Canadian negotiators push deadlines in Cross kidnapping
A 48 hour deadline set by the Front de Liberation du Quebecois for ransom in the abduction of British diplomat James R Cross expired with no word on his fate. The Cross case, tied to Quebec secession, prompted Canada to call the ransom demands unreasonable yet invited talks as authorities warned they may kill the hostage if necessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
UPI
James R. Cross
Montreal
Front de Liberation Quebecois
Quebec
Elyria urged to speed sewer expansion amid Harshaw discharge
Federal officials pressed Elyria to accelerate building new sewers and expanding the lift station to handle industrial mercury discharges from Harshaw Chemical Co. The city faced criticism for undersized combined sewers draining into the Black River, while Harshaw officials and city leaders were asked to collaborate with Great Lakes Basin staff to address pollution and ensure all sewage reaches treatment plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Harshaw Chemical Co
Robert Hartley
Great Lakes Region
Federal Water Quality Administration
U.S. Department of the Interior
City
Har
Harshaw
Hartley
Black River
Great Lakes Basin
Water Quality Agency
Cleveland
Leonard P. Reichlin
Mound Street
Robert E. Kleinoeder
Elyria weighs semi public financing for Renascent Square plan
Elyria shifts from city as principal agent to two semi public bodies for the Renascent Square redevelopment in two downtown blocks. Trident Corp outlines a two phase project financed by the Community Improvement Corporation and a for profit redevelopment group with parking decks offices and a new market and relocated stores as part of a $3 million to $4 million scope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Congregational Church
Youth Haven Baptist Church
Bob’s Ambulance Service
Elyria Business and Professional Women's Club
Parks
Elyria
Jaycees
Elyria City
Trident Corp
H.C.T. Corp
Chronicle-Telegram
Community Improvement Corp
Ohio
Community Urban Redevelopment Corporation
CIC
Rice
Second Street
Court Street
Third Street
West Avenue
YMCA
Elyria Telephone Co
Elyria Savings and Trust National Bank
Second
City
Commerce Court
Fazio
Renascent Square
CEI admits smokestack devices underperforming
Avon Lake CEI officials told the planning commission the 600-foot smokestack and coal dust controls failed to meet guaranteed 99.5 percent effectiveness. Lee Howley cited cheap coal, overloaded generators, wind shifts and aging precipitators as causes and noted reduced operation of the B plant since September. The Johnson March wetting system was promised as permanent but not yet installed due to a pipefitters’ strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avon Lake
Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co
Lee Howley
CBI
Planning Commission
Howley
Bolivian coup attempt ends with leftists seizing power
In La Paz, leftist Gen. Juan Jose Torres and allies seized the presidential palace amid a four day power struggle. Military leader Rogelio Miranda faced a broad opposition with unions and students calling a general strike. A curfew was ordered as clashes and a palace bombing occurred with no reported casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juan Jose Torres
la Paz
Bolivia
Torres
Air Force
Alfredo Ovando Candia
Rogelio Miranda
Miranda
Fernando Sattori
Cochabamba
Ovando
Gen
Revolutionary Committee
E. Ortiz Mercado
Oscar Bonifaz
Hypnosis Trance In Cleveland School Scene
In Berea High School a science class hypnotism left Cynthia R. Perkins and nine classmates briefly trapped in trance. Perkins was hospitalized as she gradually emerged from the spell while another student overseer faced calls for professional limits on hypnosis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
UPI
Cynthia R. Perkins
Berea
Berea High School
Perkins
Ingleside Psychiatric Hospital
Fire Department
Sandy Perkins
Cynthia
Mrs. Perkins
Tod
Joseph R. Schweizer
Gerhard Deutschlander
Schweizer
Schnelzer
Clerk escapes armed robbery at Lawson store
A Lawson Milh Co clerk Mrs. Alvah P. Woodruff fled to the back room as a man with a chrome pistol announced a holdup. She escaped unharmed and the burglar fled the 16th Street and Middle Avenue store. Police report no items reported missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawson Milh Co
Elyria
Alvah P. Woodruff
Indian Hillow Road
Lawson
16Th Street
Middle Avenue
Nixon's talk billed as new peace plan
President Nixon prepared a nationwide address to outline a new U S proposal for Vietnam peace talks in Paris and brief key lawmakers and Cabinet officials ahead of a nine minute speech on television. Officials teased a possible cease fire or multilateral conference while delaying specifics on troop withdrawals and further steps in Vietnam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
Washington
Southeast Asia
Vietnam
Paris
Mion
Also Mentioned on This Page
Eve
By Anita Schrodt
Jim Parks
Elyria Jaycees
Clifford Schmidt
Lake Avenue Convenient Food Mart
Schmidt
Rts
Chronicle Telegram
Hagerling
Brook Valley Drive
Cascade Park
Parkie Group
Red Cross
Consul
Front de Libération du Quebec
James Richard Cross
Shaw
Chicago
Grafton Fooks
Lorain County
New London
Somever
Sabes Ener
Setae
Elyria Municipal Court
Alder Sts Television
CEI
By Nancy Schwarzwalder
Commission
White House
David Koe Bruce
Pars
Westerdss
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!