Gemini 6 Aboard Cap Kennedy Prepares for Sunday Launch
Cape Kennedy UPI reports Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford completed a successful earth rendezvous rehearsal and prepared for a Sunday blastoff. Final prelaunch decisions met with approval as forecasters predicted near perfect weather and engineers continued steady go reports from the launch pad.
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Cape Kennedy
UPI
Earth
Walter Schirra
Thomas Stafford
Sunda
Elyria boys find meteorite fragments after fireball
Ten metallic blue fragments weighing six ounces each were found in yards on Hilliard Road by Joe Kovacs 11 and Bryan Schue 10 and classmates. Local scientists at Oberlin College Lewis Laboratory Case Institute of Technology and Lorain County Community College will study the samples for possible meteoritic origin.
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Hilliard Rd
Twits
Joe
Mike Kovacs
Joseph Kovacs
Bryan Schue
Charles Schue
Hilliard Ra
Werner Bromund
Oberlin College
Chicago
Oberlin
Loram County Community College
Lewis Laboratory
National Aeronautics and Space Agency
Cleveland Hopkins
Case Institute of Technology
Spring Valley School
Joe Kovacs
Ins Search
Mike
the Kovacs
State Board to approve vocational school for 2153 students
The state Board of Education is expected Monday to approve a new vocational education school serving 2,153 students in Huron and Erie Counties and part of Ottawa County. Courses for the school have already been approved.
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State Board of Education
Huron
Erie
Ottawa County
Panthers topple Lourdes as Elyria Catholic tops Lourdes
In a sports roundup Elyria Catholic Panthers defeat Lourdes while Elyria High Pioneers fall 60 to 52 to Tall Timber from Findlay area. The page also notes Elyria Pioneers break and upcoming game against Clear San Antonio.
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Down Findlay Way
Elyria Hish Pioneers
Elyria Catholic
Panthers
Lourdes
Pioneers
Clearstan Tanioht
Vocational School Plans Appear in Lorain County Growth
A vocational education project progresses toward a new $2 million facility planned to serve 750 to 915 students. Details are on page 17.
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Lorain County
Amherst zoning ordinance stalls in third year of proposal
The proposed zoning ordinance for Amherst moves slowly through the process in its third year. A recent hurdle was reported last night as progress continues toward final consideration and potential adoption.
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Amherst
Grandma the bear dies at 38 in Cascade Park
Cascade Park mourns Grandma the black bear who died at 38, a long life for the species. She attracted visitors as youngsters tossed her popcorn and candy, and her death leaves the park with three female bears. Park staff buried her carcass in the den without ceremony.
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Cascade Park
Richard Gibbons
Grandma
Cascade
Canada
Steinbeck to Write from Europe for Chronicle Telegraph
John Steinbeck, noted American author and Nobel laureate, will travel to Europe as a reporter for The Chronicle Telegraph. He has begun writing from the U.S. before departure, with first column published today. He will visit England France and possibly more under a no deadline, no schedule plan. Mrs Steinbeck will accompany him.
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John Steinbeck
America
Europe
Chronicle-Telegram
Steinbeck
England
France
Lorain Steel Restores 300 From Layoff At Lorain Works
Lorain Works of U S Steel Corp recalls more than 300 employees laid off last September as demand for steel rises after a strike and consumer inventories thin. A company spokesman says 300 may return within weeks while a fourth blast furnace and two more open hearths start up, signaling confidence in future demand.
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Lorain Works
U.S. Steel Corp
Christmas Need Drives Local Food and Toy Drive
Six months ago a family with six children moved to Elyria from the Midwest. A car crash left the father injured and unable to work, while the mother was hospitalized. Salvation Army aid and The Chronicle Telegram’s Not Forgotten Box campaign seek gifts of toys and food to ensure a merry Christmas for children aged four to ten and hundreds of other locals. Donations accepted at The Chronicle Telegram lobby 8 am to 6 pm till December 2. Elyria Youth Council volunteers will canvass doors Monday evening for food donations.
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Wie
Elyria
Lorain County
Salvation Army
Chroncle-Telegram
Chronicle-Telegram
Marines and Vietnamese push into Da Nang coastal trap
U S Marines and South Vietnamese forces closed in on an estimated 1 500 entrenched Communists along Da Nang s southern coast while air power prepared to strike if escape routes open. Marines reported heavy resistance but spurred to close the noose as Maj Gen Lewis Wait toured the battle area. Brig Gen Melvin Henderson was replaced by Brig Gen James M Patt due to health. Vietnamese and American reports tallied 190 to 200 enemy dead with body counts uncertain. Helicopters ferried a task force to the west as fighting continued.
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U.S
Edwin H. Simmons
Alexandria
Marines
Lewis Wait
3Rd Marine Amphibious Force
Melvin Henderson
James M. Patt
Chu Lai
da Nang
Simmons
Iwo Jima
Tracey named Elyria safety service director by mayor elect
James Theo dore Ted Tracey was confirmed as Elyria safety service director with a 10800 annual salary. The Navy Seabees veteran and Elyria High School graduate brings emergency construction and engineering training plus long local service. Tracey lives at 474 Olive Drive with wife Helen and five children.
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James Theodore
Ted) Tracey
Elyria
Leonard P. Reichlin
Tracey
Reichlin
Loram
J. Grant Keys
Jack M. Birchhill
Jane Reichin
Ted Tracey
Elyria High School
Elyria Business College
Korea
Navy Seabees
1St Marine Division
United Fund
Little League North
St. Jude Church
Holy Name Society
Knights of Columbus
Helen M Bridge
Polk, Ohio
Lves
Olvet Dr
Weather Outlook Rainy with Warmer Flurries Through Night
Rainy and cloudy with warmer conditions and occasional showers expected through tonight. Sunday morning will be cooler with a high around 52 to 54 and a low near 50.
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Donald Shepherd
Kovacs Yard
Schue
Esterday
Starce
Brian
Kovacs
Bryan
Finders
Bob White
University of California
Columbia Station
Lorain’s
Ford Motor Co
Dear Abby
Elyria Municipal Ct
By Dick Diluciano
Lorai Steel
Michael T. Malloy
Saigon
UPH
James Theopore Tracey
Bonnie Kee
Jimmie
James Kee
Brandston
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