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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1976
Page
1
In downtown Elyria during National Smile Week Chronicle-Telegram photographer Kim Tenry captured locals smiling on a Monday morning. The event, dreamed up by Lee Greenwell of a Cincinnati greeting card firm, aimed to boost cheer and card sales.
Transportation Secretary William Coleman heads a one day Washington hearing weighing air bag mandate in new cars, belt use laws, and ongoing seat belt versus air bag debate. Insurance and auto industries push belt use failures and air bag mandates. GM cites cost and layoffs. Also reports Big Thompson flood disaster in Colorado with dozens dead and hundreds injured as rescue operations continue.
Partly cloudy tonight with lows in the upper 40s to low 50s and sunny, then partly cloudy tomorrow with highs in the upper 70s to low 80s. Rain chances 20 percent tonight and 10 percent tomorrow. Winds north to northwest 8 to 12 mph tonight. The high reached 78 at 1:45 p.m. yesterday and the low was 53 at 245 this morning.
A compact index page lists sections on auctions deaths births entertainment farm finance stocks and sports. It outlines columns for television women and general news across the issue.
About 500 Catholic schoolgirls formed the Olympic five rings as athletic delegations circled the track in a vibrant closing ceremony in Montreal last night. A crowd of 75,008 stood at attention while Greece was honored for the games’ 2,500 year origin, Canada and the Soviet Union followed as host and future host, and Moscow’s fire welcoming ceremony was shown on TV screens via satellite.
Thousands gathered in Philadelphia as the 41st International Eucharistic Congress opened with prayer and a four hour march from Independence Hall to the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul. Cardinal Knox led ceremonies with Pope Paul VI's envoy as Prince Rainier and Princess Grace watched. The event aims to unite Catholics on issues of family life and world hunger with more than one million expected to participate.
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