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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1962
Page
1
In Buenos Aires a 12 hour riot at Villa Devoto jail ends with guards killing 10 inmates and four escaped ringleaders after an attempted mass break. 29 people died and four were wounded as guards violated a truce by killing four ringleaders.
Lorain police face a murky homicide scene as Enrique Rios 25 is found dead in his car on Ada Ave. A lie detector test of an ex girlfriend was inconclusive and a second test is planned. A paraffin test on Rios hands was inconclusive due to nitrate exposure from greenhouse work. Authorities have no motive or solid clues whether the death was murder or suicide.
Lorain County commissioners J Norman Thompson Ludwik M Pincura and James P Horn voiced support for a new Route 254 superhighway from Route 57 to Baumhart Road passing through Amherst. Amherst council rejected consent four to three. State officials said the road would be a relocation of old Route 254 up to Route 58, easing north county traffic driven by the Ford plant.
A 30 pound pink marble ram's head valued at 60,000 was discovered inside a Ford Motor Co Lorain plant freight crate by a driver who mixed shipments at Cleveland Hopkins Airport. The piece, destined for Goveland Museum of Art, prompted efforts to recover it and arrange transport to Lorain.
Mayor Charles V. Neeson faced a long day as he represents a bond issue funding multiple Elyria improvement projects to be paid by property owners via the county auditor. He预计 he has about 98 minutes to sign 325 bonds and roughly three hours of work ahead. Stamping duties will be handled by Mrs Beth Burkhard, the mayor's secretary.
The plan proposes adding to the 300 million authorized for the Air Force and sets a new year starting July 1. Total military spending would range from 0.3 to 513 billion, vs 483 billion the prior year, with a pay raise about 1 billion. The first two Minutemen declared operational at Great Falls, Montana.
Morris Rapoport of Big Town Super Mart in Ridgeville Shopping Center lost his third appeal challenging Sunday closing laws. Elyria Municipal Court fined him 25 dollars plus costs for selling a night light and a mail box on July 19 1961. The Ohio Supreme Court affirmed the appeals court and noted U S Supreme Court rulings upholding Blue Laws.
In Nassau Bahamas UPI reports President Kennedy and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan held a detailed discussion to probe differences between the United States and Britain, focusing on the Skybolt missile dispute and other tensions. The leaders began their talks amid efforts to align allied positions.
Considerable cloudiness and a slight warm up are reported for today with a high around 4450. Tonight light intermittent rain is expected, with a low near 34.39. Thursday clouds persist and the day turns cold with possible snow flurries and increasing wind. Tuesday’s mean temperature was 133 degrees, and a formal conference is set for 9:56 am EST at the British prime minister’s residence as East West issues and Skybolt missile talk loom.
State highway department says bids for Route 254 will be let next summer. The article notes no plan for enforcement of Sunday sales laws on the Qhic Turnpike, per Di Salle.
In Columbus, the Ohio Supreme Court upheld an injunction forcing Rev. George Burdikoff to abandon his Lorain pulpit. He had split from the Metropolia American branch and pledged allegiance to the Moscow Patriarch, a move the court found did not raise a constitutional issue and thus allowed the transfer of church control and property to the Metropolia faction.
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