Buckeye Tree Mystery In Elyria High School Photo
A feature photo shows two Elyria High School sophomores Kathy O'Dell and Jane Dunstan beneath a buckeye tree on Park Ave. as Buckeye trees face decline in Elyria and across Ohio. The girls, ages 14 and 15, are identified with their families and guardian captions.
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Elyria
Buckeye State
Park Ave
Elyria High School
Kathy
T. W. O'Dell
Cambridge
Jane
Neal Dunstan
Cornell
Luke Black
Kathy O'Dell
Jane Dunstan
Amherst Pooling Debate Stirs Amherst Officials
Amherst council members issued rebuttals to charges about the Maude Neiding Park swimming pool project after approving $85,000 for pool and bathhouse works. Councilman Mattey voiced opposition, citing cost concerns, while Spidell and Husar defended the plan and urged pool development for local children. Construction scheduling will be set with the park commission, with work expected to start this fall.
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Amherst
Maude Neiding Park
Wayne Spidell
R-2
Joseph Husar
Rat Jarge
John Mattey
Spidell
Mattey
Husar
City Park Commission
Park Commission
Dale Rosenkranz
Woman misidentified in photo captions corrected
An investigation found the injured woman in a Camden two car crash photo was Mrs. Sylvester Schafer, 65, of 1059 Miller Street Fremont. She was mistakenly listed as Mrs. Mary Swonger, 77, of the same address, who died from injuries.
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Camden
Chronicle - Telegram
Sylvester Schafer
Miller St
Fremont
Mary Swonger
Elyria Doctor George Hoke retires after 39 years of practice
Dr. George A. Hoke, Elyria's third oldest physician by service, retires from active practice and plans to travel. A Garrett Ind. native, he began in 1926 after completing training at Western Reserve University. He and wife Dorothy will remain at 1005 Gulf Rd. Elyria.
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George A. Hoke
Elyria
Garrett
Ind
Hoke
Tiffin Columbian High School
Heidelberg
Dorothy Louise Hamlin
Hokes
George H. Hoke
Lorale
Patricia
W. Hollis Burrow
Washington County Hospital
Greenville
Miss
Gulf Rd
Underpass sought for Parsons Rd
Oberlin council discussed routing a new highway from Oberlin to Ely and urged state action to build an underpass on Parsons Road. Without it residents east of the city would be severed from Oberlin, as Rt 10 and 20 shift and the plan proposes a wider access highway with a bypass.
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Oberlin
Philip M. Thomas
Ely
Ria
Parsons Rd
Carlisle Township
Clark
Lorains
Lyste
Butler
Lion
Ald
Marquis
Plana
Offin
Oberlin President cites conflict fueling student restlessness
Oberlin College President Robert K. Carr attributed 1965-66 campus restlessness to a clash between curriculum demands and real life problem solving beyond the classroom. He urged joining two kinds of learning and praised students for wanting to be useful in a troubled world. Classes began today for Arts and Sciences and Conservatory. theology grad courses start tomorrow. Enrollment this fall reaches 2,648 across three divisions.
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Oberlin
Oberlin College
Robert K.carr
Finney Chapel
Carr
College of Arts and Sciences
Conservatory of Music
Graduate School of Theology
City seeks federal aid for fire station plans
Elyria city council authorized a $7,000 interest free federal loan through the Housing and Home Financing Administration to cover plans and drawings for a North Abbe Road fire station. Safety service director empowered to apply. about $75,000 already set aside from the 2-mill levy for actual construction. Council member Robert K. Wilson reported a Toledo area trip to view sub stations with sketches and photos. Also approved a 14 by 4 percent storage building at Brookdale Cemetery not to exceed $16,000 and accepted an easement for a storm sewer in Whiteorks Sab division 5.
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Elyria
North Abbe Rd
Safety Service
Housing and Home Financing Administration
Robert K. Wilson
H- 7
Council
Toledo
Brookdale Cemetery
Whiteorks
Sabdivision 5
Elyria Council approves fair housing ordinance
Elyria City Council unanimously passed a fair housing ordinance prohibiting discrimination in sale or rental of homes based on race color creed or national origin. The measure carries a 50 dollar fine, replaces a stricter 100 dollar penalty, and aims for easier enforcement with shorter appeals. NAACP members urged broader action while the mayor and officials were absent for a seminar.
