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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1969
Page
11
Charley Laurie describes 161 burglaries at his Pittsburgh diner over three years with items ranging from milk and meat to kettles and brass faucet knobs. Windows smashed, intruders used smoke vent access and a sledge hammer. A $100 reward was offered after 30 break ins. a prior offender served little time and returned to steal again.
The article notes the end of the last U S scheduled Constellation flight by Western Airlines in Anchorage marking a era end. It describes Lockheed's return to commercial transport with the L1011 airliner for Eastern Air Lines and details the new Airbus style aircrafts capacity and cabin design aimed at 250 to 350 passengers with windows, aisles and faster boarding.
A barn fire at the Clinton County Fairgrounds in Wilmington killed five race horses valued at fifteen thousand dollars and injured a caretaker, Hassel Morgan of Sabina, who suffered minor burns while attempting rescues. Firemen cited a stove in the tack room as the blast source, with damages around twelve thousand dollars. The horses belonged to Earl Fisher, a Wilmington funeral director.
Elyria Savings & Trust National Bank named executor of Edward F. Wilcox estate in Elyria Ohio with probate judge Harold S. Ewing dated January 7 1965. Edna Landfried of 5889 Broad Boulevard North Ridgeville Ohio appointed as administratrix of Homer L Landfried estate dated January 6 1969.
Edwin T. Pratt, 38, executive director of the Urban League in Seattle since 1961, was shot on his porch last night while investigating a noise. Two youths fled in a late model car after one fired a rifle bullet to his face. Pratt's widow watched from a window. authorities seek suspects. A Gov Evans aide and others condemned the act as violence against community unity.
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