City to get 8 policemen 3 new cars
Elyria Council approved eight new police positions and three cars bringing force to 68 officers with ten cruisers. The eight posts cost over 70 000 annually and three cruisers 10500, while timing to fill remains uncertain. Council split largely along party lines after heated debate over safety versus finance committee recommendations.
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Elyria Council
Leutenant
Elyria
Safety and
Safety Committee
Safety Service
James T. Tracey
Maurice C. Flood
Tracey
Flood
Finance Committee
Tom
Kenneth A. Krueck
D- 2
Council
Krueck
Elyria mayor and officials push pay raises to attract talent
Council debated raising the mayor's salary from 16 000 and adding a step increase to secure qualified leadership. Engineer salaries were also criticized as too low, risking recruitment. If the mayoral pay is not raised before the 1976 election, any increase cannot occur until the end of the four year term.
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Elyria
John V. Bara
Bara
Leonard P. Reichlin
Scribner L. Fauver
Council
Ely- Tiga
Safety Service
Florida flu outbreak hits resort with 13000 cases
A flu epidemic declared in Fort Lauderdale after 13,000 cases and 18 deaths in one week. Broward County Health Director Dr. Paul Hughes said most victims were elderly, with 3,000 cases above epidemic level. Pneumonia linked to influenza caused the deaths.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Broward County
Paul Hughes
Hughes
Nixon promises jobless cut by 1972
President Nixon forecasts unemployment down to 4 percent by 1972 and previews a broad agenda. He rejects wage price controls, hints at a revenue sharing plan, welfare reform, and a possible later value added tax. The budget for fiscal 1972 is planned in deficit but not inflationary, with full employment as a target.
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Washington
Nixon
Northeastern blizzard toll climbs with many stranded
A massive cold snap and blizzard hit the central and western states as temperatures plunged, killing at least 48 people across seven states. Iowa reported 19 deaths, Illinois 12, Wisconsin seven, Nebraska six, Kansas two, and Minnesota and New Mexico one each. Thousands were stranded, with 500 at a truck stop near Williams, Iowa, and 1,000 stranded at farms and stops in Nebraska.
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Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
New Mexico
Iowa Highway Patrol
U.S. 69
Interstate 35
Williams
Plaza
Shenandoah
Omaha
Neb
Lincoln
Des Moines
Madison
Diane Krueger
Weather and unemployment outlook from the president
Weather forecast calls for colder and mostly cloudy conditions with wind and a chance of snow flurries today and tonight. Highs in the mid to upper 20s, lows in the teens. Tomorrow similar cold with highs in the mid to low 20s and a 40 to 50 percent chance of snow flurries. Sunset 5 12 p.m. tonight. sunrise 7 53 a.m. tomorrow. High yesterday 56, low today 22. Details on page 10.
Rhodes bids farewell as Ohio Gov. Rhodes urges jobs growth
Gov. James A. Rhodes delivered a final message to the Ohio Legislature stressing jobs and progress as core to his eight year administration. He praised a climate for growth, urged continued industry attraction, and highlighted a transition plan with no new spending beyond current programs.
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Columbus
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Richard Moore
Rhodes
John J. Gilligan
Gilligan
James Rhodes
Senate
House
John Brown
Rhodes defends bond issues and eight years in Ohio office
Rhodes cites eight years of accomplishments and bond-financed capital improvements while defending bond issues. He notes critics who opposed bonds later supported projects. He highlights a failed effort to reorganize educational programs and redistribute tax revenues to reduce school funding disparities by county and state.
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Rhodes
Ohio
New federal law doubles penalties for gun crime
The Nixon administration signed a $3.5 billion anti crime bill expanding the 1968 Safe Streets Act. For federal crimes committed with a gun, offenders face two crimes and a mandatory one to 10 year term for first offenses. The measure increases grants, protection, and penalties for gun use in crime.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Apollo 14 fuels for Jan 31 moon launch
CAPE KENNEDY AP UPI The Apollo 14 mission nears liftoff with fueling of the lunar module and command ship underway in Houston. Astronauts Alan B. Shepard Stuart A. Roosa and Edgar D. Mitchell target a 4 23 p m EST Sunday Jan 31 launch and a 40 day lunar stay.
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UPI
Moon
Houston
Alan B. Shepard
Stuart A. Roosa
Edgar D. Mitchell
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