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THE CHRONICLE-TELEGRAM
Elyria, Ohio
Founded July 24, 1829

225 Last A. t

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Final Edition
FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1967

PHONES: ELYRIA 323-3321

LORAIN 244-6295 Ten Cents

No 'looking over shoulder'

General asks Viet resolve

WASHINGTON ( U P I) Gen William C. Westmoreland
told Congress and the American people today that their
strong support of fighting men
in Vietnam was vital to winning a hard war
The Vietnam troop commander, in an appearance at a
joint meeting of the House and
Senate, said the Communists
are "far from quitting " But
unrelenting military political
a n d psychological pressure
could bring victory, he said.
The four-star general appealed for resolute support on
the home front The Communists believe "our Achilles
heel is in our resolve," he
said
In an unprecedented appearance before Congress by a
military commander while the
campaign was still going on,
Westmoreland told the l a w makers:

Cassius Clay contemplates

Sober, quiet Clay

lines up, may not
'step forward'
HOUSTON ( U P I ) - Heavyweight c h a m p i o n Cassius
Clay, sober and mostly silent,
arrived at the Houston induction station today to take all
but the last step into the U S.
Army. He has threatened to
face a prison sentence rather
than take that step
The moment of t r u t h for
Clay was to come possibly as
late as 2 p m EST After all
his examinations are through,
if he passes, he will be lined

2 bandits
rob Lorain
station
LORAIN Two masked
bandits armed with knives
held up the West Erie Shell
Service Station last nigtit and
took more than $135 in cash
and equipment valued at $100,
police reported
Station a t t e n d a n t Cecil A
Kessler, 58, said he was working in a lubrication room when
the pair entered. One of them
flashed a knife and demanded
cash, Kessler said.
He surrendered an undetermined amount of money from
his person before the pair ordered him into a hack room,
Kessler told officers.
The robbers took a radio
and cash register containing
about Sl.'iS, according to Kessler who observed their activities through a two-way mirror,
he said
Kessler said both men were
masked in w h a t appeared to
be women's n j l o n stockings

up w i t h other inductees and

take one step forward to be
sworn in as a soldier.
Clay has said he will line up
but not take the step forward
because he is entitled to draft
exemption as a Black Muslim
m i n i s t e r . T h e penalty f o r
draftdodging is a $5,000 fine
and or five years in prison.
Usually the punishment is
prison
CLAY A R R I V E D at the induction station 20 minutes before it opened at 9 a m . EST
with two lawyers and a federal marshal. He stopped to sign
autographs for a Negro boy
and a white girl
Clay answered "no comment" to all questions from a
crowd of reporters except
w h a t his black muslim tie
clasp and lapel button (white
moon on red and black background) meant
"It stands for freedom, justice and equality," Clay said.
When Clay got to the third
floor, he was greeted by the
commander of the induction
center, Lt. Col Edwin McKee
He got in line with 45 other
inductees and they passed into
the orientation room. As they
passed along, the name of
each inductee was called
Clay was called "Cassius
Cla\ "
"Make it 'Mohammed Ali',"
Clay said
The induction ceremony was
to come after lunch

Today's chuckle
A honeymoon is the thrill of
a wife time.

"WHEN V field commander

does not have to look over his
shoulder to see whether he is
being supported, he can concentrate on the battlefield with
much greater assurance of
s u c c e s s I speak for my
troops, when I say we are
thankful f o r unprecedented
material support
"Your continued strong support is vital to the success of
our mission "
Westmoreland declared at
the windup of his speech:
"Backed at home by resolve,
confidence, patience, determination and continued support,
we will prevail in Vietnam
over Communist agression."
SHORTLY before going to
C a p i t o l Hill, Westmoreland
made some relatively minor
changes in the text of his
speech issued Thursday night.
The revisions, however, did
not change the main thrust of
the address - stressing a call
for unified home support of
GI's in combat.
The four-star general's nationally televised and broadcast speech was one of only a
handful of occasions in history
that a military commander
has addressed a joint session.
The last was in 1952 when
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgeway,
United Nations commander in
Korea, reported to Congress
on another Asian war.

