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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1967
Page
9
Spencer police chief Gary Weldrick submitted his resignation to the village council effective January 1 unless a replacement is found. He gave no reason for leaving after five years in the department and his 1964 appointment by former Mayor Ross Garn followed Virgil Smith’s resignation.
Three networks agreed to give Republican congressional leaders half an hour of air time at 7 p.m. to answer President Johnson’s AFL-CIO address in Miami Beach. The GOP leaders demanded the time and telegrammed ABC CBS and NBC presidents signaling acceptance of the offer.
Lorain County deputies report a home break in between 6 p.m. Tuesday and 1 a.m. Wednesday. A portable color television, a mink store and a jewelry box valued at 1500 were taken along with 100 in half dollars five watches 396 in value 50 in dimes and a radio. Entry was gained by breaking a bedroom window.
The Mt Zion Baptist Church in Oberlin will burn its $50 000 debt note Sunday at 4 p.m. The project funded sanctuary remodeling and a new educational building in 1962. Dr Isaac Green of Central Baptist Pittsburgh will preach. City officials and school board member elect Burrell Scott will greet attendees.
Virginia O Hanlon Douglas, the real life Virginia from the 1897 Sun editorial Santa Claus is real, looks toward Christmas with her large family in North Chatham New York. The widow and former teacher now ages 107 enjoys surprises and time with great grandchildren despite illness.
Willard Missouri police? No. The Willard High School newspaper Tiger Tales reports a Student Council event where students smashed a donated 1983 car and broke three hammers. The council earned 20 dollars to replace the broken tools.
An AP summary notes Supreme Court scrutiny of police use of intuition in detentions and searches. It cites cases where officers stopped suspects, found burglary tools and weapons, and secured arrests for weapons possession rather than burglary. Civil liberties concerns and probable cause are debated.
The Avon Lake Community Chest budgets 1500 to fund the Pilot Youth Project in Lorain. The plan calls for five to seven action clubs, with recruitment through the Ministerial Association and leadership by Rev. Kenneth Walnawski. Donald Bradley assists, and Thomas Peters will train volunteers.
Avon Council passed an emergency resolution creating an assessment equalization board to hear objections to a 12 inch water main installation on Moore and Chester Roads. City clerk Louis Walker said William P Heinebrodt protested a 1200 dollar assessment for a Moore Road lot unbuildable due to 80 foot frontage, claiming prior Colorado Avenue water line already covered him.
Betty Storer and her husband Gaylord of Guysville pleaded guilty in federal court to multiple counts of embezzlement and aiding and abetting involving about 427000 tied to the Belpre Peoples Bank and Trust Co. case covers 1958 to 196? discovery. The pair face up to 20 years and fines up to 35000 each with sentencing in four to six weeks.
In Tiruchirappalli a police chase ends when a car speeds past a checkpoint. The driver abandons the vehicle and dashes into a river while five bags of cloves found inside the car are believed to have been smuggled from Ceylon.
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