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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1969
Page
1
County records show marriage licenses cost $2 with a five day wait, while divorces start at $200 and rise with complexity. Judge Henry P. Webber notes main causes as temper, money, and infidelity. average divorce takes eight months, with investigations required when children are involved.
Defense Minister Lt. Gen. Hafez Assad led a bloodless coup ousting Marxist Baath leaders from government and party. He aims to form a moderate left coalition war cabinet and pursue reconciliation with Iraq and Arab states while awaiting an official announcement.
Investigative series by William Surface in The Chronicle Telegram explores consequences of missing April 15. The reports cover audit odds, IRS clues, tattlers, collection methods, and how delinquents are pursued.
Presidents Nixon and de Gaulle reported significant progress toward a cooperative approach on major European issues after 6 hours of talks at Versailles. Nixon invited De Gaulle to Washington as the two plan further discussions before Nixon’s Rome visit and Vatican meeting.
Jury convicts Jack Murphy and Jack Griffith of first and second degree murder in the Whiskey Creek slaying of a California secretary. Murphy gets life in prison with mercy recommendation. Griffith receives 45 years. Both plan appeals. Vivid details follow about the 1967 crime and related securities theft.
Israeli Mystere jets strafed Jordanian farmland near the Sheikh Hussein Bridge with rockets and machine guns, hurting one Israeli and damaging crops. Jordanian spokesmen report the attack crossed the cease fire line for miles south of the bridge. In Cairo, Al Ahram cited French calls for Nixon to back the Soviet peace plan. Jerusalem police arrested suspects tied to the February 21 supermarket bombing that killed two and wounded nine. Authorities also uncovered Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine cells with weapons and sabotage gear.
Doctors at Welter Reed Army Medical Center said President Eisenhower’s pneumonia is controlled and he is too weak to be fully active but able to eat soft foods. The heart activity remains stable with no major signs of increased strain, and antibiotics are producing results. Mamie Eisenhower and grandson David Eisenhower visited briefly.
Weather outlook shows little temperature change today and tonight with highs in the mid 30s to mid 40s and overnight lows in the mid 20s. Warmer conditions expected tomorrow. Details on Page 2.
Several dozen pieces of mail were damaged yesterday in a fire in a mail deposit box at the Ridgeview Shopping Center. Firemen were alerted at 2 58 p m by a shopper who saw smoke and suspected a cigarette or match.
Marie Arrington, 35, on death row for kidnapping murder, fled the Lowell women’s prison after climbing two barbed wire fences with a sharp instrument. Guards and deputies hunted her near the facility, fearing an armed escape with possible inside help. Her case draws scrutiny as she could become Florida’s first woman in the electric chair.
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