30 Apr 1971
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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1971
Page
1
Karl Neikirk reports Kent State prepares for the anniversary of the 1970 campus riots with heightened campus security. Radical outsiders like Nancy Kurshan and Rennie Davis are present. University leaders urge a united campus observance while outsiders are urged to obtain passes.
A federal grand jury indicted Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co and three other firms on pollution counts for dumping fly ash and industrial waste into Lake Erie and local waterways. CEI faces 20 counts. Avon Lake plant blamed for 800 pounds of fly ash dumping between March 8 and 14. Other defendants include Shell Oil Co, Uniroyal Chemical Division, and Olin Corp with multiple counts. The probe followed a three day inquiry. penalties range from 500 to 2500 dollars per count.
U.S District Judge Howard Corcoran refused to delay Amtrak’s midnight takeover of most intercity rail service. Unions and a consumer group planned appeals to stop the plan to drop 101 of 285 trains starting Saturday. Senators Taft and Saxbe announced Cleveland and Toledo would join the route from New York to Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Toledo, and Chicago.
A worker reports frantic phone inquiries about Penn Central passenger service through Elyria. A Cleveland coach reservations contact says no more tickets will be sold after tonight, with a timetable listing a 10.90 PM departure from Cleveland and a stop at Elyria at 1 nan, amid confusion and unverified sources.
Edward C. Smith, Oberlin city manager, will likely be named city manager of Hamilton, a city of 80,000 near Cincinnati, tomorrow afternoon, the Chronicle Telegram reports.
A Cleveland kidney machine saved an Elyria woman after near fatal kidney failure. Community United Methodist Church members and First United Methodist Church volunteers funded and supported the new renal dialysis unit, aiding the hospital and local patients. A press conference at Hamilton City Hall introduced a new chief administrator while details remained unsettled.
Variable cloudiness and cool today with highs in the 50s. Chance of showers remains 20 percent today, 30 percent tonight, and 50 percent tomorrow as temperatures hold in the low to mid 50s. Winds 5 to 12 mph. Sunset 8 23 p.m. Tonight sunrise 6 24 a.m. High 52 yesterday 6 p.m. Low 46 today at am.
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Lorain County planners pressed for a second full interchange on the Ohio Turnpike near West Ridge Road. State Highway Director J. Phillip Richley told the Lorain County Regional Planning Commission that the state will not build a new full interchange now but may consider one later. He supported a partial interchange and proposed additional ramps to connect Route 2 to I-90 and the turnpike, with future planning possibly shifting west toward St. Rt 58 or Baumhart Road.
An ordinance to create a non exclusive cable television franchise for Mlyria received its first reading. It sets maximum rates, requires a $20000 performance bond if a firm accepts, and calls for three readings with final on May 17. Five firms bid. final acceptance or rejection due within 30 days after final reading.
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