Lorain County Fair Breaks One Day Attendance Record
Lorain County's 1966 Fair saw a daily attendance high with 30,226 visitors at Wellington, shattering the previous mark and inching toward an all time fair-week and five day totals. The event featured Eddy Arnold shows, expanded midway, livestock judging, pony displays, and extra harness racing heats amid perfect weather.
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Nears
Lorain County
Wellington
Rt. 18
Mill St
Mer
Apollo Saturn test aims for manned moon goal in 1968
Apollo program faces a crucial unmanned Saturn 1 flight from Cape Kennedy to loop three quarters around the globe. If successful, three astronauts could fly in December, advancing plans to land on the moon in 1968. meanwhile Soviet efforts include an unmanned lunar probe and a soft moon landing. The test targets key systems and will gauge readiness for a manned orbit, with initial crew potentially chosen from Grissom White and Chaffee.
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Howard Benedict
AP Aerospace
Cape Kennedy, Fla
America
United States
Soviet Union
Moon
Air Force
Virgil I. Grissom
Edward H. White II
Navy
Roger B. Chaffee
Africa
Northcentral Pacific
Guam
Record U S planes fly 146 missions in Vietnam war
Premier Nguyen Cao Ky opened South Viet Nams national election campaign urging a large turnout on September 11 while warning of intensified Communist terrorism. U S air forces flew 146 missions, the highest total reported, with 71 by the Air Force, 68 by the Navy, and seven by Marines, targeting oil depots and supply routes in the southern Panhandle and near the DMZ.
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Nguyen Cao Ky
South Viet Nam
U.S
Panhandle
Demilitarized Zone
Hanoi
Navy
Red Guards seize Peking Sacred Heart Academy
In Beijing a mob of teenage Red Guards broke into Sacred Heart Academy, a French nun–run Catholic school, hoisting a red flag and placing a Mao bust inside while plastering anti foreign signs on walls. Police and adults backing the group blocked the school.
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Tokyo
Peking
Sacred Heart Academy
Mao Tze-tung
Wife Plea Innocent in Slaying of Elyria Man
Barbara Avery 24 pleads not guilty to second degree murder in the shooting death of her 50 year old husband Leonard at their Woodford Avenue home. Preliminary hearing set for Sept 2. bond $5,000 but not posted. Police say abuse preceded the fatal shot as Avery’s daughter and mother-in-law were involved.
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Barbara Avery
Leonard
Avery
Elgins Municipal Court
Frank M. Wilcox
Foreign Catholic School in Peking Crippled by Unrest
The Sacred Heart Academy in Peking, nearly a century old and among the few foreign run schools, has been disrupted as gates were closed and classes stopped by unrest. Teenagers demanded reforms including renaming Peking and abolishing Western games.
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Sacred Heart Academy
Peking
Midview mill levy debate prompts school board comments
Midview school board members discuss the proposed V-mill operating levy as part of ongoing coverage. The page notes public input and district financial concerns while highlighting a related feature on Ohio conservation honorees and local calendar items.
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Midview
Johnson warns Congress on inflation fight and wage controls
President Johnson says Congress bears blame if inflation warfare escalates to possible wage price controls. He notes no federal action planned now but urges restraint on more than a dozen appropriations bills and warns government measures may follow if spending continues.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Congress
White House
New England
Erhard reshuffles German military leadership during crisis
Chancellor Erhard returned from vacation and acted against a generals revolt causing political turmoil. He named Lt General Ulrich de Maiziere to lead all armed forces, amid a 300 000 man force, according to official sources.
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BOM
UPI
Ludwig Erhard
West Germany
Ulrich de Maiziere
Firelands junior wins fifth straight beef judging title
Pat Finnegan, 16, Firelands FFA, captures grand championship in Hereford junior breeding beef at Lorain County Fair for the fifth year. He also takes reserve Hereford, his second straight pair. Frank Rowland, 13, Rochester Bigger and Better 4-H earns Angus grand champion with Wayne Simms as reserve.
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Pat Finnegan
Firelands Ffa
Pat
Frank Rowland
Rochester
Wayne Simms
20Th Century Farmers
FFA
Hereford
Lorain County Fair
Farrell Finnegan
Amherst
Firelands High School
Weather outlook with mild warmth and chilly morning
Fair tonight and Friday with a little warmer conditions. Low temperatures range from 53 to 66 degrees tonight. A high of 73 degrees was recorded at 4 50 p.m. yesterday and a low of 32 degrees at 6 45 a.m. today. Pollen counts show Elyria 97 and Lorain 170.
Private industry urged to solve U.S. problems in Congress
A 44 member House Republican group proposes legislation to outsource national issues to private industry using modern management and technology. A Senate companion bill by 10 Republicans cites air and water challenges, housing, traffic costs, and rapid growth of scientific information.
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Congress
House
Charles Amasher
Senate
Bradford Morse
Massachusetts
Cept
Democratic Party
United States
Mealtime Moment Sparks Schoolyard Laughs
A lighthearted note from the day recalls kids settling for a table full of snacks and chatter during the school mealtime. The moment captures playful energy as students share stories and jokes while eating together.
Cable car test in San Francisco in 1873
The first successful test of San Francisco's cable cars was made on Clay Street in August 1873, according to the National Automobile Club.
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San Francisco
UPI
Clay
National Automobile Club
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Mally
Ed Tomski
LaGrange Rd
Elyria
Eddy Arnold
U.s.moon
Samuel C. ‘Phillips
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Office of Manned Space Fight
NASA
Phillips
Cens
Saigon
Viet Nam
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
North
South Viet ‘Nam
Une
Elyrian
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Lorain Works
U.S. Steel
Paul J. Kopsch
Lorain
Lon B. Adams
State Conservation Hall of Fame
Pete the Picked
Oberlin College
Eaton Township
Pirates
Indians
NEW London
Abby
Elvrra Municipal Court
Wellington Tisai
A. Wa
Erhard
Rowe
Center Ridge Rd
Firelands
Frank
Harry Rowland Jr
Shorty
Pollen
Rizawwma
Hachi
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