Truck driver burned by acid spray during delivery
Gregory Grygorcewicz, 72, of Valley View Ohio, was treated in fair condition at Elvira Memorial Hospital after suffering first and second degree acid burns to his face and arms. The 1:30 pm incident occurred when he opened an air valve to force acid from a tank truck into a pipe outside CT's engraving department, a leak from a loose hose connection spraying the liquid in a parking lot.
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Chronicle Telegram
Gregory Grygorcewicz
Valley View
Ohio
Elvira Memorial Hospital
Grygorcewicz
Ct’s Engraving Department
Deliberate fires trigger three blazes in two hours
Three small fires were set within two hours last night. At 7 04 pm two kerosene barricade flares overturned on East River Street at Grant Street setting a blacktop section and damaging the barricade. The southwest corner of Franklin School at 446 Eleventh Street caught a grease fire in newspapers. a neighbor extinguished it before firefighters arrived, causing no damage. At 8 44 pm a fire at Bauer Dairy 340 Fifteenth Street involved draining gas from a pump hose and igniting it with matches. a neighbor put it out before firemen arrived. Three boys were seen near Bauer Dairy before the blaze.
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East River
Grant Street
Franklin School
Eleventh Street
Gre
Bauer Dairy
Fifteenth Street
Bauer
Real estate tax deadline arrives Friday
Real estate tax deadlines loom with Friday looming for taxes. Some taxpayers have already met Sept. 15 and Oct. 15 deadlines. Bills were mailed last month and collections are underway at the treasurer’s office. Assistant Auditor Trepoy notes most pay in April, while about 25 percent use an Oct. 15 split.
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William Trepoy
Ost
Trepoy
Federal funds partially returned from Lorain center project
Center Director Ronald Jacobs returned 13934.38 of a 53062 federal grant from the Sotair County Supplementary Education Center, saying spending was careful. The grant supported 26 Lorain County schools using funds July 1, 1967 to July 1, 1968 at Lorain County Community College.
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Sotair County
Ronald Jacobs
Jacobs
U.S. Office of Education
Lorain County
Lorain County Community College
Waterline delay to Oct 22 for Lorain County school
Elyria council water committee postponed action on a city waterline to serve the Lorain County School for the Retarded until Oct 22. The 13 million Carlisle Township project would rely on a permanent underground line from Murray Ridge Road, with current supply from a temporary above-ground pipe. Committee members noted property annexation issues and 2 court cases affecting Carlisle Township and village status, planning to wait for court decisions before proceeding.
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Acton
Lorain County
Elyma Council
Murray Ridge Road
Carlisle
Elyna
Ito
South Corporation
Elyria
Carlisie
Elyria Township
Albrecht Road
Carisie Township
Carlisle Township
Carlisle Village
Ludwig Pincura
Eugene Roberts
Charles Neeson
Loram County
Two area men named county UF chairmen
The United Fund of Greater Lorain County named two division chairmen for the 1963 We Care campaign. Alvin Scheel heads Industry A Division and Jack Elliott chairs the Financial Division, with both praised the fund's efforts for Lorain County and its 65 member agencies.
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United Fund of
Greater Lorain County
Alvin Scheel
United States Steel Corporation
Lorain Works
Jack Elliott
Central Security National Bank
Scheel
Lorain County
Elliott
Phillip P. Dawly
United Fund Campaign
Lorain Counbians
Amherst council approves emergency city worker pay raises
The Amherst council suspended rules and passed an emergency measure to raise city worker pay to retain staff. The ordinance sets monthly salaries for police, utilities, street, electric, sewer, water, and office staff, with police at 632 and captain at 593, starting Sept. 1.
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Amherst
John Jaworski
100 Apartment Units Proposed for Amherst
Amherst council read for first time an ordinance to rezone about 22 acres west of Amherst for 100 apartment units to be built in Early American design. Land north of Milan Avenue behind New York Central tracks, with William Nichols and councilman James Henry as part owners. Henry abstained from voting. Nichols noted a contractor was selected and a six to eight week update would follow if rezoning passes.
