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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1970
Page
1
President Nixon announced a total mobilization plan to fight air and water pollution. He outlined a series of 22 messages to Congress starting with the air pollution campaign, backed by new financing and open space for future generations.
The Ohio Pollution Control Board schedules a March 5 meeting to draft Cleveland air quality standards. It voted to ask for an extension of the standards deadline to March 15, with a Feb 13 transcript date for Cleveland hearing records. President Nixon outlines a $4 billion federal share for a five year clean water program.
Lorain and nearby areas face the end of a housing leasing program tied to low income and elderly families. The Lorain Victroprolin Housing Authority halted current leasing, citing mismanagement claims by HUD and regulatory burdens. The local program oversees 24 units, mostly for elderly and low income tenants, with 199 leased and the rest in structures by the authority.
Variable cloudiness with little temperature change. Highs around 240, likely rain or snow with lows in the upper 30s. Towns see sunset at 2 pm and sunrise at 7 29 am.
Lorain Metropolitan Housing Authority leveled four charges of improper actions by federal agencies in a report released yesterday. The authority denies racial discrimination in housing and accuses HUD of bias and sensationalism while urging specific findings or a retraction.
North Ridgeville High School hosts Class A Sectional action with Firelands as top seed and Clearview second. Parma Byzantine third and Avon among vote receivers. Tourney opens Feb 20 with Lorain Catholic vs Parma Byzantine and Keystone Avon to follow. upper bracket first round features Cuyahoga Heights and Lutheran West on Feb 21.
More than 30 youths from Elyria and Midview high schools planned a large fight in southwest Grafton Township but deputies arrived at the deserted site and halted the brawl. Three juveniles and two older youths were arrested. weapons including clubs chains and an unloaded shotgun were seized. Sgt Tours Jordan Albert Goldsmith commented that without the deputies some could have been killed.
Sunday feature profiles Chuck Coen Flyrna sewage plant superintendent and highlights an expanding Buckeye Air Lines crew. The page teases outdoor spring action ideas from Tahiti to Florida and mentions 30 pound chinooks as a potential catch this year.
Former President Johnson credits Secretary of State Dean Rusk with shaping the March 1968 decision to halt most bombing in North Vietnam without enemy concessions. He says Clark Clifford did not push the plan, while Fulbright disputes the account and questions the Tonkin Gulf resolution. Johnson recalls the discussion and notes Rusk proposed stopping the bombing. Clifford urged conditions.
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