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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1976
Page
1
In Oberlin, school levies on the ballot rely on reappraisal funding. The clerk treasurer estimated an extra $60,000 per year, a figure adopted into the 1977 budget, while county auditors offered no official guidelines. Tax impacts remain unpriced for three levies.
Carole Martin, formerly of Elyria and now in Dayton, hosts a Halloween scene featuring a man described as a skeleton named Ernest. He reportedly roams the house with Martin’s 10-year-old son Brad, studying legends as part of a local camera club project. Martin, a freelance photographer and Elyria High School graduate, borrowed Ernest from a doctor and mailed the pictures to the CT. she is the daughter of the late Edith Bogard of 155 Lexington Ave.
BankAmericard will be renamed Visa with conversion starting early 1977 and finishing by October 1979. Al Murphy of Elyria Savings and Trust says services remain unchanged. the change is purely branding to provide a universal point of sale identification across markets where Chargex in Canada and Carte Bleue in France use different names.
DON WOOD of 903 Sherwood Dr would push world peace as the prime objective if elected President. He would then seek to create more jobs and improve the crime situation.
Partly cloudy and cold tonight and tomorrow with a 20 percent chance of rain. Lows around the mid 20s to near 40. Highs tomorrow in the upper range. Winds from the east at about 15 to 25 mph. Sunrise 7 32 am, sunset 6 31 pm. The weather page notes yesterday’s low and today’s conditions.
Governor James A. Rhodes announced an Ohio State Highway Patrol investigation of illegal workmen's compensation claims would move from Cuyahoga to Lorain and Lake counties after completing the current county work. Local officials dispute the need, noting most claims are handled in Cuyahoga. Rhodes forecasts 1000+ fraud indictments statewide and outlined other GOP ideas to boost industry and job creation.
President Ford told the Pittsburgh Economic Club he would push in January for both personal and corporate income tax cuts. He said Carter’s Yugoslavia stance invites conflict and bluffs, while Carter defended his position and urged truth over bluster. Carter planned rallies in South Carolina and Illinois as Ford campaigned in Illinois.
Japanese and Allied World War I veterans led by Doug Liddiard of Adelaide marched across the River Kwai bridge to ease memories of forced labor. Only one American completed the crossing as another withdrew. Denis Rowland of New York carried a bicentennial flag.
Michael Ford, President Ford's eldest son, plans a three hour Elyria visit to campaign. The 26 year old Gordon-Conwell student will speak at Lorain County Community College, Ely Park, Kiwanis at YMCA, and Rogers Supermarket with Abbe Read noted.
Seven 400 pound lions escaped from a private zoo near Ringgold Georgia trapping the owner inside and attacking animals in the menagerie. Four lions were killed by officers and one recaptured as a large search continued with about 30 law enforcement personnel. The owner Linda Keown said vandals may have opened the gate and she saved her 6 year old son Matt before calling police.
Washington reports the annual return to standard time as clocks fall back one hour at 2 a.m. Sunday under the Uniform Time Act. Most Americans will set back, except Arizona, Hawaii, and parts of Indiana remaining on standard time year round.
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