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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1966
Page
5
Feasibility group discusses a possible multi community French Creek Water-Sewer District with or without Avon. Avon officials face sharp criticism over “internal conflicts” and threats of intimidation as Avon may not formally exit without petitions.
North Vietnam radio quoted U S Air Force Lt Burton Wayne Campbell of Amherst claiming U S withdrawal from Vietnam. The broadcast said his Thairlandbased F105 was shot down in July and that he was well treated. Campbell’s family called the Sept 17 broadcast Communist lies.
Federal authorities approve a $6 million renewal project for Lorain advancing community development. Officials say the funding will support housing improvements and infrastructure upgrades to revitalize the city.
Lorain officials report progress on a 58 million renewal project for an 85 acre area bounded by East 28th Street to East 36th Street and Fulton and Globe Avenues with a five year construction horizon after feasibility study. HUD approval and a tentative July completion date are noted as pivotal, while local figures praise City official Baumhart and Weaver for guiding the application and stressing the program’s residents focus.
Jones faces a pending verdict as a three-judge panel weighs the murder case. Hill, 25, Elyria, and Silas Richardson, 28, Lorain, are serving life terms after juries convicted them. Raymond Pounds, 26, a Lorain postal worker, was killed in a holdup yielding $38. Prosecution contends Jones drove the getaway car making him equally guilty. Jones did not testify. final arguments began at 2 33 p.m. with Floyd Harris outlining the state's case and exhibits.
Feasibility group gives tentative approval to plans for a multi town water and sewer district. Ridgeville Sheffield Village and Sheffield Lake will be asked to pass uniform resolutions as the study group prepares a district governing board and price sharing terms. Avon may join pending intent resolution.
Lorain seeks a declaratory judgment after Lorain County Board of Elections ruled annexation proposals for Amherst and Elyria Townships could not appear on this year’s ballot. Lorain Solicitor John Hristho filed the suit, as the board had previously rejected the requests on grounds they overlapped with a 1964 vote against annexation. Prosecutor Paul J. Mikes advised the board on state law implications.
Gov James A Rhodes and cabinet aides made a late day surprise visit to Lorainite Mike Timko at his home after a tri county swing. The encounter linked Timko a longtime labor advocate to Rhodes from past political ties and Timko’s enduring labor activism despite his paraplegia. The campaign party toured Elyria central and western Lorain before visiting Timko at 442 Delaware Ave, signaling high level state officials’ interest in Timko and labor issues.
A resident recounts visiting Rev Mother Cherokee at 32128 Lorain Rd North Ridgeville who claimed to cure insanity and save people from the cemetery. She instructed folding money and chanted prayers while pressuring for cash and personal details, then offered dubious remedies and claims of hidden wealth. The incident unfolds amid suspicious handkerchief tricks and manipulation.
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