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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1969
Page
3
Daily page from Elyria Ohio dated Monday May 5 1969 presents local news briefs and public notices. Includes community events, weather notes, and small calendar items drawn from The Chronicle Telegram editions of that date.
Lorain Sixth Ward Councilman James Kokinda denounces a last minute ouster bid as politically motivated. A probate court complaint filed by Francis M. Leonard alleges Kokinda’s company had a conflict of interest in supplying parts to the city electrical department. The matter, linked to his bid for reelektion, follows an earlier defective filing that was withdrawn.
Eight B52 missions dropped 20 ton bombloads on guerrilla camps surrounding Saigon and near the Green Beret outpost at Katum on the Cambodian border. The raids raised total B52 strikes in the area to fifty one in eleven days as Allied patrols clashed with Viet Cong forces.
Ten area students received Larson Foundation scholarships in memory of founder W O Larson. Awards ranged from 100 to 800 dollars over two years, with recipients from Midview Admiral King Brookside North Ridgeville and Elyria District Catholic High Schools among others.
The Associated Press reports 29 people died on Ohio roads from Friday afternoon to midnight yesterday, the year's second worst weekend toll. The year’s worst was 31. Five multiple fatality crashes killed 12. Hamilton County led with six deaths, three in two nearby crashes west of Warren. Most victims were 19 or younger, and over half died in the first 12 hours. Three pedestrians among the victims. Nine crashes involved a single vehicle.
The 1929 Elyria High School class will hold its 40th reunion on Saturday June 7 at the Ponderosa Pines Club. Five members are being sought: Hub Bard Kumbler Clarence McGuire Katherine Ott John Springer and Phyllis Wilson. Contacts: Mrs. David Griffiths 324 Stanford Ave Elyria. Art Scrivers longtime friend dies after brief illness. Contact details included. A request about recycling cigarette packs asks Mrs. Gordon Long for four cardboard cartons and notes about 2000 packs. New Adri council member list noted on page 12.
The Lorain County Board of Health voted Saturday to revoke the Hawlk Nursing Home license at 63 East College Street Oberlin after an inspection found four violations. Operators Rita Amenhauser Evelyn Greenbak and Evelyn Schoe me may appeal to the Common Pleas Court. The facility, licensed for 23 patients, admitted mentally ill patients without authorization, had inadequate staff, administered discontinued medications, and failed to keep menus and special bed records.
Wellington suffered five waterline breaks from Saturday evening into Sunday morning leaving sections dry until repairs began about 5 a.m. Authorities cited automatic controls failing to maintain pressure as the cause. The Johns Street elevated tank was shut Friday for cleaning and repainting, now back in service, while the Erie Street 300000 gallon tank is undergoing repairs expected to finish Wednesday. Water must be manually operated and the plant staffed two hours daily until full restoration.
A 23 year old male body found in a swamp near Lorain remains unidentified. The victim carried fictitious ID. police attempted to contact a Cleveland address. Fingerprints were sent to the FBI in Washington, D.C. for identification.
Common Pleas Judge Le Roy F. Kelly granted a temporary injunction preventing Lorain from collecting off street parking assessments from a group of merchants led by the American Felsol Co. The suit seeks to bar bond-backed charges tied to 1954 and 1958 parking lots after a 1965 deal with the Lorain Trade Association ended free parking in 1967.
Fisher Body officials will again study the impact of a national GM strike on work weeks. No local decision on effects from UAW action yet. Last week a one day lay off affected 200 workers at the former Ternsterl plant. Plants in Atlanta Baltimore Kansas City Janesville Los Angeles North Tarrytown and St Louis have been strike bound.
Ohio Democrats met in Columbus for an all day closed gathering to discuss urgent tasks. Attendees included party leaders, county chairs, labor reps, and former candidates amid reports of a financial crisis at state headquarters. Former Gov. Michael DiSalle attended. Sen. Stephen Young was not present. John Glenn had no representative at the meeting.
About 30 residents watched as the Golden Spike Centennial Limited steamed through Lorain on a commemorative 13 car journey from New York to Ogden Utah marking the 100th anniversary of the first transcontinental line. The train halted at Broadway and lth Street at 8 42 a.m. with spectators waving and the locomotive whistle signaling at several county crossroads.
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