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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1975
Page
10
Lorain officials draft an ordinance to require strict contractor licensing and performance bonds after a case against Vermilion builder Dennis Novotny. The measure aims to curb untrustworthy work, with debate over bonds raising costs for small contractors and homeowner protections versus city overreach.
In Columbus the Ohio General Assembly delays action on handgun legislation until next year. House Judiciary Chair Harry Lehman outlines four bills with stricter penalties for handgun use in crimes while Saturday Night Specials bills face long odds in the Reference Committee. James Baumann, chair of that panel, opposes sending those bills to Judiciary citing heavy workload.
Three Norwalk area youths earned berths in the International Special Olympics at Columbus, with Pam Smith and Gary Beverly winning pentathlons in their ages and Greg Wetcher taking the softball throw and 50 yard dash. Mary Ann Hutchinson reported her 69 member squad won 105 medals, including 49 first places, as they prepare for Michigan in the four year cycle.
Ohio National Guard leaders met 90 minutes before the Kent State shootings and did not discuss firing. Maj. Harry D. Jones testified that the meeting focused on dispersing a noon campus demonstration, with no talk of weapons use. Canterbury ordered dispersal after a jeep bullhorn, and shooting followed about 30 minutes later.
Showers and thundershowers scattered across parts of the upper Mississippi Valley the northern Rockies and the west Gulf coast. Otherwise fair weather over most of the nation with mostly sunny conditions tomorrow highs in the mid to upper 80s and clear tonight with lows in the 60s.
A weather outlook calls for a chance of showers Thursday and Friday, with fair conditions Saturday. Daytime highs will reach the mid to lower 80s, while overnight lows dip into the mid to lower 60s. The forecast emphasizes a mild, unsettled pattern across the period.
Temperatures span 89 in Needles California to 45 in Concord New Hampshire with varied conditions. Anchorage 56 rain Atlanta 74 cloudy Boston 58 clear Buffalo 64 clear Chicago 70 clear Cincinnati 64 clear Cleveland 63 clear Dallas 78 partly cloudy Denver 75 clear Detroit 64 clear Honolulu missing Indianapolis 72 clear Kansas City 81 clear Los Angeles 62 clear Louisville 74 clear Miami 76 partly cloudy Minneapolis-St Paul 69 thunderstorm Nashville 73 clear New York 62 clear Philadelphia 63 clear Phoenix 87 clear Pittsburgh 67 clear St Louis missing San Francisco mostly cloudy Seattle 64 partly cloudy Washington 71 clear.
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