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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1962
Page
1
Lorain County and surrounding areas dig out after a major snow storm the biggest since 1954. Readers are directed to the first page of the second section and page 18 for complete coverage of the storm impact and local responses.
Ohio storm left nine dead as Findlay and Fosteria suffered isolation and highway closures. Snow depths reached several feet in the north, with 26 inches reported in the region. Rescue teams fought drifted roads and hospital, while a separate mine disaster in Carmichaels Pennsylvania saw a miner body sighted deep in the Robena No. 3 mine amid gas and ventilation delays.
In Pennsylvania 37 miners are trapped 680 feet underground after a blast and fire at the Frosty Run shaft of Robena No 3 near Carmichaels. Relative Frank Hudock, an electrician on duty, is among the missing. Families wait by radio and TV for word as the 55th anniversary of a West Virginia disaster echoes.
Charles J. Hostetter discusses the parking and meter situation in Elyria in Circling the Square on page 21. An Elyria teacher reveals her first love is primary grades, not secondary education, also on page 21.
Five more area basketball games including Elyria at Berea were postponed due to weather. Other cancellations noted in the same report reflect wet courts and travel concerns.
United Press International reports the blizzard left at least 41 dead and drifts up to 20 feet, cutting power and communications across Indiana to the Appalachians. Findlay Ohio was isolated as five foot winds whipped drifts while 250 passengers were stranded.
The civil defense director reports at least 2,000 people stranded in Hancock County and Fostoria Ohio, where 300 motorists were trapped. Ohio calls it the worst storm since 1954 as crews clear the Pennsylvania Turnpike. West Virginia searches for a missing bus while another is dug out. Michigan reports 14 deaths from the storm, with totals by state. Heavy fog and snow cripple West Coast travel with seven fatalities and multiple airport suspensions across Oregon and California.
Lorain’s clearance is expedited as over 75 percent of 175 miles of city streets are opened. Service Director George Zunich says crews worked around the wreck to clear clogged streets using 11 city plows and eight graders, with six hired from private contractors. Fifty-eight men labored up to 16 hours straight, aiding in snow removal on Breadway. Police ran a shuttle for hospital nurses during the storms. The center ridge on Lorain’s main street stands seven to eight feet high.
About fifty demonstrators gathered outside the American and British embassies in Lisbon on Friday to protest Western aid to India. Police said the rally remained peaceful, with some participants identifying as from Goa, the former Portuguese enclave seized by India last year.
Cold Northeastern Ohio today with scattered snow flurries this afternoon. Tonight and Sunday expect more snow showers, with a wintry mix possible. Temperatures range from high in the 128 to 135 area, low around BB pgreccratine, and Friday’s forecast near 27. A year ago Sunday ranged 23 to 4.
Dr Ross Kingsley of Vermilion delivered an eight pound eight ounce baby at a trailer court near Birmingham after riding a National Guard tank through impassable roads. The delivery followed a long convoy from Vermilion, with Kingsley aided by Guard units, a nurse, and an awaiting mother, while families returning from Guantanamo Bay arrived to a welcome home. The scene included roadblocks, snow plows, and a nurse assisting at the Johnsons’ trailer home as the newborn and mother were reported in good condition.
Sherne Lambert of Attica arrived in Cleveland after a harrowing Ambulance ride aided by Huron County and New London village equipment. A brain operation had a relapse Thursday night. A bulldozer, state patrol car, and radio operators guided the two hour road journey to Cleveland, reaching the Ohio Turnpike around 11 am and the city by 2 pm.
At the 11 nation disarmament conference in Geneva Western and Soviet diplomats traded proposals on a nuclear test ban. Soviet officials floated a trade offering on-site inspections and black boxes to detect underground tests, but U S negotiator Arthur H Dean rejected the idea as unacceptable while stressing discussion remains possible. Western sources said acceptance would hinge on proof that on-site inspections were unnecessary.
Mrs Rese Kral of Jascon Ra Nerth Pedeeville learns of kin’s death in a Pennsylvania mine disaster. A rescue crew searched after the explosion, with Mrs Kral stating the deceased was a father of several children who had long worked in mines except for WWI service. Details remain sparse.
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