River Corners man loses leg after Wellington crash
Herbert Leininger, 53, of River Corners Spencer, suffered leg injuries in a Saturday accident on Route 18 near Wellington. He was pulled from between two cars after a stalled vehicle he was pushing was rear ended. Leininger underwent amputation at Elyria Memorial Hospital. Zenas M. Baer of Cuyahoga Falls, cited for reckless driving, paid a $15 fine plus costs.
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Wellington
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Herbert Leininger
River Corners
Spencer
Leininger
Zenas M. Baer
Cuyahoga Falls
Mary J. Leininger
Baer
Lodi Hospital
State Highway Patrol
Schools Benefit By $505 From Sakas Estate
Lorain public schools received 505 dollars from the estate of Nick Louis Sakas who died in 1944 without legal heirs. Attorney Joseph Ushelyi said a 10 year search found no heirs and the funds, reduced from about 1300 by expenses, go to the schools per law. County Prosecutor Paul Mikus reported the payment today.
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Lorain County
Nick Louis Sakas
Lorain
Joseph Ushelyi
Mone
Sakes
Sakas
Greece
Lora
Ashelys
Paul Mikus
Holiday Turkey Wilbur Survives Then Dies Before Thanksgiving
Wilbur the turkey escaped captivity two days before Thanksgiving in North Wanton Kilmer house. After weeks as a pet he vanished and a photographer sought him, only to find the turkey dead in the yard soon after. The family then served chicken for Thanksgiving.
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Wilbne
Direkey
Wilkin
Ising Rd
North Wanton
Wilbur
Dad
Kilmer
Sega
Wilmer
Nyu
Filmer Yard
Fifrers
Deaths and services in Lorain Elyria notices today
Funeral services are set for Mrs. Mary Rehoreg 55 at 9:00 am and 9:30 am from two locations with burial at Calvary Cemetery. Surviving children and grandchildren noted along with husband’s death in 1953. Also listed are Bertha Futrall 73 and Roy A Walker 50 with service plans and church affiliations.
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Mary Rehoreg
Cleveland St
John R. Devin
Lorain
St. Vincent dePaul Church
John Conlon
Calvary Cemeery
St. Vincent de Paul Church
Altar and Rosary Society
Legion of Mary
Martin
Elyria
John Vancar
Dearborn
Rudolph Jancar
Joseph Trelay
Julius Belbasz
Hungary
St. Vincent de Paul
Bertha Futrall
Jefferson Ave
Reichlin-Cowley
Roy A. Walker
Surf Rd
St. Joseph Hospital
Walker
The
National Tube Co
Second Baptist
Lake Erie
Rulers Council
Mabel
Barbara Cooks
Rosalie Yancey
John
James
Finlay Mortuary
Seventh St. Methodist Church
Elmwood Cemetery
Elyria Soldier Improves After Miami Injury
Corproal Gerald Gill, a Marine stationed in Florida, has awakened from a coma and is improving in Jackson Memorial Hospital. His parents Mr. and Mrs. John Gill report he recognized them yesterday and can eat normally after a drunken driving crash left him critically injured last week. Meanwhile, Walt Greber Garage on Clark Street was burglarized Wednesday night, with $340 stolen from a cash drawer and desk envelopes, entry gained by breaking a rear pane and prying a desk drawer open.
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Walt Greber
Clark St
Greber
Gerald R
Miami
Fla
Corporal Gill
Jacksons Hospital
Gill
Charge Reduced Man Draws Fine in Assault Case
Pedro Serda, 57, 1643 E. 24th St. Lorain, was indicted for felonious assault on young girls. He pled guilty to assault and battery and received 90 days in county jail and a $200 fine plus costs from Judge John Pincura.
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Pedro Serda
24Th St. Lorain
Common Pleas
John Pincura
Three Auto Thefts Mark Thanksgiving Holiday
Police report three cars stolen during Thanksgiving in Elyria with two recovered locally and one in Michigan. Basil O’Neal’s car on Third Street was found in Monroe Michigan. Foster Burkhart’s car near Broad Street and East River Street was found by the library. Steve Kraynak’s vehicle from the Greyhound Bus Station was recovered on Abbe Road south of Cleveland Street.
