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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1960
Page
1
Voters will face a crowded ballot in the upcoming primary with presidential delegates, party candidates for county offices and congress, plus several state posts. Local issues are noted in Elyria and nearby communities as pages 12 through 16 promise detailed coverage.
Before the smoke clears from the primary a slambang mock convention is set for Oberlin College on May 6 and 7. Politically minded youths may provide tips for the next President. See Page 17 for pictures, platforms, and potpourri.
Investigations continue into the Lodi St blaze with appraisers at work near Gulf Rd. A second fire at an abandoned lumber yard prompts plans for possible improvements this year. Crane students from distant lands gather at Thew School to study equipment.
President Charles de Gaulle landed in Cayenne French Guiana after an overnight flight from the United States. He and wife Yvonne rode in to the capital at 9 am edt amid cheers and social events. He praised talks with President Eisenhower as very useful for world peace and described himself full of confidence for peace.
Cloudy with showers and possible thunderstorms today and tonight. Mild today and cooler tonight with a high near 70 and a low around 50. Sunday will be cloudy, windy, and colder with showers ending. temperature range 33 to 67. Precipitation in past 24 hours ending 8 p.m. Friday was none. Humidity varied from 67 percent at 8 a.m. to 37 percent at 2 p.m. and 48 percent at 8 p.m.
Greenwich Douglas Eugene Blair aged 21 of 19 Tilton Street died from head and chest injuries after a one car crash at 3 15 this morning. He was alone in a 1951 car headed south on Townsend Street when it veered, struck a railroad pole and abutment, and speed was blamed. Blair worked as a laborer at Akron Standard Mold Co and had been discharged from the Navy on February 8 this year.
United Press International reports spring storms wrecking Colorado fruit crops with 75 to 80 percent loss and triggering potential federal disaster relief. In Louisiana, a line of tornadoes damaged homes and an air base, injuring at least one person and destroying eight planes at New Iberia Naval Air Station in a nighttime outbreak.
Washington investigators told Congress that ABC fired a disc jockeys who played records for payola while not firing Clark saying he was too valuable. Clark admitted accepting gifts and a $7,000 royalty but denied payola under his terms. He faced four hours of questioning and will return Monday for more testimony.
In Middletown Ohio Debbie Schriber aged 4 died after being trapped in a metal shed filled with blazing straw. Her sister Tera 5 and a companion Peter Lang 6 were reportedly playing with matches when the straw ignited. The two older children escaped.
A crowd of about 5,000 students in Istanbul faced bayonet lines of troops while chanting anti-government slogans and draping flags over soldiers. They moved from Istanbul University to the Fatih Mosque, then to Vatan Avenue and Gareba Hospital, dispersing peacefully as troops arrived. In Seoul, tears marked Rhee’s farewell to Lee Ki Poong and other victims of Thursday’s mass tragedy.
Two Ohio airmen from Dover Air Force Base were hurt when their car hit a utility pole at the Iriwin Interchange on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Paul Albert Salata of Lorain and Paul S. Inkrott of Ottawa were taken to Mansour Hospital. Inkrott in serious condition with shock and injuries. Salata sustained chest injuries and possible shoulder fracture with leg cuts.
Esther Wibert 44 and her husband were struck by a B and O freight train on County Road 83. Esther died, husband injured, both taken to St Joseph's Hospital in Warren in fair condition.
The condemned Caryl Chessman faced what may be his last two days as the California Supreme Court again rejected his bid for clemency by a 4-3 vote. Gov. Brown said he was powerless to intervene, while Chessman’s lawyers prepared new legal avenues in the same court.
Coast Guardsmen searched Lake Michigan for six missing aboard a B 25 that crashed off Milwaukee harbor in fog. Debris surfaced hours after impact and officials said the plane likely broke up. Notables aboard include Air Commodore John G. Stephenson and Wing Commander George W. Kusiar. Four crew members from the RCAF 412th Transport Squadron identified as Dyck, Howard, Bisson, and Porteous.
Washington reports Soviet vessel Vega photographed within a mile of Polaris test from the George Washington submarine. Navy says tests continued in international waters about 60 miles south of Long Island and that future tests will move to more inaccessible locations to prevent spying.
Marjorie Curry of Washington DC filed a $9,000 damage suit against a beachwear shop after her white bath suit became transparent when wet exposing her body to numerous bathers and loungers at Miami Beach.
Over 3600000000 want ads published in U S last year. 206 million classified ads in 1959 marked a peak, with 1960 expected to grow. To cash in on 1960 classified business call Elyria or Lorain numbers to sell unused items. Tappan gas range offered at $50 in Market Place ad.
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