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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1962
Page
1
Edgardo Buttari Jr., son of a former Cuban labor secretary, describes more than seven months in Isla de Pines prison with 713 inmates. He details brutal daily routine, scarce food, filth, and lack of mail, while expressing faith in eventual liberation and willingness to return if needed.
New York unions walked off ports from Maine to Texas at 5 p.m. EST. About 7,000 dockworkers halted loading as the ILA rejected Kennedy’s 90 day truce, saying postponement wastes talks. Main dispute centers on gang size. NYSA seeks 20 to 17, risking 5,000 jobs if cut.
A Lorain woman, Jennie Krokos, 38, died after a head on collision on Rt 45 north of Warren. Five children in her car were injured, with Frankie Karpienko seriously head injured and transferred to St Elizabeth Hospital. The crash was blamed on icy pavement and blowing snow.
The forecast calls for considerable cloudiness with a few snow flurries turning mostly sunny by afternoon in Northeastern Ohio. In New York port area, 50 to 60 ships remained in berths or at anchor at 6 am with about 70 more leaving. picket lines were delayed with ILA locals delaying regular turnout until Wednesday. Tugboats moved freighters in and out of berths after the walkout deadline. some ships canceled cruises and U S lines sent liners to drydock for maintenance. Temperature averaged around 26 degrees with a high uncertainty about further changes.
Miami newswire reports 10 planes prepared to fly from Cuba and Miami to release 688 captives held by Castro. Ground delays and Castro’s scrutiny delayed the operation, but officials aim to resume a rapid airlift to bring prisoners home before year end. The effort follows a prior 11 hour halt and a later, tense standoff over consent for departures.
London reports say Prime Minister Harold Macmillan drew intense backlash after the Polaris agreement with the United States. Members of Parliament ready to grill him when the Commons reconvenes, with The Times criticizing Kennedy as less than honest and noting U S delays on Skybolt.
UPI reports Judge William E Miller declared a mistrial in the nine week trial of Teamsters leader James Hoffa after jurors were hopelessly deadlocked. He revealed three tampering attempts on jurors and ordered a grand jury investigation. Hoffa remains free on bond charged with conspiracy to obtain payoffs for labor peace in auto transport.
Reports from the Justice Department described alleged jury tampering in a Teamsters related case. FBI agents reportedly visited relatives of jurors and a $5,000 reward was mentioned to someone who contacted the jury. A $10,000 bribe offer to a prospective juror and other pressures were alleged. Miller denied the motion while government attorneys outlined the bribe schemes.
Snow complications hit the Northeast and Midwest with up to 27 inches in Boonville and several inches elsewhere. Temperatures plummeted to single digits in places like Nevada and International Falls. Forecasters predicted more snow and colder trends for the Christmas period as roads remained variable with icy spots on Lorain County highways.
At United Nations in New York upi reports that hopes of settling the Cuban crisis by Christmas dwindled after another failed round of U.S. Soviet talks. No further sessions were scheduled as a follow up to Sundays meeting, with no progress toward a procedural settlement. Ambassador Adlai E Stevenson warned the Cuban issue might be shelved temporarily by the holiday, while the Soviet side had not yet withdrawn all missiles and bombers. News also notes the resignation of Valterian A. Zorin as permanent Soviet representative at the UN, to be replaced by Nikolai Pedorenko, amid questions about Khrushchev’s reaction to Cuban crisis handling.
Independent sailors staged a playful snowball event aboard Constellation after a radio station contest titled Why I would lie white Libristeres. They reportedly won 10 tons of snow in the chilly melee and laughed through the afternoon.
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