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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1969
Page
1
Students at Oberlin occupied the administration building overnight after delivering a written list of demands to Carr. The sit in followed suspensions and a vote on readmission terms for two students involved in a March 25 demonstration. Security reported the action continued into the next day.
More than 400 police swept 200 protesters from Harvard University Hall amid a violent clash. About 30 people were hurt and reports say 150 to 200 students remained inside as officers cleared the scene with clubs and wagons. HISTORIC Harvard Yard echoed with screams and chants.
The Students for a Democratic Society seized the Harvard Yard building yesterday and carried a dean out bodily while forcing several others to depart including Dean Franklin L. Ford. A clash then erupted between students and three Cambridge police officers who formed a ring around the scene.
The William Arthur Ely Estate offered to cover the city’s first year share of a federally funded air pollution survey for Elyria. A $2,200 check was presented to Mayor Reichlin but not accepted. City council passed an ordinance to apply for the grant, while the mayor weighs a veto amid plans for an air control program and funding concerns.
A bald headed man receives a haircut as a sign of wealth in a humorous or satirical depiction. The caption suggests status linked to grooming, reflecting social commentary.
Latvian immigrant Bankieris, who arrived in 1950 after fleeing Nazism and Russians, wrote a harsh letter to Senator Young criticizing U S troop withdrawal and anti missile plans. Young replied with strong personal insults. Bankieris, raised under two dictatorships, argues for freedom and condemns communism.
U S and South Vietnamese commands report last week the lowest combat deaths in six weeks for the Viet Cong offensive with 222 American, 246 South Vietnamese, and 3,220 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong killed. Malaria hampers enemy fighting, easing allied casualties. overall American deaths total 1,940 since Feb. 23 and wounded 1,285. The Viet Cong offensive continues after 47 days.
Elyria man Edward Fowler 77 died after being struck crossing Route 57 at Chestnut Ridge Road. Mary Slama 29 of North Olmsted drove the car that struck Fowler. Philip Neville 25 of 518 Second St swerved to avoid Fowler and was not cited. Fowler had pulled from a stop sign after a minor collision with Neville.
The forecast calls for cooler air tonight with 35 to 44 degrees and fair skies. Winds northwest at 10 to 35 mph. Saturday will be fair and warmer with a high near 76 expected in the afternoon.
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