14 Nov 1970
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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1970
Page
1
Elyria won 13 6 over Lorain marking coach Bill Barton’s 100th win at the school since he arrived 16 years ago. Barton’s career record stands at 100 wins in 148 decisions with honors including last season’s UPI Coach of the Year. Seven other games ended in ties as reported on today’s sports pages.
Reports from Dacca say a cyclone and 30 foot tidal waves struck East Pakistan causing extensive loss of life. Initial tolls cite 25 000 dead and up to 100 000 missing with entire islands submerged and millions left homeless over a 10 000 square mile area. Warships head for relief as communications collapse.
Cloudy and cooler today with a chance of drizzle and highs in the 40s. Rain likely tonight and tomorrow with lows upper 30s to low 40s and tomorrow's highs around 40s. Monday stays cloudy and cool with precipitation chances around 48 to 70 percent. Sunset at 5 09 p m and sunrise at 7 14 a m noted. Yesterday’s high reached 49 degrees at 9 a.m. and today’s low was 39 degrees at 4 09 a.m.
Warren Harding and Dean Caldwell deny asking for helicopter aid to reach the 3400 foot El Capitan Rock in Yosemite. National Park Service officials say the operation was costly and Harding may be billed. An 18 man helicopter team helped, four remained. weather favored continued ascent while ground crews blamed miscommunication for the rescue effort.
In Saigon, UPI reports Communist forces escalated attacks, killing 18 Americans and wounding 64 over two days after a 48 hour lull with no US deaths. Spokesmen said nine Americans died and 21 wounded Thursday, plus nine dead and 43 injured yesterday amid continued South Vietnamese fighting on the ground.
President Nixon spends the weekend at Camp David with Pat Nixon and family amid reports of large weapon seizures near Tri Ton. UPI notes air strikes along the Ho Chi Minh Trail, renewed US warnings to North Vietnam, and ongoing combat in Laos Cambodia with clashes at Kompong Cham and airfield defenses around Phnom Penh.
A Sunday feature presents original 1883 letters tracing America’s West’s mud and dirt, Apache raiders, gold mines, and vast plains. Edited by Embree H Hoffman, the Imaginative merchant Horace Kendall among Elyria’s early day merchants. Barry Penfound tours Ken sal Broad Street with John P Parker on Black River Astronomical Society’s 22 year history.
Cleveland man Joseph William Drago, 45, indicted by a Lorain County grand jury for a 1968 theft of 43000 from a Midway Mall bank, was arrested in Farrell Pennsylvania by FBI agents. Arrest followed a joint Cleveland police and FBI probe on a federal unlawful flight to avoid prosecution warrant.
An Elyria man Donald A Masters 39 died at St Joseph Hospital Lorain from injuries after a collision at Route 24 and Elyna Avenue Sheffield Township Thursday morning. His four year old son Patrick also died. Andrew Zilka 41 and Mrs Zilka were injured. Masters worked for Crest Weed Construction Co. The crash remains under State Highway Patrol investigation.
Coates 38 Brook Park Charles F Grisham 22 Warren and Joseph Diorio 40 Youngstown indicted together. Diorio trial underway in Lorain County. Coates and Grisham free on bond. Previously tried in Cleveland federal court and acquitted in Oct 1969. They face charges of disguising as Brinks guards to coerce surrender of 93000 at Lorain Savings and Trust Midway Mall branch on Aug 16 1968. Drago to appear before LS Commissioner in Pittsburgh likely Monday. extradition proceedings expected.
The eight week UAW walkout near settlement with General Motors moves toward reopening the Elyria Fisher Body plant. Local 780 will vote on national and local three year contracts, with a Friday target to return some workers on third shift and set voting dates. Ball predicted ratification and a quick return for maintenance and tool room staff as negotiators push toward full staff resume.
Striking United Steel Workers Local 1242 and Local 4849 remain out on strike at the Koehring Co Lorain Division over contract terms. Management spokesman Richard A Stith said no future meetings are scheduled. Local 1242 rejected the latest offer removing incentive pay but proposing a higher base pay raise. Local 4849 discussed contract language but did not accept it. Both groups want incentive pay restored and base pay increases set to take effect in August 1971.
Mail for Morale seeks holiday mail for Lorain County service men in the South Vietnam combat area. The Chronicle Telegram lists names and addresses to ensure letters cards and gifts reach troops. Send information to Mail for Morale The Chronicle Telegram East Avenue Elyria Ohio 44035.
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