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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1975
Page
1
Frank Robinson, the first black manager in the major leagues, hits a towering homer in his first major league at bat during the Cleveland opener at Cleveland Stadium for a crowd of more than 56,000. The shot comes with a full count and two strikes, a moment captured for today’s sports section.
Ohio Governor James A Rhodes warns the state may face severe natural gas shortages within two to three years. He proposes an Ohio Energy Development Authority to issue low interest development loans and calls a Washington meeting with governors and Vice President Rockefeller to discuss the crisis. He blames the Federal Power Commission for curtailments and seeks legislative creation of the authority patterned after other state agencies.
SAN FRANCISCO FBI declined to comment on a reported plan by fugitive newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst to seek asylum in Algiers. The report, from KPIX journalist Warilyn Baker, said Hearst would arrive with Jack Scott and his wife Vicki. Algerian officials had no information. The report followed prior statements that Hearst may have left to Algiers via Budapest or Cuba. Officials in New York doubted any NY stay occurred and noted Hearst’s attachment to the Berkeley kidnapping case. The piece also covers Ohio energy policy moves tied to the Federal Power Commission and the proposed Ohio Energy Development Authority.
Partly cloudy conditions expected tonight and tomorrow with a low in the mid to upper 20s and a high in the mid to upper 40s. A 10 percent chance of precipitation tonight and 20 percent tomorrow.
Kaiser Broadcasting will shut WKBF TV Channel 61 in Cleveland on April 25 after operating at a loss since January 1966. The license will be returned to the FCC and assets including equipment real estate and some rights will transfer to United Artists Broadcasting. WUAB TV Channel 43 cooperator status is noted, with potential cash or stock exchange for the WKBF assets. Cleveland will then have four commercial stations and one noncommercial station.
In Wilkes Villa, a two bedroom apartment fire claims the life of mother Leon Shuman and her daughter Tina aged three. Husband Artie Shuman and son Anthony four escape after the mother throws Tina from a second story window and the father leaps to safety. Artie Shuman, 24, is treated for cuts. Fire Chief Kinney notes the cause was not yet determined. The blaze originated in the living room and damaged adjoining units. One resident, William Fyffe, helped call the fire department and describe the inferno as flames consumed the second floor and attic. The housing complex houses 200 units with 48 vacant, managed by Lorain Metropolitan Housing Authority.
Teresa Carlew a Franklin Junior High student aided a four year old and saved him from a second story fall during a fire at the Wilkes Villa apartment complex on White Court. Neighbors Bettye De Ramus Tommie Allgood and others recall the dramatic scene and calls for Mrs Shuman to jump as flames drove them from their units.
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