Once tranquil towns face big urban pressures nationwide
The Sept 29 1977 Chronicle Telegram piece notes small towns suffer from redlining, disinvestment, and shifting retail—while prairie cities retain market roles. It cites Naples Maine Naples and Plainfield New Jersey as examples of growth pressures, high school crowding, and housing bans, with Ashland Wisconsin illustrating depopulation and tax burdens.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Elyria, C
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Sebago Lake
Portland
Naples
Maine
Vast dynamite cache seized on rural farm remains dangerous
Federal agents raided the McRoberts farm uncovering about 25 stockpiles of deteriorating dynamite and 330 blasting caps. The explosives were stored on a dirt floor in wooden sheds and some nitroglycerin had oozed from wraps. Agents burned the unstable dynamite on a river bank after fearing transport. The raid followed reports the sheriff’s home could have been damaged by an explosion. McRoberts claims he held a state license and was selling legally.
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Midway Mall
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James Hathaway
Hathaway
Parker-Hannifin names vice president in new divisions
Parker-Hannifin promotes Donald A. Zito to vice president of the newly formed Cylinder and Pneumatic divisions within the Fluidpower Group. Zito, longtime Elyria plant GM since 1974, will stay on there until a new GM is named. He will coordinate management objectives for the Cylinder and Pneumatic divisions. Zito joined Parker in 1962 and has held multiple plant leadership roles. his family resides in Bay Village.
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Elyria
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Elyria Parker
Taylor Street
Cleveland Street
Donald S. Manning
Parker
Pneumatic
Materals
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Cleveland
Hazel Park
Mich
Bay Village
Honda offered state land at cost for new plant site
Honda Motor Co officials exploring a first American plant in Ohio were offered land at cost by a group tied to Gov James A Rhodes. Ralph J Stolle bought 1000 acres near the state Transportation Research Center in 1969, now valued at about 900 to 1200 per acre, with potential sales to Honda if a substantial jobs plan is agreed.
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Honda Motor Co
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Ralph J. Stolle
Cincinnati
Sie
State Transportation Research Center
Logan
Union
Honda Motor
Economic index shows sharp upturn in August
A government leading index rose eight tenths of a percent in August, signaling more plant and equipment orders and future factory building. Economists note no job outlook improvement as layoffs stagnated and the average workweek fell.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Polanski Visits Munich Oktoberfest Amid Celebrity Sightings
Movie director Roman Polanski visits Munich as a tourist and enjoys the Oktoberfest with companions. Meanwhile a Santa Monica court orders a 9 day diagnostic study in state custody but allows him to finish a film first following a recent guilty verdict in sex charges involving a 13 year old girl.
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Polanski
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Lorain County jobless drops to 5.5 percent in August
Increased factory hiring in Lorain County lowered unemployment to 5.5 percent for August, down from 5.9 in July. Workforce totaled 123,452 with 116,632 employed and 6,820 jobless. Local auto plants added workers while GM Fisher Body Elyria and two Ford plants near 10,000 combined. Regional outlook predicts steady or improved hiring into fall as schools reopen and Christmas retail hiring begins. Nearby counties show varied rates, Scioto highest at 12.2 and Geauga lowest at 3.7.
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Elyria
Ford Motor Co
Lorain
Ohio
Scioto County
Geauga County
Zenith to cut 25 percent U S workforce
Zenith Radio Corp plans to move key operations to Mexico and Taiwan and eliminate a quarter of its U S jobs. Chairman John Nevin said foreign competition forced the move, with production shifting of television module boards and chassis assembly to lower cost regions. The announcement follows other layoffs tied to overseas competition.
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Zenith Radio Corp
Mexico
Taiwan
U.S
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Youngstown Steel Co
Ohio
Nevin
Zenith
U. S
Citizens Home Savings Opens New Branches and Services
Citizens Home Savings unveils teller stations, a drive up window, two conference rooms and a staff kitchen at Ely Park. The lender plans four area offices with another under construction in Lorain, as officials promise improved access and parking.
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the Savings and Loan
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RTA pact probe asked in Cleveland transit deal
The U S federal Urban Mass Transit Administration was urged to probe a 30.9 million contract for 48 rapid transit trains for the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. The Cleveland AFL-CIO Federation of Labor protests the award, while RTA General Manager Leonard Ronis cites bid law. Mel Witt denounces the Italian-made cars amid global competition. The Autonomous University of Mexico notes 250000 students.
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Mel Witt
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Dear Social Security letter questions benefits and funding
A Los Angeles reader writes to Local Security in Washington DC about his 1937 local security card and 18 year history of contributions. He calculates total payments at around 150000 with inflation, questions employer matches, and warns that rising costs could delay or reduce retirement benefits. he urges reforms to the Social Security system and notes uncertainty of figures.
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Los Angeles
Washington
Wall Street opens higher as Dow edges up
Opening on the New York Stock Exchange shows prices rising in moderate trading. The Dow Jones average, after a 21 month low yesterday, gains 0.61 to 835.33 early. The index has declined 168.93 points on the backdrop of 352 issues trading with about 490 thousand shares exchanging hands.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Jed
Grain price roundup from Ohio elevators
UPI reports average cash grain prices paid to farmers in Ohio market areas after yesterday to today. Northeast Ohio shows No 2 wheat 1 85 per bushel No 2 shelled corn 1 50 No 2 oats 1 21 No 1 soybeans 89 Northwest Ohio lists No 2 wheat 1 95 No 2 shelled corn 1 53 No 2 oats 1 32 No 1 soybeans 89 Trend notes wheat down corn flat oats flat soybeans flat. The Chronicle-Telegram 2 East Avenue.
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UPI
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Northwest Ohio
Loran County Press Admits Weekly Delivery
United States Guiv and Sunday $52.90 per real advance Elyria Lotara Cleveland 77704. Sept. 28 1977 No 272. The fragment notes a weekly delivery and a price, with scattered place names and numbers.
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Daly
Poe
Loran County
Maula United States
Elyria
Lotara
Cleveland
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