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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1969
Page
3
Madison officials toured a Wisconsin landfill operation using a two story hammer mill to reduce unsorted refuse into a confetti like dry odorless material. The system, costing about 85000 per mill, produces output packed into trucks for landfill dumping.
Delegation from Lorain County examined a Madison Wisconsin garbage pulverizer facility. They observed a gated metal building with machine shop like noise, no stray debris, and trucks unloading inside. The landfill lacked odor except from an adjacent dump and the material compacted enough for car traffic. Officials noted burning was limited to a gasoline experiment and Purdue tests showed rats died on the material while flies did not breed. Over months, left material began reverting to soil with plants growing on it.
Jack Underman, a six foot eight inch Buckeyes basketball standout at Ohio State, set scoring records and earned MVP honors before a 1947 auto accident altered his life. He died yesterday at age 44 after a subsequent auto mishap. He left a wife and five children, known for friendliness and strong team leadership.
Lorain County Coroner rules Dr. John C. Underman died from extensive head and chest injuries after a collision with a Brotherton Disposal Inc. truck on West River Road. The Elyria oral surgeon, 44, of 34 Vassar Ave., died at Elyria Memorial Hospital. No charges were filed. Witnesses say excessive speed and icy road edge contributed to the crash near Cherry Ridge Go Course.
Russ Davies notes the deaths of Lenny Warren of Elyria and Bruno Olszewski of North Ridgeville, both former bartenders and known in local circles. Warren played with the Hines Billings orchestra and Campus Owls, while Olszewski was prominent in labor circles and tramping with West Side friends.
About 300 people attended a Candidate Night Dinner at the Elyria Recreation Center as Elyria Democrats attacked the Republican campaign line that the city is poorly run. Mayor Reichlin defended his administration noting past projects and faulting GOP delays on Fourth Street Bridge. State Rep Pease urged local wins to shape district lines after 1970 census and Joseph Ushelyi backed voting age constitutional change.
Police searched a Mount Lookout house inch by inch to find a motive in the killings of Martin Dumler II, 29, his wife Patricia, 27, and her mother Mary Wilson. The victims were found in the master bedroom. no motive or suspects were identified.
Seven striking unions at American Ship Building Co will vote on a company salary package at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Lorain at the Canadian Legion Hall. The offer includes 23 cents raise first year 15 cents second year and 15 cents third year, mirroring an earlier proposal during the weeklong strike that has idled Lorain Chicago and Toledo facilities.
The Columbia School District learned last night that its fire and marine insurance policy will cancel effective December 19 after paying 4700 in losses since 1967. Theft in January 1968 caused 2304 in claims and burglary losses totaled 649. A 1969 lightning damage of about 500 and a September burglary of 1247 were reported. The district will seek competitive quotes for a replacement policy at the November board meeting.
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