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Amherst
Milan Avenue
New York Central
William Nichols
James Henry
Henry
Nichols
Long Island Daily Reporter Correspondence From Jim Toedtm an
Journal notes from Jim Toedtm an a Long Island Newsday stringer in Riverhead New York referencing Mayor J Grant Keys for the Chronicle Telegram and a nostalgic call to reminisce at the end of a summer reporting stint. He mentions The College of Wooster and Berea with memory lapses and a page 16 clue.
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Long Island
Newsday
J. Grant Keys
e-Telegram
Jim Toedtman
Riverhead
N.Y
Ace
J.m
Fas
College of Wooster
Airveh
Corretly
Jim
Berea
Lagging taxes force loans for Elyria schools
Tax collections lag forcing Elyria district to borrow after receiving a $300000 county payment to cover next month’s expenses. Stow tax delays have already pushed three loans this year, including $250000 from a local bank last month. The district warns further borrowing may occur if payments aren’t received promptly while Maplewood and Roosevelt school construction proceeds amid labor shortages.
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Elyria
Stow
Elyria Board of Education
June Blakeslee
Maplewood School
Paul Stewart
Maplewood Addition
Roosevelt School
Roosevelt
Stewart
Board approves extra pay plan for athletic coaches
The Elyria Board of Education approved a step based extra pay plan for athletic coaches. New hires start at the first salary step, while experienced coaches move to steps by years coached. Raises range from 25 to 100 dollars annually depending on role, with specific boosts for wrestling and cross country. The athletic director’s extra duty pay remains negotiated separately.
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Elyria
Elyria Board of Education
Fey
Girl 13 critically hurt in Rocky River crash
A 13 year old Elyria girl was listed in critical condition at Fairview General Hospital after a Saturday auto crash in Rocky River. Her sister Jonda and brother Daniel Jr. were also passengers, as the父 driver of the other car died. The mother Shirley Coleman remained in critical condition at Lakewood Hospital.
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Elyria
Rocky River
Fairview General Hospital
Cleveland
Linda Coleman
Daniel Coleman
White Oak Drive
Jonda
Ann
Daniel Jr
Farview General
Shirley
Lakewood Hospital
Coleman
Truck knocks plane ramp injuring two at Philadelphia
A disembarkation platform collapsed when a truck hit it at Philadelphia airport. Alma Krekus, 35, of Cleveland, suffered skull and back fractures and was hospitalized in critical condition. Her 17 month old son Ronald also sustained a skull fracture and remained in fair condition.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Alma Krekus
Cleveland
Ronald
County to seek bids for courthouse remodeling phase
County commissioners set October 16 to open bids for the first phase of remodeling the courthouse. The work will convert the west side of the first floor including the courtroom jury room and judge’s chamber into related offices. Architect Jobs Clark with Smith and Clark presented plans. The space was formerly used by the measurer and the clerk and is now in the County Administration Building.
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Couns Commiers
Jobs Clark
Archit
Finz
Smith and Clark
Iew Measurer
Eucsior
Counts Ad- Munistration
Bu .C.ng
Police to patrol bridge more after Fourth Street vandalism
Safety Service Director James T. Tracey announced increased police patrols around the Fourth Street Bridge amid vandalism to construction gear. Vandals dumped gasoline, damaged equipment, and hurled warning flashers valued at 120 dollars into the river. pedestrians use the open bridge during widening and repaving, with night hazards noted due to missing flasher lights.
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Fourth Street
Arca
Safety Service
James T. Tracey
Tracey
Beng
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Elyria High School
Damon
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Alvin J. Scheel
Sack A. Elliott
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Fendling
Edward Hupp
Bendix Westinghouse
Lorain
T. L. Goudvis
Concrete Masonry
Ely Tia
By Dennis Thessler
Elyria Radio Association
Ant
Electric
Water Department
the Chronicle Telegram
Biytia, Ohio
Russ
Dowrea
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