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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1969
Page
4
Editorial argues education funding will dominate politics as property taxes strain local budgets. It notes a 33.7 billion national school bill, with 52 percent funded locally, and warns many bond issues fail. Calls for shifting education funding to states or boosting federal aid to ease property tax burden.
The article argues Mao declared unchanged Chinese claims to 600000 square miles of former Russian lands and predicts an inevitable clash. It notes border tensions with Damansky Island incidents, troop deployments along a 4000 mile frontier, and refugee movements from Sinkiang into Soviet Kazakhstan.
UPI columnist Dick West humorously sketches a scenario for Bad Day at High Noon with John Wayne Ronald Reagan Pierre Salinger and Spiro Agnew. A Wells Fargo stage between Cheyenne and Laramie is hijacked to Little Big Horn provoking exchanges among a marshal and federal officials about stopping the raids. The piece ends with a prize contest for the best ending and a Miami plane ticket.
Nixon hawks a bold plan to strengthen the Republican party. Morton of Maryland will serve as front man coordinating speeches and policy, with a second organizational chief and a new finance chair to fund a 1970 drive. The push aims to unify campaign, fundraising, and Capitol Hill operations under a cohesive national committee strategy.
Ray Cromley argues urban crime harms poor residents, especially Black and minority communities, amid robberies, looting, and disrupted commerce. He links unsafe streets to limited employment and access to services, urging improved safety and broader opportunity through education and better living conditions.
Senator Fulbright, head of the Foreign Relations Committee, resists quick approval of Walter H. Annenberg as ambassador to London. He cites Annenberg’s publishing empire and past legal troubles, while pressure mounts from Nixon aides and committee members wary of losing influence to a powerful publisher.
In Washington a U S ambassador opened a governors gathering with a light line about tide over the weekend then recounted a couple seeking a Justice of the Peace ceremony. The official noted a waiting period and the groom asked for a few words to ride them over.
The column lists multiple local happenings: Izaak Walton League plans a coon dog field trial at Woodbury Wildlife area on April 5. dairy barn tour for Coshocton dairymen on March 10 led by G. Harold Chambers. a house at 521 Chestnut St. to be razed for a used car outlet by Johnston Pontiac. Dr. S Hilton Baker, 69, dies in Killbuck after moving there in 1909. Salvation Army fund drive set for March. chicken roaming warning issued by Newcomerstown Mayor Charles B. Mugford. W. A. McCurdy named commissioner of jurors alongside William J. Walker. D. Swigert retires from Main St. meat business after 43 years. Christian Union Church members plan pastor search after services. Athey's Jazz Orchestra scheduled to play Sunday 6 to 7 30 p.m. at Park Hotel dining room.
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