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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1966
Page
11
Assistant Fire Chief Earl A. Schaefer reads a challenge from the Independent Insurance Agents Assn to the Station 1 firefighters for a 4pm Wednesday match behind Cedar Street firehouse. The “Last Annual Cedar Street Volleyball Classic” pits insurers against firefighters with refreshments promised by the challengers.
Oberlin resident Paul A. Warner received the national American Cancer Society Distinguished Service Medal for pioneering leadership in the state wide Cancer Crusade. He has held key roles as a trustee, chairman, and banking executive during decades of fundraising and administration.
Firemen describe on the job learning and aggressive suppression in a house fire. One veteran says they use a fire axe to breach walls to prevent unseen spread. They lament past losses and stress avoiding unnecessary risk as flames claimed a recent home.
Two Elyria Fire Department lieutenants Roland Higgins and Jack Trumble joined 83 other squads from 23 cities in a three day emergency rescue course at the Cleveland Academy of Medicine. The program covered first aid operations new equipment and techniques to extract crash victims. The men will relay what they learned to Elyria crews as part of ongoing training.
Hong Kong Kai Tak International Airport reports second quarter 1966 activity with 5,898 aircraft and 273,865 passengers. Aircraft rose 12.8 percent and passenger numbers jumped 23.9 percent from April-June 1965. Passenger figures exclude transit and military personnel.
Hollywood UPI reports Lon Chaney will portray a coward in Elvis Presley's new Western. The project, tied to MGM, has undergone a title change from Easy Does It to Easy Come Easy Go, pairing Presley with Henry Fonda in Welcome to Hard Times.
The Presidents Cottage Museum sits in a two story cottage at White Sulphur Springs used as a summer White House by 14 presidents in office and by Martin Van Buren John Tyler and Millard Fillmore.
A fragmented Washington brief notes a debate over federal aid levels, contrasting poverty measures with funding standards. The report hints at policy considerations and potential changes to the federal level standard affecting social programs.
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