01 Feb 1958
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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1958
Page
1
Elyria High School posted an 84 to 33 victory over Lorain to clinch the Buckeye Conference championship. The win marked the Pioneers 13th straight victory this season and their eighth in conference play.
Joe Cowden in What They're Saying reports the Ely Park fountain renovation campaign is far from foundering with $501 assured if the drive continues. The column shares guidance on aging gracefully under Life Begins at a page.
County receipts from the Mothers March total about 16088 dollars after preliminary tallies. In political news Mrs Black withdraws from the assembly race prompting a Republican candidate switch.
A lone gunman robbed the B and B Market at 327 Lake Ave shortly before 8 30 p m taking about 386 from the cash register Elyria police said Charles Malik 610 Middle Ave owner of the market chased the robber on foot and in a car he borrowed and gave police a description and license plate Police noted the car was loaned to a friend last night and the suspect was last seen on Huron St Police described the man as about 19 or 20 years old six feet to six feet three inches tall 150 to 155 pounds with a light brown hair light complexion a slender build face smeared with greenish gray paint or mud He wore tan work pants a plaid shirt and a brown zipper jacket The police chief said investigators will check for links to a prior Colony Restaurant holdup and this is Elyria’s third armed robbery in less than a month.
Cloudy and colder with a few snow flurries today and tonight. High near 30. Low around 17. Sunday remains cloudy and cooler.
Elyria Police Chief Maurice C Flood urged merchants to heighten caution after three armed robberies since January 8. He advised more bank deposits and night depositories, escorts for large sums, and reporting suspicious persons. He noted robberies rise with unemployment and urged quick police reports.
Washington brief outlines Explorer satellite specifics with elliptical orbit from 230 to 2000 miles high. It weighs 30.8 pounds, 80 inches long, and uses two transmitters on 108 and 108.03 MHz. Launched by an Army Jupiter I three stage rocket, it reaches orbital speed after stages separate.
Dr. James A. Van Allen of Iowa State University reported at the National Academy of Sciences that Explorer, America’s first satellite, is functioning well. He and four other scientists said all reports meet expectations and data is coming in very well.
America's first satellite Explorer, launched by an Army Jupiter C rocket from Cape Canaveral, orbits Earth every 113 minutes at about 18 000 mph. It weighs about 30.8 pounds and carries 11 pounds of instruments. initial orbits range from 230 to 2 000 miles high. The launch marks the space age with President Eisenhower praising the achievement and scientists tracking its path.
In Lincoln, Neb, Charles Starkweather facing routine prison processing after confessing his 14 year old girlfriend Caril to be an accomplice in his 11 slayings. Caril was placed in a state hospital while Starkweather’s parents vow to visit. the case centers on whether the girl aided the spree.
Cairo announces a formal merger binding Egypt and Syria into a single Arab state. President Nasser expected to lead the federal union with Cairo as capital, creating a 27 million person neutralist state armed with Soviet arms and loans. The move aims to rival the Western Baghdad Pact.
Ohio escaped heavy snow as a Kentucky and West Virginia storm veered north. Light snow fell in extreme southern Ohio with more southeast counties seeing flurries. Partly cloudy, cold weekend expected with temperatures from 25 to 34 rising to 10 to 2 tonight.
Smithsonian official J Allen Hynek said the U S earth satellite Explorer could be visible after sunset tonight in the middle and southern United States if skies are clear. The Chile pass was tracked by Santiago Minitrack with apogee about 1700 miles and perigee near 200 miles, while detectors may have been damaged on first orbit.
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