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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1976
Page
3
The new law raises GI Bill education benefits 8 percent effective Oct 1 for about 1.2 million veterans in school. Monthly rates rise with dependents. a single veteran now at full time receives 292 dollars, with increases for more dependents. Flight training is exempt.
Shaker Heights police report 30 year old Jesse James Jenkins was jailed on a 25,000 bond after a 51 year old mother of four threw him from a second story porch when he broke into her home. He plunged 25 feet to the ground and was found hiding in bushes with a similar knife.
Carter ahead of Ford 47 to 44 in Cleveland polls with 5 percent margin of error after Monday and Tuesday surveys by Carter pollster Patrick Caddell. Carter urged large turnout on Nov 2 and recalled 1974 as a warning about voters staying home. Ford received an honorary good neighbor award in Cleveland after a banquet.
The Ohio Power Siting Commission staff recommends approving Toledo Edison Co. plan to build and operate two additional Davis Besse nuclear units in Ottawa County but requires expanded on site spent fuel storage before operation. Staff notes current plans for 260 fuel assemblies are insufficient given uncertain reprocessing capacity and probability of future contracts. Federal progress on fuel cycle issues is criticized as inadequate.
James Burge resigns and shuts down the Broadway Building office ending auto and driver license services in Lorain by late November. He cites unsustainable profits at 30 cents per application and mentions unpaid staff, a slow demand, and a proposed $1 fee increase stalled by Democrats in Columbus.
Elyria Barbers Union Local 362 voted to raise the basic haircut from 4 to 4.5 dollars. Other services also rose with the union noting prices remain below Cleveland and Lorain costs as barbers across the area adjusted rates. The move follows earlier decisions to hold line on prices in November.
Pollution in Tokyo is described as severe with traffic officers needing oxygen masks during peak hours. The note also states Texas was admitted as the 28th state on December 29, 1843.
In Chicago yesterday Ronald Potter and Bernard M Sallot observed a card sorting robot by its designer. The arm moves cards to correct piles while the maker claims the device can be programmed to play poker and is unbeatable. In Sao Paulo Anhembi Park is highlighted as a vast exhibition center with a 3,500 seat hall and three smaller auditoriums totaling 700 seats.
UPI reports regional cash grain prices in Ohio after yesterday’s close. Northeast No 2 wheat 2.20 to 2.10, No 1 soybeans 8. Northwest No 2 wheat 1.34, No 2 shelled corn 2.09, No 1 soybeans 6.20, Central No 2 wheat 2.28, No 2 shelled corn 3.08, No 2 oats 1.55, No 1 soybeans 6.14. Trend: No 2 wheat lower. No 2 shelled corn sharply lower. No 2 oats unchanged. No 1 soybeans sharply lower.
Ford Motor Co and United Auto Workers Local 2000 in Avon Lake report progress after nine hour talks. Local 2000, 2300 members, seeks to keep 1973 agreement while negotiating a transfer plan moving workers from Lorain Assembly to Ohio Truck Plant in Avon Lake. A second session was planned as Lorain and Ohio Truck Plant idled thousands.
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