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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1960
Page
1
The FBI charged Tulsa petroleum firm president Fred Y. Cronk Jr and Sarasota advertising executive James Knox Van Arsdale III with falsely reporting explosives on airliners. Each faces up to one year in prison and a $1000 fine, as Hoover calls the case part of a rash of fake bomb reports endangering air travel.
In Tulsa a man said passengers on an April 4 flight laughed about bombs and he joked I bet those guys did bring a bomb on card then forgot until arrest Thursday. In Sarasota Van Arsdale claimed he was clowning about a bomb on an April 6 flight. Cronk and Van Arsdale face accusations tied to threats aboard Continental and Eastern flights in Denver and Louisville respectively.
In federal court a Pittsburgh chest surgeon testifies smoking is the largest cancer cause in an suit against Liggett and Myers. Dr Richard H Overholt says inhaled tobacco smoke is the major factor, noting mice resist smoking in labs. The case involves Otto Pritchard, a 61 year old cabinet maker seeking 1 250 000. Kremer testifies epidermoid cancer patients had heavy smoking histories and notes some non smokers may still have the cancer.
Floodwaters trapped residents across Mississippi and Missouri basins, forcing hundreds from their homes and isolating island communities like Kaskaskia and Newton as crests surged. Authorities warned of no new dikes likely to fail. The flood danger appeared to ease as rivers began to recede.
Mostly cloudy with a few light showers and occasional snow flurries through today. Temperatures near normal with highs near 49 to 54 and overnight lows 23 to 50. Thursday's highs 43 to 50, with precipitation ending late Thursday. Westerly winds and humidity around 60 percent.
Unauthorised walkout disrupts operations at B L C Brown Lipe Chapin as rebels refuse to return following orders from union leaders. Coverage notes industrial growth topics and municipal concerns in Carlisle Vermilion Amherst and nearby communities.
The government outlawed two major native anti-government organizations after a pre-dawn roundup of about 1 suspected Communists, including several white men, marking a significant crackdown seen in a UPI report from Cape Town.
Rolland M. Minnich 31 of 123 Huron St. died after his car struck a truck on Route 113 at West Ridge Rd. He was returning from South Amherst and may have been going about 60 mph. Minnich, a member of the Northern Ohio Stock Car Racing Association, started racing nine years ago at Lorain County Speedway and also raced in Ashland and Sandusky. He is survived by wife Ruth, two sons, a daughter, his parents, and a brother. Burial is in Brookdale Cemetery.
State Superintendent E E Halt recommended blocking the transfer of 2050 acres to Lorain city schools amid land in Amherst Firelands Vermilion valued at 18 673 301. Final action is set for Monday by the state board of education after a March hearing.
Ohio State University trustees approve a new branch campus in Lima to open this fall quarter starting September 26. The program will offer classes to freshmen and sophomores from 4 to 10 30 p.m. daily at the Lima site.
Western powers floated the idea of a separate peace with Communist East Germany if East Germans vote freely in elections under international supervision. Washington and London, with Paris, would respond to Khrushchev at the next summit, while skeptics doubt East Germans would back such pacts without Soviet pressure.
Ohio plant expert Davis of Wooster confessed in Cleveland that his lawn appears rough while presenting at the Cleveland Farmers Club fundraiser. He offered tips from the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station on lawn care and distanced his own yard from the message.
Cleveland report says 60 deputy registrars in Cuyahoga County paid five cents per license plate sale to the state Democratic committee. State registrar Ayers denies a state levy while Walters admits handling funds as voluntary. Local officials say no one is being assessed and no funds reported to the local party.
The destroyer MerGowan ran aground at the tip of Jamestown Island near Narragansett Bay as fog limited visibility. Three tugboats were sent to assist freeing the vessel. no injuries were reported. Cmdr. E. on. Barton Jr. commanded the ship en route to routine training exercises.
The Cuyahoga County Democratic organization endorsed Belmont County Auditor W. T. McCort for the state auditor nomination in a political move aimed at challenging state Treasurer Joseph T. Ferguson.
State Rep. John W. Brown, who served 11 days as Ohio governor, urged Thursday night that lie detector tests be used to uncover officials accepting bribes to ignore violations.
In Geneva the Soviet Union urged all nuclear powers to sign a solemn declaration not to be first to use atomic or hydrogen weapons. The Russian delegate also presented a disarmament plan aimed at breaking the Geneva conference deadlock, but Western spokesmen called it not new.
A Chronicle Telegram Classifieds pitch claims high odds of success for selling or renting with CT Want ads. It notes a Rust Davenport chair sold for 25 dollars and provides contact FA 2.5790, urging progressive families to use the marketplace.
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