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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1969
Page
1
Elyria plans a 4 million dollar waterworks expansion that could be delayed about a month and add up to 450 thousand dollars due to rebidding the general construction contract. The project aims to raise daily pumping capacity from 12 million to 32 million gallons and serve a growing area through the mid-1990s.
Congress resumes after Easter with Democrats signaling Budget disputes and calls to cut military spending. House actions include oil spill and sewage control, and a five year education aid extension. Senate to hear first public address system in chamber history. Education and Labor panel to probe Nixon Job Corps closures and Democrats pledge scrutiny. FCC ad ban hearings set by Commerce Committee.
Skipper Lee Quinn, a 42 year old steeplejack turned sailor, has circled the globe with an all girl crew aboard the Neophyte and its successors. He plans another voyage with a crew whose members must fund their own food and return fare and show sailing zeal. Quinn favors female crew for their docility and ability to take orders, noting 78 women have sailed with him since 1962. The Neophyte Too may launch in late May with a five woman crew and Quinn, who is married but does not take his wife on these trips.
President Nixon announced a revised 1970 budget plan with a 5.8 billion surplus the largest since 1951 outlining major cuts in military and domestic outlays. He said revenues would total 198.7 billion with outlays at 192.9 billion and noted further authority reductions totaling 5.5 billion.
Gen Leonard F Chapman Jr says antiwar opposition and campus obstruction cut into Marine Corps officer recruiting. He notes some administrators block access and central recruiting sites, forcing a new junior college pathway. The Marines currently draw eight percent of officers from graduates annually.
Oberlin College Judicial Board will announce tomorrow its decision on two students who refused to vacate the administration building when ordered out early yesterday. William Hedges, leader of the takeover, spent yesterday in Harkness Dormitory after being suspended and ordered to leave campus by noon yesterday and town by tomorrow. Public Relations Director Reeves said part of the order was withdrawn and Hedges had been informed.
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