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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1969
Page
1
Lorain police investigate possible homicide after the battered body of a woman was brought to SS Joseph Hospital last night by an unknown man. The incident prompted a probe into the circumstances surrounding the death.
Six Czech officials including Ola Sik were expelled from the central committee as the party intensified its pro Soviet policy drive. Five others were reprimanded for breaking party discipline. In a separate crime report, 34 year old Georgia Guardiola died after a savage beating with a driver fleeing the scene and a postmortem pending.
Sgt Kenneth Gregory, 24, of Altus Oklahoma, describes crying when rescued near the Cambodian border after nine months as a Viet Cong prisoner. He was treated at Long Binh then nourished on his first American meals and plans to visit home before camping. He had been missing since August 1962 and escaped with others in recent weeks.
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller shortened a 74 hour Bolivian trip to three hours at the request of the government and met officials at a guarded airfield. About 500 students demonstrated near the presidential palace as unrest intensified during his stop.
Traffic deaths for the Memorial Holiday climbed toward 400 with early tallies showing six fatalities per hour. By 8 p.m. EDT, at least 321 people had died in the holiday period, with Missouri and Michigan each at 20 and New York at 16.
A casual column notes residents feel uncertain about their desires and acknowledge they likely do not currently possess them. The piece reflects community mood and hints at a search for meaning or direction.
Lorain resident Eugene Zsoldos 93 died of internal injuries eight hours after a one car crash on Leavitt Road at 4 15 am. Gary Baker 20 remained in critical condition in St Joseph Hospital ICU. Vehicle overturned into a creek. both men were thrown clear and rescued by police within minutes. Police cannot yet determine who was driving as Baker remains uncooperative for questioning. Zsoldos, a former Marine and Marion Steele High School student, was Lorain’s seventh traffic fatality of 1969.
College officials insist the institution remains Lorain County Community College though a state signmaker altered the name. The sign sits along the westbound R1.2 before the Sheffield exit, photographed by C-T.
The Weather Bureau released its 1969 list of female names for tagging major Atlantic storms from Anna to Wenda for the June through November season. The roster includes Anna Blanche Camille Debbie Eva Francelia Gerda Holly Inga Jenny Kara Laurie Martha Metty Orva Peggy Rhoda Sadie Tanya Virgy and Wenda.
Paris security around seven presidential candidates was tightened after two apparent politically motivated bombings injuring a street cleaner near Poher and damaging Defferre's apartment. Poher and Pompidou led polls amid a largely peaceful two week campaign with a large undecided floating vote among 29 million eligible French voters.
French voters prepare for a third poll in a year after constitutional change and De Gaulle's resignation following the April 1968 referendum. The sequence began with the June 1968 elections after the student labor revolt and ended with the April referendum defeat.
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with scattered thunderstorms cooling slightly tomorrow. Expect a high in the mid to upper 80s today, with mostly cloudy conditions and a modest drop in temperature on the following day.
Laborers to walk off jobs amid looming carpenters strike in a nine county area centered on Sandusky. Paul Loper represents the Lake Erie District Council of Carpenters with about 1,400 members, including 600 in Lorain County across Lorain Elyria and Oberlin locals. James Byrd, business manager of Local 758, says the strike involves about 600 laborers and would disrupt roughly 30 percent of county projects.
Apollo 10 data show the Snoopy lunar lander momentarily lurched as its top and bottom halves separated in orbit. Astronauts Stafford and Cernan regained manual control, finding a mis set switch caused the gyrations. The crew then reestablished a precise rendezvous with John Young aboard the mothership.
The USS Princeton brought the Apollo 10 spacecraft Charlie Brown to Pearl Harbor Hawaii. Astronauts Thomas P. Stafford John W. Young and Eugene A Cernan are aboard the mission. The command module will fly to Tong Beach California by air then rail to Downey California for NASA tests. Preliminary checks report the craft in good condition after a nearly half million mile journey.
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