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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1959
Page
12
Dayton story reports John E. Waltz 23 of Montgomery County prison escapees surrenders after calling deputies five others still at large. Cincinnati detectives arrest John Pessel Griffin 41 linked to the escape, while two more fugitives are captured after a grocery store robbery.
Residents describe Richard Seekins as cooperative before the confrontation, while deputies bombard his garage apartment with tear gas during a tense overnight siege. Fire crews extinguish fires sparked by gas grenades as Seekins emerges on the roof wielding a gun and deputies attempt to disarm him with water hoses.
Seekins fired at Rozie and was killed after falling from a roof as deputies and relatives urged surrender. He died en route to hospital from a chest wound. Survivors include a son Richard Jr and daughter Esther L Donovan plus five grandchildren and siblings. Funeral home viewing after 7 p.m. Saturday with arrangements to be announced.
After eight hours of police siege near a Lorain County home, Richard Seekins, 60, refused to surrender. Deputies, neighbors, and reporters watched as Seekins fired into the air and later a fatal shot rang out at 3:30 am after threats and a tense stand near his snow covered property.
UPI reports a lonely Christmas for soldiers and sailors stationed around the globe. Air Force crews on Resolution Island near Labrador guard early warning lines. Navy personnel at the South Pole celebrate with limited rations as Coast Guard crews patrol stormy Atlantic routes.
In Pittsburgh the United Steelworkers plan to request a federal court order directing nine steel producers to pay members a four-cent hourly cost of living increase starting next month. The union seeks retroactive gains to cover the strike period and a hearing is sought for next Wednesday.
The Chronicle Telegram 1939 issue lists pricing and distribution notes for Ohio counties. It notes publication by Seven Own Printing and Publishing and mentions Bates-Gerrier delivery and market year arrangements. Prices shown include $15 and $17 in Ohio plus higher figures for other items.
Cincinnati report says a three judge panel in Butler County affirmed the first degree murder conviction of Frank Poindexter, 48, for killing Mrs Marie Hires, 38, during a robbery attempt. Attorneys said appeals to the Ohio Supreme Court will be filed, which would stay the date.
Scio Pottery Co president Scott C. Reese distributed 151,910 in year end bonuses to 116 employees as part of a weekly wage raise. The firm, hit by hardship in 1938 and a plant fire, has paid eight bonuses since then and will raise hourly pay by five cents starting next year.
A plane carrying furs and cosmetics supposedly dropped $14 000 worth of pelts over San Marino San Gabriel and Alhambra prompting FAA to name Eduardo Jiminez a pilot of a WWII B 2 not Santa. Investigators say furs fell from the aircraft as it departed Internacional Airport.
Ohio Supreme Court denies appeal by James Milek in the murder of Stephen Mikulak and Lilian Mikulak. Milek, sentenced to die, had his execution date set for January 22 after conviction for the kidnapping and slaving of his former girlfriend and her husband in Akron.
Russian officials charge American scientists distorted underground test data to undermine the Geneva mutual test ban. They cite supposed holes and muffling to avoid detection, while U S critics call the accusations unfounded and seek more cooperation.
Jim Buchanan a Miami Herald correspondent returned to his desk in Havana after a four year sentence for anti state crimes was suspended on condition he leave Cuba. The 43 year old journalist described his release as stepping out of a movie plot. He had been jailed five weeks for aiding Austin Young, a fugitive counter revolutionist who later escaped.
Lord Halifax died after a long career as statesman and nobleman praised for service to Britain. Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd lauded his integrity and idealism across roles from viceroy of India to ambassador in Washington.
Police arrested Daniel R. Hunter, 52, a neighbor, two hours after the body of Abs. Rose Stewart, an elderly pensioner, was found. Authorities say he admitted the slaying after entering Stewart’s home, striking her with an axe and using a cord around her neck. The coroner and prosecutor planned charges.
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