Crowded Brunswick middle school prompts bond plan
In Brunswick at Edwards Middle School 500 students shuffle between classes every 15 minutes. Principal Louis Tosi cites limited facilities and says a $3.5 million bond would add a 600-student middle school with kitchen and West House extensions to ease overcrowding.
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Carol Biliczky
Brunswick
Edwards Middle School
EMS
Louis Tosi
Center Road
Tosi
Brunswick Edwards Middle School
Minister William Powers Jr Dies on Memorial Day
The Rev. William A. Powers Jr., 45, pastor of Grace Baptist Church in Brunswick for eight years, died Memorial Day in Pontiac, Michigan, where his son Richard was graduating and ordained. Richard became a Baptist minister, with plans to join his father in Brunswick as assistant pastor. Survived by wife Eva Jean, son Randy, mother Mrs. Hattie Powers, and one grandchild. Funeral services set for Friday at Grace Baptist Church with viewing times earlier in the day and at Carlson Funeral Home. Burial at Eastlawn Memory Gardens.
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William A. Powers Jr
Grace Baptist Church
Brunswick
Powers
Pontiac
Mich
Richard
Midwestern Baptist College
Brunswick Church
Mr. Powers
Eva Jean
Randy
Hattie Powers
Laurel Road
John Powell
Reimer Road Baptist Church
Wadsworth
Lawrence Oney
Alliance Baptist Temple
Dale Goodwin
Eastlawn Memory Gardens
Carlson Funeral Home
Cleveland child dies in I-71 accident
A 21 month old Cleveland girl Tonya Atkins died after a one car crash on I 71 in Medina County. Her relatives James Fell Carmen Atkins Donna Atkins Naomi Fell Ronald Walton Laura Lewis were treated for injuries and released. Fell drove northbound off the road, struck a guard rail and a bridge pillar.
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Cleveland
Medina County
Medina Community Hospital
Tonya Atkins
Clearview Drive
James Fell
Clearview
Carmen Atkins
Donna Atkins
Naomi Fell
Ronald Walton
Laura Lewis
E. 61St St
Fell
Social Security and SSI increase 8 percent in July
Social Security and SSI payments rise automatically by eight percent after a CPI trigger. Checks dated July 3 will reflect the increase, with SSI effective starting July 1 and June benefits adjusted per law. Caspar Weinberger is noted as HEW secretary.
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U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Caspar Weinberger
Social Security
Ohio No Refuge for Allergy Sufferers This Summer
The American Academy of Allergy stresses Ohio has no refuge areas for allergy victims this summer. Ohio is among eight states with the worst rating, alongside Rhode Island Oklahoma West Virginia Missouri Illinois Indiana and Iowa. Alaska and the Virgin Islands offer the best ratings, with the closest good area being the Pocono Mountains where pollen indices are lower.
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Columbus
UPI
Ohio
American Academy of Allergy
Rhode Island
Oklahoma
West Virginia
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Alaska
Virgin Islands
Pocono Mountains
Caneavers
Medina County Gazette 143rd Year May 27 1975
The Gazette reports local Medina County news in a weekly edition dated Tuesday May 27 1975. The issue highlights community notices, events, and regional updates typical of a mid century county newspaper.
Manhunt ends in snooze after 3 hour search
Spencer Twoman was found asleep in a field after more than 100 volunteers from six area fire departments and law enforcement searched for about three hours Sunday afternoon. George Costello, 31, admitted taking 15 or 16 tranquilizers before wandering from his home and was hospitalized.
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Spencer
Spencer Twoman
George Costello
Spencer Road
Bursley Road
Maurice Banks Jr
Gene Gore Jr
Dep
Jerry Blough
Medina County
Costello
Rt. 301
Medina Community Hospital
Spencer Volunteer Fire Department
Faye Cowan
George Cowan
Cowan
Spencer Rescue Squad
Firestone Road
Loch
Jerry Shellhorn
Medina MECLEA Uses JVS Computer for Crime Pattern Data
Medina County Law Enforcement Authority MECLEA rents a JVS computer at 200 dollars a month to compile 4553 dispatcher complaints from the Medina Police and Sheriff departments. Director Robert Whiddon says the system will record up to 99000 complaints per department and help study crime factors geographically to guide patrols and manpower. Future plans include weekly and daily readouts, expansion to other cities, and adding arrest and court records in 1976.
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Betty Szudlo Medina
Medina County Joint Vocational School
JVS
Medina County Law Enforcement Authority
Meclea
Medina County Sheriff’s Department
Medina Police Department
Medina Police and Sheriff's Department
Medlea
Robert Whiddon
Whiddon
Summit County Criminal Justice Commission
Medina
Sheriff's Department
Medina City
Wadsworth City
Brunswick City
Randall-Stefan Motor Cars Inc Placed In Receivership
Medina County Common Pleas Court appointed Young on May 15 to take possession of Randall-Stefan Motor Cars Inc at 6080 Norwalk Road. He will manage all vehicles, furniture, fixtures, inventory, equipment and accounts receivable except the real estate. The court ordered Old Phoenix National Bank repaid 177401 with 8.5 percent interest from May 10, 1975. Randall-Stefan confessed to judgment for 571/626 and HRS appeal warped.
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Young
Randall-Stefan Motor Cars Inc
Norwalk Road
Medina County Common Pleas Court
Old Phoenix National Bank
Randall- Stefan Motor Cars Inc
Old Phoenix Bank
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Stroup
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Lodi
Litchfield
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Medina Post
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Highway Patrol
F.A. Wesmeyer
Norfolk and Western Railway
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
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Jeff Lenzo
Burroughs System
Ann
O’dell
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Randall
Stefan
Gee
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