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T H E C H R O N IC L E -T E L E G R A M
Elyria, Ohio 'Tuesday, August 12, 1975 The
C o l o rf u l
Newspaper 24 Pages Fifteen Cents
Faces of Freedom No. 5
Paul Bunyan
A myt hical hen) o f A merican l u mber camps. Pau l B u nyo n
was k no wn in pl aces as widel y scattered as Pennsyl vania.
Wisco nsin and the No rt hwest bef o re 1910. when tal es o f the
hu ge l o gger's expl o its were f irst pu bl ished.
Wo rk ing wi t h his c o mpa nio ns B abe t he Great B l u e Ox.
Hcl s Hcl sen and Jo hnny Ink sl inger. Bu nyo n perf o rmed seem-
ingl y impo ssibl e l o gging tasks by reshaping the l andscape as
he saw f it . creating in the pro cess su ch geo graphical f eatu res
Artist: Harold Von Schmidt
as Pu get So u nd and the Grand C anyo n
THE PA INTING abo ve is a repro du ctio n o f an o riginal
pa int ing f ro m the Jo hn Hanco ck M u t u a l L if e Insu rance C o 's
hist o rical art exhibit io n. "Faces o f Freedo m."
This is the f i f t h in a special series o f co l o r paint ings de-
signed to f o cu s at t ent io n o n signif icant peo pl e, pl aces and
events in A merican histo rv. The series wil l cu l minat e wit h
the natio n's Ju l y 4 bicent ennial .
Policeman slays youth
fleeing tavern break-in
B yTOMC HERNI TSKY
A 19-year-o l d yo u t h was sho t and kil l ed by an El yria po l ice-
man abo u t 3:40 a.m. to day seco nds a f t e r po l ice said they saw
t he y o u t h c ra wl o u t o f a wi n d o w at a b u rg l a ri ze d t a v e rn o n
West River Street. No rt h.
Sl ain was Daryl Maxwel l , who se address was l isted as 228
L o di St . o n po l ice repo rt s. He was st ru c k in t he back o f t he
head.
The yo u t h was f el l ed wit h o ne o f two sho ts f ired f ro m the
.38 cal iber po l ice revo l ver o f Ptl . Michael R. Kil l can. who wit h
PtI. A nt ho hv Ko reski disco vered a bu rgl ary at the M ayf air
Tavern. 110 W. River St.. N.. and said t hey saw Maxwel l ru n-
ning f ro m the bar.
MA XWELL'S BROTHER. Bernard 18. was charged wit h
diso rderl y co ndu ct sho rtl y af t er the incident when he threat-
ened po l ice at the scene wit h a ro ck, acco rding to Po l ice C hief
Mau rice C . Fl o o d.
The sho o ting is being investigated by the city pro secu to r's
o f f ice.
POLIC E GA VE this acco u nt o f incidents l eading u p to the
sho o ting:
Kil l ean and Ko reski were o n regu l ar cru iser patro l o n West
River Street when a l arge do g wandering aro u nd the o u tside o f
the tavern attracted t heir at t ent io n. A s the cru iser passed an
al l ey adjacent to the so u th side o f the tavern. Kil l ean saw a
f igu re and sho u te'd. "There's so meo ne co ming o u t o f the win-
do w."
Ko reski. sto pped the cru iser, and bo th patro l men ju mped
f ro m it. They ran a f t e r the yo u th who had j u mped f ro m a bro -
ken windo w, and was ru nning to ward a wo o ded area behind the
tavern.
Kil l ean said he f ired twice af t er o rdering the su spect to
"sto p." t wice, i d e n t i f y i n g himse l f as a po l iceman at l east
Po l ice were u ncertain which sho t stru ck Maxwel l . Maxwel l
f el l at the so u thwest co rner o f the rear o f the tavern, repo rts
indicated.
FL OODSA ID M A XWEL L had it ems o n him which were
taken f ro m the inside o f the bar. Po l ice bel ieved at l east o ne
o ther perso n was invo l ved in the bu rgl ary becau se a car was
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THE MA YFA IR B A R. 110 W. River St., N., where 19-
year-o l d Daryl M a xwe l l was sho t to deat h by po l ice f o l -
l o wing a bu rgl ary earl y to day. (C -T pho t o by Kim To n-
ry i
Jury hears statement
New leads eyed
in Marsico case
B y EA REL NEI KI RK
A ssistant C ity Edit o r
A mid hint s o f a widel y-expanded invest igat io n seeking to
l earn what happened to the $320.000 sto l en by A nt ho ny J. Mar-
sico . a grand j u ry l at e t his mo rning was to hear so me detail s o f
t he t hef t .