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Elyria
Michigan
Basil H. O'Neal
Woodford Ave
Third St
Monroe
Mich
Monroe County Sheriff's Department
Foster C. Burkhart
West Ave
Broad St
East River St
Steve Kraynak
Princeton Ave
Greyhound
Abbe Rd
Cleveland St
Four treated for minor injuries in two-car crash on Cleveland Street
A two-car collision on Cleveland Street near Olive Street injured four people and led to a Juvenile Court appearance for 16 year old Paul Runals of LaGrange after brakes were found in working order. In a separate Broad Street crash, 18 year old Richard Lantsberry was involved and neck injuries were reported. A Elyria High School concert program preview includes Christmas pieces and carols with featured composers and a planned December 19 public performance.
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Cleveland
Anna
Jo Ann Szloboda
Kay Szloboda
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Auuals
Broad St
Court St
Holly Kennedy
North Omsted
Kennedy
Richard Lantsberry
Oakwood St
Lantsberry
Elyria High
Court School
An- Robert
R. Gibson
East River St
Court
J. Martin Beck
di- Gene William Smith
Rector
Fourth St
Middle Ave
Weizel
Josephine Kastyo
Oberlin
Arland
Jones
Earl Ct
Winter Wonderland
Kostyo
Roy Ringwald
Clement C. Moore
T Nicholas
Bortniansky
Burglars Damage Register at Local Grocer
A night break in at the Douglas Gerber grocery in LaPorte caused $480 in damage to a cash register though only $3 in pennies and some change from a cigar box were recovered. The thieves fled with the register, later abandoned on Slife Road near Indian Hollow Road. Fourty cartons of cigarettes were left behind by the door, and entry was gained through a window.
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Douglas Gerber
LaPorte
Edward Gawlik
Slife
Indian Hollow Rd
Gawlik
Rifle Accident Breaks Windows on Cleveland Street Home
A .22 rifle discharged while being cleaned, firing a bullet through two windows at 153 Cleveland St. The spent slug hit a wall and was found on the floor. John Beech Jr. was handling the rifle. his father John Beech Sr. was present during the incident.
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Cleveland St
John Beech Jr
Alfred Cook
John Beech ,Sr
Plans Complete For Elyria Water Storage Tanks
Plans for two new Elyria water storage tanks each with a 1,000,000 gallon capacity were to be signed in Cleveland by Safety Service Director Michael J. Lotko. He planned to confer with planning engineers to set a timetable for forwarding the plans next week so bids could be sought. One tank would be on a 38 acre plot south of 16th Street and the other on Clark Street between Abbe Road and South Logan Street as part of the city waterworks improvement project.
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Elyria
Cleveland
Safety Service
Michael J. Lotko
Lotko
16Th St
Clark St
Abbe Rd
Logan St
Elyman Sentenced To Penitentiary For 2 Offenses
Neil Paul Smith a 31 year old of 121 Fairlawn Ave. was sentenced to an indefinite penitentiary term for two offenses bigamy and issuing checks without funds. He pleaded guilty before Judge John D. Pincura, with sentences to run concurrently. He was married to Catherine Ross of Baltimore while wed to Elsie Coen last May 1, and previously to Mary Pardoe of Sunbury in 1949. He has four children and was ordered to pay $120 a month. Police said he issued three checks for 19, 25, and 343 dollars without sufficient funds.
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Corneil Paul Smith
Fairlawn Ave
John D. Pincura
Smith
Catherine Ross
Baltimore Md
Elsie Coen
Harold Ewing
Mary Pardoe
Sunbury
Elyria
Driver Pleads Guilty and Fined in Local Court
Emanuel E Miller of 310 Fifth Street pled guilty to two charges in Mayor's Court. He was fined 125 dollars with costs and sentenced to six days in jail with three suspended, plus a six month license suspension contingent on traffic school. A separate charge of disobeying a traffic signal yielded 5 dollars and costs.
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Emanuel E. Miller
Miller
Land
Jaime
Ale Ave
American Fidelity Fire
Paul Westfall
100
High Co
Lake ‘Land Co
Shore Motor Freight Co
Girards
Con J
Leo Butcher
Rt le McMullen
Becker
Twain
Grove Rd
Elyria
McMullen
Malcolm Thomson
Jesse J. Thorne
Ray Warren
Thorpe
Court Records Show Civil Judgment and Traffic Guilty Verdict
The Seaboard Finance Co of Oberlin was granted a $423 judgment against Theovorde Pinter of Elyria for neglect in a 1941 marriage case with one child. Burrell L. Scott of Oberlin pleaded guilty to disobeying a traffic signal in Slayer's Court and was fined.
