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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1972
Page
12
More than 200 guests evacuated from the downtown Indianapolis Hilton as a fire broke out in The Beef Barrow room atop the 20th floor. Firefighters contained the blaze within an hour with no injuries reported and several elevator occupants rescued after a 30 minute ordeal.
The Federal Highway Administration reports 89 000 bridges are critically deficient nationwide. It approved replacement of 50 hazardous bridges in 49 states and Puerto Rico, with $125 million slated for the first two years. States report 400 000 pre 1935 bridges in use.
Pat Paulsen left the New Hampshire Secretary of State office in Concord with tears after submitting petitions to place his name on the state’s presidential primary ballot. He called his volunteers’ effort “a minor miracle” as he spoke to reporters.
The Ohio Senate and House moved quickly on an emergency pay hike and delegate selection bills during a brief opening week. A 10 percent raise for about 46 000 state employees, retroactive to law, includes health and life insurance upgrades and unused sick leave payout. The plan funds a $50 million budget appropriation and requires federal Pay Board approval due to the size of the raise. Delegates to national conventions would be chosen via a new grouped ballot method to avoid a long bedsheet ballot.
The United Auto Workers of Ohio with about 250000 members endorses Edmund Muskie as the strongest candidate and electable choice for the Democratic nomination. Union official William Casstevens notes Muskie has leadership qualities to unite the nation while Hubert Humphrey is favored by Ohio AFL CIO president Frank King for personal reasons.
CAS Stevens stated that the Ohio United Auto Workers did not fully endorse or oppose the remark, signaling cautious stance on the issue while deferring to broader union positions.
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