A ssistant C o u nt y Pro secu to r Jo hn D. Pincu ra III. handl ing
t he case, was t o a ppe a r be f o re t he j u ry , re po rt e d l y t o read
t hem a st at ement signed by Marsico several days ago .
That statement l ink s a 40-year-o l d f o rmer co nvict to the
mo nev Marsico admit t ed steal ing f ro m his El yria A u t o L i-
cense B u reau du ring 1974. Marsico was no t schedu l ed to ap-
pear bef o re the j u ry to day.
MEA NWHIL E, f o l l o wing tel epho ne co nversatio ns wit h two
State Highway Patro l detectives yesterday. Pro secu to r Jo seph
R. Gru nda' s st a f f , incl u ding chief invest igat o r Michael Rybk a.
repo rtedl y is expanding it* invest igat io n.
Pincu ra t his mo rning admit t ed t ha t new inf o rmat io n and
new l eads are "co ming in al l the time" and wo u l d no t deny the
expansio n began su ddenl y o ver the weekend.
The ex-co nvict , who has denied invo l vement in the case,
was the su bject o f an ext ensive invest igat io n mo nths ago . a f t e r
the sho rtage in Marsico 's agency was disco vered by the st at e
pat ro l detectives.
THEIR WRITTEN repo rt has no t yet been received by the
pro secu to r. The C hro nicl e-Tel egram l earned, t ho u gh it was
su bmit t ed "to C o l u mbu s" mo re t h a n f o u r weeks ago . patro l
so u rces said.
The patro l 's repo rt l ink s two l o cal men as co u riers, t rans-
f e rring mo ney f ro m Marsico to the ex-co nvict. The detectives
repo rtedl y expl o red the po ssibl e u se o f the mo ney f o r criminal
act ivit ies by the ex-co nvict
MA RSIC O'S st at ement , given l ast week to the pro secu to r's
st a f f , repo rtedl y cl aims t he f o rmer co nvict vict imized him
wit h a "f l im-f l am" type o peratio n pro mising l arge interest f o r
u se o f the mo ney.
Whil e the grand j u ry- was to hear Pincu ra to day, it was no t
expected to repo rt u nt il so metime to mo rro w.
I NC L UDED i n it s o pt i o n s wo u l d b e : ( 1 ' i n d i c t m e n t s o f
tho se it bel ieves gu il t y o f a crime regarding the missing tax
f u nds. ( 2 > a "no -bil l " ( i n d i c a t i n g it did no t f i n d po ssibl e crimi-
nal a c t i o n s o r ( 3 > remaining sil ent.
Sil ence wo u l d be simil ar to a grand j u ry o ptio n in the case
o f a man charged wit h a crime termed "passing." This is a
ref erence to the next sessio n o f the grand j u ry.
Tower gathers dust
Pilot killed while FAA stalls its u se
PTL. MICHAEL R. KILLEAN
DARYL MAXWELL
Bef ty Ford's candor is attacked, praised
By A NDY YOUNG
A po rtabl e co ntro l to wer wit h f u l l y o peratio nal el ectro nic
equ ipment has been standing u nu sed near the ru nway at L o rain
C o u nt v Regio nal A irpo rt f o r nearl v o ne year.
The A irpo rt A u t h o rit y pu rchased the to wer f o r $14.000 o n
A u g . 27. 1974. f r o mC u y a h o g a C o u n t y A i r po r t a n d h a d been
pl a nning to u se it to mak e l a nding co ndit io ns at the l o cal air-
po rt saf er.
B u t a dispu t e between t he Federal A v ia t io n A d min ist ra t io n
( FA A ' and l o cal o f f ic ia l s o ver t he necessity f o r a to wer has
k ept its el ectro nic equ ipment inact ive.
THE FA A HA S maint ained L o rain C o u nt y Regio nal A irpo rt
do es no t handl e eno u gh no n-l o cal ( o r "it inerant " > f l ig ht s to
secu re appro val f o r o peratio n o f the to wer.
Lo cal o f f ic ia l s say t o t al air t ra f f ic , incl u ding l o cal and it in-
erant f l ig ht s, dict at es o peratio n o f the to wer f o r saf ety's sake.
The dispu t e came to a head l ast week when, in a discu ssio n
a b o u t t he t o we r be t we e n a i rpo rt o f f i c i a l s a nd U.S. Rep.
C harl es Mo sher ( R-Oberl in > . A irpo rt A u t h o rit y president Ken-
net h So mmer asked. "Ho w many. . .wil l have to be kil l ed"
bef o re the to wer's o peratio n is appro ved.
