Phase 2 controls Gant help as high prices bite
Food chains face profit squeezes as prices rise and competition intensifies. Wall Street notes weak margins since 1971 and Phase 2 rules allow cost pass through but not exceed prior markups. A&P drives discount push while rivals trim price gaps and extend hours to win shoppers.
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Gant
Wall Street
Washington
Thomas McMaster
Detroit
Allied Supermarkets
McMaster
Price Commission
New York
Cleveland
Chicago
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co
Sheffield Lake adopts occupancy permit ordinance
Sheffield Lake city council approved a new ordinance requiring occupancy permits for all structures within city limits. The measure imposes a 500 dollar fine for violators and requires inspections at completion and certificates of reoccupancy for vacated or left structures. Emergency passage was urged by two councilmen, while the safety director sought normal passage to prepare forms and permits within a 30 day rollout. The action includes a request for 100 dollars to fund title searches aiding in locating owners of condemned properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheffield Lake
Ron Bills
Ed Dial
Santino Cambria
Cambria
Tax Department
New City
Liza Minnelli attends French premiere at Champs Elysees
Actress Liza Minnelli arrived at George V cinema on the Champs Elysees for the French premiere of Cabaret she stars in after receiving Paris city recognition. The report also covers other contemporary items including political remarks on the 1976 Olympics, Marathon winner Frank Shorter, Meyer Lansky seeking options in Israel, Ruth Lee joining Los Angeles boards, and other brief notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liza Minnelli
Paris
City Hall
George V Cinema
Champs Elysees
Ruth Lee
Los Angeles
Trivia time answers and clues from classic film and TV
Questions recap five stars from the 1930s musical Alexander's Ragtime Band the Batman police chief the two Gone with the Wind sisters the unknown army major beside Lincoln the star of Private Secretary. The answer key lines appear garbled here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander
Vivian Leigh
Scarlett O'Hara
Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
Booth
Avon Lake area faces golf course plans and parking changes
Council discussions cover Avon Lake Sweetbriar Golf Course purchase with federal funds and bonds, a planned city parking lot near the municipal building, possible snack bar liquor sales questions, and Open Road West zoning for a trailer sales site. Sheffield Village firefighters attend Ohio State firefighting classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Palmer
Earley
Sheffield Village
Ohio State University
Edwin “Bud”Brown
Angel Martinez
Dar Paluch
Ron Workman
Avon's Zoning Board of Appeals
Open Road West, Inc
Buckeye Beef Company
Detroit Rd
Robert Killean
Sheffield Lake approves pool building ordinance
Sheffield Lake City Council passes a pool construction ordinance with a four foot fence or six foot privacy screen, hinged steps for sun decks, and a six foot distance from the property line. Violators face a 50 daily fine. a building inspector permit is required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheffield Lake City
Ed Dhal
Avon Board Adds Staff For 1972-73 School Year
Avon hires Eleanor Stevenson as remedial reading teacher at 7310 salary. Dale Eaton named boys intramural instructor at Avon Elementary and Avon Junior High. Timothy King named junior high football coach. Twenty three substitutes approved. Total enrollment 1726 with 11 retarded students in Avon East class. High school enrollment projected down about 30. Passes for Golden Agers available at high school. Board discusses dress code clarifications and year round schools report.
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Avon
Board of Education
Eleanor Stevenson
Elyria
Dale Eaton
Timothy King
Robert Barnhart
Avon Ean
Ptu
Dents
Barnhart
Elyria Man Held for Lorain County Grand Jury
John A. Miller, 23, of 6948 Manor Dr., appeared in Elyria Municipal Court and was ordered held to the Lorain County grand jury on charges of possession of drug administering instruments and possession of heroin. Miller was arrested Aug. 23 in a Broad Street bar where alleged drugs and instruments were found. An informant tipped police that several bar patrons had narcotics.
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Meyer Lansky
Jerusalem Post
Lansky
Israel
United States
Lorain County
John A. Miller
Manor Dr
Elyria
Miller
Broad Street
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Christian Science Measter Servce
N.Y
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Christian Science Monitor
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Ted Smith
Luis Echeverria
Mexico City
Veronica Loyo
Secret Service
White House
Echeverria
Ringo Starr
Maureen
London
Heathrow Airport
U.S
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Frank Shorter
Shorter
Greg Morris
Bob Hope
Parker
Lake Geneva
Wis
Continental Bank of Chicago
Wayinog
depayIny
Z “Amie Maps
Opwdaly Jay Vysvwe
Jandy Auomy
By Nancy Schwarzwalder
Sheffield
Rosemary Schwarz
Lenin Pando
Pando
Lakeside Line
Rt. 254
Avon Lake
Sweetbriar
Jaycox Road
Harold Earley
Avon Lake Municipal
Killean
Joseph T. Coste
Rocky River
Nyon Lake
Harold Farley
Council
Burtey Tehd
Sheffield Lake Council
Dial
Planning Commission
Zoning Board
Harriett Street
Brookside Boulevard
Rowellyn Beach
Kiwanis Golden Age
Warwick
Robert Fernes
Corinne Peak
Furnes
Avon Board of Education
Theodore Avonboerd
Eaveston
Elyria Man
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