Elyria Lorain retail and food sales reach $419 million in 1967
Lorain County residents spent $419,312,000 on retail and food in the Elyria Lorain metro area in 1967, up from 1966 and near 10-year highs. Food expenditures totaled $109,060,000 with supermarkets accounting for most sales. The survey cites population growth, shifting buying power, and regional rank changes within national metropolitan lists.
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Lorain
Elyria- Lorain
Sales Management Magazine
Elyria-Lotain
Elyria-Lorain
Elyria - Lorain
Lorain-Elyria
Lion
Marines attack last North Vietnamese stronghold near DMZ
A force of several thousand U S Marines hit what was believed to be the final North Vietnamese sanctuary eight miles southwest of Con Thien. Fighting raged all day as air strikes artillery fire and small arms support backed the assault on a mountain bastion housing 350 to 400 troops in the Leatherneck Square area near the coast and the Khe.
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Saigon
Leatherneck Square
Khe
Con Thien
UPI
Raymond Wilkinson
9Th Marines
Dmz
Khe Sanh
Laos
Cholon
Trang Tu Street
Weather Soggy and War Briefs Mixed in City Page
Weather calls for damp, warm, humid conditions with scattered showers and thunder showers, highs around 80s and lows in 60s. In war updates, Marines and South Vietnamese sweep east of Con Thien, capture Communist arms, and U S bomber strikes near border as Saigon sees multiple assassinations and arms caches uncovered near the capital.
Where to turn GRAFTON council to get sewage plant plans
GRAFTON council to provide directions for obtaining plans for changes at the municipal sewage plant. Page 10 coverage notes local planning steps and public involvement as part of the update.
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Grafton
Meyer Goldbergs Super Market Expands in Elyria Area
Meyer Goldbergs Super Market now operates two stores in the greater Elyria region with a North Ridgeville location in Bitgeriew Shopping Center and another across from Midway Mall. Check pages for specials and ad details including Choice Chuck Yeaks at 48 cents per pound.
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Meyer Goldberg's Supermarket
Elyria
North Ridgeville
Bitgeriew
Midway Mall
Meyer Goldbergs
Harriman Sees Possible Significance in No Saigon Shelling
In Paris Harriman cautioned that the absence of Communist shelling around Saigon for a month might bear on the peace talks. He could not judge the value of recent enemy withdrawals and noted uncertainty about the extent. Clifford predicted renewed enemy offensives late summer.
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Paris
W. Averell Harriman
Saigon
Harriman
Czechs win pullout after phone call with Moscow
Prague reports a critical telephone exchange between Leonid Brezhnev and Alexander Dubcek led to Moscow promising troop withdrawal. About 1,500 Soviet soldiers have left, with further reductions expected as Czech leaders press for freedom reform and Warsaw Pact concerns persist.
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Alexander Dubeck
Dubeck
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Red Army
Czech Communist Party
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Poland
Soviet Union
Hungary
Bulgaria
East Germany
Alexander Dubcek
U S jet hijacked by grenade threat over Texas to Cuba
A man seized control of a National Airlines DC8 with a grenade and pistol, threatened to blow the plane up, and forced it to Havana after refueling in New Orleans. The flight originated in Los Angeles with 57 passengers and seven crew members aboard. Flight crew and FBI stood by as the hijacker remained in the cockpit during the Havana landing.
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Fla
National Airlines
Texas
New Orleans
Cuba
Havana
Sid Oliver
Houston
FBI
Cloudburst floods Cleveland area halting traffic
A cloudburst paralyzed parts of Cleveland and flooded streets with water rising to car rooftops on Liberty Boulevard. Police used helicopters to survey, the Shaker Rapid Transit was shut by a rock on the tracks, while I 71 and many suburbs faced outages and road closures.
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Liberty Boulevard
Shaker
Shaker Heights
Cleveland Heights
Warrensville Heights
Garfield Heights
Seven Hills
Cleveland Electrumi- Nation Co
Maple Heights
Valley View
Cuyahoga County
Ailloughby
Wickliffe
Wil Jowick
Lake County
Interstate 71
Arrest Looms In Lorain Teacher Ronec Bomb Slaying
Lorain police inspector Maurice Mumford says a decision on arrest in the Daniel J. Ronec bomb slaying will be made today after a Cincinnati conference with postal inspectors. Detective Roy Briggs notes talks aimed at determining if a suspect will be charged, with possible transport of explosives through the mails as the lone federal count. Lorain and Cincinnati officials joined the cross region meeting to push the case forward.
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Prague
CTK
Red Army
Daopov
Bohemia
Czechoslovakia
Lorain
Daniel J. Ronec
Cincinnati
Tery
Florentino Garcia
Eugene Pinson
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Maurice Mumford
Mumford
Roy Briggs
Garcia
Cincinnati Postal Department
Lorain USW Local 1104 May Hold First Strike Vote
Lorain Ohio Local 1104 with 8000 members prepares to vote on granting strike authorization as the union considers a possible strike. A 7 p.m. meeting authorizes the ballot with voting 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday at the union hall 2001 Broadway.
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Lorain
United Steelworkers
Local 1104
USW
George Pashkevich
Union Hall
Broadway
Pashkevich
Chicago
Bloodless coup topples Iraqi regime under new council
Beir ut reports a pre dawn coup in Baghdad by the Revolution Command Council ousting President Aref and his government. Aref and family are exiled, Tahir Ya hya and aides removed. The council pledges arabs Israel stance, private investment, and Kurdish autonomy actions. Brig Aziz Amin named among leaders as air force and guard units move. The event follows prior regional turmoil and Israel's air strikes in 1987.
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N ‘Ter
Revolution Command Council
Aref
Tahir Yahya
10Th Armored Brigade
Aziz Amin
Iraq
Abdul Kerum Kassem
Faisal
Cosin
Hussein
Sic
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