25 Jun 1968
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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1968
Page
1
From Newfoundland fishing villages to British Columbia lumber camps 10 million Canadian voters cast ballots to choose a prime minister.
Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson's Liberal successor Pierre Elliott Trudeau dissolves Parliament to seek a national vote on Canadian unity. Rioting in Montreal injures 123 and 262 jailed as 1000 separatists clash during St. Jean Baptiste Day. Trudeau defends Quebec language and culture while facing Robert Stanfield and T. K. Douglas in a 264-seat contest.
In Washington Mayor Walter Washington ordered a curfew from 9 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. as about 1,150 Army troops joined 1,500 police to quell unrest linked to the Resurrection City protest. Authorities moved quickly after earlier King assassination riots, arresting 356 demonstrators and urging calm while Rev. Ralph Abernathy directs aid campaigns from jail.
Five U.S. combat helicopters crashed near Saigon killing 19 American soldiers and 19 Thai troops. Two more choppers were shot down nearby with troops and a cameraman among the wounded. Weather disrupted operations as the war intensified with heavy fighting and airstrikes.
Congress clears a bill to move Washington’s Birthday Memorial Day Veterans Day and Columbus Day to Mondays and add Columbus Day as a federal holiday. Labor Day remains on the first Monday in September with federal adoption to begin January 1 1970.
SOUTH AMHERST council weighs a full time police department and a potential village income tax. Oberlin School Board forms a citizens committee to tackle school issues. Vermilion income tax moves toward approval. Amherst plans street improvement bonds issuance. Avon Lake curfew targets teens under 18.
At Atlantic City the NAACP national convention enters its second day with moderates in control after delegates voted down a Young Turks resolution seen as endorsing looting and arson. Militants had claimed three quarters support, but the measure failed 432 to 288.
Seoul reports ceremonies and parades across South Korean cities as the war date is observed. Four North Korean infiltrators were killed in two brief firefights about three and a half miles south of the demilitarized zone, with no South Korean casualties noted.
Army Sgt. Herbert Ferguson Jr., 23, of Cincinnati, was killed in Seoul by a grenade booby trap. Two other U.S. soldiers were slightly injured as Ferguson tripped the device while leading a patrol in thick woods. He held the Vietnam Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal and the Combat Infantryman Badge. survived by wife Ernestine.
A husband tells his attorney to secure his wife’s divorce. He directs the lawyer to ensure the divorce is granted. The remark suggests intent to finalize the separation swiftly.
Lorain County Economic Opportunity Committee head William H. Taylor urged broad involvement from the poor to improve poverty programs. He proposed organizing 12 or 13 county poverty areas and creating multi purpose centers for community meetings. The council planned action against tear gas use in Resurrection City and urged improved cooperation among groups.
Sheffield Village plans to ask Lorain County commissioners for 30000 dollars to relocate an eight inch waterline before the 1.6 million Abbe Road four lane project can start. Ohio highways officials may shelve the project even if funds are found, delaying bids set for December.
A pot of beans overheated on a stove at 1114 Garden Ave caused smoke in a Westway Gardens duplex. Elyria Fire Department responded with two pumper trucks and an assistant chief's car, doused the beans, and found no smoke or fire damage to the home.
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