02 Apr 1955
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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1955
Page
1
Swinging into spring as warm weather arrives families shop for Easter outfits for milady and youngsters. The Women's Feature Paper on Pg 11 previews preparations while churches move toward Palm Sunday with services listed on Church Pages in Pgs 5 6 7.
Spring means digging into gardens yards and fields to prepare for the growing season. The Home Building and Improvement Pages offer sprucing ideas with pages 2 and 21. The Traveling Days segment on the Chronicle Telegram auto page Riding With Russell guides car care on page 18.
The Buckeye Conference launches a new scholastic organization with its inaugural Speech Day at Elyria High School. Page 2 reports the event and its aims within the regional education scene.
Diplomatic reports say Communist China will not strike Formosa nor Quemoy and Matsu without Kremlin clearance. British observers note Moscow seeks to avoid Far Eastern war, with new alignments binding Peiping and Russia to mutual approval before major moves. A Chinese representative reportedly endorsed Russia’s plan for an Eastern NATO under joint command.
In Wintersville Ohio a 10 month old baby Joseph White Jr died in a house fire allegedly set by his mother Jessie White 42 who left for a neighbor's home after setting the blaze Fire crew found the infant's body in the ruins White said she was upset over her ill father and claimed she threw a lighted match into the home White's husband Joseph White Sr said he returned to find the house burned and searched for his wife and child as other children aged eight to eleven were at school
Edward A. Hayes, former national commander of the American Legion, died of a heart attack in Chicago on Friday at age 63. Hayes served as national commander in 1933.
Partly cloudy and mild today through Sunday with highs near 64 to 68 and overnight lows around 38 to 42. Friday temperature range 40 to 68, compared with 22 to 40 a year ago for Friday.
Willie Harper and his Cavalers perform at Stoney's Rainbow Lanes and Lounge tonight. Advertisement notes venue, act name, and location without extra details.
A nine year old girl Patty McAtee drowned during a children s wading party in Black River near LaGrange Road. Her twin Peggy and younger brother Everett witnessed the accident as Patty slipped in mud and vanished into a deep hole. Her body was recovered downstream by Carlisle Township Fire Department personnel. Funeral arrangements are pending.
Gov. Salvador Luch told President Magsaysay 340 dead in Lanao Lake area as Tugaya district bears many losses. Red Cross notes 300 injured and missing counts vary while officials report up to five million dollars in damage and thousands of homes destroyed. Fissures swallow villages and prompt mass relocations to government tent cities.
Brazil and Colombia sought an international accord among coffee producers to stabilize world prices. Officials Gudin Mejia and Diedrichsen announced a general approach to curb abnormal price fluctuations and curb speculation, with signatories from Petropolis Conference endorsing the talks.
Marion officers and state patrol believe a armed fugitive assaulted 14 year old Jerry Shelton on a Caledonia farm. The assailant tied the boy to a barn post and beat him, then fled after a struggle that left the youth unconscious. Police hunt extends across Indiana and Kentucky for a 35 to 40 year old man with beard and railroad cap.
Lorain County personal property values are projected to rise from $130,000,000 to $132,000,000 as the auditor’s tax department, led by C. A. Phinney, processes a backlog of mail after the personal tax deadline. About 450 taxpayers have time extensions. penalties apply for late or nonvoluntary filings.
The government announced the arrest of former President Carlos Arroyo Del Rio accusing him of inciting unrest and spreading rumors that the regime would fall within three months. The communique pledged to defend public peace as needed. Arroyo Del Rio led Ecuador from 1910 to 1942 and was later overthrown by a revolution.
Amherst leaders prepare to review four charges against Capt. Paul Pikey, former Amherst police chief, including failure to report a cruiser accident and incomplete activity reports. He has been off duty. council committee may suspend or discharge him.
Unidentified troops attacked the headquarters of General Nguyen Thanh Phuong in South Vietnam at about 3 a.m. Reports indicate Phuong, who has led 25,000 Buddhist Cao Dai fighters, may back Premier Ngo Dinh Diem. Sentinels returned fire from Phuong's headquarters near a village.
Four of five inmates from the Girls Industrial School at Delaware escaped during a psychologist visit and were recaptured after hiding at a friend’s home in Columbus. One girl allegedly phoned a boyfriend to flee to Chicago, but the mother overheard and alerted police.
Olivia de Havilland marries Pierre Galante in Yvoy le Marron France in a ceremony described as the village's biggest event since the Hundred Years War with local officials and fans witnessing the union.
A 47 year old mechanic, Thurman, died when explosions and fire destroyed a garage in Hanford Village near Columbus on Friday afternoon. Three Marion Township firefighters were injured while preventing spread to adjacent homes. Thurman was trapped by the blast as flames ravaged the structure.
Russian troops seized four Hungarians in Eisenstadt after they crawled through a minefield to flee Hungary. The family, including a grandfather, his son and daughter in law, and an eight year old girl, were wounded and heavily bandaged as doctors warned moving them could cost lives. A man was reported killed in the attempted escape and his wife listed as missing.
A University of California criminologist reviewed Marilyn Sheppard's death evidence and said the left handed killer hacked her to death during a bid for life. Defense lawyers filed a 365 page brief to the Cleveland appeals court arguing 37 trial errors and urging a new trial for Dr Samuel H Sheppard.
Two detectives and reporters spent much of the time on the skating rink floor waiting for the order to arrest a burglary suspect. The suspect was held without bail on charges of taking $800 in jewelry from a north Philadelphia home last week.
Governor Edmund S. Muskie signed a law requiring bear trappers to post warning signs in both English and French. The notices aim to alert unwary Canadian woodsmen, not the bears, in Augusta Maine.
Democrats in Congress sharpen criticism of the President's stance on defense of Quemoy and Matsu. Sen W Kerr Scott denounces what he calls planned confusion and the risk of war while Sen Wayne Morse pushes a UN supervised evacuation plan with co sponsors Long Humphrey and Lehman. Knowland warns abandoning the islands would boost communist morale and allow Asia to fall behind the Iron Curtain.
A Chronicle-Telegram Classified ad-writer is urged to share worries to improve health as the text promotes the Wand Ad service dialing 4751 for help. The note emphasizes concealing fears harms well being and suggests seeking quick cures.
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