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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1968
Page
13
The Thornburgs recall Boomer a 14 year old dog with fading sight and hearing but sharp memory. Once a Casanova in dog terms, Boomer grew taller and his tail remained a long feature while he chased loud cars and cats and kept his family close across years.
Local 971 of the United Auto Workers will terminate the Bendix Westinghouse Auto Brake contract at midnight April 22 if grievances over working conditions hours and wages remain unresolved. Union leaders say about 100 grievances are at issue amid a 95 percent vote in February to cancel and walk off. The international is expected to authorize a strike, with 1 100 local members affected.
A breath of spring brightened a courthouse lobby as Marie Stankard, a telephone operator, placed a vase of pussy willow branches and forsythia on her switchboard despite a 16 degree morning.
A Saturday night fire of undetermined origin heavily damaged a garage and destroyed a car at the Earl Gilliam residence 6517 Lear Nagle Rd in North Ridgeville. Smoke damaged the kitchen and utility room. about 12 firefighters fought the blaze for two hours after the 10:56 p.m. report.
The Elverra Superintendent's Administrative Advisory Council sets up committees after a two day workshop at the Holiday Inn. The project Change program aims to modify curriculums and improve parent school communication to address interracial issues in local schools.
County commissioners said the February 14 petition to annex 15.04 acres on Tenney Street in Amherst Township will be dismissed for lack of required information. The form did not report the number of resident freeholders in the area, a legal prerequisite. The petition had 23 signatures with James B. Boyce acting as agent for the petitioners.
The Ohio House and Senate plan a long week using jitney calendars to push a rapid adjournment. Key bills include a 15 000 dollar pay raise for legislators and a private colleges financing commission via revenue bonds. Debate centers on ethics, annual meetings, and bond issues. Authority figures include House Speaker Kurfess and Senate Leader Gray.
Gen Maxwell Taylor urged a renewed American resolve to win the Vietnam War at a Miami University forum in Oxford Ohio. Roger Hillsman called for deescalation and de Americanization of U S war efforts. Both spoke to students as part of a 14 speaker, 11 program series.
Two Ohio chartered buses carrying a Black Muslim group collided on the Indiana toll road. A later car-truck crash killed four Ohioans and injured 29, including a bus passenger who required hospitalization. Smoke from a corn cob burn caused reduced visibility.
Patrolmen Michael Bozsoki and James Drake face discipline for neglect of duty and unbecoming conduct after falsely claiming illness while admitting they were drinking. A third officer, David Wrice, already suspended for a similar offense, is noted. Safety director Mramor will set penalties after morning conferences.
A Sauerkraut supper launched Chatham sesquicentennial activities at the United Church of Christ Congregational. Volunteers from township groups organize a history project and schedule further events for the 150th anniversary. Separately, U S natural gas sales total about 7.6 billion dollars annually.
The Company and Elyria’s School of Religion present a session on communicating arts and Christian education. A drama focusing on person to person relations highlights a family situation. The program runs 7 30 p m at First Congregational Church and closes the three evening series. The film festival theme is Church and Society and Dr Herbert Gordon May continues Jeremiah study.
The city and the Lorain Metro Housing Authority cleared a block to widen Fourth Street to a four lane road with right turn flares from East Avenue. LMHA will deed to the city the land needed for the project, tied to financing from a 1 tax revenue plan and the Elyria Golden Age Center site. Construction hinges on federal approval of Mosser Construction Inc. to build the center on LMHA land at an estimated 2.5 million dollars.
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