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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1961
Page
1
The Lorain County Fair begins Monday with children’s cheers carnival barkers and farmyard sounds. A preview on page 12 highlights what to see and do. Page 19 features a story on the U S Navy blockade of southern ports in the summer of 1861 titled Path ways of the Pioneers.
Football practice starts for area high schools as autumn nears and Amherst High appears as the focus of the first installment in the annual series on team prospects. Pg. 27.
Construction of an addition to the C. A. Olsen Company facility gets under way, signaling expansion of the local business. The project aims to boost capacity and workforce as the firm increases its footprint in the area.
Washington reports a key House defeat shakes Kennedy foreign aid plan but aides aim to salvage part of the $4.3 billion package. Senate House conference committee to begin closed talks next week to iron out differences and authorize another year of military and economic assistance abroad. Kennedy seeks authority to borrow directly from the Treasury for five years to finance development loans, the biggest hurdle.
The Senate passed 66 to 24 its 4.1 billion version of the same program while the House approved 4.3 billion for one year. The House failed to extend borrowing beyond a single year, prompting leaders to expect a conference compromise likely between one and five years. Speaker Sam Rayburn said a good bill would emerge.
Federal and local officers seized about 850000 in marijuana at the Vermilion residence of Donald M. Ferkovich and his wife Lela. Sixteen jars held nearly 30 pounds of marijuana were found during a 6:30 p.m. raid by Erie County Sheriff Al Young, Vermilion Police, and state inspectors. The couple is jailed pending federal arraignment on possession and sale charges. Ferkovich confessed to prior California narcotics convictions and to selling more than 16 pounds locally.
A SAC B47 heavy jet bomber on a training flight crashed in a pasture about 15 miles southeast of Lamar Colorado. Two crew members were killed, two survived after ejecting. Survivors had minor injuries and were helped by locals. The aircraft, from Davis-Monthan AFB Arizona, was not carrying a nuclear weapon.
Lorain County Welfare Director Gerard Prinz reports a projected $70,000 deficit by December as welfare costs rise amid an industrial slowdown. Six months cost $1,825,710, versus $1,525,397 in all of 1960, with cuts across programs except for the federally protected blind aid.
Tokyo police arrested 21 year old Hiroyuki Kawamoto a member of the Greater Japan Patriotic Society on suspicion of planning to assassinate Soviet first deputy premier Anastas Mikoyan during his visit. Police say the suspect is a rightswing extremist.
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson arrived in West Germany to reaffirm US resolve in Berlin. About 1,500 American troops rolled across West Germany toward Berlin to reinforce the 5,000 strong garrison, while Britain sent armored personnel carriers and 16 scout cars to bolster its 18,000-strong Berlin presence. Johnson said the US and President Kennedy are determined to fulfill obligations and that the United States will not retreat, stressing a rededication to defend West Berlin. Chancellor Adenauer and West German officials greeted him in Bonn, with villagers along the route urged to give a warm welcome.
West Berlin officials welcomed the movement of 1500 US troops and British armored equipment to the city, calling it a reaffirmation of America’s resolve. Troops left Mannheim for Berlin and were due to cross into East German territory Sunday, with hopes of bolstering morale in the enclave surrounded by Communist forces.
East Germany's Walter Ulbricht declared reunification favors a mass West-to-East migration, inviting West Germans to relocate to Communist territory with subsidies as border sealing aims to ease future talks. He hailed the border closure as precise and necessary, dismissed West Berlin access, and claimed a new German state has emerged.
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