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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1980
Page
3
The narrator describes jury duty as a new experience Marking time while waiting for action, a fellow juror shares memories and comments on the mix of routine and rare interest in serving. The panel of about 18 moves from the bailiff to sign in and wait for the judge.
In a briefing to the I C J the U S State Department described grim hostage abuse during the crisis. A Moslem interrogator fired a gun before a woman hostage to intimidate her as part of ongoing coercive treatment of 50 Americans held for weeks. The account cited repeated gun threats, long confinement, and forced sleep on bare floors.
Carter leads Kennedy in Illinois with 529.5 to 199.5 delegates while Reagan advances toward the nomination with 209 of 998 needed. Anderson and Bush show gains as crossovers boost Reagan, Kennedy fights on amid Democratic infighting and Chicago race politics.
Cleveland City Council froze the number pay and rank of all uniformed officers and redirected 600000 to retain 78 parapolice as CETA funding ends. Traffic controllers and parapolice will continue working for the city while uniformed police are kept at current levels.
John Anderson, defeated but undaunted, told reporters he would beat Jimmy Carter if matched by Reagan, citing polls showing 34 to 60 percent defeat. An Anderson staffer blamed lack of grassroots organization for his surge and failure, while campaign coordinator Jeanne Brader warned Illinois voters are very conservative and polls overstated his neck‑and‑neck prospects.
Pope John Paul II praised Latin as the church’s ancient language in a letter to bishops but Vatican experts said this does not signal a return to mass in Latin. They noted vernacular use from the 1960s remains optional and not universally mandated by the council.
In Bowling Green State University the Pi Kappa Alpha house faces eviction by 6 p.m. Friday after police searches. Steubenville city workers, including police and firefighters, vote to return to work following a contract stalemate. Cincinnati officials threaten to block ZZ Top at Riverfront Coliseum without strict safety plans after a deadly prior crowd crush. Ohio Lottery daily numbers draw yields 751 with $555,188.50 in sales and $328,975 in expected payoff.
Tony Petronzio, acquitted last summer in the 1967 Thunderbird Lounge bombing, filed a $500,000 federal suit alleging that informant Carol Roberts and Parma Police Chief Francis Szabo plus Det. Clarence Bennett caused his indictment. Also cleared were Capt. Edward Fink and William DeBush.
Residents across Elyria and nearby towns voiced varied views on the Carter administration’s credit card and spending measures. Some use cards reluctantly or not at all, fearing higher interest and impact on the pocketbook, while others see potential savings yet doubt broad behavioral change.
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