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Newspaper
The Gazette
Location
Medina, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1971
Page
2
In Tokyo the yen rose five to six percent against the dollar after Japan floated its money under pressure from President Nixon. Stocks fell then rallied before half-day trading ended. The move aims to lift import prices and lower U.S. export costs to Japan in the evolving balance of trade.
Bennett Cerf, 73, Mount Kisco, New York, co founder and former president of Random House, died at home. He gained fame as a humorist and as a panelist on What's My Line, with police noting his wife Phyllis called for an ambulance after 11 45 p.m. Friday.
Edwin Keller 81 died at Medina Community Hospital after four days admitted. He lived with his step son Maynard Wilkinson at 789 Trotter Lane Berea. Survived by Wilkinson a step daughter Twila Hill six step grandchildren and many relatives. Services Monday at Zion Lutheran Valley City. Burial in church cemetery. Wallace Frary 84 died Thursday. Funeral Sunday Faith United Methodist Church Burbank burial at Burbank Cemetery. Open house at Sleepy Hollow Kindergarten Brunswick Sept 13 with 10 am to 3 pm hours. parents meeting Sept 3 7:30 pm at 3613 Sleepy Hollow Rd. School begins Sept 13 daily schedule and bus service provided.
Mrs James R Rhodes is named Hinckley's 1971 Muscular Dystrophy residential campaign chair. A house-to-house march on Sunday Sept 5 invites local donations to fund the Patient Service Program in northeast Ohio, including a muscle clinic at Cleveland Metro Hospital and a dystrophy research program. Wheel chairs braces and orthopedic devices are provided free of charge.
Attendance through two days is down about 34 000 from last year at the Ohio State Fair. Friday drew 162 426 visitors and opening day saw 163 611 as foregone weather likely kept crowds away. Grandstand acts include the Jackson Five and Dave Merrifield with other events planned in the afternoon and evening.
About 26 of Medina City School System's 30 new teachers attended a Friday morning welcome breakfast at Hale's Restaurant. Superintendent John Kaczenski led introductions with board president Leonard Morse and other city officials. Enrollment figures announced show 4,256 students this year, with Senior High at 1,402 and a freshman class of 380.
The Freedom Baptist Church on Fixler Road hosts daily revival meetings at 7 30 each evening featuring a talk by Rev Bernell Green pastor of Triangle Baptist Church Chippewa Lake a quartet and congregational singing.
New York cab drivers and owners gathered at City Hall to demand greater protection after a street disturbance left 55 cabs damaged. Police tagged about 50 cabs with $25 summonses for illegal parking nearby.
A distressed parent asks how to handle their daughter living at home with a sleep over partner. Abby advises enforcing house rules while noting she may stay only if costs are covered. A reader questions obituary wording about a man with multiple wives, prompting a tense exchange on newspaper policies.
Dear Abby advises the neighbor to cultivate tact and kindness while noting the other woman should be young if she has much to learn. The second letter asks about wearing a wedding ring as an engagement ring and Abby says a wedding ring should come after the wedding.
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