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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1961
Page
1
Joe Cowden asks today in What They're Saying about the Democratic candidate for mayor. Cowden then answers the question, offering his view of Charles Neeson with reference to page 13.
Fire damages a Valley City factory tied to gnat fibre glass production. The incident disrupts operations at the facility, with investigators examining cause and estimating potential losses. Local officials, insurance assessors, and plant managers coordinated ongoing response and safety checks.
A massive limb from a tree near Chesterland disrupted high voltage lines, triggering a statewide blackout that left about two million people in darkness from Ashtabula county to Sandusky. The fault isolated CEI plants at Eastlake and Ashtabula, overloaded other stations, and Ohio Edison interconnections were cut to protect the system. Lights flickered back as protective devices redirected power.
President Kennedy, Adlai Stevenson, and Harlan Cleveland planned a high level review of U S strategy for the United Nations and to press for continued resistance to seating Communist China. They were to discuss aims for the U N General Assembly amid debates over missile arms control and a New Global power balance.
In Algiers, leaders of the abortive April movement said to broadcast from a rival transmitter, calling Troops and civilians to back their cause. Radio France officials confirmed transmitters were cut off as demonstrations erupted in one district.
Western ministers opened talks on Germany with total secrecy as U S officials called a general review of the situation. Rusk urged allies to treat the Soviet Berlin threat seriously while a Western summit could precede any Moscow meeting and the Khrushchev notes threatened a separate peace with East German Communists.
Dubuque Iowa UPI reports Mary Madigan a 29 year old babysitter with a history of holding children was scheduled for arraignment on possible homicide charges in the deaths of three youngsters aged 4 months to 3 years. She admitted cradling and squeezing them to soothe cries, claiming unintentional harm as cause of death varied from disease to suffocation.
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev will address the nation by radio and TV on Monday night. The broadcast is viewed as a response to Kennedy's Berlin crisis speech, with analysts noting a potentially tougher tone and no clear signal on belt-tightening or new military measures. Observers say the notes from the Kremlin mark time until post-election talks and a party congress.
Partly cloudy with scattered showers today into tonight and little temperature change. High near 80 to 85 degrees, low around 62 to 66. Sunday remains partly cloudy and slightly cooler with a modest temperature shift noted Friday at 3 percent.
Washington report says Rep. Passman of Louisiana faced a year ago offer to withdraw foreign aid in exchange for his resignation as chairman of the House subcommittee on foreign aid. Passman denied quitting and said it would be a penalty for trying to do a good job. Disclosure came in closed-door testimony and related to administration contact through a close associate.
Berlin reports say Walter Ulbricht may lose power as East Germany faces massive West Berlin escapes this month. Khrushchev reportedly blames Ulbricht for regime weaknesses while Ulbricht pleads in Moscow to salvage Communist rule and keep West Berlin from widening the divide.
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