New Black-Oriented Programs Planned By Two School Systems
Anita Schrodt surveys Elyria and Lorain schools as they roll out new black oriented programs next year and offers officials assessments. North Olmsted service director Henry Caster faces a tough but rewarding job. Leroy Den Slow previews a miniature yet beautiful Elvira legacy Higbee's. Midway Mal offers a public debut. Embree H. Hoffman presents the Gertrude Rockwood tale in Sunday Family Features.
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Lorain
Anita Schrodt
North Olmsted
Henry Caster
Leroy Denslow
Elvira
Higbee’s. Midway Mal
Embree H. Hoffman
Gertrude Rockwood
POW mail resumes after three month lapse
Cora Weiss reports 193 POW letters received from North Vietnam to families. She notes the shipment followed a families news conference urging action after mail stoppage.
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Washington
North Vietnam
Cora Weiss
Committee of
Soviets protest Mexican expulsion of diplomats
The Soviet Embassy condemned Mexico's order for five Soviet diplomats to leave the country saying it serves enemies of Mexican Soviet relations. Mexico acted Thursday over alleged Soviet involvement in a guerrilla plot against President Luis Echeverria. Federal authorities announced the arrest of 20 members of a terrorist group tied to Moscow study and North Korea guerrilla training.
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Mexico
Soviet Union
Guerrila
Luis Echeverria
Moscow
North Korea
Elyria Datebook Highlights Local Notices
Deaths births and birthdays noted with listings for Elyria churches and community events. Entertainment sports television and People sections summarize upcoming shows and notable local highlights.
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Elyria
Sum of the People Television
Britain faces potential Irish PM resignation crisis
Northern Ireland reports that Prime Minister James Chichester-Clark plans to resign blaming Britain for not using strong measures against IRA extremists. Defense ministers Carrington and Baker head to Belfast to explain security policy as talks continue. Elsewhere President Nixon spends a weekend alone at Camp David in Maryland.
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Northern Ireland
Britain
James Chichester-Clark
Chichester-Clark
London
Lord Carrington
Army
Geoffrey Baker
Thurmont, Ad Upi
Nixon
Camp David
Maryland
Catoctin Mountains
Stokes Kerbs Gilligan Over Ohio City Aid Promises
Cleveland Mayor Carl B. Stokes charged Gov. John Gilligan with neglecting Ohio cities, saying the governor’s plan ignores urban needs, blocks federal revenue sharing and would hamper city income tax increases. Stokes cited no added aid for Cleveland and criticized the state budget for urban funding omissions.
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Carl B. Stokes
John J. Gilligan
Ohio
Stokes
Gilligan
Nixon
Fleeing S. Viets Lose Two More Laos Bases
South Vietnamese forces abandoned Fire Base A Laos and Landing Zone Brown along the Ho Chi Minh trail after heavy fighting. US helicopters suffered losses as a battalion of 400 troops was extracted amid fierce clashes on Highway 9 in southern Laos. Leaders in Saigon and Washington weighed the campaign’s impact as Vietnam’s Laos strength fell to about 15,700 from a peak of 21,000.
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Ho Chi Minh
South Vietnam
Tran van An
Laos
Brown
Associated Presss
Holger Jensen
Ham Nghi
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Vietnam
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Ellsworth Bunker
Ger
Creighton W. Abrams
Independence Palace
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Five youths plead guilty in Lorain drug raid cases
Five youths, all from Parma and Westlake, admitted guilt on varied charges stemming from the Pandora's Box drug raid at 6312 Elyria Ave in Sheffield Township. Judge Henry T. Webber ordered pre sentence reports with cases continued to March 29. adults arrested in the raid face pending Lorain County Common Pleas Court dispositions.
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Henry T. Webber
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Elvrian
Westlake
Elyria Ave
Sheffield Township
Egyptian Front Commanders Granted Absolute Authority
Al Ahram reports Egyptian military front commanders gained complete authority to meet any Israeli attack as tensions rise along the Suez Canal. The piece notes antiaircraft fire shot down two Israeli warplanes and cites President Sadat consulting with top officers on wartime readiness. In Israel, shells from Metulla in southern Lebanon prompted retaliation with no casualties.
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Cairo
al Ahram
Canal
Anwar Sadat
Tel Aviv
Lebanon
Metulla
Weather drift and snow shift with wind alerts issued
Snow accumulations of 1 to 4 inches expected by afternoon with drifting and windy conditions. Snow flurries to continue into tonight then end tomorrow morning. Partly cloudy skies and diminishing winds expected tomorrow. High near 30 today. tonight low in the mid to upper 20s. tomorrow high in the upper 30s to 40. Sunset 6 33 p.m.. sunrise 6 30 a.m.
Fourth graders count beans to grasp a million
Velma Carter of Grants Pass Oregon uses pinto beans to illustrate large numbers. In two weeks her Velma Carter fourth graders counted 51000 beans, filling a 50000 bean aquarium then buying more beans with candy funds. They plan a chili feed after counting.
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Velma Carter
Carter
Tragedy Strikes Family as Son Killed in Vietnam
In Ashland New Hampshire Mr and Mrs Robert Cass hoped to bring home their son Frank from Vietnam to comfort their ailing daughter Diana who died days earlier. After Diana’s death on Wednesday, the family learned Frank was killed March 11 when his truck hit a land mine leaving a double blow across the family.
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UPI
Robert Cass
Frank
Vietnam
Diana
American Red Cross
Peru avalanche kills hundreds in Andean mining camp
Geologists and police warned residents of a tiny Andean valley to evacuate as a mountain slide from a loosened peak dumped into Lake Yanahurina. The Chungar camp, housing hillside miners and families, was buried, with 400 to 600 dead and about 50 hospitalized. Rescue teams faced high altitude and blocked routes, with more danger from potential further slides.
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Lima
Peru
Yanahurina
Chungar
Cambodian army retakes Sre Ambell and wards off strikes
Cambodian Lt. Col. Am Rong says Sre Ambell, 110 miles from Phnom Penh, was recaptured with no resistance after abandonment last December when Highway 4 fell. Nine wounded in a Svay Tavean bridge clash, and Kompong Dangkor garrison attacked with one dead and five wounded. Highway 5 reportedly open though a 30 mile stretch troubles regional commander.
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Cambodia
Sre Ambell
Am Rong
Gulf of Siam
Svay Tavean
Phnom Penh-Saigon
Kompong Dangkor
Poison labeled Tenderizer prompts FDA hearing
FDA officials hold a hearing into the sale of deadly poison mislabeled as a meat tenderizer. The recall began after a Maryland man died from 100 percent nitrite in "Spice of Life" or "Country Tavern" products. Investigators search Akron warehouses for 14 unaccounted containers.
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The
Food and Drug Administration
Maryland
EDA
Metal Spice Co Division
HyGrade Food Products
North Bergen
Robert L. Hall
District Heights
APT
Akron
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