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Seaboard Finance Co
Pressor St
Oberlin
Theovorde
Kenneth
Dore Pinter
Elyria
Day
Burrell L. Scott
North Pleasant St
Slayer
Pedestrian Killed Near Marion In Collision
George M Standen 31 of near Marion was killed by a car while crossing Route 4. Police chased and arrested an officer Wednesday night after a crash at Third and Chestnut Streets. Standen was to appear before the mayor on Dec 4. A separate arrest involved a stop sign crash. Sugar Ridge is set for a mayoral court appearance. A divorce suit between Mattie ika and Joseph wee, and a separate case involving June Wilson and Frank were noted in court records.
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Marion
O. B&a
Willians
George M. Standen
Ridseman
Amherst
Standen
Br Gtr
Third and Chestnut Sts
Nathan Williams
Sugar Ridge Re
Mattie Ika
Joseph Wee
June Wilson
Frank
Two Men Held By Police After Morning Incident
City police detained two men for investigation. Erwin Haca, 33, of 118 Cleveland Street, was found shouting and singing on his porch early today. John Halpin, 30, of 137 Garvin Avenue, was taken into custody Thursday night.
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Erwin Haca
Cleveland St
John Halpin
Garvin Ave
Avon dies leaves estate valued at 93173 in probate
Katherine Krebs reports Avon who died on Oct 19 left an estate appraised at 93173 with 23.00 real estate and the rest personal property. Oscar Krebs is administrator. A separate probate item records estate for Gertunde Spitzer Gra left May 28 listing 20500 real estate and remaining personal property with Roe Spitzer as executor.
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Katherine Krebs
Avon
Oscar Krebs
Malcolm Thomson
2Sl
James Shriver
Eighth St
Middle Ave
Arthur Wiede Jr
Gertunde Spitzer
Roe Spitzer
Santa arrives by helicopter for 10000 attend children
About 10 000 people, mostly children, greet Santa at the O Neil Sheffield Shopping Center as he lands by helicopter in the north parking area. He waves to those stuck in traffic on Rt 254 and leads the crowd into the O Neil store for a song of Jingle Bells before heading to the Teeland location for daily visits through Christmas.
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Santa Claus
O'Neil-Sheffield
Vincent
Santa
O'Neil
O'N Teyland
Christmias
Four Turkeys Stolen in Pittsfield Holiday Theft Report
A Pittsfield area farm reported four turkeys stolen in a holiday theft. Mrs. Willoughby Harris of Hughes Road notified the sheriff's department at 8715 miles yesterday, with the turkeys valued at $25.
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Pittsfield
Sheriff's Department
Willoughby Harris
Hughes Rd
Dystrophy Fund Drive Set by Local Firefighters
Lorain County muscular dystrophy drive spreads through media with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis promoting the appeal. Elyria Firemen plan a lights on solicitations Sunday night to collect envelopes, with contributions dropped at local fire stations if not home.
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Dean Martin
Jerry Lewis
Elyria
Kenneth Wacker
Lorain County
Judge Deliberates on Zoning Suit Over Airstrip Use
Common Pleas Judge John D. Pincura took the Columbia township airstrip case under advisement after two days of testimony. Donald Brown seeks a declaratory judgment to use his property for a 100 hp pleasure craft landing field or to strike down the township zoning law as beyond its authority.
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Common Pleas
John D. Pincura
Columbia Township
Donald Brown
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Vegal Lurn
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Lth St
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Water and Sanitation
Masonic Building
Linda
Police and Safety-Service
City Mall
EHS
Elyman
Police Dept. News
Courthouse News
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P. R. Smith & Co
E. S. TP
Eixra
Midwest Stock Exchange
Sudro-Curtis Ambulance
Carmen Solo
Pedro
John Sento Jr
Eleanor Oy
American Radio American T. & T
Anaconda Copper
Aveo Mfg
Bendix Aviation
Chrysler Forties Services
Elec
Columbia Gas Trachaal Truc
General Motors Gheden Co
Industrial Rayon
Kennecott Copper
Kroger
Plontgomery
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Ohio Séigon
Ohio di Penna. R. R. Republic Siest Rickman Bros
Sears Roebuck
Socony Vacanimi Standard of
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Standard of Ohio Texas Company
U. S. Steel
Warner Brother
Kestinghouse
Aj Mockworth Co
Capitol
Sterling Hayden
Avram
Walt Disney
Rivoli
Alan Ladd
the Black Knight
Rory Calhoun
Gallet
Pincura
Federal Deposit Insurante Corp
Denative Furniture Co
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