14 Jul 1970
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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1970
Page
1
Debra Zahorec leads a field of 26 contestants in Sandusky for the Miss Ohio pageant week. Sharon Gray and Linda Faber join from Ashland College and Firelands Campus as participants adjust to venue changes and rehearsals.
Mayor Leonard P. Reichlin warned he would veto the proposed 1971 Elyria budget if the finance committee changes were adopted by City Council. The panel erased a 248,500 deficit, cut 177,500 from highway and sanitary departments, and added 42,500 to health. A public hearing and council session will set budget approval.
In a Lorain County report by Anita Schrodt, two agencies collaborate on employment programs to reduce poverty. The piece notes ongoing efforts and anticipates continued coverage on page 11.
Governor James A. Rhodes said federal highway fund reductions may jeopardize the I-90 project from Westlake to Lorain County line and could cost Ohio about 9.7 million in federal aid. He cited 33.2 million in federally funded highway projects at risk and broader job losses nationwide.
Elyria must submit a firm 30 day plan for mid town redevelopment and a six month application for the Rt 57 extension to avoid losing up to 151000 in HUD guaranteed funds. City officials meet tonight to discuss contracting with City Planning Associates of Mishawaka for planning work.
Partly cloudy and warm with high in the upper 80s to low 90s and lows around 70. Warm trend continues with showers or thunder possible, highs 85 to 90. Thursday brings more showers and cooler conditions. Sunset today at 9 p.m. Suprise sunrise at 6 07 a.m. Yesterday high 90 at 3 30 p.m. today low 69 at 6 30 a.m.
Racine Wisconsin considers Elyria Superintendent George B Smittle and Roger W Bardwell of Ithaca New York for the Racine Unified School District post. The district serves about 32 000 students with a potential hire by November and interim chief C Richard Nelson to open the 1970 71 year.
Sally Alvarez, mother of the first American serviceman captured by North Vietnam, urged the Nixon administration to demand a prisoner exchange before further Vietnam troop withdrawals. She said the prisoners should be released in exchange for American soldiers sent home.
The 1971 Elyria budget contemplates a 76 mill operating levy in November. If approved income rises to 11,101,748. without it income falls by 1,680,012 and expenditures drop by 1,198,611. Major cuts would hit secretarial, librarian, nurse, transport, teaching payroll, and kindergarten without the levy. The budget is available for public inspection and will be published in The Chronicle Telegram.
The Canadian freighter Eastcliffe Hall struck Chrysler Shoal on the St. Lawrence Seaway and sank with 21 aboard. Only captain Albert Groult was recovered. eight others are missing and presumed dead. Twelve crewmen were rescued and hospitalized in Ontario. the ship carried pig iron bound for Saginaw, Michigan.
The Secret Service requests a cap on demonstrators around the White House for security. The appeal cites safety concerns and aims to reduce crowd sizes near the presidential residence.
Joseph Diorio thirty of Youngstown was returned to Lorain County jail awaiting arraignment on larceny by trick charges in the $93,000 theft from the Midway Mail branch of Lorain County Savings and Trust Bank on August sixteenth, 1968. Coates Grisham and Drago were named in related indictments. Drago remains at large. Coates Grisham posted bonds.
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