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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1978
Page
1
Grief-stricken parents boarded a bus for Ville Marie Quebec as police confirmed at least 12 boys aged 12 to 16 and a teacher died when canoes capsized during a St. Johns School outing from Claremont Ontario. Fifteen boys and three teachers survived.
Mayor Marguerite Bowman asks the city council finance committee to approve a $5 license plate tax boosting passenger car fees from 11 to 16. The move aims to raise about $185,000 annually for road repairs amid prior borrowing. Approval needed by August 1 to meet deadlines, with final council action before summer break.
Christ The King Lutheran Church plans a $45 million educational complex and retirement center in North Olmsted area North Ridgeville. The project includes a K-12 school a four year college a 6000 seat auditorium and a retirement center creating about 500 jobs and boosting city revenue. Mayor Carje and council members confirmed plans though exact site and final details remain undecided with announcements likely in weeks ahead.
U S Rep Don Pease sponsors a House resolution condemning Idi Amin and urging a U S trade ban. The measure moves to the Senate as hearings are expected to begin Thursday. Coffee firms Folgers General Foods and Nestle halted Ugandan purchases, representing about 48 percent of U S coffee imports.
Elyria firefighters faced a dramatic call when a tall chimney detached from a three story building at 150 Cleveland St during a Monday storm. Crews secured the chimney with rope as it began to fall, the top portion crashing into the roof of the adjacent duplex at 152 Cleveland St. with extensive damage but no injuries.
Business Manager Paul Stewart told the board at a Monday work session that a new transportation policy aligns with Ohio law. The plan would end high school bus service and greatly reduce busing for grades kindergarten through nine, keeping handicap bus rules and certain non public student rides. Overcrowding could trigger transport to out of area schools.
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