By DON BROWN

The reunion climaxed five

days of mingled tragedy and
joy for the young Marine and
his family.

His parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Harold R. Brown, of 1478 Kuder Rd., Hinckley, had been
informed by the Marine Corps
on Sunday that he had been
killed in action in Vietnam.

and through Laos and he w i l l

attack us when he believes he
has a chance for a dramatic
Kow He will not return exclusively to guerrilla w a i f a r e , although he certainly w i l l continue to intensify his guerrilla
activity.

"At the same time he w i l l

step up his attacks on h a m l e t ,
village and district organisations to intimidate the people
and to thwart the democratic
process now under \va\ in
South Vietnam "
Westmoi eland
defending

present U S strategy as tne

proper one
said the enem>
is "far from quitting
but
t h e i e are signs that his m o r a l e
and his military strut l u r e a i e
b e g i n n i n g to d e t e r i o r a t e
T u r n to page 1, col 1

Coppolino
found guilty
From I'PI and AP reports

NAPLES, Fla. - Dr. Carl A.

Coppolino today was found
guilty of second degree murder in the death of his first
wife and was sentenced to life
in prison.
The all-male jury returned
the verdict shortly after resuming deliberation this morn-

ing on the charge that the

suave retired anesthesiologist
killed his wife, Carmela, with
an overdose of an exotic drug.
Circuit Court Judge Lynn N.
Silvertooth pronounced sentence immediately, ordering
Coppolino to Raeford, Fla ,
prison "for the remainder of
your natural life."
The verdict was strenouslv

Plane ditches;
12 missing
YOKOSUKA, Japan (UPI)
A U.S. Navy P3A turboprop
plane ditched in the sea today
off Tushima Island in southern
Japan. A Navy spokesman
said all 12 men aboard were
presumed dead.
The s p o k e s m a n said an
American - Japanese search
and rescue unit failed to find
any trace of the lost crew.
He said rescue operations
would continue but "all 12
crewmen are presumed to
have died in the mishap."

Two life rafts and emergency dye markers were found at

the crash scene but both rafts
were empty.
The four-engine plane, the
military version of the Lockheed Electra, was on a routinepatrol of the area.
The crew was assigned to
Patrol Squadron 4 at Barbers
Point Naval Air Station in
Honolulu, the spokesman said.
The squadron was deployed to
Japan last year.

Wallace speaks
in Cleveland

WESTMORELAND'S return
CLEVELAND (UPI) - A
for a brief visit has brought well-guarded former Alabama
speculation about how many Gov George Wallace arrived
more troops he would request. in Cleveland today to promote
Published estimates have run
his bid for the presidency of
as high as 100,000 to bolster the United States in a speech
the 438,000 already in the war at noon at the City Club Fozone.
rum
But his speech contained no
Wallace drew cheers from
surprises, no call for a new P i t t s b u r g h business a n d
troop buildup Such questions professional men Wednesday
were left to the privacy of nigtit when he criticized the
White House talks with Presi- federal government, the federdent Johnson.
al courts, the 1964 Civil Rights
Instead, the ramrod-straight
commander gave congressmen a somber report on the
war, holding out no promise
of early or easy victory. He
said the enemy could be defeated only by a strateg\ of
"unrelenting military, politiA collision with a bridge
cal pressure on hLs whole abutment in Henrietta Townstructure at all levels
ship last night took the life of
Westmoreland gave his as- a 2.5 - y e a r - old motorcyclist.
sessment of the e n e m y ' s fuDonald K. Tucker, Garfield
ture courseRd , RD 2, Oberlm, was pronounced dead at Elyria Memo"I FORESEE t h a t he w i l l rial Hospital alter the crash,
continue his b u i l d u p across the which occurred at 11 p m.
Demilitarr/ed Z o n e ( D M X )
Ac-cording to I^orain County
s h e r i f f ' s deputies. Tucker was
f a t a l l y injured w h e n his motorcycle slammed into a guard
rai!, signpost and f i n a l l y a
concrete bridge abutment.

