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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1960
Page
12
In Fort Worth Texas UPD reports a shotgun blast ends a five year romance begun in a Dallas orphanage. Alton Adcock 24 shoots his wife Thelma 22 after she asks for forgiveness. He claims jealousy over another man and regrets not killing himself too for their son.
Traveling furniture salesman Adcock admitted shooting his wife after learning of her affair and planned divorce. A grand jury indicted him for murder and a judge ordered no bond. The couple's three year old son Kyle is in court care. Thelma and Richard grew up in Dallas Buckner Orphanage and married in 1956. Adcock described as quiet and well liked by neighbors and police. He said he returned from West Texas trip two days earlier and reacted to lack of a kiss and her affair with another man.
About 200 students from 10 southern states planned a new organization to remove the stigma of black and urged a selective buying boycott. Martin Luther King Jr. opened a three day Shaw University meeting urging non violent tactics and dignity at lunch counters amid Raleigh protests and prior picketing by whites in Savannah.
Congress shifted focus from civil rights to aging care and other major issues. House and Senate grid the final vote on a voting rights bill after Rayburn secured agreement on next week action while administration opposes compulsory programs. Johnson predicts broader reforms, including minimum wage, Social Security liberalization, housing, and a new farm bill if cooperation continues.
Actress Millie Perkins and former child star Dean Stockwell wed Friday at Gretna Green Chapel in Las Vegas Nevada. Rev Allen Robinson of the Church of Christ officiated as chapel staff served as attendants. They will skip a honeymoon due to prior movie commitments.
Dwight A. Bessmer resigns as president of the Timken Roller Bearing Co. after serving since September. He had recently returned from Baltimore where treated for a circulatory ailment, succeeding William E. Umland as president.
Two assailants, one armed with a .45 revolver, robbed a Kroger store in Ravenna after closing and kidnapped manager Charles Fletcher of Akron and head cashier Betty Burgress of Kent. They collected about $6,000 in cash and checks, then released the victims unharmed two hours later in Bedford, Cuyahoga County. The suspects fled.
A bearded burglar intruded into Bunny Martin and Diane Michaels apartment. He demanded money and jewels but the two staged a ruse offering a highball and scotch. Diane foiled him by seizing a shoe horn telephone and calling police. Gilbert Springer, 12 prior convictions, was arrested.
In New York Truman told newsmen that Republican papers want Stevenson or Kennedy to be the nominee but the Democrats will back a winner. He implied both Stevenson and Kennedy could not win next November, a remark aimed at party factions and presidential backers. Kennedy was holidaying in Jamaica with no comment. Stevenson offered a brief nod to Truman’s judgment.
Prosecutor Patrick Garean stated he believes Betty Downey 43 of Bay Village is legally responsible for the shooting death of her husband early Wednesday.
The Chronicle Telegram issue from April 16 1960 lists publication details daily except Sundays and legal holidays. It includes mailing and carrier rates and notes Elyria Ohio as the publication location with Lorain county and surrounding areas pricing.
Cape Town authorities prepare to enforce separate park benches for whites and non whites as apartheid rules likely spread to beaches. The move comes amid mounting racial tensions linked to rioting, 8 deaths, and 427 injuries, following an assassination attempt on Prime Minister Verwoerd.
Richard Iverson, four hours missing after wandering into the Wisconsin woods Thursday night, told rescuers he had been hunting bucks. The boy’s parents, Mr and Mrs E L Iverson of Warren, Wisconsin, located him unharmed.
In CHIETT Italy Dr Pietro Zulli reports three Chiavelli sisters are transitioning to male as a family medical case. Anna and Lucia aged 8 and 14 have undergone gender reassignment surgery to become brothers with Antonietta awaiting evaluation for future procedures.
Japanese Finance Minister Eisaku Sato expects negotiations with the United States on postwar debt repayment after Parliament approved a new security treaty. The report also notes various international items and upcoming American and European political events.
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