Sapper bases near Saigon threaten capital evacuation rising
U S para troopers found two Viet Cong sapper camps within 15 miles of Saigon. Lt Gen Julian Ewell warned Saigon could face a winter spring campaign with sapper attacks starting in November. The 82nd Airborne found the first camp 12 miles northwest with weapons and warm food. a second camp eight miles west yielded seven presumed dead sappers. The United States began a new troop withdrawal, while air and ground battles continued around Mekong Delta and border areas.
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Saigon
U.S
Julian Ewell
82Nd Airborne Division
82Nd Airborne
Vietnam
Nixon
Texas
Elyria pushes Rt. 57 extension for courthouse project
Elyria moves forward with a $3.5 million Rt. 57 extension linking Lorain Boulevard and Lodi Street to Turner Street and downtown. The plan, approved by the Lorain County Regional Planning Commission Transport Advisory Committee, supports relocation of the county courthouse near West Avenue and funds a $50 million downtown redevelopment with federal and state highway support.
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Elyria
Court House
West Avenue
Lorain County Regional Planning Commission
Transportation Advisory Committee
TRE
Lorain Boulevard
Lodi Street
Turner Street
Planning Commission
Northern Ohio Coordinating Agency
Lorain County
Second
Elyria Council
Broad
Court
Second Streets
Nixon rejects final Viet withdrawal date proposal
President Nixon declined Congress a fixed date for U.S. troop withdrawal from Vietnam. He warned deadlines would undermine Paris peace talks and said such measures would be counterproductive to ending the war. He also resisted letting campus protests influence policy and dismissed plans for an Oct. 15 moratorium.
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U.S. Pacific Command
Hawaii
Adm
John S. McCain Jr
Pacific
Washington
UPI
Nixon
Congress
U. S
Vietnam
White House
Paris
U.S
Charles S. Goodell
United States
Mafia Leaders Beyond the Fence The Sunday Chronicle
A feature visits Mafia figures in typical American homes showing their life style of hope and death, marijuana and murder, slashings and shakedowns. The piece blends crime culture with a portrait by Endree Ioffman and John Kenney. A separate outdoor page reports Elyria fishermen and Platte Bay coho salmon plus a strange tackle company public relations tale.
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Sunday Chronicle
Elyria
Platte Bay
Suspect Arrested in Four Woman Shootings at Delhi Hills Vault
Cincinnati authorities say another suspect in the fatal shootings of four women at a suburban savings and loan vault has surrendered to police. Delhi Hills Police Chief Howard Makin says the man will face four counts of first degree murder.
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Cincinnati
UPI
Delhi Hills
Howard Makin
Two Elyria Women Injured in Rt. 57 Crash
Two Elyria women, Rose Cavaceci and Marsha Pichola, were critically injured when Cavaceci’s car collided with a westbound vehicle driven by Melvin Harvett at the Rt. 57 Chestnut Ridge Road intersection at 9:50 p.m. The wreck left Cavaceci and Pichola pinned in the car and transported to Elyria Memorial Hospital. Harvett sustained minor injuries as investigators review the crash.
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Elyria
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Rt. 57
Chestnut Ridge Road
Rose A. Cavaceci
Jay Dr
Marsha Lee Pichola
Blaine Street
State Highway Patrol
Melvin Earl Harvett
Cavaccci
Harvett
John Fazio
Libel suit filed against C T publisher and reporter
Lorain County parents and their son sue The Chronicle Telegram and reporter Dennis Hessler for 1.65 million dollars claiming Aug 31 and Sep 7 articles from West Virginia and Kentucky residents subjected their family to public ridicule and shame. Damages include 100000 to father 50000 to mother and 1 compensatory for the child plus 500000 each punitive. Attorney Richard F Gonda of Cleveland represents plaintiffs.
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Lorain
Hessler
West Virginia
Kentucky
Robert Baisden
Atty
Richard F Gonda
Cleveland
Black auxiliary officers join postgame Elyria patrols
In Elyria a group of 25 leaders from school government and community chose to use six volunteer auxiliary policemen, all wearing ORANGE AND WHITE reflector straps, to help manage postgame crowds. The move increases security to 22 total officers, alongside five off duty and 11 regular patrols after games at Ely Stadium.
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Elyria
Garford Administration
Ely Stadium
Weather Update Mild with Chance of Showers
Mild, variable clouds with a slight shower chance and little temperature change. Tonight lows in the upper 40s, Saturday highs in the lower 60s, Sunday partly cloudy and mild. Probability of precipitation not specified. Sunset 7 18 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 7 19 a.m. Details page 2.
Widow Seeks Redress Over Wrong Lot House
CAPISTRANO BEACH Calif AP A 66 year old widow cannot move into a house ordered built on the wrong lot. The builder, subcontractor and lot owner dispute who pays for the work and damages after a year of legal wrangling.
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Capistrano Beach
Calif
Alice Case
AmShip studies union proposal in wage strike talks
AmShip management in Lorain outlines a "realistic" proposal on wages and fringe benefits in ongoing strike talks with eight unions now in day 44. Negotiations paused for the weekend and to resume later. Separately, Joseph D. O Keefe of Local 1844 IBEW and the union were sued for 25000 over alleged improper picketing at the Aljona Avenue gate.
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Lorain
American Ship Building Company
Cleveland
Joseph D. O'Keefe
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Aljona
Today's chuckle about parents and children
A light humorous remark notes the best time for parents is when children are past crying but not yet old enough to borrow the car. The line playful observes parenting stage constraints with a wink.
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Rushinsky
172Nd Transportation Company
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172Nd
Thomas J. Bruner
Crescent
Towa
Forbes Army Air Field
Kan
Ft. Riley
Omaha
Tam Ky
Mekong Delta
By Earel Neikirk
Lorain County Crafts Council
Endree Ioffman
John Kenney
C-T
Elyria High School
Dea
AmShip Studies Union
Chicago
Toledo
O'Keefe
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