26 Mar 1968
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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1968
Page
1
The wild diver duck arrived Sunday at Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Schroeder’s home on Eastern Heights Blvd and will be released at a local lake today. Neighbor Mrs. Marie Stankard first found the bird and aided its care. Audubon Society notes describe its vivid plumage and blue bill.
About 1,000 North Vietnamese attacked a U.S. artillery base 19 miles west of Kontum in a four hour battle. U.S. 4th Division troops and air support drove them back as casualties mounted on both sides. Viet Cong actions around Trang Bang and Saigon intensified the five province sweep against threat to the capital.
Bendix-Westinghouse Automotive Air Brake Co sues United Auto Workers Local 971 in federal court claiming the union violated the contract by canceling it on April 22 instead of July 15. The plant employs about 1,000 workers in Elyria. The union says the company violated the contract, noted by a Labor Department finding under the Fair Labor Standards Act regarding wage and lunch-period discrepancies for female workers. The company seeks a court ruling on contract cancellation and damages if a strike occurs, as bargaining talks resume Thursday with aims to raise wages effective April 22.
The National Assembly asks the National Guard to withdraw from the legislative palace as political turmoil deepens in Panama. President Robles faces impeachment and an opposing coalition backs Arnulfo Arias, while U S diplomats weigh recognizing the Del Valle government and the canal remains unaffected for now.
A humorous exchange has a mother tell her young son that if he does not want something he should not eat it and to pat it in daddy’s lunch tomorrow, a playful moment captured as a lighthearted domestic vignette.
Overspending of budgeted accounts by department heads was denounced by council as intolerable during a last night meeting. Sheriff Vernon Smith described the county jail as overcrowded and likened it to potential dynamite. Calta asks for 21 more classrooms in Lorain schools. The Chronicle-Telegram wraps up the basketball season with a final cage recap on pages 21 through 24.
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers and warmer temperatures. High in the lower 60s. Clearing tonight with mild conditions and a low in the 40s. Tomorrow mostly fair, continued mild. High around 50 at 1 PM yesterday and a low near 34 this morning. Details on page 6.
Jordanian leaders pressure King Hussein to back guerrilla fighters in occupied Jordan. Hussein says cooperation is possible but he will not allow a state within a state. UK Israel and Soviet angle weave through regional tensions and calls for restraint.
The body of a five year old boy, Thomas Beriswill of Grafton Eastern Road, was found in a storm swollen creek on his father’s farm. Coroner ruled accidental drowning. Neighbors say Thomas dressed for play at 1 30 p m and disappeared about 20 minutes later. Father Daniel Beriswill and neighbor Robert Arms searched, finding the boy downstream. Thomas pronounced dead at Elyria Memorial Hospital at 2 20 p m. Survivors include parents a brother and a sister, maternal grandparents and a great grandmother all of Grafton. Funeral arrangements set at Russell D Fulton Funeral Home with rosary and Mass of the Angels at Assumption Church. Burial in St Martin's Cemetery Valley City.
A brief item lists a broiled sizzled steak priced at 189 dollars offered at Henry's Pub located inside Midway Mall near Newparrer RRARHIVES.
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