28 Oct 1972
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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1972
Page
1
Elyria and area residents are warned to set clocks back tonight before bed to avoid time problems. Travel schedules including bus, plane and train have been altered to compensate for the change. Residents will gain an extra hour tomorrow morning.
The Ohio American Independent party opened its Cincinnati convention promoting the presidential ticket of Wallace Mess. Wallace is Edward Wallace of Miamisburg, Ohio, and Mess is Robert Mess, an aide to Alabama Gov. George Wallace, a candidate for vice president. A stray line notes a man’s fantasy about a hot time with an old flame and money to barn.
Viet Cong says it will respect the Paris peace provisions and refuse liquidation of rivals in South Vietnam. In Saigon, Thieu orders general armed forces alert as Communist forces begin land grab moves ahead of the cease fire. Kissinger talks in Paris expected. officials say a new session could occur soon. The Liberation Radio urged negotiations with Saigon to settle internal South Vietnamese issues.
FBI acting director L. Patrick Gray III said the bureau will stop a 22 year practice of gathering background information on congressmen and candidates. The disclosure followed Elyria Chronicle Telegram reporting that prompted a national furor. Gray called the program nonessential and subject to misinterpretation as an investigation. He pledged immediate termination and defended routine briefing material prior to calls on new officeholders. Congressmen Monagan Mosher and Ryan voiced concern about records and potential blackmail.
A kangaroo from Jett's Petting Zoo visited Shield's Nursing Home at 3905 Oberlin Ave. It escaped during return to Midway Mall and hopped several blocks before being corraled by police, the dog catcher, and residents on Highland Park Boulevard near Central Park. The incident followed prior reports of loose horses in the city.
Miami officer Daniel Zell, named outstanding policeman for 1968, is suspended from the force for a mustache one quarter inch too long and hair beyond grooming codes. Zell, who had won officer of the month in 1967 and 1968 as a recruit with a crew cut, claims superiors are out of touch. A lieutenant says Zell looks so bad he is ashamed to be seen with him in public.
An under cover agent reports narcotics flow into Lorain County from Detroit Cleveland and Kent largely via the university sector. The final article in Karel Neikirks drug war series appears on page B1 in today's Chronicle Telegraph.
Bermuda Governor Sir Richard Sharples outlined dozens of constitutional and legal changes for parliament. One change removes the governor as the island’s political leader, marking a shift in Bermuda’s governance and signaling a new constitutional framework.
A Vickers Viscount en route Lyon to Clermont Ferrand crashed in a forest. 59 killed, 9 survivors including a five year old boy were carried to ambulances after a two hour delay caused by a rolling boulder. Survivors hospitalized. condition reported stable. Separate C119 crash in southern France killed five U.S. Air Force men from Ohio en route to Athens, Greece.
Mrs. Charles V. Neeson was unanimously picked by the Lorain County Democratic Central Committee to run for Lorain County clerk of courts, the post held by her late husband until his death Thursday. At 37, she cited familiarity with the office and support from loyal staff, and noted her name will appear on the ballot in place of her husband. The committee plans to name a successor to County Auditor Mitock and to fill Neeson’s remaining term, ending December 31.
Chronicle Telegram probes key groups to predict how Lorain County and Elyria will vote in 1968 with hints about student sentiment and local underdog potential. The Sunday Scene features John Mash’s path to America via Bali Restaurant and Karel Xeikirk’s Lorain County Community College soccer chapter, plus a Christmas ornament feature by Connie Davis with photos by John Kenney in Family Living.
Weather report from Albany New York notes cooler, cloudy conditions with a 40 percent chance of rain tonight and 30 percent tomorrow. Lows reach the 40s, highs in the upper 50s to 60s, with a midweek chance of rain and chilly mornings in the 30s. sunrise 7 34 am sunset 6 27 pm. an unrelated jail escape is reported with a manhunt underway.
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