World briefs touch France Sweden Venezuela and Florida
France heads to the election as seven candidates wrap campaigns with six minute appeals. A Liberian tanker and a Norwegian ship collide near Trelleborg with one dead. Curacao sees riots over refinery strike with several killed reported. Nixon suspends Vietnam talks conferences with Rogers after a dinner aboard the presidential yacht.
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Trelleborg
Sweden
Benedict
Caracas
Venezuela
UPI
Willemstad
Curacao
Key Biscayne, Fla
Nixon
Vietnam
William P. Rogers
Rogers
Julie
Perfect Holiday Follows Elyria Rain Toll Reaches 1.5 Inches
A Memorial Day sunny respite follows Thursday’s deluge in Elyria. About 1.5 inches of rain fell over two hours with strong winds and lightning. Sewers overloaded, basements flooded in the northeast, and fire crews pumped several Salem Street homes. City council to discuss sewer fixes. power outages blamed on lightning strikes, especially in the northwest.
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Elyria
Salem St
Ohio Edison Co
Elyria High baseball team relies on overlooked managers
The Chronicle-Telegram profiles a standout team manager from Elyria High School's excellent baseball squad. The Sunday Chronicle previews a features package on the MEXICAN Nationality Dance Group of Lorain led by the Delgados and a college-then-degree story about Anne Balogh Pallas, with interviews and photographs by Dick McKinley and Betty Hinman.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Elyria High School
Sunday Chronicle
Lorain
Gonzalo Delgado
Elyria
Delgados
Dick McKinley
Betty Hinman
Anne Balogh Pallas
Embree Hoffman
Trans-Michigan Airlines hires seven petite stewardesses
In Flint Michigan Trans-Michigan Airlines fields a small seven person stewardess corps. Each woman stands 4-foot-11 or shorter and wears miniskirts for flights between Michigan and Ohio points. The tiny crew holds wings as part of their air service.
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Flint, Mich
UPI
Trans-Michigan Airlines
Michigan
Ohio
Trans-Michigan
Pipeline blast hits oil line from Saudi Arabia to Lebanon
The American owned oil pipeline through the Golan Heights in Syria was blown up, causing a large fire seen for miles. In Tokyo police and militant students clashed during protests over Japan foreign minister Kiichi Aichi's departure to Washington for talks with President Nixon.
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TEE Aviv
Saudi Arabia
Lebanon
Golan Heights
Syria
Tokyo
UPI
Japan
Kiichi Aichi
Washington
Nixon
Holiday traffic blamed for 17 crashes on five mile stretch
Ohio Turnpike saw 17 accidents on a five mile section about six miles east of exit seven. The incidents between 9 10 a m and 11 30 a m involved about 49 vehicles with four injuries to a New Jersey family in fair condition at Norwalk Fisher Titus Hospital. Most crashes were chain reactions as traffic backed up in both westbound lanes.
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Avery
Castalia Post
State Highway Patrol
New Jersey
Norwalk
Fisher - Titus Hospital
Viet Cong truce violated as U.S. resumes offensive
U S troops restart the assault after a Buddha's birthday cease fire ends. Gen Abrams cites 158 Allied cease fire violations by Viet Cong and North Vietnamese, with 13 Americans killed and 62 wounded. Bombers strike 45 miles northwest of Saigon. helicopter gunships kill 11 Viet Cong. Sergeant Kenneth R. Gregory, 23, Altus Oklahoma, escapes captivity and is flown home. Civilians suffer eight dead and 39 wounded.
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Saigon
Ups
U.S
Creighton W. Abrams
Buddha
Long Binh
Kenneth R. Gregory
Altus
Okla
Agnew Urges Firm U S Stand in Vietnam on Memorial Day
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, speaking to a sparse Memorial Day crowd after visiting the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, urged the United States to remain firm in Vietnam and warned challenges conquered sooner save sacrifices.
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Washington
Spiro T. Agnew
United States
Vietnam
Lorain County Construction Strike by 600 Laborers
Local 758 of the Laborers Union plans a Monday strike across Lorain County halting most projects. Union business manager James Byrd says workers will not report for shifts and no picketing will occur, risking an 80 percent work stoppage.
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Lorain County
758
Laborers’ Union
International Association of Laborers
Afl-Cio
James Byrd
Ohio Contractors’ Association
Byrd
Weather Outlook Warm with Possible Showers Later
Sunny and warm today with a high in the 80s. Tonight will not be as cool, lows in the 60s with increasing clouds. Partly cloudy tomorrow remains warm with a chance of showers or thundershowers. Monday looks cloudy and mild with scattered showers and variable to southeasterly winds.
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Tower &Fs
Cattle Drive Reboot Mirrors Old West Sentiments
In Bluewater New Mexico a 160 mile cattle drive for 750 Charolais from four states aims for pastures near Pagosa Springs Colorado. Twelve veteran cowboys plus a camp of dudes travel with tents, chuck wagon chef and portable corrals as trucks handle support while riders endure long days on horseback.
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Bluewater
Texas
Arizona
Oklahoma
Colorado
Pagosa Springs
Colo
Albuquerque
Local page index and oddities prompt readers
A fragmented newspaper index from Elyria includes mentions of deaths births and community items. It notes two churches and various entertainment, sports, and television items while grouping miscellaneous commentary on local residents and oddities.
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Elyria
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