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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1963
Page
1
A Great Lakes voyage offers Labor Day weekend options for area residents aboard the SS South American. Reservations near a deadline, Harbour Springs, Michigan, offer a top notch idea to cap the summer.
A young Elyrian competes in a 975-foot Derby Downs race aiming for speed and glory. The week ahead promises a chance for teen Soga Box Derby honors, spotlighting local youth talent and community support.
Medina records a third apparent public funds embezzlement incident as Attorney General's office opens a complaints clearinghouse on referral sales. Lorain County National Guard units depart for summer field training. Walt Rock laments limited action in an all star game while Art Hudnutt shoots a 64 at Elyria Country Club. Thirteen records set and two tied in the Junior Olympics across pages 20 to 22.
Dr Stephen Ward, central figure in Britain’s sex and security scandal, died at St Stephen’s Hospital after a four day coma Following a sleeping pill overdose he had been kept alive by artificial means until his heart failed Just hours earlier a Criminal Court jury found him guilty of two charges of living off the earnings of prostitutes and freed him on three other vice counts The nation sought to learn if his former girlfriend Julie Giuliver would reveal names of high placers in the affair
Vivian Huffman 31 of Homestead St Seville was hit by a car driven by Judy Reed 17 of East Market St Seville at 20 am. The car dragged Huffman under the frame. coroner ruled accidental death with alcohol influence suspected but tests incomplete. Brayton county traffic toll rises.
The Chronicle Telegram announces daily pollen counts starting Monday to alert readers as hay fever season nears. Chemist Ernest G Bartha of Elyna explains counts reflect airborne grains per cubic yard, with 10 already noticeable and 200 affecting nearly everyone.
The article reports US Secretary of State Dean Rusk visiting Moscow amid hopes for easing Cold War hostilities. It notes Khrushchev’s push for de escalation after test ban talks and mentions Western allies seeking to mobilize support to end the conflict.
In Cleveland Mayor Tocher convenes a Sunday meeting of Black and white officials to resolve a racial labor clash over a city project. The United Freedom Movement and AFL-CIO unions plan a Monday picket if two Black plumbers are barred from work, demanding journeyman status for Black workers and an end to apprenticeship restrictions.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk traveled to Moscow with a bipartisan Senate delegation to seek a non aggression treaty as part of a broader push for East West détente. He said the pact could ease tensions, with Khrushchev and Gromyko anticipated to attend a formal signing in Moscow. | Note: Summary condensed from garbled OCR. entities include Dean Rusk, Nikita Khrushchev, Andrey Gromyko, Adlai Stevenson, Kennedy, Moscow, Berlin.
Fragmented forecast mentions scattered showers and thunderstorms with variable clouds. It notes warm humid conditions and a high around 83 with a low near 72. Mentions a treaty sign event and vague server that cannot be interpreted clearly.
A strong earthquake rattled the Kuopio area in northern Finland on Friday, shaking for about ten seconds and unsettling local residents. No injuries or major damage are reported, with authorities assessing aftershocks and safety conditions.
North Ridgeville truck driver Patrick Wable 34 faced charges after his vehicle allegedly failed to stop at a sign and struck a car on Route 41 at Portage Road, killing three occupants Mrs Jean Krupp 84 Bellevue Doris Irons 34 Bellevue and Rhonda Sears 33 Bellevue. The crash left several others injured and prompted hospital treatments and later releases. The truck brakes were later deemed functioning by state patrol investigators.
French West German and American communications companies agreed to finance a 4375 mile transatlantic line linking the United States and France. Officials said the project will be led during the coming year with a 10 percent stake by partners. The system will run from Tuckerton, New Jersey to Sete Vilaire de Rex, France.
Sam Willer and Louis Fodor depart New York for London at 12 08 am EDT aboard BOAC with plans to loop via Rome Tokyo Bombay Bangkok Hong Kong Anchorage and back to New York by August 4 on three airlines. Target elapsed time 47 hours 16 minutes, aiming to beat a 51 hour 45 minute 1960 record.
Panmunjom reports say UN Command accuses North Korea of open terror along the truce line. Four communists, three Americans, and one South Korean policeman were killed in recent incidents. Clifford Cloud warned the acts threaten peace and vowed relentless searches, while North Korea denied responsibility and offered bodies as a gesture.
A roundup near Route 224 and Route 61 left 50 hogs free after a tractor trailer carrying 199 hogs crashed into a barricade. Nell Dwyer of Horsham Pa and James Spears of Stratford Dr Wadsworth were involved. One pig died, others recaptured, and by noon about 110 had been corralled with 30 still unaccounted for.
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