30 Nov 1968
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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1968
Page
1
Elyria's Post Office halves its seasonal help under Postmaster General Watson's economy plan. Twelve extra employees are authorized nationally for Christmas, with Elyria’s six clerks and six carriers set to assist regular mailmen as part of a system to speed delivery.
Lorain County readers can ease holiday loneliness by using the Mail for Morale list. The edition adds 15 new names, bringing the total to 83, with final listing for this year due December 16. Names include Pvt Norman D. Murr and S-Sgt Carl D. Barnard among others listed with unit and APO addresses.
Paris reports the government enacting strong franc defense through widespread price controls from the Ministry of Economics. A freeze on service sector prices aims to damp inflation and stabilize the economy amid escalating financial concerns across the country.
The readable lines hint at a plea to band together to feed someone, mentioning a girl who would starve without help. Mentions of a payment and a place or group name appear garbled, leaving the core message as a fundraising or aid request.
Egypt accuses Tel Aviv and Premier Levi Eshkol in a UPI report noting tensions and controversial remarks. The piece highlights diplomatic strain between the two nations amid ongoing regional frictions.
At James Fork United Methodist Church 200 mourners heard Consolidation Coal Co. chief John Corcoran announce the mine sealing as the only way to extinguish the fire and protect crews. No. 9 has burned for weeks with 78 men missing since the disaster.
Work crews poured concrete steel and lumber onto the five portals of Mannington No. 9 coal mine sealing the fate of 78 men believed dead after a long fire and smoke filled chamber. Authorities said no one could be alive anywhere in the seven mile long mine after the Nov. 20 explosion trapped 78 workers 700 feet underground. Twenty-one others escaped.
Dan Miller, 32, of 236 West Bridge Street, says a man armed with a 32 caliber revolver and a 45 caliber automatic held up his Clark service station at Grove Avenue around 10:30 am today. The robber grabbed more than $700, stole Miller’s car keys, then drove off in a 1966 blue Mercury Comet. Police from Elyria and Lorain investigate the armed theft.
U S and South Vietnamese forces clash with guerrillas along the Cambodian border for a fourth day and report 184 more Communists slain. Viet Cong radio orders fighters to annihilate allied soldiers and pacification workers.
Western diplomats say expanded Vietnam War talks likely cannot begin before late next week or possibly not at all. Hanoi and Saigon reject participation and U S planes accuse North Vietnam of bombing, while Harriman leaves for human rights meeting in Washington.
Washington AP reports that Medicaid costs for the poor are rising and may become a major issue in the next Congress. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Russell Long pledges to curb costs as a 1969 objective while the Nixon campaign seeks to restrain federal spending. In Columbus UPI notes, Secretary of State Ted Brown will certify the Nov 5 election results with support from Senator John J. Williams.
The report tracks a weather forecast with temperatures and sun rise and set times, followed by a discussion of Medicaid funding. Javits cites need to defend existing federal aid formulas, while Nixon signals preference for state control. The program now covers 38 states with 7.5 million beneficiaries and cost shares vary by state income.
Jim Bishop recalls the tense hours after the Kennedy assassination with Jack Valenti at Lyndon Johnson's side. Johnson debates producing White House stationery letters to Caroline and John Kennedy while Secret Service escorts move Mrs Kennedy’s children home. A vivid, fragmentary snapshot of presidential decisions and emotions on that day.
The notice urges readers to watch for tomorrow’s Sunday issue as the best local newspaper in the area, highlighting the Sunday Chronicle Telegram as the top reading choice.
Reader's menu for tomorrow profiles Obertin College senior William Hedges an intellectual dissident and outspokes critic. He believes he will go to jail for a cause, embodying today’s studentenegade with a distinctive twist.
A compact index listing suburban items features notable women in television, a birthday note for a local resident, and quick community updates. The page emphasizes social happenings and personal milestones within the neighborhood.
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