Elyria Black Community Back Eight Demands Plus Four More
Nearly 200 Elyria residents and supporters in a neighborhood center meeting unanimously backed a resolution to present to the Elyria Board of Education. The Black community urged adding four more grievances to the eight already submitted by Elyria High School students, including more black personnel, teachers, an assistant football coach, administrators, and guidance counselors in junior and senior high schools. The group pledged to mobilize funds and plan a delegation to the next school board meeting if negotiations fail, with NAACP leaders voicing strong support.
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Elyria
Reginald J. Winbush
Oliver Jones
Kirk Grantham
William Redman
Nathan Johnson
Chapman
Jay Primus
Slaying suspect captured near Santa Cruz
Deputies took into custody a man believed to be John Lunley Frazier, the suspect in the slaying of Dr Victor M. Ohta and four others. The arrest occurred at daybreak in a wooded area under a mile from the crime scene, after deputies had staked out the route since Monday night. Police faced difficult forest terrain as they moved the bound suspect from the woods near his mother’s home.
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Santa Cruz, Calif
UPI
John Lunley Frazier
Victor M. Ohta
Weather Outlook With Mild Temperatures Ahead
Partly cloudy today with highs in the mid to upper 60s. Tonight will be cloudy and not as cool with lows in the upper 60s and highs in the upper 60s to low 70s. Chance of precipitation 16 percent today 20 percent tonight and 30 percent tomorrow. Light east winds today turning southeast tonight and tomorrow. Sunset tonight 6 35 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 7 49 a.m.
Lorain County to Form Sheriff Bomb Squad
Sheriff Vernon M. Smith announced plans to create a bomb squad of Lorain County deputies to begin in early 1971. The unit will serve all county law enforcement and members will study bomb construction and demolition, with training in Washington DC and New York City.
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Lorain County
Justice Department
Washington, D.C
New York City
Smith
Levy passage to mean bus rides for many high school students
Elyria voters were asked questions about a 2.6 5 mill operating levy for November. Officials note that while property value rose in 1969 the resulting funds did not keep pace with growing enrollment. The district details transportation plans for students two miles or more from schools and explains how House Bill 1023 provided a temporary funding bridge to keep transportation and librarian programs running.
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Elyria
Howard Ceveland Jr
Chronicle- Telegram
Board of Education
Elyria High School
Liyna Catholic High School
Indicted in Ohio loan bribery case former tax official charged
A former Ohio Tax Commissioner GerAld A Donahue and three associates face 19 bribery counts in a state loan scandal. Indictments name James Lore Sidney Griffith and Harry Groban with Crofters Inc and SERS loan dealings. Bonds set at 20000 each as Crofters earned finder fees and profits linked to the loans.
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Columbus
Ohio
Gerald A. Donahue
School Employes Retirement System
SERS
Franklin County
James B. Lore
Sidney D. Griffith
Harry Groban
Lore
State Treasury
Groban
Griffith
Donahue
Crofters, Inc
Common Pleas
Myron B. Gessaman
Fred J. Shoemaker
Roger Cloud
Saxbe
Senate
Crofters
LCM Corp
Confusion Day Returns as Clocks End Daylight Saving Time
Elyria area residents join nationwide Confusion Day by setting clocks back one hour before bed Saturday night. At 2 a.m. Sunday, clocks roll from Eastern Daylight Time to Eastern Standard Time, giving everyone an extra hour of sleep or delaying wake-ups for church and work.
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Elyria Area
Soviet Cosmos Series Launch Counts Door 374th Unmanned Satellite
Moscow reports the Soviet Union launched today its 374th unmanned satellite in the Cosmos series, marking another milestone in its space program as Western observers track the mission from space command centers.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Lone survivor recalls Red Baron death in WWI air war
Sunday feature recalls the day, conditions, and events that led to the death of the Red Baron as the lone survivor reflects on the famed aerial battle and its aftermath.
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Red Baron
Ford pledge lifts UF fund drive toward goal
A $228 717 pledge from Ford Motor Co. boosts the United Fund to 29.4 percent of its $1.5 million goal. Charles T. Baughman, general chairman, noted strong progress across 11 divisions as the Sheffield Center meeting outlined early drive results and historical context from the 1930s. The Industry A division has $346 118 of $998 300, while Finance leads with 736 percent of its $56 500 target. Commerce divisions show varied gains with A $15 836 plus B $3 499 and C $270 against goals.
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Ford Motor Co
United Fund
Charles T. Baughman
Sheffield Center
Baughman
Ford
United Fund Commerce A
Paul Moos
Harold Pyle
United Fand
Arthur D. Hudnutt
Chronicle- Telegram
Stanley G. Piyor
Lorain National Bank
C-T
John Kenncy
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San Francisco Chronicle
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored
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Primus
George B
Smittle
Charles) Miller
Sohe
Bond
Cloud
John D Herbert
Robin Turner
Herbert
Turner
Ser Cloud
William B. Saxbe
Charles J. Hostetter
Pete Ee
Senn
Mankind
Glenn Ford
Beverly Hills
Community Chest
Arthur D Hudnut
Chronicl Telegram
General Industries Co
Edward Hupp
James Doughman
Stanley G. Pijor
Pijor
Commerce C
Robert Choate
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