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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1978
Page
3
In Lincoln Park and Grant Park events this weekend about 250 Yippies observed the 10th anniversary of the 1968 Democratic convention clashes. They held a peaceful rally at the Logan statue with speeches and rock music while police largely stayed hidden and avoided confrontation.
Area clergy praise the swift choice of John Paul II as pope, noting the name signals a direct open leadership style and unity for humanity. Fr. Retter cites continuity with Vatican II, while Sister Andre stresses the spirit guiding the selection and the conclave's 15 days of negotiations.
Thousands stranded at European airports faced delays up to 26 hours as French air traffic controllers conducted a work to rule strike. Gatwick and Palma de Majorca bore the worst impact with Palma reporting delays up to 19 hours and Palma airport closing three times on Sunday.
Eric Exline, 12 years old from Elyria, drowned in a park pool between 5 and 6 p.m. after sliding into the deep end. He was a Boy Scout Troop 103 member at Washington Avenue Christian Church and a member of the International Order of Foresters. Born Los Angeles May 21 1962, he lived in Elyria 12 years. Survived by parents and sisters Joy and Heidi. grandparents Mr and Mrs John Ayster Gates Mills and Mrs Dorothy Hufford Olmsted Falls. Mr and Mrs Wilbur Exline North Ridgeville. Services Tuesday 2–4 and 7–9 p.m. at Wainwright Funeral Home. Burial Brookdale Cemetery.
Allan Bakke seeks the University of California payment of his legal expenses after winning a Supreme Court ruling ordering his admission to UC Davis medical school. He argues financial hardship with a wife and three children, plans to leave electronics engineering for medicine, and his lawyers say federal law may compensate costs if the suit involved significant social issues.
Guards struggle with low pay and part time work driving some to sell contraband to inmates. A power coalition of convicts and staff allegedly governs daily prison life, while escapes test security. Medical, training, and staffing shortages compound unrest at Lucasville where 1,851 inmates share crowded conditions. A legislative panel seeks fixes but offers slim hopes for a quick solution.
GREENE Maine—The 2nd National Lampoon Dog Show attracted over 500 entries with prizes from prettiest to ugliest. An albino boxer in a long dress and necklaces won best dressed while Billy K the English Bulldog earned king of the uglies, lunging at cameras after the award. A 13 year old afghan named Christopher won oldest looking dog, amid humorous chaos and town fundraising for youth activities.
United States and Ohio briefs cover Norfolk & Western clerks talks near agreement after a weekend break. Ohio Expositions Center hosts the 125th State Fair with a record 2,724,583 in attendance amid ideal weather. Campbell Soup strike impacts 3,000 migrant workers in Belmore as arrests follow injunctions. Schlesinger resignation seen as political leverage against Carter energy policy. Rhodes administration accused of aiding GOP effort to oust Democrats from top state posts amid charges on use of state staff. Chardon non teaching staff strike over medical benefits during contract talks, with picket lines and decisions left to individual teachers.
Dublin police report actor and writer Robert Shaw collapsed from a heart attack while driving near Tourmakeady Ireland. The Jaws star aged 52 gained fame as an actor in From Russia With Love Black Sunday and Force 10 from Navarone and as a writer with The Man in the Glass Booth.
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