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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1973
Page
1
Hundreds of Egyptian and Israeli tanks battled on both sides of the Suez Canal in a desert engagement that echoes the World War II clash at El Alamein as the second day of fighting continues.
Timothy Papp, charged in the March 12 rape slaying of 9 year old Roxie Ann Keathley, will not testify. The prosecution sought dismissal of a sodomy count. the judge refused other defense motions as the case goes to the jury.
World powers push for a settlement while Nixon meets Arab diplomats and Kosygin visits Cairo. United States and Soviet Union begin private talks on a UN backed resolution to end the war as both sides report heavy losses and a tense search for a lasting peace.
Weather forecast calls for sunny and warmer conditions tomorrow with highs in the mid to low 40s. Clear and cool tonight with a low around 40 to 45. Zero percent rain chance tonight. winds southwest 10 to 15 mph. Small craft advisory remains on Lake Erie with westerly winds 18 to 20 knots. waves 2 to 4 feet diminishing overnight. Sunrise 7 44, sunset 6 42.
Arab gunmen calling themselves the Lebanese Socialist Revolutionary Movement seized 20 to 25 hostages at Bank of America in Beirut and threatened to kill them unless Palestinian guerrillas in Lebanon were freed. They demanded a $10 million ransom to fund their movement and an airliner to fly to Algeria or South Yemen.
Weather balloons prompted a surge of unidentified flying object reports in Mississippi Alabama Georgia and South Carolina. National Weather Service offices reported balloon launches at Palestine Texas and Montgomery Alabama while Eglin Air Force Base warned of high altitude rocket tests releasing colored gas clouds.
Police investigated a red light seen above Jones Road reservoir early today. Officers traced the glow to a foil V placed in front of a flare by local youths, who admitted the ruse and had the flare extinguished.
Mrs Efrain Bianco of 704 East 32nd Street reported a red oval shaped object in the sky at about 8 50 p m. The object moved across the sky and disappeared after neighbors observed it. Police investigated but saw nothing.
A North Olmsted woman said she and her husband and three children, ages 12 to 16, saw up to eight unidentified objects last night near Great Northern Shopping Center. One object hovered low near Great Northern Boulevard with circular shape and green and red blinking lights. No unusual radar blips were observed by a airport controller two miles from Cleveland Hopkins.
A nine hour Lorain County Board of Elections hearing on Elyria Municipal Court candidate James G. Tassie’s residency stretched into the night with a decision postponed to Friday. Opponent Roy A. West argues Tassie remains Olmsted Falls resident, not the Eaton Township address cited for candidacy. Testimony covered Tassie family moves, lights at two addresses, and name spelling variations.
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