Hillbillies Part 2: New surroundings and status in Lorain County
A Lorain County survey examines hillbillies from the south and their Northward migration. It notes self designation differences, pride, and varied origins, with insight from Lois Bielefelt of the Neighborhood House Association on Appalachian children and work ethic at US Steel Lorain Ford Avon Lake plants, and the move toward middle class status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Bieifelt
Neighborhood House Association
Lorain County
Miss Bielfelt
Bielel
US Steel
Loram
Ford Plant
Pruehaus
Avon Lake
Tennessee
Kentucky
West Virginia
Telegram Elyria 1969 local notices
Fragmentary newspaper notice from Elyria Ohio dated September 7 1969 lists a local section with unreadable details and a 15 cent price in the masthead. no clear event or names are legible.
Military construction freeze cuts $700 million in awards
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird froze about 700 million in new military construction contracts nationwide to align with President Nixon’s order to slash federal spending. The pause affects new housing, reserve facilities, and other projects while pending reports assess which to drop, with a weeklong wait for a full list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WASHINGTON
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
Nixon
Pentagon
Congress
Danilo Z. Henkin
defense
Da Nang Attacks Cast Doubt On Vietnam Cease Fire
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong assaults around Da Nang kill and wound UPI reports 163 Americans and South Vietnamese. Allies consider ignoring a 72 hour cease-fire tied to Ho Chi Minh's death while fighting continues in Loc Ninh and near Saigon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SAIGON
UPI
Da Nang
Ho Chi Minh
United States
South Vietnam
tommorrow
U.S
Loc Ninh
North Vietnam Hails Ho Chi Minh Legacy of Collective Leadership
Radio Hanoi quoted in Japanese broadcasts that Ho Chi Minh left a collective leadership ready to guide the country after his death. The publicized editorial notes a core group of four possible heirs: Premier Pham Van Dong, Le Duan, Gen Vo Nguyen Giap, and Truong Chinh, but does not name the members of the ruling body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HONG KONG
UPI
Ho Chi Minh
Radio Hanoi
Tokyo
collec
Nhan Dan
Communist Workers Party
Hoe Tap
North Vietnam
Pham Van Dong
Le Duan
North Vietnamese Communist Party
Vo Nguyen Giap
Truong Chinh
National Assembly
Weather outlook with showers and cooler turn
Scattered showers and possible thundershowers today with high temperatures in the 80s. Cloudy and cooler conditions expected tomorrow with more showers. Small craft warnings remain in effect on Lake Erie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Erie
Freedom nears for kidnaped U S envoy C Burke Elbrick
Brazilian air force C130 carries 15 political prisoners out of Rio de Janeiro toward Mexico to secure the diplomat’s release. The plan stops at Recife and Manaus as delays push departure and arrival toward Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RIO DE JANEIRO
U.S
C. Burke Elbrick
Mexico
Elbrick
Rio
Brazil
Recife
Manaus
Jose de Magalhaes Pinto
Two kinds of people make the world poets and practical souls
A pithy observation on humanity contrasts those who write of autumns’ glories with those who live through them. The remark frames creative and everyday perspectives as complementary forces in society.
Miss Michigan Becomes Miss America in Pageant Protest
Pamela Anne Eldred of Michigan was named Miss America 1970 in Atlantic City amid feminist protests. A 21 year old Detroit City Ballet dancer, she plans Broadway work after graduation from Mercy College of Detroit. Protests by the Women's Liberation Front accompanied the pageant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ATLANTIC CITY
N.J
Pamela Anne Eldred
Michigan
Pamela
Detroit City Ballet
Mercy College of Detroit
Women’s Liberation Front
Convention Hall
Moon men return home in hero welcomes across nation
Neil Armstrong returns to Wapakoneta Ohio birthplace while Buzz Aldrin is greeted in Montclair New Jersey and Michael Collins in New Orleans crowds cheer as neighbors honor the Apollo 11 crew. Armstrong recalls meeting classmates and crediting others as Bob Hope and Gov. Rhodes lead a long parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Neil Armstrong
Wapakoneta
Mark
dad
UPI
America
Neil A. Armstrong
Ohio
Cal Edwin E
Buzz Aldrin Jr
Montclair
N.J
New York City
moon
Col
Michael Collins
New Orleans
Doris Weber
Armstrong
Weber
Kenneth
Chicago
Los Angeles
Buck
Buzz Aldrin
Newark
Carter
Satur
Bob Hope
James A. Rhodes
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south
near south
cal
Elyria, Ohio
RABAT
Morovco
Africa
Asia
Middle East
Old Jerusalem
Al Aksah
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
armed service
Marine Corps
U.S. 11th
Today's Index
Pamela Ann Eldred
Miss Michigan
Kathy Lynn Baumann
Independence
New Jersey
Cheryl Carter
Matawan
California
Susan Anton
Yucaipa
Minnesota
Judith Mendenhall
Edwina
Adrea Elain Easton
Colorado
Cheryl Akaka
Hawaii
Georgina Sylvia Mossfield
Massachusetts
Pamela Jo Brunnett
New Mexico
Linda Marie Trybus
Miss Eldred
Miss Mendenhall
Miss Brummett
Dulcie Elizabeth Scripture
Clinois
Lois Ann Roth
Iowa
Francis Elaine Biesemyer
Missour
Patricia Elaine Johnson
North Carolina
Mary Susan Cox
moon men
The
Associated Press
Aquarius
Mike Collins
Collins
Europe
James Lawton Collins
Military Academy
Lousiana
ALDRIN
Wapakoneta high school
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