04 Apr 1962
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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1962
Page
1
In New Orleans, Wagner faces a test of faith and loyalty as Catholics debate whether following the pope supersedes civil and local orders on segregation. If the pope demanded no segregation, adherents would have to obey or risk excommunication in the public eye.
NASA announced seven Mercury astronauts declined a $24,000 home offer from the Houston Home Builders Association. The decision follows White House inquiries and congressional debate over the gesture. NASA cited policy concerns though no legal bar existed. The astronauts will move to Houston this summer for the space center.
Press reports Salinger announced the public ceremony will be held at 1 p.m. EST Monday at the Dew District of Columbia stadium where the traditional event will be performed.
City council may ink a proposal on parking revenue and a large west side property plan. The Lorain Future section hints at a forthcoming council meeting and potential decisions on land use.
In Chicago negotiators for U.S. railroads and five operating unions discuss work rules amid a new threat of a Pullman conductors strike. Talks resume at 10 a.m. EST with a session set for Tuesday afternoon. An ORC executive warned a walkout could affect up to 45,000 railroad workers if proposed changes are adopted.
Fifty midwives in Nottingham England threaten a paperwork strike citing heavy load and births to deliver. United Press International reports the group says filling out forms is unnecessary and distracts from patient care.
Former Maj. Gen. Edwin A. Walker accuses Defense Secretary McNamara of slandering him by manipulating an Army report on troop education programs. He testifies amid claims of conspiratorial collusion and calls himself a victim of a no-twin policy in the cold war. The session involves lawmakers reviewing military information programs and civilian control concerns.
In Norwich Connecticut a warehouse fire killed four firefighters Capt William Sheri 0 21 HEN Can easily be gaily of vpolating the Hoten Te Daring truck parked out dan 47. Carl Burke 34 Edward ignited through friction or beat. It was their last action as the blaze spread and a truck loaded with chemicals exploded. Five miles away people heard explosions. The bodies were recovered as investigators linked the incident to a procession of hazardous materials from Cadet Chemical Co and McKesson Robbins. Four firefighters and one officer perished in the blaze.
Terrorists fired mortar shells into the Belcourt quarter of Algiers injuring a large number of people. Moslem demonstrators surged into the streets in protest with no immediate casualty figures or perpetrators confirmed.
Cuban government prosecutor asked death or 20 years for each of 1,179 captured invaders after a four day trial. He described them as traitors and blamed U S imperialism and Kennedy, while a five man courtmartial awaits verdict in the April invasion attempt.
Sunny with increasing cloudiness and warmer conditions today. High near 50. Cloudy tonight with scattered showers late tonight or Thursday. Temperatures range from 24 to 39 on Tuesday with a cooler night to follow. Sunrise around 6 06 and sunset near 6 00.
U S District Judge J Skelly Wright barred the New Orleans School Board from using pupil placement to slow integration. He ordered desegregation to proceed in September and noted prior rulings desegregation steps at Tulane University and Catholic schools in the region. Wright plans to leave New Orleans for Washington to join the US Court of Appeals.
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