Lorain panel overwhelmed by requests for pay raises
Lorain finance claims committee reviewed a flood of wage and benefit increase requests from the police, fire, city workers and Solicitor John Hritsko but took no action. Hritsko seeks a $4,500 raise to $15,000 claiming workload increases.
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Lorain
Council
Finance Claims Committee
Police Department
Fire Department
John Hritsko
Hritsko
Charles Ellis
D-2
James Kokinda
D-6
John Petrillo
The
Firefighters Association
Kokinda
Wanda Tully
Mathna Struggles for Clyde City Manager Post
Lorain Mayor Woodrow Mathna faces slim odds to become Clyde City Manager as the council moves to rescind the hiring resolution. A salary of 12000 was set, triggering political contention with two longtime supporters recalling. Former manager Frank Melick may also be rehired amid a pending mandamus suit.
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Clyde
Lorain
Woodrow Mathna
Ohio
Mathna
Frank Melick
Melick
O Grady to speak at Elyria Democrats dinner
Eugene P. O Grady former Ohio party chairman and highway safety director will be the main speaker at Elyria Democrats annual appreciation dinner on December 9 at the Elyria Recreation Center beginning at 6 p.m. More than 600 precinct workers will be honored for the past municipal election with former mayors and safety service directors expected to attend.
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Eugene P
Pete) O'Grady
Ohio
Democratic Party
Elyria Democrats
O'Grady
Elyria
Elyria Democrat Central Committee
Elyria Recreation Center
Prospect St
Victor F. Stewart Jr
Democratic Central Committee
Absentee ballots cast in Elyria Board of Education election
The Lorain County Board of Elections reports 50 people have cast absentee ballots for the Elyria Board of Education special election on December 14. Voters in the Elyria City School District will decide a 4.5 mill operating levy and a 2 mill capital improvements levy. Elections Director Lila Black notes requests accepted anytime before 4 p.m. December 9 for those out of county.
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Lorain County
War escalates, says discoverer of tiger cages in Oberlin talk
Vietnam expert OBERLIN speaker Don Luce argues the war has escalated under Johnson and Nixon with up to 95,000 tons of bombs monthly. He cites tiger cages, mass displacement, broken families, Voicited Viet Cong support, drug use among soldiers, and a shift in casualties as proof of ongoing conflict and apathy at home.
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Oberlin
Don Luce
South Vietnam
International Voluntary Services
Johnson
Nixon
Luce
Vietnam
Thieu
Lorain City Hall Project Put On Hold by Committee
Lorain's city hall plan faces delay as the building and lands committee halts action until the next administration takes over in January. Architects present drawings for a site beside the current city hall and bids were proposed for December with a February opening.
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Lorain Committee
New City Hall
Lorain
Warren Finkel
City Hall Commission
Burge
Michael Bulzomi
Two Suspects Freed as Frato Killing Probe Extends
In Cleveland two men Daniel Greene and Gus Palladino were ordered released by Prosecutor Corrigan while the homicide investigation continues. Greene, 42, says Frato fired first at a beach. he fired back. Palladino drove Frato to Mt Sinai Hospital after the shooting. A 38 pistol was recovered from a sewer edge. Frato died from a head wound.
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Frato
Cleveland
Michael Frato
Cuyahoga County
John T. Corrgan
Corrigan
Daniel Greene
Gus Palladino
Greene
Palladino
Mt Simai Hospital
Ralph Joyce
Paladino
Authortics
Lorain to open 50 public housing units in South Lorain
Lorain Metropolitan Housing Authority plans to turnover 50 units on January 2 to rent to low income families in the South Lorain urban renewal area. LMHA seeks HUD approval for 64 more low income units and considers 235 total units in the area. The board also set policies excluding certain wheelchair residents and relocating younger disabled residents from high rise elderly housing. Authority seeks 200 elderly leased units and 50 more low income units in Sheffield Township, with conditions.
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Lorain
South Lorain
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
South L&tain
Ashley
Authority i
LMHA
Oberlin
Columbus
Sheffierd Township
Sheffield Township
Comet Management Inc
Kimberly Gardens
Waverly Park
O'Neil Boulevard
Sheffield
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By Frank Finegold
Douglas Witter
J. Ed Uland
Chamber of Commerce
James Gedling
United Auto Workers Union
Clarence Tennant
Eugene P. O'Grady
Chronicle-Telegram
Oberlin College
United States
National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
Dave Jones
Northern Ohio Telephone Co
North Durkee Road
Eaton Township
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Carel Jean Kennedy
Lecydale Ave
Dennis B. Moskal
Rt. 10
John Payne
Commission
Leslie Burge
Andrew Shukatt
D-3
Alex Olejko
Bill Rowland
LMA
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