Act and President Johnson.

"IF I W E R E pre.-ident I'd
see that we had some new
judges," Wallace said. T h e
"unrestrained" federal judiciary operates on the principle
that "freedom of choice is all
right if you choose to live like
they w a n t you to choose "
Wallace "said the 1904 Civil
Rights Act should be repealed
and called it an "abridgement
of property rights

Of !) election issues on Tuesdays ballot, only two win b

faced h\ all Lorain County voters -- these are two proposed
amendments to the Ohio Constitution.
'I he nther 13 issues are for scattered areas in the county,
hum r.oitn to south; from east to west.
1 hrep tax levy proposals involve schools, and all three are
a d d i t i o n a l taxes
I ur levies, all renewals, involve municipal expenses.
' I ' ' f>e issues are concerned with charters, two to amend,
i n . i ' N i proposed adoption of a charter
TKe other three questions involve a proposed incorporai ' o n ; town hall construction and hospital operating expenses.
o\ SCHOOL EXPENSE levies Lorain City School Dis': is seeking nine mills for h \ e \ e a r s ; Strongsville City
v liool District, overlapping into Lorain County, seeks three
mils for three \ears; and Wellington Exempted Village
x hool District is asking for six mills for five years
All school issues at this election require a 55 per cent aff i r m a t i v e vote for passage
Sheffield Lake City has two municipal expense levies up
for renewal One. a half-mill for five years, would provide salaries for permanent police personnel.
The other is for one mill, five years for pay of permanent
firemen.
BOTH ELYRIA AND LORAIN voters will be casting ballots on current expense levies and both are renewals.
Lorain's would be continuation of an existing three mills
to run for five years; Elyria's would be two mills for two
\ears.
Charter amendment proposals are to be settled at Avon
and Avon Lake while Grafton voters decide the fate of a charter plan form of government.
The Grafton vote is on adoption of the charter as proposed
by the Charter Commission of Grafton Village, and requires a
majority vote for acceptance.

objected to by the defense.

Coppolino's attorney F Lee
Bailey said "the set of facts
did not warrant that verdict.
"This is obviously the sort of
charge where the verdict must
be maximum or nothing," said
Bailey. "There is no in between. From the allegation of
poisoning the second degree
conviction cannot stand."

See stories, details on candidates

in tomorrow's Chronicle-Telegram
The Avon Lake amendment deals with a nominating petitions filing deadline, proposing this for 4 p.m. the 90th day
prior to the general election.

B A I LE Y SAID Coppolir,o
can never be tried for first degree murder in this case
again. By virtue of premeditation, he said, a poisoning case
could only result in the conviction of first degree murder.
Bailey said the v e r d i c t
showed compromise.
Coppolino hesitated w h e n
the dedflfcm w*s announced,
then whispered something into
Bailey's ear.
It was his second trial on
murder charges. The first

THE AVON CHARTER amendment proposal calls for Imposition of a seven-mill limitation on taxes that can be levied
for municipal purposes without a vote of the electors.
The issue excludes debt service on special assessment
bonds, and provides that debt limitations as imposed by state
law also shall apply to bonded indebtedness of the city.
In Amherst Township, renewal of a half-mill, five-year
levy for current expenses of the hospital Is proposed.
Lengthiest issue on the ballot, in wording, is that for Columbia Township voters. This UiiMHta tin propoMl to Incorporate 8,328.07 acres as "Columbia Hills Village."
The wording is lengthy for the Issue Includes a description
of the boundaries of the area involved.
A MAJORITY VOTE is required for passage.
The only bond issue on the ballot in Lorain County Is one
for Pittsfield Township, where construction of a new town hall
is proposed.
Voters shall decide whether or not to Issue bonds In the
amount of $23,700 to construct the town hall; the tax levy
would be 1 10271 mills, outside the 10-mill limitation, and four
seven years to retire the bonds.
Pittsfield's town hall was one of the structures demolished
when the Palm Sunday tornado of 1965 smashed the tiny community.
The two state issues, explored more thoroughly elsewhere
in today's issue of The Chronicle-Telegram, involve reapportionment and proposed creation of the Ohio Bond Commission.

