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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1960
Page
1
Where To Turn notes the Old Huntington House will soon be demolished. The item invites readers to Page 8 for the mansion’s history and photographs, and promotes this week’s Pathways of the Pioneers feature on Page 18 for more history.
A new series about wives of area outdoors men begins today on the Women's Pages. The first feature profiles Mrs. Parker Miller of Amherst, a home-loving woman who opposed hunting before marriage. Pg 15.
An Erie County farmer claimed the district plowing title at today's event on page two of the second section. The contest highlighted skill in fieldwork, with local competitors demonstrating precision and efficiency in furrow formation.
Reports quote directives from the Kuangsi branch of the Chinese Communist Party admitting insufficient grain production to meet needs. Communes allegedly withhold grain for secret distribution while pig production stalls for lack of fodder. Official notices describe scaling back daily distributions and storing crops to stretch supplies as floods and famine loom.
Partly cloudy and warmer today with highs near 78 to 83 and a low around 60 tonight. Scattered thunder showers possible Sunday as it stays warm and humid, with Friday temperatures in the 65 to 76 range. Precipitation for 24 hours ended none, humidity around 34 percent at 8 a.m., rising to 74 percent by 2 p.m. Moonrise at 8:19 p.m. and moonset at 6:00 a.m. Sunday. Lake Erie winds from 5 to 10 knots this morning shift to east-southeast 16 to 15 knots this afternoon and tonight with partly cloudy skies and thundershowers likely.
Alphonse Woodall, lauded for rescuing a drowning duck hunter last year, is now unemployed and seeking housing in Cleveland after his rescue fame did not secure work or steady shelter.
Katanga seals borders as Elisabethville airfield suspends traffic and trucks block runway. A Belgian official plane led by Robert Rothschild was allowed to depart for New York to brief the Belgian delegation at the Security Council debate on Batanga. Unconfirmed reports say Katanga plans to suspend foreign currency dealings and may introduce a new local currency. Leaflets dropped over native quarters warned of postponement of military action while Belgium reportedly moves reinforcements to Elisabethville.
Washington report says two missing physicists from the National Security Agency are feared to have defected to the Iron Curtain. Berion F. Mitchell, 31, of Eureka California, and William E. Brain, 29, of Ellensburg Washington, vanished June 24 while planning a West Coast visit. They had prior Navy service and no access to classified weapons or defense plans. Authorities traced them from Mexico City to Cuba and say the investigation continues with no disclosure of further details.
Raul Castro pledges support as Fidel’s younger brother reports on a trip to the Soviet Union and the United Arab Republic. He says Cuba accepts Soviet rocket aid despite OAS objections and discloses a date for Khrushchev’s visit. He accuses U S embassy attaches of spying and shows Nazi trophies seized from them.
In Edinburg Texas UPI reports Rev John B Feit a 27 year old Roman Catholic priest is expected to surrender to face assault charges involving a Pan American College student Maria Guerra while he is also linked to the ongoing high profile case of Irene Garza the beauty queen abducted and killed near McAllen. Lathmore fled town but a warrant was not issued yet as talks with the South Texas diocese continue.
Ashland reports two Hazleton teens await federal grand jury action on kidnapping 17 year old Kenneth B. Brose from Lynchturn Ohio. Siammy Toson 19 arrested Thursday night by state and local authorities. Jamey Brewer 19 captured near West Liberty Friday. Brewer armed with a shotgun and a 2 caliber pistol.
Congo Premier Patrice Lumumba plans to interrupt his Africa tour to join a United Nations Security Council debate on sending U N troops to Katanga. Dag Hammarskjold flew to New York for the session while Moscow urged Belgian troops’ withdrawal and readiness to deploy allied forces if needed. Katanga restricted airfields and deployed oil drums along runways to deter entry by any UN force.
President Eisenhower will return to Washington from Newport to deliver a broad congressional message at noon Monday outlining proposed domestic and foreign policy actions. White House Press Secretary Hagerty said details were not released and a potential nationwide address could follow next week. The president is in good spirits after vacation and will stay in Washington as long as Congress convenes.
Cardinal Francis Spellman denounced communism as the world’s most dangerous threat during a Munich Cathedral sermon to about 15,000 attendees at the International Eucharistic Congress. He warned of crises in Cuba, Latin America, East Germany, and global waters, saying vigilance and faith can doom Soviet power to defeat.
Cincinnati report states Robert L. Dukes 29 surrendered on a warrant charging him with selling a revolver to Huston Nelson 18, the man sentenced to life after a February 1959 Cincinnati drug store robbery killing. Nelson admitted the murder as his lawyers argued Dukes was not prosecuted for supplying the gun. Dukes faces police court Monday.
MOSCOW HTNS reports the Young Communist League denounces idle, foreign-influenced youths amid a Peter the Great era reference. P Pavlov urges enforcement of Lenin’s “he who does not work, does not eat” with comradely courts for noncompliant youths. Adjusted for neutral tone, the piece cites threats of policing past customs and social reform.
Mrs. Nancy J. Cunningham of McConnellville reaches her 102nd birthday today in Morgan County. A brief local note records the milestone and invites interested parties to contact Grattan at 3442 for more information.
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