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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1958
Page
3
Two Amherst villagers reported seeing an Unidentified Flying Object while riding in a car. They described a blue object 500 to 1000 feet above ground moving at high speed with a fluorescent glow. Neither witness planned to tell anyone about the sighting.
Lorain officials and the city council buildings and lands department traffic division plan to study a proposal to erect a traffic signal on Broadway to improve fire and building code safety after a Chicago School fire killed 91 people. Fire chief Nickey and building inspector Boey will oversee expert guidance and form protective measures for adjacent properties. A separate case charges Kenneth Rogers with driving a car with faulty brakes and other violations.
Lorain humane agent William Green was alerted after Fradley's Garage towed in a car that had run with a tangled gray cat in the radiator area. The cat rode 18 miles trapped in the fan belt, suffering severe injuries before being humanely euthanized at Avon Animal Hospital.
Lorain officials prepare to enforce blue laws restricting Sunday sales of groceries meats bread hardware appliances barbering and department store openings. City Solicitor Edward Conley says courts have ruled such sales not works of necessity and the opinion will be reviewed by Mayor Jaworski. The Ohio Supreme Court recently declined to hear blue law cases, upholding police powers in this area.
Sheffield village council reviewed a Ohio Public Utilities Commission filing asking for safety flashers at the Abbe Road crossing of the Nickel Plate Railroad. The PUCO matter was referred to the railroad department for action.
Sheffield Lake Council approves development east of Knickerbocker Knolls in Bord er Cities Shore Sub division and Buckeye Country Club. Plans include re subdivision of Elim St and Parkview Ave and street by street plats. Also approves sewer work on Alameda Hawthorne and related streets, water main on Cove Beach Ave, and designates Central Bank at Shoreway Shopping Center as village depository.
Rogers and a passenger were treated for cuts after his car left West 29th Street and struck a tree in front of 224 West 25th Street. Archie Atkinson, 55, of 215 West 25th Street, also treated and released from St. Joseph Hospital. A second driver, Lyle C. Woods, 30, of 2737 East Lawn Avenue, faces charges for improper curbside parking after a collision on East Erie Avenue near the car line, with court appearance scheduled for Dec 27. Police and traffic officials reviewed the incident with local chambers and a traffic engineer from Cleveland Street.
Lorain jeweler LaMont Atkinson and his wife Madelon contest a government claim of $516,115.77 in income and excise taxes for 1943 to 1953. IRS notices cited failures to report income and deductions, with penalties sought. the case stems from a petition to the U S Tax Court to void the tax bill.
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