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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1969
Page
1
Gary Sooy 15 receives a six foot boa named Ralph as a Christmas present from his parents at 260 Courtland St Elyria. The animal farm purchased the snake for 25 dollars from Beaumanor Farms in Cleveland and the family plans a larger tank as Ralph grows.
Lorain County Common Pleas Judge Paul J. Mikus set a $15,000 bond for Stanley Carl Thomas 2 of 1159 Garden St charged with first degree murder for the stabbing death of Terry Lee White 20 of 133 Parkview Ct with trial scheduled for Jan 20. The bond was to be furnished by the defendant’s parents.
The Chronicle Telegram previews a two part investigation by C T Columbus correspondent Robert J Caldwell. The reports interview insiders about Ohio mental health care and assess whether condition is deteriorating or overstated. The series aims to provide proper perspective on state programs and care for mental illness.
Mrs Harlan P. Chapman of Fremont says a letter from her son, a Marine pilot shot down in Vietnam in 1985, appeared to be in his handwriting. The letter, found in California and mailed to Ohio, is being sent to the Marine Corps for verification after four years.
President Nixon signed a broad tax relief act for 63 million Americans, including a 15 percent social security boost and reforms to close loopholes. The plan, the largest tax package of modern times, phases in from 1970 with full effects by 1973. Personal exemptions rise, standard deduction increases, and provisions aim to remove million poorer taxpayers from the rolls by 1973.
Five French gunboats left Cherbourg on Christmas Day defying an arms embargo. Weather and escorts slow their approach to Haifa as analysts note possible interception hurdles. Reports trace the flotilla from Cherbourg to Crete and Sicily with Italian and Greek sightings, while a Norwegian buyer and Israeli firm claim stakes in Starboat and Weill S. A. Oil Shipping Services.
The Elyria Parks and Recreation Department asks City Council for 135000 more next year to restore Cascade Park and fulfill 1966 campaign promises. An additional 47000 would back levy renewal in 1971 while eight more park workers and a recreation supervisor are requested at nearly 50000 and 8000 yearly. The board plans to seek federal disaster funds. council committees will review next year.
Income tax administrator in Avon Lake receives a salary increase as part of the town’s financial adjustments reported on page 10.
Three members of a Lorain family Angel Manuel Reyes 24 Virginia Figeroa 20 and Virginia Reyes 7 months were found dead from carbon monoxide asphyxiation in their second floor apartment at 2904 Vine Ave. coroner Paul Kopsch ruled the deaths accidental after discovering a broken gas heater flue pipe. Police were alerted at 7 45 p m by the father Pedro Reyes who returned home to find the lights on and the bodies on the bedroom floor.
A 42 year old Sheffield woman, Shirley Knautz, was struck and killed by a car on Lake Road west of Abbe Road at 1 am. Ronald Zunt said he was traveling east in the south lane and did not see her in time. The body was taken to Lorain St Joseph Hospital and then to Reidy-Scanlan Funeral Home. no charges were filed.
May snow and cloudy skies bring little temperature change. High tomorrow near 33 degrees, low tonight 25 to 30, sunset at 5 06 p.m., sunrise 7 53 a.m. Details page 10.
North Ridgeville council voted five to one to override the mayor's veto on legislation for a sewage treatment plant serving 47 Crestview Subdivision homes. The move is seen as a statement, as the outcome depends on the incoming council after New Year.
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