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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1975
Page
1
Author Peter Benchley lowers into a steel cage to film man eating sharks near Port Lincoln Australia for an upcoming American Sportsman episode. The broadcast will air Sunday afternoon on channels 5 and 23 with more photos on Page C6.
The National Safety Council reports 1974 was the safest driving year in over four decades. About 46,200 traffic deaths occurred, a 17 percent drop from 1973, with roughly 10,000 lives saved if speeds had been kept lower. Slower highway speeds near 55 mph and reduced vacation driving contributed to the decline.
Tonight a light snow likely with a 70 percent chance of precipitation and a low in the low to mid 20s. Tomorrow cloudy and colder with snow flurries likely and a high between 25 and 30. Winds northerly 10 to 20 mph tonight. Sunrise 7 35 a.m. Sunset 5 48 p.m.
Fragmentary page lists deaths births entertainment finance and sports items with brief updates. The readable portions mention community notices and miscellaneous items under various sections including television and medicine notes.
Governor Rhodes faces a decision on signing or vetoing a Democratic backed $40 per pupil supplemental education aid funded by a $91 million surplus. The Senate approved the bill 4212 largely along party lines, initiating four monthly $10 payments to all 613 districts starting in March.
World Team Tennis team the Philadelphia Freedoms trade star Billie Jean King to the New York Sets in exchange for Stan Smith Kerry Meville and an undisclosed cash amount. Owner Dick Butera said the move is a gamble but King is not getting younger at 31.
In Olmsted Falls Ohio, 17 year old James R. Maynard was shot in Roseville after reportedly pointing a revolver at patrolmen. Police say Maynard was unregistered in Michigan. the weapon later found unloaded. The shooting occurred near a gun shop as he tried to sell the revolver for 50 dollars. The investigation by the Macomb County prosecutor’s office continues with no ruling yet. Maynard, a senior at Olmsted Falls High School, died four hours after being rushed to South Macomb Hospital.
Nearly 10,000 unemployed auto workers rally in Washington with UAW leaders from Michigan Texas and California inviting Congressional Democrats and Ford officials to attend. The union pushes an anti recession program including tax cuts for low and middle income workers and a large public service jobs plan.
Family sources say Greek shipping magnate Aris Onassis aged 69 fights a relapse of a serious muscle disease, while his spokesman cites the flu with complications. An American heart specialist traveled from New York with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis to be by his side in Athens. Christina Onassis, 25, is also at his bedside as Alexander Onassis had died in a 1973 air crash.
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