27 Mar 1970
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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1970
Page
1
An inspirational reflection centers on peace given by Jesus, likening believers to branches of a vine. It emphasizes obedience to love one another as commandment, and laying down life for friends as the ultimate measure of love.
Three young federal prisoners and two female hostages escaped from a Cleveland jail and led a two state pursuit before police recovered them near Lexington. Thomas 20, Sykes 22, Carpenter 19 were recaptured when their stolen cruiser blew a tire at a roadblock on I 7. No injuries were reported.
An 18 year old Elyria Marine and former Chronicle Telegram carrier, Carris M. Francis, died from head wounds suffered Monday in Quang Nam Province, Vietnam. He served with Company L, Third Battalion Seventh Marine Regiment, First Marine Division after enlisting in 1968. Francis attended Elyria High, Midview, and Milan schools, worked as a CT carrier, trained at Camp Lejeune and Parris Island, and served aboard a US Navy seagoing detachment. He is survived by his parents, a brother and two sisters. Funeral details will be announced by Wainwright Funeral Home.
Mostly cloudy and continued cold with a chance of snow flurries tonight and tomorrow. Lows tonight in the mid to upper 20s and highs tomorrow in the upper 30s to lower 40s. Westerly winds 10-15 mph tonight, variable 10-15 mph tomorrow. Probability of precipitation 40 percent tonight and tomorrow. Sunset today 6 47, sunrise tomorrow 6 19. High 33 at 9 15 yesterday morning. Low 31 at 6 30 this morning.
A ten hour wind event across Lorain County caused a spate of accidents and injuries. In Norwalk two Oberlin workers, Robert Olson and Walter Higdon, were injured when a 9 by 20 foot concrete block toppled during construction at a Precison Plastics site, both undergoing surgery. Harriet Childs of Elyria was treated for cuts and a fractured wrist after wind blew a storefront window onto her. A brick section collapsed at a Lorain corner injuring no one listed, while the Tower Drive-In screen in Elyria Township prompted area police to warn residents. Police noted Lakeside gusts reached 69 mph in places. Reports indicate a three hour truck travel ban on the Ohio Turnpike due to crashes.
The Oberlin FAA control center shows the nation’s largest sick call with 66 of 147 controllers out, part of a nationwide strike threat. The FAA warned absentees of potential action for violating a court order while some controllers returned to work amid Easter traffic pressures.
The Karis learn their son Captain Paul Kari is alive and a prisoner in North Vietnam after a 1965 aircraft loss. Mrs Mary Pamer, Kari’s grandmother, tears up as news reaches from Philadelphia via a phone call. Kari, 25, had been missing in action since June 23, 1965, when his plane was shot down over Vietnam.
A bank customer on North Abbe Road was robbed of two empty money bags and a purse after leaving Lorain County Savings and Trust. Caryl Hinton of Elyria said a man demanded the bags and her purse at 3 p.m. They fled in a car later found abandoned. owner ship of the vehicle is under investigation.
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