Elyrian held in barroom beating death of friend
A 53 year old Elyrian is held in connection with the barroom beating death of Norman Stiles 46 who died Wednesday afternoon after a Monday clash at Deanes Bar. Al Johnson 420 W 13th St is jailed as police investigate the fatal blow reportedly struck with a fist and possibly a brick or beer bottle.
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Norman Stiles
Sixteenth St
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Edward Stankard
al Johnson
13Th St
Johnson
Stiles
Deane’s
West Ave
Buchanan
Stankard
Hos
13Th
Bank Streets
Chinese premier may visit the United States
Diplomatic chatter grows that Premier Chou En-lai may visit the United States after liaison offices open in Beijing and Washington. President Nixon names Ambassador David Bruce to head the Washington office in Beijing. Soviet diplomats wonder if Chou or Brezhnev will visit the U.S. this year.
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UPI
Chou En-lai
United States
Peking
Nixon
David K. E. Bruce
Chou
White House
State Department
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Soviet Communist Party
Weather forecast calls for heavy rain this afternoon and night
Rain and showers persist this afternoon and tonight with near 100 percent precipitation probability. Highs around 68 today, lows in the 40s tonight. Winds variable 1 to 26 mph, shifting northerly tonight. Sunset 6 34 p.m. Sunrise 6 37 a.m. Yesterday’s high 62, today’s low 44 at 6 a.m.
Nixon warns North Vietnam as pullout halted
President Nixon at a White House briefing warned Hanoi that continued infiltration of heavy war materiel could trigger serious consequences and possible military action. The U.S. paused troop withdrawals until POWs are released and identified, while 700 U.S. servicemen returned home as 32 prisoners were freed.
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North Vietnam
U.S
South Vietnam
White House
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Hanoi
Missing Roxie Ann Keathley Sparks Foul Play Fears
Police fear foul play in the disappearance of nine year old Roxie Ann Keathley as searches near the Kimberly Apartments in Sheffield Township fail to uncover clues. Deputies, volunteers, and fire department personnel comb the wooded area between Elyria Boulevard and Toledo Road and nearby ponds. Investigations have checked reported sightings without results and plan to intensify searches.
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Roxie Ann Keathley
James Mertz
Lorain County
Kimberly
Sheffield Shopping Center
Paul Keathley
O'Neil Blvd
Sheffield Township
Sherff
Elyria Boulevard
Toledo Road
Kimberly Gardens Apts
Mertz
Roxie Ann
Ohio
Train collision kills Norwalk area councilman
Harold Norton a two term village councilman died in a train car collision at Boughtonville crossing on New State Road near North Fairfield He was 59 and had moved from Norwalk six years ago Norton worked as a timber buyer for Hipp Lumber Co in Millersburg The Chessie System locomotive engineer William Grim said Norton's car seemed to slow then crossed the tracks despite braking There were no crossing signals at the site and the auto was pushed 250 feet along the rails Norton served a second two year term on the council and his obituary appears on Page 20
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North Fairfield
Harold Norton
Boughtonville Crossing
New State Road
Norton
Huron County
William Holman Norton
West St
Norwalk
Fairfield
Hipp Lumber Co
Millersburg
William Grim
Willard
Grim
Lumber Company
Hamburger name traced to Ohio fair origins
Elyria readers hear a claim that the hamburger originated from Frank Menches at the Summit County Fair near Akron in 1894 after pork sausage sandwiches ran short. Norman F Haury presents Menches’s obituary and details of his county fair concession work before naming the long-savored sandwich.
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Bellfield Ave
Harold Johnson
Houston
Tex
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Hamburger
Haury
Frank Menches
Hamburger Menches
Akron
Summit County
Mendhes
Ohio
Mendes
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