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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1962
Page
1
Chronicle Telegram Week End pages preview two regular features Pathways Of The Pioneers and This Was The Civil War, highlighting contrasts between pioneer trails into Ohio and Civil War routes into the South. Also notes a Lorain barber’s多年 hunt for a Stradivarius, featured on page 24.
Six young Lorain County teachers discuss challenges from discipline to classroom presence. They note that only experience teaches classroom control and some peers appear to be students, but all enjoy teaching for the personal connection with children. Pg. 10.
Elyria women face strain as a new physical fitness class advances. The report notes significant effort in the program with emphasis on community health.
Texas faces a pivotal gubernatorial race pitting ultraconservative Edwin Walker and a diverse Democratic field headed by Prince Daniel. John Connally leads a middle-of-the-road faction with Will Wilson and Marshall Formby, while Republican Jack Coxslates. Walker entered as Democrat nominee, prompting conservative backlash and alarms about party unity.
In Cercville Ohio seven children were left with no parents after a Norfolk and Western train struck their car at a crossing. Ernest Smres and his wife Cary Smres died at the scene. Engineer Robert Scheerer said the tram was traveling about 45 miles per hour and unable to stop. The children, ages 11 to 19, were in shock after learning of the tragedy. The Spires had been visiting town from a farm west of Cercville on a shopping trip.
Five people including three children died of asphyxiation in a Mansfield North Side two story house. Walter Rolls 38 and Mary 26 were found on the first floor with sons Michael 12 and Gregory 14 and Leslie Burrage 13 found in upstairs bedrooms. The coroner says death occurred early Friday morning as a gas space heater leak and a plugged chimney led to lethal fumes.
Five people died in a rapid flash fire that destroyed two small wooden homes near Carlisle Pennsylvania. Victims include Joseph Finkey age 49 a tree trimmer and his three children James 16 Due 14 June 13 and a housekeeper Manon Long from Harrisburg. Authorities believe an overheated wood stove started the blaze. The incident occurred about ten miles west of Carlisle.
A Cessna 172 crash off Kelleys Island killed three people, a pilot and two Cleveland women, as fog and treacherous ice hampered rescue efforts. The bodies were recovered after dawn by Sky Tours personnel and helicopters, with no survivors.
WASHINGTON UP I reports President Kennedy planned a broad embargo to cut imports from Cuba and keep food and medicines out of Cuban hands. United States officials said the embargo would isolate Castro and was tied to the Punta del Este conference where republics urged tightening controls on Cuban products including tobacco and seafood. The measures, expected to take effect this weekend, would target Cuba’s dollar earnings and reduce trade while seeking to curb subversive activities.
A burly man in overalls and a yellow rain slicker demanded five $100 bills at First Federal Savings & Loan in New York. He fled the vicinity but was quickly nabbed at the window for attempting to change smaller bills into larger ones, amid prior bank robberies.
Buenos Aires reports President Frondizi ready to yield to military demands for an early diplomatic break with Fidel Castro's Cuba. Military figures and civilians remain under alert while Frondizi plans to visit Parana for a ceremonial groundbreaking with Venezuela's president. A six-nation Latin bloc abstained on Castro ostracism at Punta del Este talks.
State officials warn Ohio faces deep financial trouble with a $15 million shortfall in retirement systems and daily losses. Finance Director James Mahon cites large pension borrowing plans and finance maneuvers. Supreme Court Justice Neil cites forthcoming clarity on whether Ohio is broke, with a potential special General Assembly session if state payments stall.
Washington reports Russia's first underground nuke test since last fall, prompting expert debate on its implications for U.S. atmospheric testing. Officials say the United States may begin H-bomb trials in the Pacific by April if Kennedy approves, amid speculation over Russia's motives and test strategy.
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