Weather Summary Foreseen With Cool Temps
Partly cloudy today and tonight with highs in the low 30s and lows in the 20s. Cloudy tomorrow bringing highs in the upper 30s and low 40s.
01 Jan 1971
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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1971
Page
1
Partly cloudy today and tonight with highs in the low 30s and lows in the 20s. Cloudy tomorrow bringing highs in the upper 30s and low 40s.
A year review notes persistent inflation and tight money policy under the Nixon administration. High interest rates slowed housing and capital spending, with unemployment rising: 5.2 percent nationally and 3.8 percent in Ohio, though insured unemployment in Ohio remained lower than the national rate. It also observes the enduring Ohio-U.S. unemployment gap amid a shift in labor force participation and cites page 3 column 7.
Senate leaders end deadlock on SST subsidies amid New Year filibuster threat. Proxmire agrees to drop a blockade in exchange for a January vote on the subsidy. House and Senate plan sessions to finish the $2.7 billion Department of Transportation bill.
President Nixon approved the merger of Northwest Airlines and Northeast with a route network from Tokyo to Florida. He also approved the Trans Caribbean Airways and American merger. Both take effect immediately as congressional debates over subsidies, foreign aid, and welfare reforms continue in 1971.
The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation set aside the death penalties for Mark Dymshits and Edward Kuznetsov in the 1961 hijack case. They will serve 15 years with strict conditions and limited visitation. Israeli premier Golda Meir welcomed the decision, while the World Jewish Council criticized it as tantamount to a death sentence.
The New York Stock Exchange closed the year with moderate turnover yet marked 1970 as the busiest year on record, surpassing 1968’s peak. The Dow stood at 837.76, with 728 declines and 617 advances among 1648 issues. Penn Central and several others traded actively amid year end portfolio adjustments.
Workmen install siding as the first of eight phases of the Fuller Road project nears completion. The development will provide 200 housing units for low income residents in Elyria. More photos on page 27.
In Saigon a 24 hour allied cease-fire began as Viet Cong forces violated a 72 hour truce. Viet Cong bombings and raids across Vietnam and Laos killed over a score of people and disrupted expected North Vietnamese spring plans. U S officials said bombing raids on the Ho Chi Minh trail destroyed trucks, fuel and munitions and may blunt an offensive.
AUSTRIA accuses Japan of ski slope carnage while the NARCOTICS crackdown tightens overseas. BRITAIN adopts decimal money on Feb 15 with Miss 914-610-914 opposing the change. SPANISH-SPEAKING children struggle in English studies and may be unjustly labeled mentally retarded.
Washington AP reports a Monday holiday plan creates maxiweekends with five three day breaks. Forty five states have adopted the shift to three day weekends with several states still considering in January. The federal law of 1968 governs federal workers, private industry follows suit, boosting travel and do it yourself sectors.
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