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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1960
Page
1
The CT introduces a daily start for Roger E. Spears "Successful Investing" column with quick market Q and A from Spear, a longtime investment counsellor. The feature expands from Saturdays to daily prompts. readers gain guidance from this veteran analyst.
Joe Cowden criticizes Frank Lane and his bartering of ball players in What They're Saying today. The column appears on page 13 and ties into the Week-End Dividend Pages featuring other columns on pages 12 and 13 for family reading.
Wellington Chamber of Commerce selects Charles Crile as outstanding conservation farmer in a local honors note. The item appears in the community brief section, page 18.
Lorain County pursues dads who neglect their children through the new Child Support Department. Judge Henry P. Webber leads the effort with chief investigator Pete Dobrosky and staff. official cases total 304 families and 644 children, with $50,665.56 paid so far. Unofficial cases number 496 with 1,074 children, and more payments are collected via contempt, workhouse, or court action.
Washington reports that President Charles de Gaulle, in private talks with Eisenhower, will outline his grand strategy for cold war challenges at a National Press Club news conference. He has met Khrushchev and Macmillan in recent days and may discuss German reunification Berlin future and arms limits. The visit features a White House flower ceremony and state reception as the two leaders anticipate talks on nuclear weapons program.
In Modesto and Pasadena reports, police pursuit and gunfire linked to alleged rapist Albert Carter 23 and Elizabeth Gorman 27 as a Stockton pursuit ends with an officer killed and Carter wounded. Martha Taft 20 questioned after hammer slaying of William Taft 38 as police await consciousness before questioning.
Six Santa Rosa Junior College students staged a mock bank holdup at Bank of America. They carried a plastic submachine gun and pistols while a girl passed a demand note. Police arrived after alarms and all six were jailed on 5000 bail and face federal charges.
Ben R. Westhafer of Cincinnati pleaded guilty in U S district court to embezzling 87.66 percent from the Ev endale Branch of the Central Trust Co where he served as an assistant cashier. Judge John Driffel delayed sentence pending a probation report. Westhafer's attorneys said he had paid the money back.
Close associates of President Syngman Rhee said he agreed to a government reorganization creating a parliamentary system with a premier. Rhee would remain president, but the plan could lessen his power amid swift political upheaval following riots that left at least 124 Koreans dead this week.
President Eisenhower blocks a national rail strike for at least 60 days and appoints a three man emergency board led by John T. Dunlop to study the dispute involving 11 unions and major carriers. The board must report within 30 days while unions are barred from striking for at least another 30 days.
The NLRB ordered Midwest Industries to cease anti union activities and to reinstate Arnold Ambury with full seniority and back pay after firing him for union involvement. Teamsters Local 2B claimed victory in the dispute at Willard.
Ohio agriculture and natural resources officials warn farmers about red winged blackbirds that damaged about 15 percent of the corn crop in 23 counties. An Ottawa County survey found around 110000 dollars in losses across 535 farms while farmers spent thousands on fright devices and hours patrolling fields. Officials urge constant surveillance, tree removal, and buffer plantings until biological controls are found.
West Berlin ordered its police to repel any Communist attempts to arrest East German refugees at elevated Western stations. Joachim Lipschitz said police will oppose with vigor any check of passengers by Communist police. Western authorities report a record refugee flow and armed patrols across the city border. West Berlin police arrested three Communist police at a US sector station on Friday.
A Chronicle-Telegram notice reports a predicted 100 percent jump in boating by 1970 with at least 75 million Americans boating and 15 million motor boats afloat, plus water skiers reaching 10 million. Also includes classified rental ad details for vacant property in Elyria Lorain.
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