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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1976
Page
1
Billy recalls David bumping into him as the bus lurched, causing Billy to fall and be struck by the bumper at the base of his skull. He describes reaching for his algebra book and hearing the bus engine roar before flattening out on the ground.
City council approved three revenue recommendations to raise almost $1 million and will seek a fourth to raise sanitation rates. A five year 1 mill police and fire levy is set for the June 1977 ballot, estimated to yield about $330,000 annually. The plan also includes amending the tax ordinance to cut the capital improvements deduction from 25 to 10 percent for one year to free about $500,000 for operations.
President elect Carter nominates Bendix chief Werner Blumenthal as treasury secretary and IBM executive Jane Pfeiffer as the first female Commerce secretary. Pfeiffer, 44, resides in Greenwich, Conn., and serves as a government-relations consultant for IBM. Blumenthal, 30, former Princeton professor and Kennedy trade negotiator, lives in Ann Arbor, Mich. Both appointments aim to diversify the cabinet, with more picks planned.
Weather forecast notes fair to partly cloudy and windy with not as cold tonight and tomorrow. Low temperatures in the mid teens, highs in the low 40s. Ten percent chance of precipitation tonight and tomorrow. Winds southwest around 15 mph tonight. High yesterday reached 36.21 and low 18 at midnight.
New York AP reports Jimmy Carter told ABC Barbara Walters he would absolutely wear blue jeans in the White House except for formal meetings with the French ambassador in a morning coat. He said he and Rosalynn sleep in a double bed and will continue doing so, plans to jog daily, and believes the presidency was always within reach with no doubt of election.
Lorain City Auditor Ronald Nabakowski, 34, was recommended by state Democratic leaders to fill the 13th district senate seat vacated by Donald Pease and was confirmed by the Democratic caucus. The appointment runs through 1978 with Nabakowski set to be officially confirmed along with Pease's replacement around Jan. 3. Nabakowski, backed by Lt Gov Richard Celeste, beat James J Kokinda and Lee Kolezun for the job, and had won his current auditor post in 1971 after defeating a Republican opponent 15,300 to 4,224.
Los Angeles UPI reports the so called Mormon Will of Howard Hughes may be a fraudulent document. A fingerprint on the will envelope is under scrutiny, with Nevada officials hinting at possible criminal charges in one of history’s largest attempted swindles. Relatives contest the will as Las Vegas probate fights unfold amid FBI involvement and questions over the fortune’s distribution among Hughes’s survivors.
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