16 Aug 1972
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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1972
Page
1
Lorain County Sheriff Vernon M. Smith argues in The Star Reporter the human element matters more than arrests for minor violations. He advocates emotion based driver assessments and says a standardized accident report form will enable nationwide analysis to reduce crashes.
Forecast calls for sunny skies and highs near 76 today with clear cool nights and lows around 5s. Partly cloudy and warmer tomorrow with highs in the 30s, minimal rain chances, and winds shifting from east to southeast later. Sunset 8 25 p.m. Suprise dawn 6 38 a.m. High yesterday 72. low today 34. pollen count 18.
Dr. Henry Kissinger arrived in Saigon on a two day mission amid speculation of a breakthrough in Paris talks. North Vietnam’s Le Duc Tho remained in Hanoi claiming the trip routine. Kissinger met U S Ambassador Bunker and General Weyand as Saigon officials weighed Thieu’s fate and the possible formation of an interim coalition regime.
In Columbus the Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz forecast a $2 per hundredweight drop in beef prices by November. Jack Davis of the Ohio Packing Co. notes recent $2 per hundredweight fall and outlines expected reductions through the meat market, with housewives seeing lower prices at the grocery.
Gov. John J. Gilligan questions why Elyria's largest bank quit the Ohio Student Loan program and asks R. J. Fitch to outline the bank's reasons. Fitch and two directors declined comment while EST officials say they have not offered loans for seven to eight years, and no local banks currently issue such loans. Ohio Student Loan Commission chair J. Ronald Castell calls the move disappointing and notes the bank's withdrawal occurred August 1.
Sen George McGovern won an endorsement from United Auto Workers who pledged support as he promised a full employment economy. He projected carrying 80 to 90 percent of labor votes in Ohio and other states. He urged ending industrial accidents and pledged to remove economic controls within days of taking office while stressing jobs and inflation as central issues.
The Chronicle-Telegram announces a new trivia feature by Bob Hanson of Atlanta called Trivia Try These. Readers will answer questions about historic figures and sports legends and receive upside down answers the next day.
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