01 Apr 1967
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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1967
Page
1
In Rochester, a small southwestern Lo rain County community, fame and a century turn reveal a robbery that reflected heroism. The Weekender Section offers the full history and stories of the town and its people on Pages W-1 and W-2.
The Weekender repeats a tale of Wakeman women driving a bold whiskey war in early township days. It also cites Amherst's elected city officials with an editor arguing that equality of opportunity for all races cannot be achieved through reverse racism.
Elyria High plans its baseball opener with a revised lineup for Monday. Indians pitcher Sam McDowell shows sharp form in spring drills on the babbed page 14. Elyria police chief to attend a three week school on administration and public safety. French Creek sewer water district will meet with a Michigan firm to obtain project cost estimates on the work.
A walkout by drivers at seven Lorain County concrete suppliers began as a three year contract expired at midnight. Pickets were reported at plants while nationwide union action looms. Local 571 rejected the latest offer and suppliers called demands costly and unrealistic.
On Whitney Road west of Rt 58 at Russell Wacker farm a white duck named George and a Norwegian Elk Hound called Myah, aged about three and four, have shared life for three years. They eat together, sleep together, and even as quarrels flare the pair remain inseparable. The tale stems from George being won at a Bay Village carnival and moved to the Wacker farm where the unlikely friendship blossomed.
The May Department Stores Co. announced that O'Neil's Sheffield Center in Elyria Lorain will be renamed Sheffield Center and join The May Co. as a Cleveland branch. O'Neil's will lose store operating central duties, but staff will stay. May Co. charge accounts will replace O'Neil accounts soon and customers will use Sheffield Center or downtown Cleveland May Co. for payments.
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The readable fragment suggests concern about a husband’s wife, but the context is unclear and many words are missing. No names, dates, or concrete actions can be established from the legible text.
Elyria to retry funding for Lorain County Airport as county bond plans face legal obstacles. City officials study Squire Sanders opinion showing bonds not allowed if funds go to a separate authority. alternative methods discussed, with four to six weeks to decide.
About 2 500 Viet Cong attacked 400 U.S. infantrymen on three sides near the Cambodian border, prompting a heavy U.S. counter assault. Reports describe intense fighting with bunker breaches, napalm and cluster bombs, as both sides suffered heavy casualties.
John D. Rockefeller IV weds Sharon Lee Percy in Chicago in a union described as American monetary and political royalty. White House sources say Lynda Bird Johnson aided the match, reflecting high political ties surrounding the ceremony.
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