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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1969
Page
1
Photographer John Fazio used perspective tricks to frame a chutist hovering a few feet above the ground during Gruner Airport’s Air Show yesterday. The shot suggests a tense moment but Fazio says it wasn’t a near miss and everything remained under control.
Two Elyria men William Ware 25 and Daniel Petroff 25 will be charged with passing and possessing counterfeit money at their arraignment today at 2 p.m. before US Commissioner Clifford E Bruce in Cleveland. They were arrested Friday night at Midway Mall after buying tickets with phony $20 bills.
Washington AP reports the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization warns against further government investigation after last week's slowdown. FAA officials say the probe will continue as 250 to 300 controllers called in sick, leading to hundreds of flight cancellations and hours of delays. Controllers claim staff shortages and overwork, with threats of walkouts if crises persist.
Severe storms lashed the Midwest and Ohio with tornadoes and high winds. Nine people died from hail, rain, and winds. Missouri Lead Belt reports five deaths and 30+ injuries from twisters near Potosi and Old Mines. Jeffersonville area in Fayette County suffered extensive property damage.
The Cleveland bureau warns of potentially severe weather this afternoon with cloudy skies and brief showers or thunderstorms expected across Ohio. North Ridgeville observer urges carrying an umbrella while reports of minor wind damage near South Bloomfield and power lines felled by a thunderstorm echo the unsettled conditions. Rain totals include Dayton 2.44 inches and Columbus 1.34 inches. Scattered showers hit nearly every section of the state.
Councilman Theodore J. Lakocy accuses petition circulators of misrepresenting how the city income tax would work and says two constituents may revoke their signatures. He says a circulator claimed nonworking residents would be double taxed and that professionals would be taxed differently. Referendum leaders call his charges irresponsible while Lakocy promises to share names only with referendum readers.
Forecast calls for variable cloudiness with showers and thunderstorms likely tonight and a chance of showers tomorrow. Lows in the 60s, highs mainly upper 70s. Sunset 9 05 p m, sunrise 5 51 a m, high 71 at 12 45 p m yesterday.
Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird and CIA Director Richard Helms testified in a closed Senate Foreign Relations Committee session on Soviet offensive missiles. Laird claimed Moscow seeks nuclear first strike capability, a point questioned by several senators including Fulbright. Mundt called criticism a tactic by ABM opponents.
North Vietnamese forces attacked the Ben Het Special Forces camp and two outposts 280 miles northeast of Saigon. The camp, surrounded by up to 2000 enemy troops, endured daily shelling with 34 enemy killed reported and 1 civilian killed among government casualties. US air and artillery strikes failed to break the siege after two months.
Warren E Burger takes the oath as the 15th chief justice, after a historic address by President Nixon. The ceremony, attended by Justice Earl Warren, marks a pivotal moment as Burger succeeds in guiding a court once seen as a quiet arm into a powerful influence on American life. Nixon’s appearance at the court for the address is without modern precedent.
A quiz note on page 21 asks whether the ABM missile system under Senate consideration has the alternative name Sentry. The item identifies Sentry as another name for the system, inviting readers to answer true or false.
Marine Pfc. Robert Wiliam Witty, 18, a South Amherst native, was killed June 17 by a grenade fragment seven miles north of Dong Ha. He enlisted Aug. 5, 1968, served in Vietnam since Feb. 1969, earned a Purple Heart, and will be buried with full military honors at Evergreen Cemetery. His funeral arrangements are being handled by Hempel Funeral Home.
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