That f o rewarning became real it y l ast Sat u rday when a stu -
dent pil o t was k il l ed and his inst ru ct o r and the pil o t o f a seco nd
pl a n e were se rio u sl y i n j u re d a f t e r t he t wo pl anes became
entangl ed and crashed du ring simu l taneo u s appro aches to the
airpo rt ru nway.
B ENJA MIN PERC Y, 55. o f 3346 Lo wel l A ve.. Lo rain. died
sho rt l y a f t e r the crash as the resu l t o f massive int ernal bl eed-
ing a nd mu l t i pl e i n j u ri e s , acco rding t o d e pu t y co ro ner Dr.
Richard B u chanan.
Percy' s i n st ru c t o r. C h a rl e s I ng e rso l l . 32. o f 871 El yria
A ve.. A mherst . was repo rted in f a ir co ndit io n u nder int ensive
care at El yria Memo rial Ho spital , t his mo rning. The pil o t o f
the seco nd pl ane. Patricia Gil bert . 16. o f 140 N. Pro spect St..
Oberl m. remained in f a ir co nditio n.
A T A M EETI NG o f t he A i rpo rt A u t h o r i t y t h i s mo rn i n g ,
airpo rt execu tive directo r Ro bert Dancik said he didn' t ant ici-
pate an "accident ru l ing" to resu l t f ro m the FA A ' s investiga-
t io n o f the tragedy bu t a ru l ing o f "pil o t erro r" wit h a "seco nd-
ary co nt ribu t ing f acto r."
He did no t e l a bo ra t e . A i rpo rt A u t h o r i t y members al so
agreed t his mo rning to co ntact Ohio 's U.S. Senato rs in an at-
tempt to secu re FA A appro val f o r o peratio n o f a to wer.
Jo hn Gl enn wo u l d be co ntacted f irst . Dancik said, becau se
has made perio dic f l ight s int o the airpo rt and is acqu aint ed
wit h Gil bert Singerman. vice-president o f Midwest A ir C hart-
er Inc. at the airpo rt.
The au t ho rit y al so appro ved a mo tio n to requ ire every air-
craf t based at the airpo rt to have an o perating radio f o r f l ight .
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Today's index
C o ntract bridge 9 Finance, sto cks 4
C -T datebo o k 7 No rt h Ridgcvil l e 6
Deaths, births 14 Spo rts 15-17
Ent ert ainment 9 Su m o f the PEOPLE 9
Tel evisio n 8
The do cto r says 9
Women 11-12
Yo u r birthday 7
B EHI ND A ND A BOVE the o pen do o r o f the aircraf t is
L o rain C o u nt y Regio nal A irpo rt's vacant po rtabl e co n-
tro l to wer. A irpo rt au t ho rit ies do no t have f u n d s avail a-
bl e t o co ver t he e st ima t e d $150,000 t o $200,000 co st o f
o perating ii' annu al l y.
B y Un i t e d Press In t e rn a t i o n a l
Betty Fo rd said l ast night she has received
su ppo rt f ro m bo th t he President and t h e ir
dau ghter o n her co ntro versial statement abo u t
any "hypo thetical " l o ve af f air invo l ving her
18-veapo l d dau ghter Su san.
'"My hu sband f o rgave me and my dau gh-
ter. Su san, f o rgave me - so I gu ess every-
t hing is al l right." she to l d a repo rter in Vail .
C o l o ., where the Fo rds are vacatio ning.
Mrs Fo rd's tel evised statement that she
wo u l dn't be su rprised if Su san had a l o ve af -
f air drew pl enty o f pu bl ic co mment and mu ch
o f it appeared f avo rabl e. Bu t o ne tel egram to
the White Ho u se in Washingto n pl eaded:
"FOR THE LOVE o f Jerry, be discreet."
"It is al l hypo thetical ." Su san was qu o ted
by a White Ho u se o f f icial , who added that the
yo u ng wo man is "pro u d" o f her mo ther's o u t-
Mrs. Fo rd's press secretary. Sheil a Rabb
Weidenf el d. said f ro m Vail . C bl o ./yesterday
J t he First L ady was no t ret ract ing her co m-
ments abo u t Su san, bu t that what she real l y
meant was "she wo u l d no t kick her dau ght er
o u t" if Su san said she was having an af f air.
Mrs. Weidenf el d said Su san is "pro u d" o f
her mo ther and that she wo u l d be abl e to "tal k
to her" abo u t any perso nal pro bl ems. Bu t Su -
san al so said, acco rding to Mrs. Weidenf el d.
"It is al l hypo thetical " and the qu estio n has
no t co me u p.
