner
Moon
Mars
Britain would consider military aid to Rhodesia if asked
London indicated Prime Minister Harold Wilson could authorize military help to restore order in Rhodesia if Governor General Sir Humphrey Gibbs requested troops or police. He stressed no general invasion but left open the possibility of aiding a legally constituted Rhodesian government.
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Britain
Rusk
Harold Wilson
Rhodesia
Erhard
Ludwig Erhard
Rio de Janeiro
Laurence Meredith
London
UPI
Wilson
Humphrey Gibbs
Salisbury
Ian Smith
Gibbs
Michael Stewart
New York
United Nations Security Council
Stewart
U.N
Smith
Johnson
Texas
White House
United States
Soviet Union
China
Crown
Sterling
Salvage Crews Lift 600 Tons of Chlorine in Mississippi River
Baton Rouge reports salvage teams using a 600 ton derrick to raise chlorine from a barge sunk in the Mississippi during Hurricane Betsy. The hazardous cargo prompted evacuations and precautionary measures for nearby residents.
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Baton Rouge
UPI
Eisenhower Suffering Definite Heart Attack, Doctors Say
Augusta reports former President Dwight D. Eisenhower has had a definite heart attack after chest pain episodes. Capt. Wallace Hitchcock of Fort Gordon said the condition follows two attacks and that Eisenhower is stabilized and receiving standard anticoagulants and tests.
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Augusta
UPI
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Wallace Hitchcock
Fort Gordon
Hitchcock
Hitch
Eisenhower
Gasoline Spill Explosion Destroys Sunoco Station
Eaton Township firemen battled a gasoline spill sparked blast at the Midview Sunoco Service Station on 428 East Royalton Street. The fire, caused during a car repair, destroyed the station with an estimated $20,000 in damages. No injuries were reported and firefighters took about an hour to control the blaze.
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Eaton Township
Midview
Sunoco
East Royalton St
Weather Outlook With Rain Likely Through Tonight
Rainy weather continues with thickening clouds forenoon and showers or thundershowers tonight. Highs near 56 to 62 degrees, lows 42 to 49. Saturday remains cloudy with scattered showers mainly in the forenoon and little temperature change.
County weighs switch to IBM vote machines
Lorain County Commissioners and election officials discuss replacing mechanical voting machines with IBM Votomatic devices. Each unit totals about 230 dollars including booth, with 97 existing machines and a request for 25 more. Fulton County Ga uses the system. officials say it is simple and nearly foolproof.
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IBM
International Business Machines
Lorain County
J. Norman Thompson
National Association of County Officials
Eugene E. Roberts
Fulton County
Fulton
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Burns
Air Force
John Sullivan
Tulsa
Jula
Malden
Mass
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Viet
By Michael T. Malloy
Wakeman Area
Abby
Merriman Smith
Dwight Eisenhower
Thompson
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