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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1976
Page
1
A former junior high teacher recalls slipping into debt through credit cards and the harrowing path to recovery via a Consumer Credit Counseling office. He details surrendering cards, following a strict repayment plan, and rebuilding finances over two years, likening financial ruin to recovering from alcoholism and noting the lingering stigma.
Stan Brobeck of 5075 Ashland Ave Lorain built a seasonal snowman using about 195 feet of aluminum wire to illuminate the body and top hat. The figure is garland covered with contact paper, with eyes and buttons from styrofoam and a steel tubing center post for support.
Three Lorain prisoners allegedly used hacksaw blades hidden in candy bars to saw through a jail window lock. Two escapees, Ellis Thomas and Ishmael Ostolaza, are in custody. Adam Kocak remains at large, possibly headed toward Chicago. A fourth suspect faces aiding and abetting charges.
Carter’s incoming cabinet met on St Simons to discuss policy and an anticipated tax cut around 15 billion. Director designate Thomas Lance signaled a preference for a tax cut as the session aimed to introduce cabinet officers as core aides. Carter also planned talks with New York leaders on fiscal issues and held religious services in Plains with Bishop William Cannon officiating.
A five car Amtrak train derailed near Downington Pennsylvania injuring eighteen and delaying about two hundred. The Broadway Limited running Philadelphia to Chicago stopped at Canton Crestline and Lima Ohio while the Lake Shore Limited linked Chicago to New York and Boston for a northerly route. A derailed wreck damaged electrical wires knocking out part of town power for about an hour as rescue crews had staged a drill there recently.
Sixty one members of the National Polar Bear Club plunged into nine feet of icy water at a frozen Grafton pond for their annual winter swim. Hostess Mrs. Gehike did not swim due to a cold, while Barbara Holton of Avon Lake completed her second swim and plans to try again next year.
President Ford, in a Barbara Walters interview taped December 4 and due to air next weekend, says restoring public trust was his greatest achievement and that failing to revive the economy was a major disappointment. He predicts difficulties for President-elect Carter in meeting economic pledges and notes he pardoned Nixon to end daily controversy.
President-elect Carter says job creation legislation will be a top priority after taking office and that tax cuts could back up stimulus. He also aims to push SALT I talks with the Soviet Union, meet Brezhnev perhaps before September, and seeks broader nuclear reductions while maintaining ties with China.
Snow this afternoon should accumulate 1 to 2 inches by evening and continue overnight with flurries likely. Lows tonight near 15 to 20. Highs tomorrow around 25. Light to moderate northeasterly winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow tonight about 60 percent tomorrow. Details on page 3.
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