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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1959
Page
1
Elyria YWCA invites the public to inspect its newly redecorated living rooms in an open house tomorrow, launching National YWCA Week. A photo preview appears on page 6. The issue also features the nineteenth article in the series What We Must Know About Communism on page 16.
Public schools long debate grading methods with educators and laymen weighing pros and cons. References include Woodring an Education on page 28 and a feature called Week-End Dividend Pages on pages 28 and 29 offering reading material for families.
National Guardsmen stormed the Montana prison ending a 35 hour convicts rebellion. One ringleader killed the other then died by self harm. Warden Floyd E Powell led 200 guards with support from police and vigilantes.
An 11 year old Valley City resident and Baldwin Wallace College sophomore David Elno Stoskopf died after a two-vehicle collision on Rt 252 south of the Lorain Medina County line. Brunswick resident Perry Westover Jr. was seriously injured with multiple fractures and lacerations. State patrol reports the youth failed to stay right of center after cresting a hill before colliding with a northbound car driven by Westover. The time was about 2 50 p m yesterday.
UPI reports United Steelworkers President David McDonald told about 500 District 27 delegates in Canton that he would expose what he calls lush practices by steel industry executives if conditions worsen. He criticized executives earning 200 000 to 300 000 yearly while workers face inflation and said a walkout would be the industry’s responsibility if a strike occurs.
The Dalai Lama accused Peiping of lying and treachery in Tibets affairs after fleeing Lhasa and crossing into India. He spoke from Tezpur accusing Chinese Communists of breaking promises and interfering in Tibetan autonomy as he seeks a government in exile. Buddhists in Asia weighed in as India hosts the political refugee.
In Deer Lodge Montana a reporter recalls being told to report to a warden’s room as police restricted phone use during a riot. Guards opened fire on the prison while reporters stood by after a tip about National Guard activity.
A 79 year old Grafton man, FABER MANDEVILLE of Island Road, was killed by a knife and blow in his home last night by an escaped prison farm inmate, ALFORD SANDERS Jr. The wife Victoria, 72, was badly beaten and hospitalized in Ely Tia Memorial Hospital in poor condition. Sanders, held in Lorain County jail, gave a signed statement after questioning. Autopsy showed a heart stab wound, reportedly from a knife. Sanders faces first degree murder charges.
A 1958 Chronicle-Telegram note claims advertisers spent 3.12 billion dollars on newspaper ads, more than TV radio magazines and outdoor combined. It urges selling used appliances and items via classified ads and cites a Florida or Lovain reference number FA 33321 CE 32-6173.
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