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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1960
Page
1
An eyewitness recounts a chaotic Seoul day as student demonstrations escalated into deadly clashes with police near the presidential mansion. Gunfire, tear gas, and vehicles set alight drove panic through crowds, with casualties mounting as army involvement ended the riot.
Opposing camps form as union members line up in bid for biennial Steelworker office. Elyria council approves annexation steps in Ridgeville area. Other briefs note air pollution control funds approved, welfare expenditures rise, and a 1959 transactions report.
An early morning blast damaged the Nashville home of Z Alexander Looby a prominent Negro attorney and city councilman. Police say a bomb was tossed at or under his house injuring no one but shattering windows. Nearby Savannah saw clashes between Negro and white youths in Forsyth Park leaving four hurt two jailed.
Heavy armed police and troops raided African townships near Port Elizabeth and New Brighton in a bid to crush a stay at home strike. More than 160 people were rounded up as armored vehicles occupied main roads to deter workers returning to jobs. No widespread protest reports followed and shops and cafes reopened, suggesting a normalization of daily life despite the crackdown.
Massachusetts officials pressed Pennsylvania to pardon Joseph J. O Keefe alias Specs, whose testimony helped convict eight men in the $1.219 million Brink's heist. Attorneys argued a Pennsylvania sentence could invite retaliation and death. O Keefe has served a decade in MA, with the original case never tried.
Washington notes that the IRS extended the filing window after Good Friday and says tardy filers may face small penalties or interest. About one third of 60 million returns were mailed in within the final two weeks, with officials stressing ongoing processing and spot checks for accuracy.
A federal grand jury indicted two corporations and 20 individuals in a multi state stock swindle scandal that stretched across 40 states. The UPI report notes the scheme involved multi million dollar fraud and widespread investor deception.
Anti-government mobs swarm Seoul as President Rhee faces a siege on the palace. Martial law declared in Seoul and five other cities after clashes injure hundreds, with 81 confirmed dead and 300 seriously wounded by 9:30 p.m. US authorities report rioting near American bases but no direct anti American attack yet.
Lt Gen Song orders 15th Division into Seoul as student rioters wreck and burn in the capital. Heavy gunfire erupts near the Interior Ministry while armored cars fire and a fire engine is set ablaze. Curfew tightens to 7 pm with U S servicemen confined to bases and U S civilians protected with uncertain measures.
Cor Napier, 42, died when his car rammed a guard rail after careening 145 feet from a Cleveland freeway bridge. Police report the vehicle crossed a central divider, struck Robert Bernacki’s car in the eastbound lane, and fell from the structure.
Paul Dobbins 10 of 1220 Pierce St. drowned in six feet of water near Lake Erie breaking from a breakwater pier. His body found about six p.m. by a fireman. Companion William Shaw 11, a nonswimmer, jumped in but could not help. Leonard Longer 13, fishing on the outer wall, heard the commotion and dived to help but failed.
An 18 year old girl Virginia Marie Napper faces a preliminary hearing on first degree murder for killing her father Sylvester Napper as he slept Easter Sunday. The younger sister Edna Mae 15 watched and both girls reportedly guarded by their mother who says years of abuse led to the shooting.
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