26 Jan 1970
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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1970
Page
1
Washington writer notes 128 of 362 passengers canceled the return London to New York after a seven hour delay. He speculates about future records in misdirected luggage and growing baggage on jumbo flights amid airline expansion.
The author forecasts quirky airline trends with Madrid luggage, jumbo jet hijacking by multiple hijackers, and a surge in Iron Age magazine readership to 362 as jumbo jets expand passenger space and reading material runs.
Israeli planes raided Egyptian mortar and antiaircraft positions along the central Suez Canal for over an hour after a weekend of fighting. Cairo and Tel Aviv disputed each other’s claims of attacks and casualties as saboteurs hit a pipeline valve house in Lebanon and Israel pressed strikes in Jordan and Lebanon.
Senator William Proxmire calls on the Air Force to ground all C5A cargo aircraft as unsafe and halt further purchases. He cites a $2 billion cost overrun and design changes that weaken performance, noting restricted flight only at half load and ongoing questions about weapon system efficacy.
Sixty B52 bombers staged the heaviest raid in nine months against North Vietnamese depots in Laos and the A Shau Valley and along the Cambodian border. Nearly 2 000 tons of ordnance were dropped from bases in Thailand Guam and Okinawa. Officials said truck movement on the Ho Chi Minh Trail is very heavy this year and expect possible increased offensive activity around Tet. Three Americans wounded and light South Vietnamese casualties reported as Allied forces clash in multiple zones with 161 enemy killed across a dozen engagements.
Mayor Carl Stokes dismissed Patrick Gerity from the police chief post effective immediately. William Ellenburg of Grosse Pointe Michigan was named to replace him, with Gerity reverting to deputy inspector after 15 months in command.
Mrs. Coralee Popp of Portland received word from the Defense Department that her husband WO David F. Popp, 26, was found dead on a battlefield in Vietnam near the Cambodian border. He had been missing in action since last March after going to Paris peace talks seeking information.
The Elyria NAACP chapter filed a federal complaint with HUD alleging bias in hiring for the Golden Age Center project at Third Street and East Ave in Elyria. It cites only two Black carpenters on site and demands minority representation in bricklayers electricians and finishers. The case, supported by Lorain NAACP and Laborers Union Local 758, also questions Manning hours and OEO standards under a Turn Key contract.
In Washington the Senate took up a no warning drug raid measure amid a fierce debate led by Sam J. Ervin Jr. Opponents call it a Fourth Amendment violation while supporters argue expediency to seize narcotics. The bill centers on allowing police to raid homes without warning in narcotics cases, with critics warning of police state implications and potential dangers.
Divers resumed search of the Mongahela River near Fredericktown Pennsylvania after finding a MI rifle suspected to be used in the Yablonski family killings. The weapon was sent to the FBI lab for ballistics tests as investigators pursue a federal grand jury probe focusing on hired killers and union leadership funds.
Chilly conditions with considerable cloudiness and a colder night. Lows in the mid to upper 20s. Tomorrow sees variable clouds with little temperature change, highs in the 30s. Precipitation probability 20 percent, tonight and tomorrow. Winds west to northwest 10 to 20 mph, diminishing tonight and shifting to southwest 1 to 15 mph tomorrow. Sunset 5 35 p.m. Sunrise 7 45 a.m. High 42 last night, low 32 this morning.
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