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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1958
Page
1
Eleven hundred people fill backstage for Elyria’s 125th anniversary pageant the Black River Saga. The feature spot invites readers to page 1 for a tour of the backstage area.
Joe Cowden proposes measures to maintain the civic spirit fostered during Elyria's big celebration. The plan outlines actions to sustain public enthusiasm and community engagement beyond the event, inviting reader input.
National Phoenix Industries chief Walter S. Mack was elected chair of Great American Industries board, confirming a sizable Pritzker stake sale. The Elyria based company, parent to Colson Corp and Rubotex, shifts operations to Jonesboro Arkansas with 1150 to 2000 workers and expanding plants in Somerville and Toronto.
Washington UPI reports that members of the House Space Committee praised President Eisenhower’s choice of T Keith Glennan of Case Institute of Technology to head NASA. The committee criticized the plan as lacking boldness and attacked Dr Hugh L Dryden of NACA as too influential. Glennan, 52, will head NASA with Twyden as deputy administrator and a $29.933 million construction program authorized for the antiaircraft research division.
A Central African Airways Viscount with 54 aboard crashed near Benghazi Airport while en route from Salisbury Rhodesia to London via Benghazi and Rome. Initial reports listed 34 dead as rescue teams fought flames in the hills near the airport.
Prison officials in Freiburg Germany decide to replace iron cell bars with concrete to deter inmates attempting to escape. The measure targets the Freiburg penitentiary where prisoners had planned releases by climbing bars.
Sunny and warmer today with highs near the mid 80s. Tonight will be fair and mild with lows around 60. Sunday looks mostly sunny and warmer. Friday temperatures range from 66 to 77 with 0.06 inch rainfall in the last 24 hours. Relative humidity peaks at 95 percent in the morning and drops to the mid 60s by mid afternoon. Sunrise at 6 29 a.m. and sunset at 8 35 p.m. Winds shift from variable today to south to southwest tonight.
Private services were held for Frederick E. Alvord 85 former publisher of the Sandusky Star Journal He died Thursday in Good Samaritan Hospital after a brief illness Alvord and the late A J Peters owned and published the Star Journal before its purchase by the Sandusky Register in 1929.
In Geneva Switzerland UPI reports no vodka was served at a reception for Soviet diplomatic officials and guests of honor were delegates to a summer institute for the prevention of alcoholism.
South’s A club clinches the state championship at Galion as Elyria fans erupt. Mayor Grant Keys, a Little League South VP, watches the final out while South’s Don Halehauer calmly records the win and postgame celebrations unfold.
In Groton Connecticut the atomic powered USS Triton is set to be launched August 19 near the Nautilus launch site. The Triton will be 447 feet long and displace 5900 tons, making it the largest submarine and the first with two nuclear reactors.
An 80-year-old man in Hempstead New York is arraigned on a first degree murder charge in what authorities describe as a mercy killing of his wife who was bedbound for 12 years. He said Meadowbrook Hospital refused to admit her, claiming she was not an emergency case, and his pleas for admission were denied on multiple occasions despite mounting medical bills and debts.
Detroit reporting UPI says the National Conference of the United Auto Workers Union for General Motors Ford and Chrysler will likely grant bargaining committees authority to set strike dates. The Executive Board met to consider the advisability of a strike deadline and will report to the conferences today for council action.
The atomic submarine Nautilus completes a record North Pole cruise, hailed by Adm. Elton W. Grenfell as America’s answer to Sputnik. The 1840 mile four day under ice voyage halves time to move nuclear subs between oceans and opens Arctic subsurface knowledge. The ship begins landfall at Portland England Tuesday with President Unit Citation planned.
The United Nations and UPI report that Hammarskjold outlined a peace plan for the Middle East as General Assembly debate looms. He proposed UN representation in Lebanon, a possible international force, and measures to foster peaceful development in Jordan with adherence to Arab League principles.
Budapest reports say the Hungarian white book accuses Western powers of organizing the 1956 counter revolution and claims a U S diplomatic attache named Quade urged rebels at the Khana barracks on Oct 30 1956. It also details charges against ex Premier Imre Nagy and Maj Gen Pall Maleter with their executions and treason accusations.
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