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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1968
Page
2
The Air Transport Association reports US airline traffic rose to 6.4 billion revenue passenger miles in the latest month from 5.6 billion in January 1968. Available seat miles also increased from 9.98 billion to 12.55 billion, indicating capacity growth outpaced passenger demand.
Airmen Rob D. Klinger of Avon Lake Ohio and William D. Bush of Lorain Ohio complete basic training at Lackland AFB Texas and start specialized schooling. Klinger, Avon Lake High School 1967 graduate, trains as an administrative specialist at Amarillo AFB Texas. Bush, Admiral King High School 1966 graduate, trains as a medical services specialist at Sheppard AFB Texas.
In Harrisburg delegates at Pennsylvania's constitutional convention argued to keep 203 seats in the House and 50 in the Senate. Governor Raymond Shafer had proposed reducing the House to 100 seats.
The report lists Marine PFC Dannis L. Sines in Vietnam with the 1st Marine Division, Sgt. James H. Givens at Pleiku, and Air Force radio repairmen with units in Vietnam. It also notes Seaman Apprentices graduating from Basic at Great Lakes, Army specialists in Vietnam, airman Fe dak in Colorado, and privates stationed or training at posts in Ohio, Korea, and Vietnam along with their family addresses.
Chronicle-Telegram reports on a historic Massachusetts prohibition tied to 1680 actions by Governor John Winthrop and the rise of drunkenness fears. The piece places the early temperance measures in context with later anti alcohol measures and local reception.
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