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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1956
Page
1
A Chronicle-Telegram caption notes a donkey reacting to Republican events in two locations. In San Francisco an Ike and Dick ticket won approval, while in Wellington a GOP tent at the fairgrounds drew the animal’s dismay.
Peiping Radio said Communist fighters damaged a U.S. Navy Mercator plane missing off the China coast with 16 men aboard. Washington said the aircraft radioed at 12:25 am and vanished after being attacked in international waters 32 miles off Red China and 160 miles north of Formosa.
Partly cloudy and warmer in Northeastern Ohio with scattered thundershowers this afternoon tonight. Highs 80 to 85, tonight 60s. Friday similar. little temperature change. Lake Erie small craft warnings from 6 am Thursday with southwest winds 20 to 30 mph shifting to northwest tonight and easing. Also notes on local events including a fair and a dance program plus a reported air-sea search near Red China with U S destroyers and fighters patrolling.
Pollen activity over the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. today is reported. The count reflects airborne allergen levels reaching moderate intensity across the city, with pollen types inclining toward tree and grass varieties.
The notice outlines Aug 2 events with 7:30 p m parades at the grandstand and awards, followed by a Midwestern Hayride show. Aug 24 events include open class judging, tractor pull, steer show and sale, Kochman Hell Drivers, and repeated thrill show. Junior Fair lineup lists a parade, king and queen crowning, steer classes, and a steer auction.
SAN FRANCISCO UP Program for today's final session beginning at 6 30 p m EDT featuring introductions of congressmen and senators. Former Colorado Governor Dan Thornton to speak for Senate bid. Nixon to give acceptance speech with note on his ailing father in Los Angeles delaying his return. Eisenhower to deliver closing acceptance speech and adjournment.
London reports the 22 nation Suez conference closed at 12 05 p m EDT as Egypt rejects the 18 nation plan for internationalizing the Suez Canal. Saudi Arabia warns the United States oil facilities could burn if the West uses force. others note tense diplomacy and a delay in Western plans for Suez.
President Eisenhower won unanimous renomination at the Republican National Convention and will deliver an acceptance speech urging GOP majorities in the House and Senate. Vice President Nixon, at his ailing father’s bedside in California, plans to return to deliver his own acceptance before the final Cow Palace session.
Backers of a proposed low rent federal housing project for Elyria filed petitions blocking fast action until after the November 1957 general election. The move aims to delay the project as about 400 signers had been resisting.
Elyria faces storm damage costs totaling 227000 dollars while a controversial referendum petitions issue stalls a sewer project. City auditor Ellsworth Alheit delays certification as 14 signatures withdraw from 1300. a ruling on ballot placement is deemed too late for this year.
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