Council Finance Panel Backs 15 Percent City Pay Raise Plan
Erlyria city council finance committee endorsed a plan to raise pay by 15 percent for police and fire uniforms plus a 5 percent bump for all other city workers, effective July 1 with 5 percent extra from January 1 1970. The proposal hinges on an income tax ordinance due to take effect June 25 and faces uncertain support from police after a strike and objection from Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 30.
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Elyria Police
Jack E Zagtans
Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 30
Lo Stwomil
Council
Index of Today’s News Highlights and Sections
A compact listing shows the newspaper’s sections and page ranges including Health Finance Sports and Entertainment. It notes content such as births deaths birthdays and television features, guiding readers to content across pages 2 4 and 6.
Rockefeller Motorcade Fights Through Ecuador Riots
Rioting in Quito during Nelson Rockefeller’s reception by Ecuador’s president led to injuries among American news staff and a stone attack on his aides’ taxi. Police protected Rockefeller as anti American students barricaded the capital and attacked the Binational Center with gasoline bombs.
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Quito
Ecuador
Nelson
Rockefeller
Nixon
Jose Maria Velasco Tharra
Imperial
Bogota
Columbia
Robert Sullivan
ABC Television
Associated Press
Joe McGowan Jr
Jim Boulder
Central America
Manduras
Colombia
Medellin
Barranquilla
Student sets self on fire near the United Nations protest
Bruce Mayrock a 20 year old Columbia University student from Old Westbury New York doused himself with flammable liquid and set himself ablaze in the United Nations north garden to protest genocide in Biafra He was taken to Bellevue Hospital in critical condition.
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United Nations
Columbia University
Bede postpones sail flight to June 15 from Cleveland
Jim Bede of Cleveland delays the nonstop roundtrip sailplane flight from Columbus to Pars to June 15. He cites the need for a timing observer in the Azores and aims to set three world distance records on a closed circuit with Azores as a key checkpoint. If weather allows, he may stay aloft 72 hours totaling about 61 500 miles, rivaling Air Force aircraft and a Columbus relay name.
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Columbus
UPI
Jim Bede
Cleveland
Here
Pars
Bede
National Aeronautic Association
Azores
Jerri Mack
Brunswick Soldier Dies in Vietnam Killed in Action
Brigadier James P Duffy Jr of 4529 Grafton Rd was killed in action in Vietnam according to the Defense Department. The department also lists Ohioans Spec 4 Ophrey A Irvin from Chillicothe and Pie Wayne E Garven of Mount Vernon as killed in the war.
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Brunswick
James P Duffy Jr
James P. Duffy
Grafton Rd
Vietnam
Defense Department
Ophrey
Irvin
Chillwolhe
Pie
Wayne E. Garven
Mount Vernon
Norwalk Fires to Be Probed by State Fire Marshal
Mayor Harold Finch said the state fire marshal will open an investigation Monday into seven residential fires in a nine month period in Norwalk's North Side. The probe follows a request from the Norwalk Grass Roots Organization. The latest blaze occurred last Monday and a 15 month old girl died in November.
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Norwalk
Harold Finch
Normandy 25 Years On From A Veteran’s View
A veteran recalls the Normandy invasion on its 25th anniversary, detailing memories of the day and the landscape now, as reported in The Sunday Chronicle. European directors discuss shifts in film, nudity, and the future of shock cinema, with broader coverage of sports business farming outdoor news and more in the Sunday Chronicle.
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Free World
Normandy
Sunday Chronicle
Europe
Italy
France
England
Hollywood
Memorial Day observances across the county honor war dead
Communities nationwide observe Memorial Day with parades, services, and wreaths. Elyria town events include an 4 am guard posting, 10 am ceremony at Leram County Court House, parade via Lodi Street and Broad Street to Ridgelawn Cemetery, and a Lt. Col Herman G Waarich address. Other towns list parades in North Ridgeville Amherst Wellington Avon Birmingham Chatham New London Spencer with school bands, veterans groups, and cemetery services.
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Elyria
Veterans’ Monument
Leram County
America
Elyria High School
Herman G Waarich
The
US Air Force
North Ridgeville
Maddock Road
Center Ridge Road
St Peter's Center Drive
Veterans of Foreign Wars
St. Peter's
Fields
Sugar Ridge
Amherst
Cly Hall
Main Street
Flynnr Avenue
Church Street
Cleveland Avenue
Cleveland Avenue Cemetery
City Hall
BR Wilson Neff
Army Corps of
Weather notes with cool high and mild Saturday
The forecast calls for cooler conditions today with a high near seveny five and a low around the mapper ats. Saturday remains fair and mild with northerly winds and partly cloudy skies at Lake Brie.
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Lake Brie
Nightclubs Prove Popular After Dark
A witty remark notes nightclubs remain open after a wife finishes dressing, highlighting venues as late hours social hubs. The line comments on nightlife appeal and social timing.
Joseph & Feiss to Build $1 Million Plant in Elyria
Joseph & Feiss Co of Cleveland will construct a $1 million, 60,000 square foot clothing factory in Elyria west of Route 37 Schaden Road. Construction starts Tuesday with up to sixty workers, as the firm plans to transfer most employees from its existing plant, except about 20 cutting-room personnel, with completion expected in November.
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Joseph & Feiss Co
Elyria
Cleveland, & Company
Yesorday
RU 37
Schaden Road
William Thom
Spork
Siml Eats
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Sheeily
Malcolm D McDonald
McDonald
Kenneth A. Krueck
Edward A. Robinson
Today's Index
Stones Fly
Pdeds
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NASA
By Connie Davis
Lodi Street
West Avenue
Broad Street
Washington Avenue
Harrison Street
Ridgelawn Cemetery
American Legion
Post 12
Ohio Street
Lorain Port Authority
Marvin Davis
Robert Smith
Park Avenue United Methodist Church
Sue Blevin
Poppy Girl
Wellington
Gaage
Greenwood Cemetery
Wellington Fagh School
Stoney Ridge Road
Lakeland Drive
Garden Drive
St. Mary's Church
Robert Malone
Birmingham
Florence Elementary
Market Street
Birmingham United Methodist Church
Florence Township
Chatslam
Chatham Cemetery
New London
American Legion Hall
Legion Auxiliary
Row
Holy Cross
Grove Street
Legion Hall
Monument Park
Spencer
Auditoriu
Black River Junior High School
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