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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1975
Page
1
Linda, earning $215 weekly, takes home about $620 monthly after taxes. Rent for a one bedroom runs high while she rents a $230 studio, using 37 percent of take home pay. Fixed costs include $20 gas, $24.50 phone, and $45 debt payments from buying on credit. She hopes an income tax refund will cut her substantial debt. Total fixed expenses reach $333.50 or 53.7 percent.
Jerold H Saper 29 of Elyria was the LCCC audio visual services coordinator and died when a four seat plane crashed on takeoff at Reynolds Municipal Airport in Jackson Michigan. His brother Brian 26 of Boston Bay was critically injured. The two traveled to Jackson to select a tombstone for their brother Greg Saper who died in March 1974. The crash occurred after a stalled engine forced an emergency landing on the first attempt and a second takeoff attempt ended in a fatal nose dive. The plane belonged to Nelson Beller Elyria. Funeral services for Jerold were set for Jackson. The Mayaguez rescue toll rose to five dead 16 missing and 70 to 80 wounded as officials clarified casualties.
A. J. Foyt kneels beside his car as the three time winner lines up on the pole for Memorial Day Race. He aims for a fourth victory and earned pole by the fastest qualifying time, entering Monday’s running with strong title hopes.
Weather notes show clear and mild tonight with a low in the low twenties. Sunny and warm tomorrow with a high in the eighties. Chance of rain near zero tonight and about 26 percent tomorrow. Sunrise today at 6:65 a.m. Sunset at 8:43 p.m. Details of Page 5.
At Southern Ohio Correctional Facility near the Ohio River, 21 inmates from one cellblock attempted a mass escape. Edward Nesbitt, 22, Cleveland, was killed. Mike Patterson, 27, Hamilton, wounded. one escapee, Ronald Carter, 38, Cleveland, remained at large. Eighteen others were captured inside the prison walls. Guards protested a new state bargaining policy as the breakout occurred.
In Olmsted Falls a confrontation surfaced between County Engineer Albert Porter and Mayor Allan Mills over reopening Bagley Road bridge. Mills and about 20 sightseers joined city workers to reopen the span Saturday despite Porter's barricade since October 1973. Traffic allowed eastbound only. Porter warned of possible court action while Mills urged a “little revolution.”
The 25 car Freedom Train exhibit on the Buckeye Boosters Tracks in downtown Cleveland ends its stay tomorrow with thousands viewing its historic displays. The 423 ton steam engine is absent as it undergoes a tone-up at Penn Central Collinswood yards.
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