13 Dec 1958
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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1958
Page
1
Old hunters recall ferrets used in rabbit hunting and a shift to lab work. a local man raises ferrets for a market. Dr. I M Levitt peers into the future with earthgirdling satellites and trailers in Wonders of the Universe.
Gift suggestions note old joke about a girl who thinks a book is unnecessary. The column promotes books for children and special people. Other items include Elyria negotiations stalled, Christmas gift distribution, Lorain blue law clarification, and a youth group nativity project at Church of Christ.
Russia sent a new diplomatic barrage to the West as Secretary of State John Foster Dulles arrived to rally a Western front against Berlin. All Atlantic pact embassies in Moscow received notes whose contents were not released. observers tied the move to Berlin crisis and Khrushchev threats to end occupation if the West blocks aid or rescue efforts. Dulles planned talks with British, West German and French foreign ministers before the Atlantic pact council meeting.
The special Eisenhower era plane Columbine carrying Dulles landed at Orly at 9 20 a m amid threatening weather. Dulles appeared rested and cheerful as he stepped from the aircraft into a cold drizzle, showing no signs of the illness that had required rest at Walter Reed Army Hospital earlier in the week.
Ohio Governor elect Michael V. DiSalle urged Democratic and Republican leaders to unite on nonpolitical elements of his legislative agenda. He pressed for a cooperative relationship between the Legislature and the administration, citing mental health and elder aid as core nonpartisan goals. The meeting included Senate President pro tem Frank King and House Speaker James Lantz.
Washington reports Federal Reserve Board data showing the economy turning up from recession. Industrial production rose for the first time in five months and November saw record highs in construction, personal income, and retail sales aided by auto assembly gains and easing labor strife.
An 18 year old friend of the Pendergast family is hunted after mother Mrs. Thomas Pendergast 37 and her four children are found dead in their suburban California home. Police describe a violent, premeditated shooting and stabbing spree with a suspect fleeing amid a police dragnet across the region.
Rome based Dr Riccardo Galeazi Lisi announced plans to appeal his expulsion by the Rome Medical Association over selling graphic depictions of Pere Pius XI's death. If the High Commission upholds the action, he may win relief in court. failure could bar him from practicing medicine in Italy.
AVENEL New Jersey UPI police said a young father and his two children died in an unheated train car early today possibly by freezing to death. The victims were identified as Stuart Keyes 33 an employee of the Bamberger department store chain in New Jersey his daughter Caroline 6 and son Stuart Jr.
Cape Canaveral reports a monkey named Little Old Reliable died after a Jupiter missile nose cone failed to recover in the South Atlantic. Despite the loss, officials called the mission completely successful, noting data showed weightlessness causes no major harm and that the experiment informs future manned spaceflight.
In Washington, authorities acting on a tip from the FBI halted a kidnap plan Friday night. A gunfight left one would be abductor dead and three others wounded while the intended victim remained unharmed. The incident shook the area as investigators worked to unravel the gang’s motive and connections.
The board noted that production of nondurable goods rose to a new November record. New construction reached an annual rate of 52 billion dollars, up 6 percent from a year earlier. Retail sales climbed 16 percent to exceed the summer 1957 peak by 1 percent.
Fresh snows blanketed the eastern two thirds of the nation from Canada to Mexico, with heavy warnings in Texas and Arkansas. A new cold front pushed across plains, bringing a widespread cold wave, while the southeast reported closing schools and offices in Carolinas and Virginia. Snowfall stretched from the Midwest to New England, with accumulations reaching up to seven inches in northwest Pennsylvania and a recent 26 inch blanket in Ashtabula. Dallas and Fort Worth saw light snow, San Francisco posted its hottest December day on record as frigid conditions killed at least 61 nationwide, including home fires and highway accidents. The Weather Bureau noted historic temperatures in San Francisco and ongoing dangerous conditions across many states.
Park Avenue men's store touts best business in years centered on $40 hats as holiday buying shifts to cash purchases. Classified ads urge readers to sell unused items like toys and tools, with contact numbers for Elyria and Lorain, plus miscellaneous listings including a portable typewriter, ladies shoes, roller skates, and cemetery wreaths at $3.45.
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