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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1963
Page
16
In Georgetown and British Guiana a racial-political clash doubles as a humanitarian crisis. Cheddi Jagan’s labor bill triggers strikes, violence, and shortages as Negro and Indian factions clash while daily life collapses and observers fear a Congo-like outcome.
A nationwide rail strike could close Ford Motor Co. s Lorain plant as parts arrive by rail. County industries rely on trucks for supplies. about 450 railroad workers could lose jobs. Mail operations and National Tube Division would face immediate disruption, with trucks replacing trains where possible.
Licenses granted to David A. O Doherty 32 inspector Vermilion Ilah M. Bright 36 at home Sandusky Ronald Bush Hunt 22 laborer RD 1 Amherst and Linda Sue Henson 21 clerk and assistant bookkeeper Vermilion Royden L. Garland 33 high school principal RD 3 Willard and Phyllis S. Parker 34 at home Berlin Heights.
Steel Magazine reported that steel inventories built up in preparation for a potential strike will be liquidated by early in the fourth quarter. Buyers slow on new orders, holidays and plant vacations curb demand while inventories decline through September.
Jonathan Donnell an 18 month old boy was reported in fair condition at St Josephs Hospital after Friday swallowing about one half pint of lighter fluid. He is the son of Mr and Mrs John Donnell of 406 West 25th Street Lorain Ohio.
Deputies report two break ins near Norwalk over the weekend. At Mary's Food Market four miles south, 837 cash was taken from a register and 50 from a cigar box after a storeroom window was broken. Forest Lake Park, used by the Huron Valley Archery Club, saw entry by a side door with multiple archery items stolen.
Lorain Yacht Club sets a short meeting and work party for tomorrow at 5:30 p.m. Members are asked to wear or bring old clothes for the cleanup and enjoy a free lunch after.
Linda Gonzales 17 daughter of Jesse and family from 421 West 17th Street wins a one year full voice scholarship to the University of Miami of Ohio. She will be a Lorain High School senior in September and is a soprano with operatic training. She was selected queen of the summer music workshop at Miami June 16 30. Linda will enter the university in September 1963.
Lorain municipal court records list James Fultz 21 of Moon Road as disorderly conduct with a no contest plea and withheld sentencing on a $500 bond. Darlene Brooks 21 of Elyria Avenue pleaded innocent to prostitution, found guilty, fined $150 and 15 days in jail. Howard Webb 38 of Andover Avenue pleaded guilty to indecent exposure, reduced to disorderly conduct, with $50 payment and one year probation.
An unusual weekend event left hundreds of young pike and perch dead along Sheffield Lake shores near Jordan's Boathouse and Bar. Sidney Jordan notes the toll grew through the weekend and warns this could harm future fishing. Possible causes include smaller fishing nets catching fry or oil sludge from passing freighters.
Rep. Robert Taft Jr. said he agrees in general with Kennedy civil rights proposals. He urged public accommodations be based on the 14th Amendment not the commerce clause to limit federal powers. Taft noted civil rights bills in Congress including permanence of the Civil Rights Commission and school desegregation in the District of Columbia.
Roy Hobbs of 1625 Nebraska Ave reported the theft of two $50 bills and about $100 in coins from his Lorain home. A window in a side porch door was broken to gain entry, and a heavy coin bank was emptied from the living room. Hobbs found the loss on returning home Saturday evening.
Planning commission and zoning board of appeals meet to review two lot requests for nonconforming construction on Ash land Avenue and West 21st Street. Snewin Company seeks to front Ashland with 30 and 45 foot lots though front and back yard rules would not be met. Arthur W. Engie Jr. requests a variance to build on two Lakeside Avenue parcels where width is insufficient. The Skorvaniks seek continued use of their Lakeside Avenue property as a bait shop and boat rental despite nonconforming use being denied. City Solicitor Bedeski will give an oral ruling on a service station at Colorado Avenue and Henderson Drive, where widening to 80 feet would bring pumps within 4 feet. Service station operators Imbrogno seek resurfacing, likely denied. Community Builders Inc. asks to permit model homes on Leavitt Road and West 37th Street in Skyline Park before subdivision final approval.
Young Delmas Ashby 13 was located by his father early Saturday night in Elyria. The East Branch Black River search had been ordered after he vanished Wednesday while leaving work on a farm. He said he left home to wander Lorain after hitchhiking from North Eaton, spending time on the beach and using his last $3 for meals.
Ingrid Forsberg 18 of 2100 Garfield Blvd charged with failure to control and driving without a license after a two car crash at Leroy Street and McKinley Avenue at 3 30 pm. Elizabeth Paultz 70 of Cleveland and Sophia Findley 58 of Cleveland were treated and released from St. Josephs Hospital. Forsberg admitted taking the car without permission.
Yvonne de Carlo and Dale Robertson, stars of the defunct Wells Fargo TV series, will play the Roman leads in Invitation to a Hanging. The pair headline the cast in the UPI report from Hollywood.
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