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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1965
Page
12
The Chronicle Telegram argues against Issue 1 and calls for comprehensive tax reform. It endorses school levies in Elyria and nearby areas while seeking tax relief for property owners. It notes the Ohio Tax Study Commission will study state and local tax structure and report by February 1967, aiming for meaningful reforms.
Gov James Rhodes declined a special session on reapportionment after a state senator urged action. The Legislature, long at odds, failed to agree a plan via the State Apportionment Board. Supporters embraced the board plan as sound, noting it aligns with the Supreme Court standard of one person one vote and awaiting a federal court decision.
A local letter to the Chronicle-Telescom voices strong support for the war and condemns antiwar demonstrations. The writer argues draft resisters are unpatriotic and calls for stricter security and morale measures, urging continued service and questioning birth control debates.
Washington commentary discusses Ku Klux Klan strength and influence, estimating fewer than 10,000 members nationwide with historical peaks higher. It notes terror tactics and sympathetic nonmembers, including White Citizens Councils, contributing to the Klan’s support with about 100,000 supporters.
Washington reports growing certainty that the Chinese Communists will refuse UN membership or demand conditions to force a rebuff of Peking. They press for recognition of Formosa, demand a Korean War resolution exonerating Red China, and seek to label the UN as wrong in its 1951 actions. Also noted are shifts in Southern political alignments with the Klan and rising Negro voter registration affecting power dynamics in Natchez.
The push to elevate Karoly Czatorday, a Hungarian Communist who aided Khrushchev in 1956, to UN General Assembly president is tied to Pope Paul VI’s visit and aims to legitimize Budapest’s crackdown. Tibor Pakh’s 1956 appeal for aid led to a death sentence later commuted, with his confinement under the “fourth raton” diet. The piece questions UN interference in non colonial states and contrasts Hungary with South Africa.
A nostalgic meditation on classic cars and memory. The author recalls 1910s and 1920s autos such as Pierce Arrow Hupmobile and Granam Pane, sharing humorous incidents of radiator oats and a funeral road trip, reflecting on American automotive glory and personal nostalgia.
The snippet parodies Shakespeare with a fiscally charged twist as inflation shifts the classic dilemma toward a 14(b) or 14¢b parody. The fragment humorously contrasts literary doubt with monetary concern.
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