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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1972
Page
3
The Sunday program at the Rod and Gun Club offers a public fish dinner from noon to 6 p.m. at the fire house with a turkey shoot held on the adjoining club grounds.
A motorcycle bicycle collision two years ago prompts a $30,000 personal injury suit in Lorain County Common Pleas Court. Minor plaintiff Donald D Chalmers sues Donald D Robinson via his mother Barbara Reed for $25,000 for injuries from the Oct. 27 1970 wreck on Robson Road. Russell Reed seeks $5,000 for expenses and damages.
J and R Construction Co of Elyria won a 586 400 dollar bid for phase one of Lorain County Joint Vocational School expansion. The 7 million project will triple student capacity over two years with site work including excavation grading drainage and exterior sewers.
Oberlin residents hear arguments on selling alcohol and altering the Recreation Commission. Debaters include Rev. Forrest Waller opposing and Robert Hamstead supporting. City Manager Thomas Dalton and Bill Long oppose. The event at Christ Church Parish Hall will feature questions from voters and visits by federal and state candidates.
Susan C. Vassar 21 of 318 Griswold Rd sentenced to indeterminate one to seven years in Marysville Reformatory for Women for issuing checks with insufficient funds. She pleaded guilty to three counts. nine counts were dismissed with prosecutor approval. Begin sentence Nov. 1. Cynthia Kershaw 19 of 237 Bath St and Jack Hicks 19 of 201 Bath St were placed on probation for three years after pleading guilty to malicious entry theft of food stamps valued at 475 from Lawson Store July 14.
The Nixon era profiles, part of Nader's Congress Project, name Ohio figures such as Samuel Devine, William Minshall, Chalmers Wylie, John Ashbrook, Louis Stokes, James Stanton, Charles Vanik, and Thomas Ashley. They assess voting records on budgets, defense, environment, and reform while noting partisan roles, committee work, and campaign fund sources. The release cites the profiles as non partisan and timing tied to a potential paper strike.
Former Ohio Governor James A. Rhodes urged more than 1,000 at the 63rd Huron County McKinley Club Banquet to re-elect President Nixon and pressed vocational education and welfare reform. He touted Nixon’s foreign policy and revenue sharing while praising retiring congressman Jackson Betts and attending GOP figures. The Norwalk event capped Rhodes’ state tour ahead of the November election.
United Methodist Youth Fellowship members will canvass door to door for UNICEF on October 29. Collection boxes will be placed in local businesses this week and collection time was adjusted after trick or treat activities were discontinued in the community.
Oberlin College opens a lecture series on minorities starting Wednesday funded by Sperry and Hutchinson. David Crippens of WQED-TV will discuss Media Education and the Community, with public 7:30 to 8:00 p.m. sessions and 8:00 to 9:30 p.m. roundtables.
A teen robber entered Lorain Creamery at 1415 Oberlin Ave around 10 p.m. Thursday, demanded cash from the lone female manager who refused to yield it. He pushed her aside and emptied the register after asking to see the manager for a job application.
Francisco Santos, 40, of 1691 East 36th Street, was arrested Thursday for carrying a concealed weapon and disorderly conduct. During a station search, bolita gambling slips and money were found in his pockets. Santos pleaded innocent to gaming charges and was held to the grand jury on a $2,450 bond.
Elyria water works chief Robert Sturtz will attend the 34th annual Ohio section conference in Cincinnati next week. He aims to discuss sludge and backwash disposal as backwash water can no longer be dumped into Lake Erie. Fifteen Ohio section members will receive awards and one will be named Water Utility Man of the Year. The Netherland Hilton hosts sessions on federal programs, Ohio water resources planning, and monitoring water resources. the event runs Wednesday through Friday.
Police Chief Chester Sines reported 193 hours of work in September with 35 hours by the auxiliary. Officers answered 36 calls and handled one felony breaking and entering. Ten citations were issued including three speeding violations and one for DWI.
Mason's Discount Department Store on Rt 20 will open at 10 a.m. tomorrow with city officials attending. The store is the first in a new shopping center planned to house 14 stores and a movie theater, with a 400 car lot and 66 100 square foot space.
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