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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1960
Page
16
Lorain police report John Toth and Rafael Rodriguez both 39 charged with failure to cancel tax receipts after purchases at Vine Avenue stores. They are to appear in Municipal court today.
Los Angeles UPI Walter Alston will receive the world championship pennant from Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick at a pre game ceremony in Memorial Coliseum. He will also receive the National League flag from Warren Giles. Both pennants will be unfurled at the Coliseum peristyle before the Dodgers face the St. Louis Cardinals.
Miami doctors report a mass test using Cox oral polio vaccine showing 94 percent overall immunity from three polio types after initial blood samples from 78 participants. Co directors Dr. M Eugene Flipse and Dr. George Erickson of Dade County Health Department and University of Miami labs lead the two week effort to immunize up to 500 000 county residents under 40 with a free cherry flavored liquid.
Peter A. Dolan, 64, a public relations executive and former news editor of the New York Sun, died Thursday after a long illness in New York. Dolan was a prominent figure in midcentury journalism and PR circles.
A 20-something roomer at the YMCA on East 28th Street and Pearl Avenue threatened to jump from a second floor window yesterday. He was kept under observation after changing his mind and was hospitalized after spending a night in jail. He faced surgery at St. Joseph Hospital, with police noting despondency over ill health.
Lorain Board of Education weighs contesting a state board ruling denying the city transfer of 2 050 acres from Brownhelm Township into Lorain schools. The land would stay in Amherst Firelands Vermilion districts with tax gains mainly for Vermilion. The board seeks a clarification of policy and may appeal through legal counsel Bedeski and Drury of the Ohio Educational Association.
Lorain Police Chief Frank Pawlak criticizes the Ohio Department of Liquor Control for not aiding local officers in raiding alleged gambling spots. He cites Fatty's Sport Club at 2177 East 28th St as listed in a bulletin as a gambling site in March. The club, tied to Walter Brodke, has seen prior raids by city vice squad in 1938 and reportedly by Treasury agents.
Lorain Municipal Court records show John Rosier 25 of 184 Hamilton Ave faced $40 in fines for failure to control a car. Martin Tell 18 of 5099 Clifford Dr. Sheffield Lake fined $20 for the same. Wilmer Stinson 3 of 2075 Orchard St. fined $20 for failure to control. John Martin 34 of 453 Colorado Ave. fined $40 for failure to control a Emery Veach 22 of 1623 Colorado Ave. fined $10 for traffic signal violation and $10 for no driver's license.
Argentine heavyweight Alex Miteff moved into contention with a sixth round technical knockout of Philadelphia's Don Warner in Atlantic City. Miteff, 202½ pounds, dominated with body shots and rights, extending his winning streak to three this year despite a cut above the left brow. Warner, 192 pounds, was unbeaten in eight, but could not withstand Miteff's pressure as the stoppage came in the sixth round under New Jersey Athletic Commission rules.
A three alarm blaze tore through Covenant First Presbyterian Church in downtown Cincinnati causing about 250000 dollars in damage and injuring or overcoming 11 firefighters.
City Council will decide on Meister and Maine avenues improvements at the next session. An improvement program including paving curbing drainage and grading is set for passage. Meister Ave runs from Oberlin Ave to K Ave Marie Ave lies south of West 30th St Assessments for Marie Ave landowners capped at 16.80 per frontage foot. Meister Rd assessment not yet fixed.
Baseball action features Barberian at Elyria in a two game set. Oberlin College freshmen face Oberlin High in a local matchup.
Mount Union exploded for five runs in the sixth inning to beat Kenyon with a 274 Ohio Conference baseball victory Friday in Gambier.
At least 35 high schools from four states have registered for the Bellaire Relays on April 30, highlighting a regional track meet expected to draw strong sprint and field events competition.
Burglars struck three Lorain businesses between Thursday night and Friday morning. The MM Grocery Store at 2829 Vine Ave lost $300 cash and $400 in checks. a money bag worth $40 was left behind. The B and M Grill at 332 West 14th St suffered cash change and merchandise losses, with a safe untouched. A service station at 707 West Erie Ave lost cash from vending machines and a cash register. Police found fingerprints at the grill and noted a broken window entrance at the grocery and ransacked building at Nichols Avenue.
Springfield Indians aim to extend their home ice advantage against the Rochester Americans in game two of the American Hockey League final. The Indians have been unbeaten at home against Rochester this season and won game one 3 2, continuing a pattern of tight playoff wins. The series moves to Rochester for games three and four on Sunday night and next Tuesday.
London actress Lil Lah McCarthy died Friday night at age eight after starring in the opening of several George Bernard Shaw plays.
The National Health Foundation will hold its annual dinner meeting on April 27 at Clearview High School in Broadway. Irving Duffy of United Community Funds and Councils of America will be principal speaker on Facing Federation's Challenges. Dinner begins at 6 34 pm.
Rasmus H. Rasmussen 73 former captain on the ESSO Standard Off Co tankers died Friday in New York City.
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