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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1977
Page
3
A student project by Mark Snyder of Clinton and Daniel Thilo of Sioux City features bounding figures that sprout from tiny spheres, somersault, and return to spheres. Made of chicken wire and plaster, the piece aims to convey energy and enthusiasm for Spring after Winter.
Ohio Attorney General says GM has adopted a divide and conquer approach across states and calls for unified action. He cites complaints from Oldsmobile buyers with Chevrolet engines, who face a credit offer minus eight cents per driven mile or an extended warranty. Brown led hearings in Cincinnati, Columbus and Cleveland, drawing hundreds, including Lorain Countians, and warned that GM’s power will be checked by state attorneys general. States represented include Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Iowa, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, North Dakota, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin.
Louis Vekasy will replace William D. Van Bolt as plant superintendent of Republic Steel Corporation's steel and tubes division in Elyria. Van Bolt retires after almost 36 years with the company. Vekasy, formerly assistant superintendent at the Elyria plant since January, joined Republic in 1966 as a management trainee in Cleveland. He later became foreman and general foreman. He is a John Carroll University graduate from Beaver Falls PA, now living in Wellington with his wife Judith and four children.
Fisher Foods says its price cuts in Columbus Mansfield and Youngstown are a new low price program not a price war. Kroger A&P and Food Warehouse challenge the move with counter ads as Fisher tests eight Youngstown Warren stores two Mansfield and five Columbus outlets.
President Carter arrives in Newcastle for a six day diplomatic tour including Geneva talks with Hafez Assad and a NATO gathering in London. Security is intense as crowds cheer, with Mount Vernon prints gifted to him and locals greeting him with “Hi, y’all.”
About 400 workers at Cleveland Steel Products walked off the job after Local 218 Allied Industrial Workers rejected a three year contract and approved a strike. Pickets at all three gates followed a midnight contract expiry and the company’s offer included small raises and a cost of living ceiling. An official noted dissatisfaction mainly with cost of living provisions and changes to health sites. A meeting with management is planned for Monday in Oberlin.
AP reports butter and egg sales varying by region as Columbus and New York markets show irregular cartons and steady to higher wholesale pricing. Midwest wholesale markets edge up on various classes while farm prices in Ohio reflect lighter hens and unsettled dairy demand.
Liz undertakes a state meeting in Richmond as part of John’s campaign efforts. An observer noted businessmen nearby repeatedly adjust their jackets to stare at the glamorous couple. Liz has survived two near fatal crashes and uses lipstick touch ups to cope with nervous landings, even joking about leaving with lipstick marks.
Knight-Ridder tests floral orders across ten cities and finds widespread substitutions, missing deliveries, and reduced bloom counts. In Akron Philadelphia Detroit and New York most bouquets diverged from the brochure image though a few cities fared better. Trade group PTD expects over 1.2 million orders for Mother's Day as flowers ship.
The Federal Reserve reported another jump in the money supply at yesterday's New York Stock Exchange close. The growth rate remains faster than the central bank desires, signaling continued liquidity expansion in markets.
Lorain County Farm Bureau Cooperative Association reports yesterday’s market close shows local grain prices: wheat at 2.01 dollars per bushel, shelled corn 2.15 dollars, oats 1.60 dollars, and soybeans 9.20 dollars per bushel.
Republic Steel Corp. said prices for hot rolled and cold finished carbon and alloy bars will rise about 6.8 percent, while flat rolled products including sheets plates and high strength low alloy sheets will climb about 8.8 percent. The changes target industry shipments and will lift the wholesale index by under 0.2 percent.
Cleveland officials report vandals killed 10 live display birds at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History including two eagles. It appears the intruder climbed the outside enclosure fence and the deaths were found when the museum opened. Further details were not immediately available.
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