Picture on page 3

time Bailey won an acquittal,

clearing the doctor of a charge
of killing retired Army Lt. Col.
William E. Farber, the husband of Coppolino's alleged
one-time "love slave," Marjorie Farber.
Just prior to the sentencing
at 9 33 a.m. EST, the defense
moved for a new trial questioning the attitude of some of
the jurors as the verdict was
announced six minutes earlier.
Silvertooth denied the motion, but gave the defense 15
days in which to file an appeal.

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>

THE SUNTANNED, wiry de

fendant stood with his hands
clasped behind him in front of
the bench as Silvertooth sentenced him to life in prison.
Sitting alone in the spectator
section just behind the rail,
C o p p o li n o 's second wife,
Mary, 39, stared blankly tow a r d the bench.
The prosecution contended
Turn to page 4, col. 2

Vietnam, ordered him home

on a 30-day leave and took
charge of his transportation to
Cleveland.

WELLINGTON residents learn Martha E. Morse, town's librarian w i l l retire Sept. 1; Mrs. John Grissinger to succeed
her.
page 8
DE \TH \\D TAXES are scarcely more Inevitable than credit
ratings, according to the first of a two-part series on Ehria
Credit Bureau operations. In the women's section
page 13
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Elyria Municipal Court
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Weather

THE ACCIDENT occurred

about 4 of a mile east of the
Kne County line on Rt 113
Deputy Carl Crapo said Tuck-

Pleasant
Sunny, pleasant today, high
55-63. Clear, cool t o n i g h t ,
chance of scattered frost, low
34-39. Warmer, b e c o m i n g
windy Saturday with increasing afternoon cloudiness.
Sunset today, 7 : 2 1 ; Sunrise
tomorrow, 5:29.

Obituary nn page 20

er was traveling east when he

apparently lost control of the
cycle because of excessive
speed.
The vehicle went off the
right side of the roadway,
glanced along about 40 feet of
guard rail, struck the signpost
and then careened into t h e
bridge itructure, d e p u t i e s
AS HAPPY as any member
said.

The death was the 17th recorded on county highways

this year. At the same time
last year, 19 fatalities had
been reported.

OHIOANS in the U.S. Open fishing tournament find weather

and strange water a problem; Lake Erie feeder streams look
good for this weekend; and dry fly use is discussed. All that
and more in today's outdoor coverage on
P a ges 21, 22.

The young marine's parents

were at the airport to give
him a hero's welcome. Also on
hand to welcome him home
were his girlfriend, Kathy Die
try, of Medina, and reporters
from area newspapers and
television stations.

BARELY 24 HOI RS later,

Lance Corporal Dennis Jo- they were notified that a terriseph Brown rushed down the ble mistake had been made
ramp from United Airlines and that their ton was alive of the family at this morning's
"welcome home" celebration
Jet into the waiting arm* of his and well.
In hectic wiwsnion then, was Maj. Thomas Ganey, the
family early this morning at
Cleveland Hopkins Internation- the Marine Corp* anranfpd for
Dtonfc to call bis family froa
Tm I* page 4, wl. 1
al Airport.

Where fo furn

Man killed in cycle crash

Family hugs Hinckley Gl

once listed dead in Viet
EDITOR'S NOTE: The following story wns written by
reporter for the Medina County Gazette leader Post and
brother of the Hincklry Mar i n e erroneously r e p o r t e d
Hlkd in action In Vietnam.
He, toe. Is a recent returnee
from Vietnam.

15 on ballots;
vote on two
county-wide

A dry Tuesday

Rtpprd Tank Fmm Cyok- (C-T pfreto)

OcmM Tvckcr *h<mn in inset

COLUMBUS (UPn - State

liquor stores will be closed
from 6 a m to 7 30 p m . during next Tuesday's primary
election, state LKJOOT Director
Donald Cook noted Thursday.
No retail sales of intoxkattag
liquors will be permitted by
taverns, restaurant* or
dwing the period, be