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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1974
Page
1
Wind driven snowfall paralyzed Northeast Ohio with 15 inches across Lorain County and 223 inches at Hopkins Airport. Power outages hit many towns including Avon Lake where Norman Jacoby died during a snow blower incident. Roads were largely impassable yet passable in spots as authorities urged staying off highways.
A Trans World Airlines Boeing 727 crashed on Mt Weather in Virginia during a landing in heavy winds and rain. All 92 aboard perished, with recovery of bodies and a makeshift morgue opened in Bluemont. Investigators sought the flight recorder to determine the cause of the disaster.
US Attorney General William Saxbe warned in Cleveland on September 16, 1974 that violent crime leaves "no place to hide" as he unveiled the ACT TASK FORCE REPORT. The scene recalls a recent late evening incident in Elvria where a worker parks his car shortly before 10 pm.
The Chronicle Telegram launches a three part Task Force look at crime in America led by Assistant City Editor Karel Neikirk and a team including Mikie Sherman Tom Chernitsky George Verban Andy Young and Mike Benbow. They spoke with over 100 people across 100 hours to show crime now touches middle sized towns like Elva with mugging burglaries robberies and purse snatchings becoming common on both street and home life. A hospital scene follows a mugging while a dairy store clerk faces a masked gunman and a woman is choked and robbed near her home as the series begins.
Heavy snow expected to continue today with an additional two to five inches possible. Snow depths range from two inches in Cincinnati to twenty one inches at Kent tonight with low in the mid twenties. Cloudy tomorrow with more snow likely. high in the teens. Precipitation chance 60 percent tonight and tomorrow. Winds from the south to northeast 15 to 28 mph. Details on Page 12.
State auditor refused to set a closing date for Elyria Schools citing a likely 1974 deficit of about 14 thousand dollars. Officials dispute figures, noting larger shortfalls than the auditor’s estimate and warning of impact on staff pay and services. The district plans and contracts remain unsettled pending a full review.
President Ford faces a national audience as he explains his agreement with the Soviet Union on limiting nuclear weapons in a news conference to be televised starting at prime time. Details follow on page 3.
The Boeing 727 crash near Washington DC claimed two sisters of Rev Dr Charles W Hamilton of the First United Methodist Church. Lara Hamilton Meredith and Ruth Hamilton Speese, both 68, residents of Delaware, were en route to the Flemmin g wedding in DC. They had spent Thanksgiving with the parsonage family and attended services before their death. Memorial services were planned at Asbury United Methodist Church in Delaware.
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