11 Aug 1979
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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1979
Page
1
The reader describes choices to reach Route 254 from Route 57 or via Ford Road near Route 254, and suggests West River Parkway as a faster route for racing fans. However the parkway is heavily interrupted by traffic lights and four way stops, causing delays and equal priority to side streets at a key intersection.
FBI agent Johnme L Oliver, 35, was killed while attempting to arrest fugitive Melvin Bay Guyon at Carver Park Estates Cleveland. Oliver and his wife from Strongsville left behind three children. Pat Foran said the agent risked his life rather than shoot two innocent kids who were in the room with Guyon during the arrest attempt.
Lorain CAPSE members who struck over cafeteria and cleaning staff wages rejected the three year contract. Officials cited 6.43 and 6.5 percent raises plus future base increases but held firm on holiday premium, life insurance and severance terms. Negotiations stalled after the strike began and the district prepared for opening day.
Boat crews check the Laguna Madre oil containment boom between Padre Island and the Texas mainland as authorities aim to keep Mexican spill oil from spreading. Tar balls persist on the surf while Texas Governor Williams Clements urges restraint on lawsuits for damages from the Ixtoc well blowout, calling talk unwise and unneighborly.
Former President Richard M. Nixon reportedly purchased a 12 room condominium on the seventh floor of 817 Fifth Ave overlooking Central Park. The nearly 1 million dollar corner unit has four bedrooms and four baths on Midtown Manhattan's edge. Ownership is by Abraham Hirschfeld, with a purchase agreement signed by Nixon and Hirschfeld's lawyers.
Local law enforcement seeks a plan to curb crime in Lorain County Metropolitan Housing Authority projects as a three part series begins. The piece notes a dismal enforcement record and compares boat theft to easy target predicaments while spotlighting students Donna Petro and Cheryl Kamre pursuing college paths via early credit programs at Lorain County Community College.
A union representing 45,000 New York state employees proposes tying salaries to gold rather than the dollar. The plan would index dollar amounts to gold prices while paying in dollars, a move officials call absurd. The union seeks a higher raise, an agency shop, sabbatical leave, and other benefits, and has been without a contract since March.
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