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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1969
Page
1
With New England bracing for Hurricane Gerda shipping is warned to avoid the area south of Cape Cod. Small craft urged to seek safe harbors as winds near 90 mph threaten the coast. Forecasters predict possible intensification and tides five feet above normal along southern New England.
Timothy Richard Sabota, 19, of Elyria, received a 20 to 40 year term from Lorain County Common Pleas Judge Paul J. Mikus after pleading guilty to sale of 20 LSD tablets. Police and federal agents also arrested Thomas Moyer, 21, and two juveniles. Sabota appealed for probation but was denied.
Vernie L. Ballard, 36, of 5305 West Bridge Street, fell 40 feet from a scaffold in the basic oxygen process area at U S Steel Lorain Cuyahoga Works. He died at St Joseph Hospital from internal bleeding after a broken rib severed a main artery. Coroner ruled accidental. He is survived by his wife and eight children.
Israeli tanks landed from assault craft on the Egyptian coast in a large raid along a 30 mile front south of the Suez Canal. Dozens of Egyptian casualties reported while Israel says one of its aircraft was shot down. Both sides claim damage to ships and radar sites as fighting continues.
U S forces likely to limit operations if Viet Cong and North Vietnam stay quiet after Ho Chi Minh funeral truce ends Thursday. Light activity reported. officials expect cease-fire not to hold long. Since Ho's death, Viet Cong and Radio Hanoi urged continued fighting. U S says 10 major attacks since the cease-fire began with 4 Americans killed and 29 wounded, 2 enemy dead.
Brazilians watched the three day kidnapping of U S Ambassador C Burke Elbrick with mixed reactions as the junta faced protests and a rising fear of harsher actions. Police and junta measures followed the release with 15 political prisoners sent to Mexico. Elbrick described his confinement in a small room with masked captors and guards.
Everett Dirksen lies in state in the Capitol rotunda as President Nixon’s eulogy is requested. A marigold on his desk and a 23rd Psalm usher in a national tribute to the late Senate Republican leader, with services planned at National Presbyterian Church and burial in Pekin, Illinois.
NASA funds a 1.8 million contract to fit a Navy F8 A jet with a back swept boomerang wing. Tests at Edwards AFB aim to raise cruising speed to near 660 mph at 45 000 feet without extra fuel use. Flight tests could start late 1970 with serviceable liners by 1974, promising 25 percent efficiency gain and potential fare adjustments.
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