14 Jun 1979
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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1979
Page
1
A woman champions outdoor flags in honor of Flag Day, insisting the banner belong outside rain or shine. The scene captures homes nationwide as flags are unfurled and posted on porches and lawns, with Chief Photographer John Kenney credited for the photo.
The forecast calls for clear skies with low temperatures around 55 to 60 tonight and a sunny Friday with highs in the upper 80s or lower 40s. Zero percent rain chance both tonight and Friday, winds from the south under 10 mph tonight, sunrise at 5 53 am and sunset at 9 02 pm, and a Wednesday high of 74 at 1 30 pm. Details on page B 2.
Gov. James A. Rhodes supports a bill to raise the gasoline tax by 4 percent as part of Ohio's $1.7 billion transportation budget for the next biennium. DOT Director David Weir calls the revenue for road repair a good investment. The proposal, drafted by Rep. Frederick Deering, has bipartisan backing but needs Rhodes’s endorsement for movement in the House Finance Committee.
President Carter departed for Vienna to join Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev in pursuing a strategic arms limitation treaty. He warned no single summit can erase decades of nuclear buildup but stressed avoiding nuclear conflict as essential. Carter and Cyrus Vance will attend four formal meetings and two dinners culminating in a SALT signing at Hofburg Palace. The trip faces Senate ratification challenges amid a heated national debate.
Slow moving commercial trucks backed up eastbound five miles near Elyria on the Ohio Turnpike as drivers angry over fuel costs caused a stoppage. Two drivers, Robert K Bird and Dennis J Cannizzard, were cited and fined $100. A separate eastbound slowdown occurred near Exit 12 as National Guard patrols were discussed amid a growing trucking strike movement across Ohio and the nation.
Don Law of Sohio at Cleveland Street and Abbe Road and Wayne McKenzie of Marathon at 296 N Abbe Road announce closing their stations after nine years of operation. Inflation and mounting expenses crush profits. Law cites $1000 monthly rent as unhelpful while McKenzie previously paid per-gallon charges now replaced by a $450 flat rent. Both say they are tired of the gasoline business despite partial praise for their respective companies.
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