Elyria Telephone to Build $500000 North End Exchange
Ground will be broken tomorrow for a $500000 Elyria Telephone Co central office on Griswold Road near Lake Avenue. The building, with 60 by 54 feet interior space and a basement, will serve the northern Elyria area about 10 square miles and include Touch-Tone dialing and future expansion capacity. Completion is planned for fall 1966 with equipment costs over $400000 and an additional $60000 for cable and conduit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria Telephone Co
Griswold Rd
Lake Ave
Elyria Territory
Baxter H. Case
Turnpike
Black River
Case
Three hurt in Lorain head on collision near Elyria Ave
Lorain police report a head on collision at 3200 block Elyria Ave around 6 pm yesterday injuring three. Bobby Woods 27 of West 18th St suffers severe facial cuts, Patricia Brown 1102 West 21st St listed in fair condition with facial and chest injuries, possible concussion. Morris Worthy 26 of Livingston Ave cited for reckless operation and driving left of center with a possible concussion and leg scrapes. Woods was a passenger in Worthy’s vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Elyria Ave
St. Joseph Hospital
Bobby Woods
Patricia Brown
21St St
Morris R. Worthy
Livingston Ave
Brown
Worthy
Woods
Youths urge stiffer auto laws in Ohio
The Ohio Youth Traffic Safety Conference urged raising the minimum driving age to 18 unless a teen completes a driver education course and backed requiring a photo on licenses to curb teen alcohol sales. Proposals also called for sobriety tests after DUI arrests, front seat belts, periodic vehicle inspections, more police, higher permit fees for driver ed, and stronger high school safety education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
UPI
Ohio Youth Traffic Safety Conference
Joyce R. Lampkin
Cleveland
Robert D. Lynch
van Wert
James W. Keating
Warren
Ohio
Elyrian robbed found in ditch after assault
A 53 year old Elyrian was robbed and left in a ditch on Ford Rd yesterday evening. John M. Stursa of 274 Winckles St was listed in fair condition at Elyria Memorial Hospital with face bruises and exposure. Police reported Stursa, who had been drinking at a Lorain bar, was robbed of an undetermined amount of money after leaving with two unidentified men and his 1965 car was found with the key removed behind a bar on Rt. 254.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyrian
Ford Rd
Elyria Memorial Hospital
John M. Stursa
Winckles St
John Siwek
Stursa
Siwek
Lorain
Rt. 254
Woman beaten imprisoned by husband in home
A 23 year old Lorain woman, who is two years from term, says her husband beat her after returning from work at 3 a.m. He slapped her, knocked her down, kicked her in the side, then nailed her in a bedroom and nailed the outside doors shut. Her father freed her about 11:39 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Colorado Ave
Pele
Negro Education Annexation Plan At Amherst Area
The U S Office of Education will hold a two day conference this week on methods to aid education for the geographically deprived. The effort seeks annexation of 275 acres in the Amherst area to Amherst Township city leaders. Petitioners report 138 resident freeholders with 68 percent signed. area lies south of Route 254 between Oberlin Avenue and Amherst corporation, within Amherst School District. Final action rests with Amherst council to pass legislation accepting the property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washingson
UFIL
U.S. Office of Education
Amherst Township
Amherst
Oberlin Ave
Amherst Corporation
John Penton
Penton
Amherst Council
Edison Bridge to Open on Sandusky Bay Dec 17
The 2048 foot Sandusky Bay Bridge will open to traffic December 17, named the Thomas A Edison Memorial Bridge. It forms part of a 15.5 million project linking Rt 6 west of Sandusky to SR 2 east of Port Clinton, with a bypass to Port Clinton planned for 1967. The four lane span reduces summer congestion and cost 3.246 million to build with 6.6 million for the longest causeway section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edison
Sandusky Bay
Sandusky
Thomas A. Edison
Rt. 2
Rt. 6
Here
Port Clinton
Milan
Huron
James A. Rhodes
Cleveland
Toledo
Thieves steal cash in 5 of 7 Lorain weekend break-ins
Lorain police reported seven weekend break ins with five thefts of cash. Notable losses included $160 from Robert Kn por 34 at 1363 Michigan Ave and about $30 from Anthony Lewalski at 708 West 18th St. A purse lost from Corrine Rivie at 1301 Sixth St contained $20. Cash was taken from Hauser Grocery and three vending machines at Bob Beck Chevrolet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Robert Kn
Michigan Ave
Enzor
Anthony A. Lewalski
West 18Th St
Corrine M. Rivie
Sixth St
Hauser Grocery
Washington Ave
Adelbert Hauser
Bob Beck Chevrolet Co
Broadway
Lorain native Army Captain Bonko dies in Vietnam
Lorainite Capt. Donald R. Bonko 28 was killed in action in South Vietnam when a Viet Cong ambush hit the vehicle he rode in. Burial is planned at Arlington National Cemetery after funeral services in Lorain with local rites at St. Mary Catholic Church. Bonko, a 1961 West Point graduate and former St. Mary athlete, is survived by his wife Marguerite and children. his parents and brothers also mourn his loss. A defense department telegram and local officials described the circumstances and timing of the transfer home, noting typical delays due to casualty tolls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Arlington National Cemetery
Bonko
West Point
U. S
South Viet Nam
6Th Artillery
1St Infantry
Harry L. Benson
Root Rd
Karen
John R. Bonko Jr
Livingston Ave
Timothy
James
John
Military Academy
13Th District
A. D. Baumhart Jr
St. Mary High School
Lorain
Manlius
N.Y
Ft. Sill
Okla
Dachau
Germany
Munich
Ft. Carson
Colo
Ft. Riley
Kans
St. Mary
Viet Nam
Raymond E. Rupci
James J. Duffy
St. Mary Church
Msgr. Duffy
Don Bonko
Expansion planned for U S Automatic at Amherst in 1966
U S Automatic Corp announces a $350,000 expansion starting in 1966 at its Amherst complex. Plans include a $204,500 remodeling of a 1906 brick building for inspection, shipping, and a new two story office laboratory unit. Major work set to begin mid March with completion by August 1967.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amherst
U. S. Automatic Square Feet Corp
Ford
Evan Nord
Tribution
U.S Ing Systems. Automatic Corp
Nordson Corp
US. Automatic Corp
Eric Nord
Dalton and
Dalton
Cleveland
Inuycar Peru
Glenn on Air Museum board adds Johnson City figure
UPI reports President Johnson selects former Ohio astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. to join the advisory board of the National Air Museum in Johnson City Texas. The appointment expands ties between government leadership and the museum project amid ongoing fundraising and planning efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson City
Texas
UPI
Johnson
Ohio
Doim H. Glenn Jr
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American Legion Post
Elyria
Lorain County
Ohio Legion News
Legion
John Kolepos
Kolopos
Cleveland Association of Grocery Manufacturers Representatives
Cleveland Food Brokers Association
Sheraton
Cleveland Hotel
Kroger Co
Reuben H. Donnelley Corp
Progressive Grocer Magazine
Progressive Grocer
Kroger
Green Acres
Oberlin
Wellington Congregational Church
John Parker
Wooster
March of Dimes
McGarvey
O'Neil - Sheffield
Gos
Lorain County Community College
New York City
John C. Jaworski
Norman C. Barne
Dewdrop Inn
West Lieved
Hrie Ave
Rites
Defense Department
St. Mary Star
U.S
L. H. Popp Co
Atlas Electrical Construction, Inc
C. W. Bar‘res, Inc
Glenn On Air Museum Board
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