Ohio to award $4 million seven bridge contract in Lorain County
The Ohio Highway Department plans to announce a $4,068,099 bid win by National Engineering and Contracting Co. of Strongsville and Chapin and Chapin of Norwalk for seven bridges in Elyria and Amherst. The firms will split work with Strongsville building bridges and Chapin handling remainder. Completion is set for Oct. 21, 1967, with work to start in two to three weeks.
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Ohio Highway Department
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Amherst
Columbus
Lorain County
National
Ing and Contracting Co
Strongsville
Chapin and Chapin
Norwalk
William Wharton
Wharton
Three Elyria contractors ordered to fix incompetent work
The Elyria board of building standards and appeals told The Orlean Co. Kligler Construction Co. and Middleman Construction Co. to correct faulty construction on local homes within 15 days or risk having licenses revoked. About 30 complaints spurred inspections identifying issues from cracked basements to poor windows. The city will halt ongoing work and deny new permits until corrections are completed, with further action to bar building in the area if problems persist.
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Kligler Construction Co
Middleman Construction Co
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Hollywood Dr
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Kosma JJ. Giavas
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Charge on two electric firms triples antitrust damages
NEW YORK UPI Two of the nation s largest electrical firms were assessed triple damages totaling almost 17 million Tuesday in a price fixing conspiracy. Judge Feinberg ruled General Electric and Westinghouse overcharged by 83.6 million for 1 steam turbine generators sold in 1982. Ohio Valley Electric Corp and Indiana Kentucky Electric Corp were overcharged. tripling under federal antitrust law.
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Wilfred Feinberg
General Electric
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Ohio Valley Electric Corp
Indiana- Kentucky Electric Corp
Atomic Energy Commission
Ohio
Kgger
Creek
Gallipolis
Dominican parties set provisional government in Dominican crisis
In Santo Domingo SPI reports a provisional government will be formed after talks Tuesday night to resolve a four month crisis that left 27 U.S. servicemen dead. Hector Garcia Godoy, 44, named provisional president to be sworn Friday, tasked with pacifying the country and guiding elections within nine months. He must appoint top military leaders and arrange surrender of weapons held by rebels.
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Santo Romingo
SPI
U.S
Hector Garcia Godoy
Garcia
Vast rail merger plan from C&O and N&W unfolds
Norfolk and Western and Chesapeake and Ohio propose a giant 20 state railway merger to create the largest U S system spanning from Maine to Nebraska and into Canada. The plan includes government aid to rescue four electrified commuter lines, with five more railroads to join later in direct challenge to rival mergers.
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Richard V. Oliver
NEW York
UPT
Maine
Nebraska
Canada
Norfolk & Western
Chesapeake & Ohio
Merg
Blanket tug-of-war proves fatal in Manhattan
New York police report the murder of Fannie Braun, 69, smothered by her husband Leo Braun, 71, in a West Side apartment. Braun, a retired garment executive, was booked for homicide after officers found feathers in her throat and her pillow rule cited as the fatal instrument. The couple, married a year, had over $70,000 in savings.
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UPI
Leo Braun
Iis
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Fannie
Ad Braun
West Side
Manhattan
Marines suffer heaviest two week losses in Vietnam
A U S marine spokesman said 68 Americans were killed in Vietnam in the two weeks ending last Saturday, the war’s heaviest two week toll. The Chu Lai victory raised Marines killed there to 89, while Viet Cong losses were 58 killed and 120 captured for the week ending Aug 28.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Viet Nam
Chu Lai
Cha Lai
N W Freight Station and Yard in Lorain County
Norfolk and Western operates a freight station at Lorain and a yard with capacity for 580 cars in South Lorain. Main tracks run along Lake Erie from Avon Lake to Vermilion. another track extends south to Wellington. Chesapeake and Ohio says no Lorain County facilities exist, while Baltimore and Ohio has ore and coal docks in the county and owns an eight acre parcel south of the Fast Erie Avenue bridge.