A MONG the f avo rabl e reactio ns:
"I wish every girl co u l d have a mo ther
they k new they co u l d be ho nest with." Su san
Bel l o f Denver said. "Su san Fo rd is very
l u cky."
"I think she spo ke l ike a mo ther and no t
l ike a First Lady." Rabbi Gerry Ro senberg o f
Beth Shal o m Synago gu e in No rthbro o k. III.,
said. "It's an appro priat e staf f ment f o r a
mo ther to make."
- "IT IS C ERTA I NL Y a rel ief to have a
First L ady who is co u rageo u s eno u gh to speak
o u t o n her o wn o pinio ns." Su san Jackso n, co -
directo r o f Dal l as' Wo men f o r C hange C enter,
said.
A MONG the u nf avo rabl e reactio ns in tel e-
grams to the Whit e Ho u se:
A rt hu r Ho watt, chairman o f the bo ard o f
the C hristian so cial co ncerns o f the rel igio u s
So ciety o f Friends, o r Q u a k e rs, said. "We
wish t o pro t est a g a in st any su ch st a t e me nt
and to depl o re views o f that k ind as being co n-
trary to the go o d standards o f A merican so cie-
t y in whic h c h a st it y o u t sid e o f ma rria g e is
appro ved."
"Object to yo u r stand o n abo rtio n. C an-
cel my vo te in 76."
"Ho w can yo u appro ve o f abo rtio n and
pro miscu ity in o ne breath and speak o f f a i t h
and Go d in the next?"
Weather
Rain
Part l y cl o u dy t o nig ht and
t o mo rro w wit h a chance o f
sho wers o r t h u n d e rih o we rs
l ate to night and to mo rro w.
Lo w t o n i g h t i n t h e l o w t o
m i d d l e 60s. Hi g h s t o m o rro w i n
t h e l o w e r 80s.
Th i rt y p e r ce n t c h a n c e o f
ra i n t o n i g h t t o t h e n e st , 2 0 pe r
ce n t t o t h e e a st . F i f t y pe r ce n t
chan ce t o m o rro w . Wi n d s v a ri a -
b l e S t o 1 0 m ph t o n i g h t .
S un rise tod ay: 6:33 a .m .
Su nset to day: 8:31 p.m.
L awyers to make
hookers happier?
M ONT R E A L < A P i A me ri c a n l a wye rs, h a v i n g heard
f ro m Su preme C o u rt ju stices and Secretary o f State Henry A .
Kissin g e r, c a n n o wg e t d o wn t o b u s i n e s s o n a pr o po s a l t ha t
wo u l d make ho o kers happy rewrit ing the st at u t e bo o ks so that
pro st it u t io n is no l o nger a crime.
A reso l u tio n cal l ing f o r decriminal izat io n o f pro st it u t io n in
the 49 states t hat have su ch l aws wil l be co nsidered to mo rro w
hy the A merican Bar A sso ciatio n's go verning Ho u se o f Del e-
gates.
Passage o f su ch a reso l u t io n wo u l d pu t t he pre st ig e and
l o bbying reso u rces o f the A BA behind at t empt s to change pro s-
t it u t io n l aws.
LA ST YEA R, the same go verning bo dy spu rned the pl eas o f
Margo t St. James, a ho o ker f ro m San Francisco and star at-
tractio n at the A B A 's annu al meeting even t ho u gh it was hel d
at the height o f Watergate.
This year, su ppo rters say chances f o r passage arc better.
The A BA 's C riminal Ju stice Sectio n dro pped its o ppo sitio n
du ring a meeting a f t e r the Sectio n o n I ndividu a l Right s, au t ho r
o f the pro po sal , accepted co mpro mise wo rding.
Instead o f ask ing f o r the "repeal o f al l l aws pro hibit ing
co mmercial sexu al co ndu ct." the pro po sal as amended asks
f o r the "repeal o f al l l aws which su bject to criminal sanctio n
co mmercial sexu al co ndu ct in private."
OHIO A PPELLA TE Ju dge Jack G. Day o f C l evel and, l ast
year's chairman o f the sectio n o ppo sing the pro po sal , said it
no w reads to mean "yo u can stil l have so me co ntro l wit h l i-
censing, so l icitatio n and o f f ensive o vert acts by pro stitu tes."
Day said his o bjectio n l ast year centered o n so l icit at io n
"In o ther wo rds, if the pro st it u t es t ak e it o f f the streets and
o u t o f pu bl ic view, there wo u l d be no l aw mak ing it a criminal
o f f ense." he said.
Pro stitu tio n is no w a crime in every state except Nevada,
where l o cal co u nties ro av o pt f o r l egal iro t io n
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