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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1979
Page
3
UPI reports the Commerce Department says real GNP rose 0.7 percent annual rate from January to March 1979, the slowest since early 1978 and well below late 1978 gains. Inflation ran at 8.7 percent, while retail sales slowdown helped curb growth and sparked policy debates on further tightening.
A.M.C.A. bought a 10,000 square foot North Ridgeville brick building and about 10 acres from Wines of America for 400000. The trust also gained Cowley Road ranch home and 22 acres from William Nuis in 1975. A 2300 acre Licking County farm linked to Anton Pohlman of West Germany is noted. Ohio requires non residents to report real estate and mineral rights. no reports received yet.
Miss Marvin hailed the ruling as a victory for women and predicted others would benefit from her long court battle. Judge Marshall ordered Marvin to pay the equivalent of her highest earnings as a cabaret singer, $1,000 a week for two years, for rehabilitation and to reeducate herself for independent work. The outcome preserves a major precedent for alimony like support by an unmarried plaintiff and signals ongoing celebrity cases ahead as lawyer Mitchelson notes “a thousand Marvin cases out there.”
A Lorain County Goldberg Foods suit against Fisher Foods and First National Supermarkets alleges antitrust conspiracy and restraint of trade, claiming Goldberg's losses top 4 million since January 1977. Workers fear closures at Griswold Road and Ridgeview Plaza outlets, with potential severance and vacation cancellations amid union activity.
A survey shows varied views on whether Ms. Marvin should be paid by an actor she lived with. Kraft and Kristoff support compensation. Woods and Lucy oppose or favor limited aid, arguing marriage or contracts define rights, while living together is seen as a verbal agreement by some.
The Chronicle Telegram in Elyria Ohio lists carrier delivery at 115 per week and mail and Sunday service at 66 00 per year for prepaid address subscribers. The imprint cites Elyria Ohio and the Lorain County Printing and Polishing Co. at 925 East Avenue with post paid second class postage.
Ohio journalists react to a Supreme Court decision allowing libel plaintiffs to probe a reporter’s mental state during story prep. Editors and TV news chiefs decry the ruling as dangerous to democracy and press freedom. They warn it may chill investigative reporting and intimidate smaller outlets.
Ohio Senate clears a $1 million program to assist domestic violence victims funded by higher marriage license fees. it proceeds to the House. Dayton jurors award $73,375, splitting among eight plaintiffs from a 1978 apartment-fire case tied to a 24 day firefighter strike. Local 136 faces $48,375 in compensatory and $25,000 in punitive damages. Cincinnati hunger strike target Rev. Maurice McCrackin begins another fast after jail incident. Columbus Gov Rhodes creates a seven member Task Force on Gasohol with Battelle expert Edward Lapinsky chairing.
Bantam Books plans a late 1980 biography on William Milligan, a multi personality rapist confined to Athens Mental Health Center. Daniel Keyes, author of Flowers for Algernon, will author the book after six months of interviews and research at Ohio University in Athens.
Moscow reports Leonid Brezhnev, aged 72, elected unanimously to a new term by 1,500 newly seated Supreme Soviet members in a joint session. The body also backed Premier Kosygin forming a cabinet as the Communist Party Central Committee urged the move. Meanwhile in Rhodesia Ian Smith voted early, declaring the black turnout signals victory as polls showed a shift toward majority rule and guerrilla leaders urged voting in the weeklong election.
A Washington Post report cites Atomic Energy Commission documents showing a 1953 nuclear test near St George Utah dumped excessive radiation on the town. Fallout measured 6000 millirems versus the 3900 millirems standard for 13 weeks. Studies indicate higher leukemia rates among children in the St George area exposed during 1950 to 1960 tests.
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