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Lorain County
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Lake Erie
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Vermilion
Wellington
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Mercer
The
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Am-Standard to Bring Executive Offices Here
William Berkshire division president announced American Standard Air Conditioning Division would move the president's office from New York City to Elyria to consolidate divisional management. Berkshire, longtime company executive since 1947, plans a temporary Bay Village residence during new home construction with wife Lillian and three children Nancy, Cindy, and Bill.
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Elyria
William Berkshire
Berkshire
Aving
American Standard
Lillian
Nancy
Cindy
Bill
Chatham
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Pittsburgh
Weather outlook with clearing and cooler night
Weather clearing today with partial clearing this evening and clearing to night. Highs near 66 to 72, cooler tonight with lows 51 to 54. Thursday sunny with little temperature change. Lake Erie small craft warnings in effect. North to northwest winds 17 to 24 knots today, 12 to 18 tonight. Showers today, fair tonight. Elyria 14s Lorain 108 Discomfort Index 19 and average.
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Lake Erie
Betsy Strengthens as Storm Heads Toward Bahamas
Betsy rapidly gains destructive power as it moves toward the Bahamas. Weather officials say plans to chemically attack the hurricane have been canceled due to the storm’s strength. The center was located about 250 miles east and due north of Turks Island at daybreak.
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UPI
Bahama Islands
Turks Island
Bahamas
Storms Ahead as Housing Department Gains Cabinet Status
Congress approved legislation to create a new cabinet department of housing and urban development to oversee urban programs and 14,000 employees with a budget near 4.3 billion. President Johnson must sign to establish the department, marking a rare federal reorganization. The HHFA will become the Housing and Urban Development Department.
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Johnson
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Gemini 5 results delight doctor
Cape Kennedy UP I reports America s eight day Gemini orbit proved today that man is physically ready for a two week voyage this winter and a moon trip this decade Dr Charles E Berry head of the medical office of the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston said Tuesday he was delighted with the medical condition of champion astronauts Gordon Cooper and Charles Conrad
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UPI
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Charles E. Berry
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Gordon Cooper
Charles Conrad
Congress chiefs prod steel talkers
In Washington, steel union and management negotiators, under pressure from President Johnson, planned round the clock bargaining to avert a damaging strike. Congress leaders joined Johnson in urging an early settlement as talks resumed in a White House area conference room. State officials Willard Wirtz and John Connor were to attend, underscoring Johnson's priority. Johnson granted an eight day breathing spell until 12:01 a.m. EDT Sept. 1 if no progress. Senate Leader Mansfield warned a strike now would harm prosperity and the dollar, noting near one million workers could be idled. The White House said talks remained amicable and intense as committees pored over wage and pension issues.
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UPI
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Sume
White House
Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
Commerce
John T. Connor
Bill D. Moyers
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Arthur Burns
Eisenhower Ancestration
Montana Democrat
Wakefield Corp Considered for ITT Purchase
VERATION'S Wakefield Corp. discussed for possible acquisition by International Telephone and Telegraph Corp. The report notes the potential deal as a major corporate move with implications for local industry.
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Wakefield Corp
International Telephone and Telegraph Corp
Infant boy killed in Vermilion auto crash
A two month old, Douglas Hagood, died when a head on collision occurred at 10 08 am on Route 60 and Mason Road five miles southeast of Vermilion. His mother, 26 year old Mrs. Hagood, was listed in fair condition at Amherst Hospital with facial cuts. The other driver, Larry Smith, 17, of Oberlin, reportedly lost control and crossed into Hagood’s northbound lane.
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Erie County Sheriff's Department
Douglas Hagood
Robert M. Hagood
Risden Rd
Rt. 60
Mason Rd
Larry Smith
RD 2
Rt. 2
Oberlin
Robert Hagood
Rt. 6
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