City Officials and Workers Win Pay Raises in Elyria
Elyria city officials and workers won a unanimous vote approving a 15 percent raise for policemen and firefighters and 50 percent for other city employees. The ordinance raises mayoral pay to 16000, auditor to 11600, solicitor to 7000, council president to 2970, council members to 2770, and municipal court judge to 18000 with county funding for part of the judge’s salary. Effective January 1, the pay scales include service-based increases and a future 18 percent raise if a city income tax is approved in 1969. Police and fire ranks receive added steps and service bonuses, with police voicing dissatisfaction over current wages.
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BARBARA’ KAMP
Elyrias City
Corneil
tive
Cornell
council
finance committee
Eugene B. Smith
Elyria Council Advances City Income Tax Plan
The Elyria City Council unanimously adopted a finance committee report urging preparation of a city income tax. The measure, with a reciprocity clause, could net about 1.5 million annually. The finance committee and city solicitor Kosma Glavas will draft the ordinance before a full council review.
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Elyria
finance committee
Leonard Reichlin
Hometown Career Day opens at Lorain County College
At Lorain County Community College the second annual Hometown Careers Day began with enthusiasm. Early responses from Alan VanDern of the industrial association praised the turnout as promising, with about 50 students applying by 10:30 a.m. and over 180 pre-registrations. Local and out of state colleges were represented, including visitors from Elyria Vermilion Amherst and Olivet College in Michigan.
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Lorain County Community College
Alan VanDern
industrial association of North Central Ohio
Sandra Spence
Dennis D
Spence
Garford Ave
Sandra
SCCC
Elyria
Lorain
Vermilion
Amherst
Robert Pleisch
Robert E. Pleisch
Claremont
Bob will bey
Baldwin - Wallace College
Jan Musarra
Lorain County
Nancy Jalowice
Indiana
Michigan
Olivet College
Pentagon says Vietnam marijuana problem exaggerated
Defense data released to congress shows 832 investigations in the first nine months of 1967, about 2.6 cases per thousand soldiers, contradicting a Washington magazine claim that 75 percent of young troops in Vietnam smoked pot.
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WASHINGTON
U.S
Vietnam
Pentagon
Department of Defense
Army
Washington magazine
John Steinbeck IV
Driverless car streams through fields beyond Tipp City
In Troy Ohio a driverless 1966 car plowed into another vehicle at Peters Pike and Ohio 571 and then sped across three corn fields and two wheat fields before hitting trees. Deputies cited Mike Wilt for failure to yield. no injuries reported.
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TROY
Ohio
Christina Wilt
Valerie
Miami County
Tipp City
Mike Wilt
Marines push into Viet Cong stronghold near Da Nang
A battalion of 86 or more U.S Marines landed in an Viet Cong stronghold near Da Nang as a daylong battle erupted. Paratroopers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade followed with a helicopter assault near Tuy Hoa. Overall weekly U.S. casualties rose with 15 Marines killed and 121 wounded in one day, while Communist losses were reported high but not fully known.
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SAIGON
UPS
Da Nang
U.S
UPI
Tom Corpora
South Vietnam
Phu Cat
An Hoa
leathernecks
Leatherneck
U.S. 01st Airborne Division
Weather Outlook Detours With Snow and Cold
Light snow today with about 12 inches of accumulations. Continued cold with highs near 22 and lows around 10. Variable clouds expect a few snow showers tonight and Friday. Sunset 5 05 p.m. Sunrise 7 52 a.m. Yesterday high 22 at 12210 p.m. and low 18 at 7 a.m. Details on page 10.
Hope quips as plane dodges fire in Vietnam tour
Transport plane carrying Bob Hope and troupe barely left Cu Chi after Viet Cong small arms fire echoed along the runway. Hope joked no shots hit the plane while officials noted the incident was unusual for the entertainer's visit amid a 10 000 soldier audience.
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Hope
CU CHI
Vietnam
UPI
Bob Hope
Hope report
Saigon
South Vietnam
Hope group
Rezoning actions pace North Ridgeville Avon Elyria pages
North Ridgeville assigns rezoning chores to 1908 council while Avon rejects a rezoning request. Elyria approves rezoning for 20 acres near Midway Mall. Firelands High upsets Oberlin as Lorain remains undefeated in a round of local games.
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NORTH RIDGEVILLE
ELYRIA
Midway Mall
tees
FIRELANDS HIGH
Oberlin
Lorain
Ternstedt union OKs new pact
Local 700 members at GM Ternstedt Division Itt. 113 plant voted 91 percent for the three year national contract effective yesterday. Skilled tradesmen approved 60 percent. local agreement deadline Jan 9. Retroactive pay to Oct 16 pending local pact. pattern mirrors other GM locals.
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United Auto Workers
Ternstedt
General Motors Corp
Itt
Transon
Elyria UAW
Lowell Street
Coppolino seeks reversal of murder conviction in Florida
A motion to overturn the second degree murder conviction of Dr. Carl Coppolino was filed with the Second District Court of Appeals. Criminal lawyer F Lee Bailey filed an eight point brief alleging denial of speedy trial and improper admission of testimony. Coppolino is serving a life sentence in Raiford prison after being convicted May 4 of injecting poison to his first wife Carmella at their Longboat Key home near Sarasota.
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LAKELAND, Fila
UPI
Carl Coppolino
Second District Court of Appeals
F. Lee Bailey
Cappolino
Raiford
Carmella
Longboat Key
Sarasota
A pessimist sees a stomach ache in every apple blossom
The line asserts a gloomily cynical view where each apple blossom symbolizes hidden stomach trouble. It uses metaphor to critique a negative mindset and its effect on perception.
Lorain County servicemen in Vietnam to be covered by CT correspondent
C T special correspondent Doug Warren, a veteran writer, will depart New Year’s Day for Vietnam to report on area Lorain County servicemen. He will use addresses from the Mail for Morale list and aims to live among the troops, gathering their words for loved ones and for broader understanding. He plans to base in Saigon, with later moves into combat zones.
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Lorain County
Vietnam
Chronicle-Telegram
Doug Warren
Elyrian
C-T
Saigon
1968 better if predicts by Trowbridge
Commerce Secretary Alexander B. Trowbridge forecast a new wave of prosperity in 1968 with gains in employment income profits and purchasing power depending on Congress enacting Johnsons 10 percent income tax surcharge. He urged restraint in wages and prices from labor and management. Reservations urged for New Years Eve in Amaricada low.
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WASHINGTON
Commerce
Alexander B. Trowbridge
Johnson
Trowbridge
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