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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1959
Page
1
Feature on the Birch home by Winifred Fay shows a combination of Early American architecture and decoration at 231 Yale Avenue. The piece highlights eye pleasing design and style as part of a recurring home series.
A lively piece notes square dancing fashion as gay and colorful with toe tapping music. Hazel Speake fills in for Jim Ketchum to offer style advice in Squarin Round.
Columbia and Brighton girls won top honors in the county finals of the 4-H style review. Read more on page one for results and standout performers from the event held in the county arena.
Fidel Castro delivered a sharp verbal assault on U S Secretary of State Christian Herter and the Chile hosted meeting, accusing a Dominican plot against Cuba and claiming the conference serves aggression. He cited an alleged 5000 man invasion plan and praised a captured invading plane as proof of Cuban resistance. Castro linked U S and Dominican influence to regional turmoil, asserting intervention-created leaders provoked Caribbean strife.
Washington County voters and schools face a dispute after the county board barred four Roman Catholic nuns from teaching at Churchtown elementary. Prosecutor Randall Metcalf said the move aims to keep the school nonparochial while noting student withdrawals reduce state aid and rent costs rose from 1 to 250 per month due to the change.
Partly cloudy with widely scattered thunderstorms this afternoon tonight and Sunday. Temperatures near the lake may be a bit cooler with highs around 92 and lows in the 60s to 70s. Precipitation shows little to none in the 24 hour period ending Friday evening. Lake Erie winds shift from south to southwest 12 to 20 mph today, veering to west-northwest 15 mph later.
Government troops rushed to southwestern Haiti to repel an invasion by about 30 men who captured a town. Officials said the invaders wore Cuban style uniforms and handed out Cuban cigars to residents. One speaker spoke Haitian French. others spoke Spanish. The attack was described as planned aggression backed by former Haitian presidential candidate Louis Dejoie, who was exiled after his defeat and has been seen in Cuba.
United Steel Workers President David J McDonald told a Detroit rally that the steel strike could last longer than expected. He warned the crowd that a short finish was unlikely and commented on Taft-Hartley cooling off options if Eisenhower invokes them as Khrushchev tours the country. Attendance was under 1,000 at Cass Technical High School due to heat and competing sports and games.
In Washington Republican leaders doubt enough votes exist to bypass a House Senate conference and send the labor reform measure to President Eisenhower for signature. Democratic leaders back sending both bills to conference, hoping southern support. Senate Rackets Committee chair Mundt notes momentum to accept the House bill. John L. McClellan says support Senate leadership and urges reasonable time for conferees to act.
Mrs Diane Struble a 26 year old Lake George Village mother begins a historic marathon attempt to circle Manhattan Island by swimming the East and Harlem Rivers with three daughters paddling nearby. The project targets a 12 hour duration as she pushes into the Hudson River.
Space activity peaks as Titan and Polaris launches end with multiple failures. A Polaris balloon misfire and Titan wreckage ignite, while Thor and Discoverer missions proceed amid a flurry of launches. Amid warlike blasts, the Harlem River chase completes with strong currents guiding a swimmer to safety.
Mire William Morns appeared in court with her nine year old son Michael and faced a $55 traffic fine. Magistrate Charles Solomon suggested the case merits a rebate on the fine and ordered the matter reviewed.
Ohio lawmakers wrapped the longest session in state history with a 2.50 auto tag fee increase and a strong gubernatorial veto mandate. The Senate and House adjourned with many vetoed bills overridden in one chamber but blocked in the other. The session featured confirmations for several appointments and a stalled proposal to move a felony threshold for numbers wringing.
A farm near Harrisburg reports a dog took in three piglets after their mother rejected them. The piglets were raised by a neighbor’s dog, a ported pointer named Nell, who helped nurse and guard them as they bonded with the canine family.
A 15 year old North Olmsted boy was accidentally shot in the neck with a .22 rifle held by a companion and is paralyzed from the shoulders. Thomas Heckman Jr. of North Olmsted remained in critical condition at Elyria Memorial Hospital as deputies labeled the incident accidental.
The Senate is expected to approve a compromise public works bill next week after House passage. It totals about 1.206 billion with 17.169 million for Ohio and funds to begin 42 flood control, harbor and reclamation projects, including Cleveland Harbor and several Ohio reservoirs and locks.
A 7 year old boy Bradley Moreland fell 30 feet into a well in Miamesboro Ohio. His mother Gloria Moreland lowered a rope, slid down, and held her son above water for two minutes until firefighters rescued them.
Philander Johnson of AmericanHumans cautions against disrupting progress using monkey wrenches as he endorses the Chronicle Telegram Classi ads play safe plan. The message promotes careful toy shop purchases and safer run place ads to cut costs.
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