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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1977
Page
10
The Village of Grafton invites bids for construction of Volunteer Fire Department Station No 2 at Original Eaton Township Lot 62 and Northwood Homes Subdivision Lot 1. Bids due by 12:00 noon October 4, 1977, with 5 percent bid bond.
Notice to bidders for reroof and addition to Sheffield Township Hall and Fire Station Lorain County Ohio bids due October 20 1977 at 2 00 PM. Separate or combined proposals for misc general work plumbing electrical and more. Documents from architect William Unger Lorain Ohio refundable deposit. Employment and minority business requirements apply.
Sharon Hastings, daughter of Donald and. Hastings of Elyria Ohio, named a sesquicentennial scholar at Denison University Granville. 29 scholars selected from about 600 classmates for outstanding high school achievement and leadership. Steven James Bambart earned a bachelor’s degree from Edinboro State College in the recent summer commencement. Dolores Angelini, Strongsville, earned a master’s degree. Nathan Miller of Elyria begins duties as program interpreter for United Theological Seminary Twin Cities 1977 78 academic year, on leave from studies to lead campus tours and presentations.
The Elyria Board of Education postponed deciding on auctioning the Gulf Road School until a full board meeting next month after residents opposed rezoning. Absent members, including President Barrett and Dr. Myers, led to tabling the matter amid neighborhood objections to any rezoning. The board also approved 10 additional sick days for non teachers and renewed WVIZ Channel 25 contract for 11 900.
The All Ohio Chapter of Ninety Nines invites pilots and enthusiasts to the Buckeye Air Rally this Sunday with events at Mt. Vernon Lancaster Hamilton Delaware and OSU airports. Activities include poker flight treasure hunt and spot landings. Entry is $2.40 per event. final stop at OSU for hayride and awards picnic at 4 p.m. Contact Pat Newman at 1-414-838.
The Centro de Servicios Sociales extends hours and adds two bilingual staff psychologists to serve Spanish speaking clients. Located at 31st Street and Pearl Avenue, the center will stay open evenings and continue in the Thornings office, offering mental health counseling along with job and educational guidance. Dr Juan Abascal and Enrique Rivera will work one day a week each, supported by five outreach para professionals, as they train to extend crisis intervention and community contact services.
The Schoolhouse alternative program for habitual truants will operate another year under a contract between Betterway Inc and the Elyria school district. CETA funds amount to 40200 for five staff salaries, with the board covering 13900. The program, run with city schools, also links to Adult Basic Education staff development and Bucyrus City Schools, with Elyria employees leading the training. The board heard a tax reform proposal to abolish real estate exemptions for governments charities and churches.
Colleges seek accounting faculty as shortages rise. Only about 150 persons earned accounting PhDs in 1976, while 2,000 faculty positions were needed. Soaring enrollment blamed as graduates prefer industry over academia, per Ohio State University release.
The Morgan estate appraised at 128000 in real estate. Dean T. Morgan 88 from Gilford Road Camden Township presided over an inventory in county probate court. The estate comprises 175 acres in Caden Township.
Lorain board of education approved wage increases for non instructional personnel not in a union and for clerk treasurer Joan Brumbach. A 10 cent per hour raise brings many part time workers to the minimum wage, reflecting about a five percent rise.
The House voted 377 to 9 to urge the Postal Service to keep Saturday deliveries, sending a sense of Congress resolution to the Senate. A postal panel had recommended five day delivery to save money, but the nonbinding measure reflects broad support for weekend mail service.
Lorain builder Carl Gumina has resigned from the Lorain County Board of Mental Retardation 648 effective immediately. In a resignation letter to county commissioners he cited pressure from his various businesses. Appointed May 1976, his departure leaves two vacancies to be filled by commissioners.
One man received 30 days in the county jail and a three year probation after pleading guilty to aggravated assault. A second man, Owen L. Skinner, 18, was referred to the probation department after pleading guilty to unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. George M. Robertson, 37, of Chicago, was also referred after pleading guilty to carrying a concealed weapon.
Elyria police report a man known as James C. Smith, 45, of Riverview Trailer Park, gave $36 to an unidentified man at a bar near the May fair on West River Street in Elyria to buy a 1968 Mercury car. The deal never delivered the vehicle and the swindle began in Elyria and extended outside Lorain County.
A turkey shoot will be held Sunday at 1 pm and every Sunday thereafter at the American Legion Hall in Berlin Heights RU of North. Open competition and public welcome. Funds raised benefit the post building fund and pew equipment.
Grain prices at elevators in Northeast and Northwest Ohio show No 2 wheat around 192, corn near 155, soybeans 358, No 2 corn 194, potatoes 129, soybeans in Central Ohio around 190. Wheat and oats values vary, with some prices listed as 34 for soviet and 85 for soybeans but overall soybeans decline noted.
Ohio Governor James A. Rhodes asks the U.S. Court of Appeals to reconsider its order for a retrial in a $46 million suit by Kent State relatives. Lawyers say there is no evidence Rhodes caused the 1970 Kent State shootings and note previous acquittals.
DuPont gives about 105 acres of wetlands along the Huron River to The Nature Conservancy to be transferred to the Ohio Division of Natural Areas within two years. The site, part of the former 13 acre DuPont Huron plant, hosts four endangered fish species and birds including the whistling swan and osprey.
Sheffield Village Council approved an ordinance reclassifying a 7.72 acre NW corner parcel at Abbe and Detroit from motorist service to commercial for a TRE A rea mall with a fast food mart drug store and other retailers. The developer plans serve Lorain County Community College area while other village actions included fly ash disposal talks and small drainage works with budget cautions.
A US Marine F4 Phantom crashed into a Yokohama suburb near Tokyo today, destroying three homes and injuring nine, five seriously. The crash occurred as the reconnaissance plane departed from a naval air facility near Atsugi, 40 miles southwest of Tokyo. The U.S. official statement promised cooperation with investigators and efforts to prevent recurrence.
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