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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1975
Page
1
Government attorneys offered no comment on yesterday's verdict. A six member jury ordered the District of Columbia government and police chiefs to pay damages for violated constitutional rights through false arrest and false imprisonment. Individual awards hinge on each person's time illegally detained.
The Gross National Product report shows a 9.1 percent inflation adjusted drop in fourth quarter output from October to December, the second fastest three month decline on record, with inflation rising 13.7 percent. Four straight quarters of decline. Assistant commerce secretary James L. Pate called the situation very bad and listed the inflation adjusted fourth quarter figures.
An advising body near a vote in Washington weekend proposals include raising the Social Security wage base to 24000 from 14100, and lifting the payroll tax rate by 0.1 percent for both employees and employers. It also recommends easier disability tests and expanded earnings for retirees, while liberalizing benefits for men with working wives. The outlook follows Republican and Ford support for tax cuts aimed at reviving a sluggish economy.
Rev. L Peter Beebe rector of Christ Church Oberlin will stand trial in April on charges by seven priests and 13 laymen for allowing two women priests to celebrate the Eucharist December 8. The diocese standing committee found evidence warranting a trial. The five member ecclesiastical court will decide guilt while the bishop sets sentence. Both sides presented statements at a Cleveland press conference. The dispute centers on whether women can be priests and how church law was applied. The trial date was delayed by a national provision.
Ford Motor Co launches a rebate program offering $200 to $500 per car to spur lagging sales, matching Chrysler’s Cash Clearance Carnival while GM remains silent. Ford Pintos Mavericks and Mercury Comets qualify for $200 and $300 options, with higher rebates on Mustang II Mach One and Capri models. Chrysler reports 3200 small car sales in two days of its five week scheme.
Detroit police officer with 30 years on the force arrested for helping a man steal liquor from the Disabled American Veterans Club on Detroit's east side. The pair loaded alcohol into Reed's car and fled toward a police station before Reed revealed his badge and Turner was later jailed on breaking and entering charges.
In Joplin Missouri thieves broke into the K and K 01 Company offices and hauled away a 200 pound cash register. The lock was intact but the register held no cash or valuables.
Cloudy cold conditions with lows near 2 degrees and highs in the 30s. Snow possible tomorrow with a 20 to 38 percent precipitation chance. South winds 5 to 16 mph tonight, then lighter tonight and tomorrow.
Donations to the Cherie Ulmer Reward Fund reached 1722 dollars as a special bowling benefit was scheduled at Stoney’s Rainbow Lanes. Bowling from 9 30 am to noon Sunday will donate all proceeds, with 35 cents per game for students and 15 cents for adults, shoe rental excluded.
The note cites local companies urged to contribute to a reward to encourage tipsters. French laments waning public conscience while Cherie Ulmer, 23, died after being struck on Christmas Day by a falling object from the Ri 33 Turnpike overpass in North Ridgeville, per the incident reported to move to page 4.
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