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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1961
Page
1
Grace H Talk explores Easter origins and symbols such as lilies lambs eggs and rabbits. The feature notes why these become part of the celebration and points readers to service schedules on pages 10 11 and 12. It also references a Fruehauf Trailer Co. model story on page 1 first section.
A Norwalk judge’s son and a Medina woman die in separate highway incidents as authorities report fatal mishaps on area roadways. 1961 license plates and licensing issues appear in related charges on page 16.
Belmont Massachusetts UPI Welch head of the John Birch Society says his organization faced an incredible fog of falsehood over protests nationwide. The 61 year old retired businessman denies calling former President Eisenhower a card carrying Communist and defends his private letter as misquoted.
Northeastern Ohio reports cloudy windy colder conditions with light snow and a high near 38. Snow flurries expected tonight with a low around 28. Sunday may be mostly cloudy and chilly with more flurries. Rain or snow ends as snow flurries. A weather advisory for Lake Erie remains in effect with northeast winds rising to 28 to 38 knots then shifting west tonight. Prompt political commentary mentions Welch's remarks about Eisenhower and a call in Massachusetts for inquiry into a conservative group with federal attention noted by the Justice Department.
In Havana police arrested 50 Roman Catholics at an Easter procession and jailed the cast of a passion play in Gaines after submachine gun bursts disrupted Good Friday events. The government banned permits for religious processions yet tens of thousands joined the Havana march. Authorities blamed anti-C Castro forces for the Gaines attack while locals suspected the government.
Weather forecasts for the Easter holiday predict cold and snow flurries with rain and clouds. Lorain County saw wet clinging snow overnight making highways hazardous. Tomorrow's high should reach 42 degrees under cloudy and windy skies, with a chilly 28 tonight and more flurries expected later today.
Gospel recounts Mary Magdalene and others discovering Jesus is not in the tomb and an angelic proclamation that he has risen. Jesus appears to Mary and later to two followers and the eleven, commissioning them to teach all nations and assuring presence to the end of the world.
In Tokyo a Peiping broadcast rejected Western cease-fire demands for Laos, urging an enlarged Geneva conference and removal of US forces and alliances. Moscow, via Izvestia, called for an international conference and resumption of the Laos commission. Khrushchev briefed U.S. Ambassador Thompson on Laos crisis.
A house fire in Buskirk Kentucky killed five children and injured their widowed mother Vivian Damron 38. Victims listed Jimmy Dale Damron 6 Gene Edward 5 Everett 3 and twins Terry Lee and Tanny Len four months old. Raymond 18 escaped through a window Brenda 12 was visiting relatives. Fire blamed on live coals from an open grate.
Mrs. Elsie Tupin, 34, of Columbia, was killed when her car collided with a farm tractor in Butler. Her husband Lynn Tupin and their five-year-old son Carter were injured. he has a hairline skull fracture while the father suffers a deep forehead cut and possible foot injuries.
UPI reports Secret Service and federal investigators pursue tips about a pro Castro plot to harm President Kennedy and his family during Easter weekend at the Palm Beach estate. Police alert four auto tags and monitor possible Cuban suspects while weighing risk of moving targets.
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