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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1964
Page
1
In Editor's Outlook an intriguing claim suggests an ice hockey stick may have contributed to the invention of the airplane. Circlin the Square notes parking problems with Americans getting softer. Squarin Round reports good chances in the area to increase interest in a state convention. Stamp Facts announces JFK stamp albums ready for collectors.
World news page 22 highlights a deadly cycle in Chicago as the opening of a series on big city ghettos. The section hints at Latin America reactions and broader urban tensions, framing the issue within a global context of poverty and unrest.
A busy life outlines an outstanding practical nurse student who splits time between hospital work and home. Her international background includes major events in Germany Poland Switzerland and England before she came to the United States.
Distinguished speaker and panelists headline sessions on religion and race to be held Tuesday and Wednesday mornings in Jorain and Tuesday night in Elyria. The event leads a week of discussions and is covered with accompanying photographs on page 5.
A Middle East Airlines Caravelle with 49 aboard including 23 Americans crashed in shallow Persian Gulf waters ten miles off Dhahran Saudi Arabia. No survivors reported. Wreckage seen by a US Navy helicopter after the jet went missing for over 12 hours on Beirut to Dhahran route. Aramco says plane struck water with one wing visible. Rescue teams rushed to scene as sandstorms hindered earlier search.
A rural Norwalk area man, Willard Spoerr, was struck by a car carrying four juveniles after he confronted youths pulling a roadside mailbox near his father William Spoer’s farm on Jarvis Rd. He escaped with minor cuts. Three youths, aged 16 and 17, were captured by deputies and jailed. a fourth juvenile from Ashland County was to be picked up by authorities.
Mayor Fred B Sanford issued a statement correcting yesterday's Chronicle Telegram report on the Community College site. He argued Abbe Road remains the best location for Lorain County Community College and urged Trustees to accept the consultant's eventual report without outside pressure from minority groups.
In Nicosia a plastic bomb aimed at a British UN position exploded during a truce effort by President Makarios. One British gunner was shaken but unharmed, with no other casualties reported. The blast struck a balcony near a rooftop post used by Greek snipers, amid renewed Greek Turkish Cypriot clashes and mounting pressure on Greek Cypriots to remove a UN gun position in the Ledra Palace area.
The IRS unit in Bismarck reports a Williston taxpayer mailed his income tax return on time by taping a nickel to the envelope and dropping it in a mailbox before the Wednesday deadline. Postal workers canceled the five cent piece, enabling timely postmark.
Police officials in Greater Cleveland react differently to a proposal by Ohio Highway Safety Director Warren C Nelson to raise the minimum driving age from 16 to 18. Some say study further to avoid any negative effects, while others support examining periodic tests and annual inspections to curb dangerous driving by teens.
Cloudy conditions prevail with showers and occasional thunder showers today. Expect more showers tonight as cooler air moves in with a mostly cloudy sky and low in the 40s. Sunday will be partly to mostly cloudy with a few showers and cooler temperatures, highs near the 60s.
Washington report says President Johnson planned a major cutback in fissionable material for nuclear weapons, following prior notes on arms control. He met advisers on disarmament and invited Soviet ambassador Dobrynin for general talks, while urging steps toward arms control in a State of the Union message and Geneva talks.
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