Clean River Sunday set for Oct 11 event
The Elyria Jaycees and The Chronicle Telegram launch a one day river cleanup from Rt 10 south of Elyria to Rt 254 north of the city. Volunteers from service clubs youth groups 4H schools and others will gather to haul debris from the Black River west branch.
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Elyria
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Jim Parks
Jaycee Project
Parks
Chronicle-Telegram
Plane chase nets hashish seizure tied to international ring
A private plane loaded with hashish, pursued by Lebanese helicopters and British jets, landed near Baalbeck then escaped to Crete with 1,452 pounds of high quality hash. Five Americans were arrested in Crete. two more were seized in France. The operation spanned nine countries and involved Interpol and U.S. officials.
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Naples
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Gilligan Takes Party Helm as Democrats End Convention
Jonny Gilligan, Democratic nominee for governor, assumed control of the party at a Columbus two day convention. He urged postponing voting until after the November 3 general election to avoid a split, as twelve candidates sought the nomination. The platform backed tax reform, education funding, offshore Lake Erie drilling ban, environment rights, and stronger law enforcement. A platform amendment to share city income tax with suburbs was defeated.
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Columbus
Ohio
Jonny Gilligan
Gilligan
Gulgan
Robert Blakevinro
Gerege Twyford
Blakemore
Rioting erupts at East Los Angeles antiwar rally
About 7 000 demonstrators gathered in East Los Angeles for a Mexican American antiwar rally. Rioters burned buildings and smashed windows while police and sheriff deputies used tear gas. Initial reports of two deaths were retracted and 64 arrests reported with more than two dozen injuries.
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Los Angeles
Sheriff's Office
Fires, Tear Gas Mark Los Angeles Protest Turned Riot
Amid a National Chicano Moratorium rally in East Los Angeles, clashes erupted near Whittier Boulevard as youths looted a liquor store and a gasoline station was torched. Police and deputies cleared the park and formed riot columns while tear gas filled the streets.
NASA may drop Apollo missions to trim costs
UPI reports NASA likely will cancel at least one Apollo moon shot and probably two, reducing the planned 6 missions to four lunar landings by 1972. Decision by Dr. Thomas Paine imminent as NASA faces tighter budgets and Nixon veto pressure.
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Thomas C. Paine
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Space Agency
Paine
Lorain County Fair ends with demolition derby
The 115th Lorain County Fair will close today with a 9 am church service in the grandstand, an 11 am Central Ohio Saddle Club show, and a 7 pm Stoney Roberts demolition derby. Over 100000 people had visited by mid afternoon, matching 1969 attendance records as Pat Boone drew crowds last night.
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Central Ohio Saddle Club Association
Stoney Roberts
Pat Boone
Rt. 18
Attack on temple kills 15 in Vietnam assault
Viet Cong North Vietnamese troops attacked a Buddhist orphanage and temple near Danang killing 15 and wounding 4. The complex was shelled with mortar fire followed by ground assault as part of a wider wave of Viet Cong attacks across South Vietnam.
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Saigon
Dan Nang
Due Due
South Vietnam
Weather Outlook Mixed Clouds and Showers
Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms today. Highs in the mid to upper 60s with cooler tonight. Wednesday brings partly cloudy skies and a further shower risk as high temperatures dip into the upper 70s and lower 80s.
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