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Elyria
NAACP
Leonard PP. Reichlin
D-1
Fred B. Sanford
Reichlin
Lorain Woman Injured In Rt 254 Collision Near Pearl Ave
A Lorain woman Glor ia Yagielo age 20 was injured when her car left the eastbound lane on Rt 254 near Pearl Ave struck a telephone pole at 7 45 am today. Ronnie Graham 17 aided the victim before a second westbound car driven by Ronnie Taylor 18 struck Graham’s auto. Taylor was charged with failure to stop within an assured clear distance. Yagielo underwent x ray but was not believed seriously hurt.
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Lorain
Rt. 254
Pearl Ave
State Highway Patrol
Gloria Yagielo
21St St. Lorain
Ronnie Graham
Vincent Ave
Elyria
Elyria Council Approves Zone Change for Pepsi Warehouse
The Elyria City Council finalized the rezoning of land off Rt 57 to accommodate construction of a $750,000 Pepsi Cola warehouse after construction had already begun at the site.
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Rt. 57
Elyria
Golden Age center dedication marks Lorain renewal
Lorain unveils the John F. Kennedy Plaza and a 176 unit Golden Age center built by the Lorain Metropolitan Housing Authority. State Senator Don Pease and Representatives DeChant and Brown joined local leaders at the former slum site at 17th Street and Broadway. The six story plaza, housing a nurse office, doctor’s room, lounge, games area, and a 95 foot high interior court, targets residents 62 and older with average rents of 38 dollars monthly including utilities. Construction delays push occupancy to October with 144 units ready for tours during Steel Day festivities.
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Lorain
Broadway
Ronald Ashley
LMHA
Black River
Ashley
Hirise
Motorcyclist injured after pedal mixup in Elyria
Elyria police report James Granger, 38, of 127 Caroline St., remains in fair condition at Elyria Memorial Hospital with a fractured right ankle after a mishap on Gulf Rd. He steered onto Caroline St by pressing the gas pedal instead of the brake, lost control, jumped the curb, and crashed through a hedge at 395 Gulf Rd., causing about $25 lawn damage. No charges were filed.
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Elyria
Memorial Hospital
James Granger
Caroline St
Granger
Gulf Rd
Boys Escape Detention Home Fence in Lorain County
Deputies report two youths aged 10 and 14 escaped the Lorain County Detention Home on Murray Ridge Road by leaping a fence this morning around 9:30 a.m. Chief Probation Officer John S. Dierna said the boys wore t shirts, dungarees, and sneakers. The younger was held for house burglaries and the older for petty thefts.
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Lorain County
Murray Ridge
Sheriff's Department
John S. Dierna
Dierna
Paul J. Hardy Named Head of UF Commercial Unit
Paul J. Hardy was appointed chairman of the UF Commercial Unit Division by Arthur Hudnutt for the 1966 United Fund Campaign. The division will solicit corporate gifts from 37 firms employing 25 or more. The goal is $52,700 or 128 percent of the total $419,160, a standard Hardy calls vigorous and realistic. James G. Frank will serve as vice chairman. Eight captains were chosen, including leaders from Lorain County Savings and Trust Co., The Chronicle-Telegram, Elyria Dairies, and J.C. Penney Co. Hardy, floor manager for C. H. Merthe Co., is active in the Elyria Chamber of Commerce and Kiwanis, and resides with his wife Evelyn at 1410 Fast Ave.
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Paul J. Hardy
United Fund Campaign
Arthur D. Hudnutt
Hardy
James G. Frank
Elyria Memorrial Hospital
Elyria
Paul Hardy
Jim Frank
Hudnutt
Russell §. Minger
Robert A Cox
Lorain County Savings and Trust Co
Otto B. Schoepfle
the Chronicle-Telegram
Ernest R. Seabold
Firelands Area Boy Scout
Wakeman mayor John W Burke dies at 67
John W Burke 67 longtime Wakeman mayor dies from heart attack at his home after serving three terms He was born January 29 1898 in Berlin Heights and spent most of his life in Wakeman Survived by two daughters four sons a sister and 12 grandchildren Funeral services set for Thursday at St Marys Wakeman with burial in the parish cemetery Rosary on Wednesday at the funeral home
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John W .Burke
Pleasant &T
Burke
Berlin Heights
Elyria
Ohio Edison Co
St. Mary's Church
Holy Name Society
Wakeman Kiwanis Club
Marie Burke
Joseph
Patricia Hipp
Norwalk
Jack T
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Ohio Sate Universty
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