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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1975
Page
1
In Cordoba, Montoneros killed John P. Egan the U.S. consular agent. His body, found on a dirt road two miles from Cordoba, was dumped after a 51 hour hostage ordeal. Argentina rejects guerrilla demands while violence spikes with police deaths and a bomb blast.
CHARLES SHAFFER 17 of Cleveland died at Elyria Memorial Hospital after a vehicle carrying four St. Ignatius High School students crashed into a bridge abutment on Chestnut Ridge Road near Lear Nagle Road. Thomas McGovern 17 of Fairview Park was in serious condition with internal injuries. Driver Thomas Graves 17 and passenger Chris Pannent 17 sustained minor injuries. The car went left of center in dry conditions. Funeral arrangements are being handled by Komorowski Funeral Home.
Cloudy and cold with a chance of snow flurries tonight and tomorrow. Lows tonight in the lower 20s, highs tomorrow in the low 30s, and tomorrow’s lows in the 20s. Precipitation probability 40 percent tonight and tomorrow. Winds northwest 8 to 13 mph. Sunset today 7 18 pm Sunrise tomorrow 8 02 am. Details on page 16.
Ohio lottery brings three Buckeye 300 winners into legal trouble. William Culver Jr. won 300000 then faced back child support from Tessie Culver Hall. Cassius Yoakum won 15000 and was arrested for driving intoxicated. Joseph Brown received a 315 year sentence for vandalism in Franklin County.
Eugene Egan, brother of John Patoc, honorary U.S. consul at Cordoba, says he liked Argentina and did consular work as a favor to the government after John was found murdered on a dirt road near Cordoba. Susan Siekman describes her father as nonpolitical, with ties to Montana and Perma roots.
Lorain County Common Pleas Court Judge Henry T. Webber ordered the 17 month old girl returned to her mother, a 15 year old who gave birth in September 1973. The habeas corpus suit by Lorain County Legal Aid Society seeks to overturn the child’s placement with adoptive parents since December 1973. The ruling, cited as a good faith yet hasteful agency action, may shape Ohio adoption procedures and faces appeal to the Ninth District Court of Appeals. The natural father, whose whereabouts were unclear, is said to be in Okinawa with the Marine Corps, potentially prompting a second suit.
Washington police say an off duty officer, Thomas McColl, arrested a 19 year old wanted man after a supermarket heist. Pritchett allegedly fled with about 1560 dollars while two other suspects remained at large.
CT reporter Andy Young surveys how the downturn reshapes the do it yourself crowd and the pros who fix big and small appliances. Sunday Scene previews consumer items with Jeff McCulloch of the Christian Science Monitor News Service and a profile of Betty Furness in New York City. Rotary Youth Exchange student Lauro Natali Jr. from Brazil visits the US with host family in Elyria. Kathleen Misichko reports first impressions for Family Features with photos by John Fazio.
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