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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1959
Page
12
Vice President Richard M. Nixon cast a tie breaking Senate vote on a labor bill of rights, a move his associates called a favorable break. The vote positioned Nixon as the GOP front runner and allowed him to defeat Senator John F. Kennedy in the key issue driven contest.
Federal agents report Miss Edna Arndt 42 embezzled about 107000 from a Cuyahoga Falls bank with over 80000 taken in the final days. Only 47000 accounted for. 60000 missing likely due to memory issues. She confessed after a nervous breakdown and received psychiatric care.
Local 830 plumbers union in Lorain County will hold the first contract talk with the Master Plumbers Contractor Association tonight. The current labor management contract expires May 1. Unemployment has hit area plumbers hard with shipyard layoffs. American Ship Building Co yard in Lorain and Toledo Shipyard show reduced crews from about 80 to roughly 20 and five, respectively.
The article notes Vice President Nixon’s vote for the McClellan amendment shaping labor policy, aligning with his party on the Senate tie. It outlines Republicans backing the amendment and Nixon’s stance drawing ire from labor leaders while hoping for broader support from rank and file workers. The Senate had previously approved the amendment 54 to 46 on a procedural motion clarifying the tally.
Labor leaders expect the Ways and Means Committee to back a draft bill that would extend unemployment coverage modestly and adjust federal funding, but stop short of a universal standard. The administration seeks 3.2 million more workers covered and a higher employer tax share to 0.4 percent.
GE president Robert Paxton said the company will remain productive and socially beneficial as it fights foreign competition. Labor protests by James B. Carey and Bloomfield plant workers’ delegation accompanied the first GE shareholders meeting held outside New York, enabled by a 1957 law.
The U S Air Force reprimanded Lt Col Charles Fl Platt Jr and relieved him of command for involvement in bumping seven enlisted men en route to emergency leave The Tachikawa Base incident on March 26 led to confusion and an attempted return flight five of the enlisted men were moved on by orders from Gen Robert Burns The Air Force said no action by Platt was proven but his role contributed to the mishap and he was transferred with half a month's pay kept and his post at the Air Terminal Squadron at Fuchikawa Base was relinquished
New York report says Arthur Dedfrey will enter a hospital this weekend for a chest tumor, with prior injuries from a Wednesday attack on his wife in Akron. Akron police consider filing charges as prosecutors plan to return bank robber Sprenz to Ohio for prosecution amid federal involvement.
A union member files a lawsuit seeking to compel action within the labor group. The suit targets internal procedures and insists on oversight by the member and union officials. Proceedings request a swift determination on governance questions and member rights.
Samy Levenson faces court Monday in Brownsville driven by a rail union dispute. Clyde Tider filed a mandamus action with the Court of Appeals in Cleveland to force President Kennedy and BRT directors to hold a convention as required by the union constitution. Titleholder Titler, a Monongahela Railroad employee, sought Kennedy hearings but was denied.
A $25 000 fatal injury suit brought by Tey Mehaffey administratrix of Ronnie Mehaffey against James McGarvey was settled. The incident occurred on Washington Avenue on August 16 1956 resulting in Ronnie Mehaffey's death.
The Chronicle Telegram is published daily except Sundays by The Lorain County Printing and Publishing Co at 225 Bart Avenue Elyria Ohio with second class mail privileges. This notice confirms standard publication details and postal authorization for the Lorain County newspaper.
Cleveland, UPI. Jack Whestey, 41, a truck driver, was arrested today on rape charges involving a Pepper Pike woman last September. The arrest followed a dispute with his wife Lida, 85, who arrived at Forest City Hospital with a back wound and claimed $800 was taken. She later admitted a knife fight with Whestey. Detectives gathered evidence after she described the assault and policeman noted a resemblance to an artist’s sketch of a Pepper Pike suspect.
Ohio officials announce a $68 000 payout to owners of 476 scrapie stricken sheep as the flock moves from Bucyrus to Detroit for government slaughter. The herd, valued at over $109 000, includes a national champion breeder. Owners will get about $150 per purebred and $25 per grade sheep after slaughter and claims. The outbreak was traced to Freedom Acres Farm in Crawford County.
Gov Michael V. DiSalle urged passage of a labor anti racketeering measure at a House Elections and Federal Relations Committee hearing in Columbus. He described the act as a public safety code aimed at corrupt union officials, not a union busting law, and referenced patterns from the AFL CIO code and New York.
Reported today by associates of the new secretary, Herter believes the Paris meeting next week of Western ministers will agree on most of the package proposal. Allied diplomats in London have yet to reach full accord, but officials expect differences to be narrowed and solved by Western foreign ministers in Paris beginning Wednesday.
London UPI reports 26 year old Johnny B. Cary of 1 Chestnut Street faces assault charges in Municipal Court tomorrow. The case references a 12 gauge shotgun, a spade, and a wedding ring as items involved. Cary is free on bond.
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