Western suburbs seek to send prisoners to Lorain County jail
Bay Village and nearby cities including North Olmsted Rocky River and Fairview Park toured Lorain County Jail on Murray Ridge Road amid cost concerns for transporting and housing misdemeanor prisoners in Cuyahoga County. County sheriff Vernon M Smith proposed raising the current $10 daily rate to about $30 and added capacity would rise to 150 with an addition expected in 1979.
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Cuyahoga County
Rocky River Municipal Court
Lorain County
Jas
Bay Village
North Olmsted
Rocky River
Fairview Park
Murray Ridge Road
Westlake
Peter J Gray
Warrensville
Vernon M Smith
Smith
City atty defends ties to Chestnut Ridge subdivision
Elyria solicitor George H Ferguson, a landowner in the Chestnut Ridge Development Co, says there is no conflict of interest with his city duties. He notes his firm handled zoning cases for Elbert and Matovich, partners in Abbe Ridge Development, and that he signed ordinances enabling a two-phase Robin Park subdivision. Ethics laws offer no clear guidance. a city ethics board has not been appointed.
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Casey Turton
Elyria
George H Ferguson
Chestnut Ridge
Dewhurst
Ferguson
Lorne Elbert, Jr
Chestnut Ridge Development Co
Elbert
Robert Matovich
Chestnut and
Elm Streets
Matovich
Robin Park
Chestnut Ridge Development
Abbe Ridge Development Co
General Partiers
Abbe Ridge
Elbert and
George H. Ferguson
Dewhurst Roads
Chateau Estates
No. 2 auto insurer prepares rate hike
State Farm Insurance Co the second largest auto insurer in Co will raise its rates an average of 5.4 percent but most area motorists will pay more. Lorain and Elyria residents face an average 8.7 percent rise as of Oct 1 affecting about 19,000 insured motorists who will see about $850 extra on a six month premium. Individual increases vary by coverage type and policy details.
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State Farm Insurance Co
Lorain
Elyria Wall
Lorain County
Medina County
Huron County
Erie County
Cleveland
State Farm
Ohio
Soviet prosecutor asks for suspended sentence for Crawford
In Moscow a Soviet prosecutor urged a five year suspended sentence for American businessman Francis J. Crawford on charges of buying rubles on the black market. The request followed the second day of Crawford's trial, with testimony completed.
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Moscow
Francis J. Crawford
Crawford
10-foot sunflower grows at Colorado home
A rare 10-foot sunflower with 32 flowers and buds towers at the Colorado Avenue residence of Mr. and Mrs. Angelo Genoso. The couple says they did not plant the plant, yet it grew rapidly, becoming a bee paradise and a local curiosity.
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Angelo Genoso
Colorado Ave
Wellington Crossings Halt Village Traffic Amid Delays
Wellington council orders police to issue citations to railroad officials after repeated Conrail crossing delays block four routes Barker Street Route 58 Route 18 and Magyar Street. Train crews reportedly park across the tracks in downtown Wellington causing half the town to be cut off. The case goes to Oberlin Municipal Court Sept 20 with weather to stay clear tonight and warm through Thursday.
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Wellington
Conrail
Sam Zubrick
Barker Street
Magyar Street
Ogle
Columbus
Oberlin
Carter Hosts Camp David Middle East Summit
President Carter, Egyptian President Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Begin opened a sequestered Camp David summit to mediate Middle East peace. The three leaders arrived separately by helicopter and planned a ten day meeting with light access for reporters and a restrained news blackout.
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Camp David
UPI
Carter
Anwar Sadat
Menachem Begin
Middle East
Sadat
Begin
Heliopter
White House
Maryland
Catoctin
Theodore Roosevelt
U.S
Jody Powell
Powell
Anwar Sedat
Mowntains
Oberlin opposes nuke plant in Pennsylvania era or near Berlin Heights
Oberlin becomes first Ohio city to oppose the Erie Nuclear Power Plant near Berlin Heights. City council votes unanimously to instruct city solicitor Stuart Fauver to file a brief against construction for the administrative law judge hearings. Five major reasons include nuclear waste disposal, high costs, no demonstrated need, possible health hazards, and potential impact on rates ahead of Ohio Edison input.
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Oberlin
Ohio City
Erie
Berlin Heights
Stuart Fauver
Richard Lothrop
Lothrop
Judith Sheldon
Ohio Edison
Wisconsin
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