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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1962
Page
1
A concise record shows wage settlements and strikes across the postwar era. It lists hourly wage changes from 1946 to 1959, multiple strikes, and cumulative losses totaling 282.3 days. It notes rising steel prices and a recent decline since August 1958, with workers averaging $3.26 an hour.
A 42 year old Sheffield man was shot by his 17 year old son in a drunken dispute. Deputies say the father threatened to kill the son, a struggle followed in which a shotgun was fired. The man died at St Joseph Hospital. The youth stated events leading to the shooting occurred after his father’s threats to reveal family matters.
Grafton man suffers fatal injuries when a car crashes into a bridge near Cambridge. The report notes local political activity with Lorain County candidates and declarations of candidacy for the 13th Congressional District. Local party members seek state central committee positions and nominations for national office.
Greensboro NC A PD report says seven military men died when their C47 transport crashed and burst into flames shortly after liftoff. Five identified include Capt Fochard J Rice Fort Walton Beach Fla 27 aircraft commander Capt David L Murphy Bloomfield Neb 30 pilot Capt Thomas D Carter Helena Ark 27 navigator T Sergeant Bernard P Ternen Gillette Wis 32 crew chief Capt Robert H Sanford Greensboro NC 34 the passenger remains unidentified Authorities continue to identify the other two as the search for them continues.
Paris reports say De Gaulle plans a televised address that could signal the end of the Algeria crisis. Government calm grows as security forces redeploy tanks and troops, with public opinion shifting toward accepting a cease-fire.
Weather report from Northeastern Ohio notes cloudy skies with occasional showers and snow flurries, temperatures dropping to the upper 20s tonight and 12 to 18 tomorrow with continued cold and flurries. Separately, a televised De Gaulle speech is expected to urge calm and support as secret talks with rebel authorities continue, and Tunis hosts Muslim leaders with negotiated ceasefire terms reportedly aligned between French and rebel negotiators.
Cuba filed its charges against the United States at the United Nations seeking African and Asian support to back its Marxist Leninist government. Delegates from Czechoslovakia and Romania advanced a draft urging U.S. to end interference in Cuba, but the resolution was expected to fail as Afro Asian bloc support continues to dominate the General Assembly debates.
Cleveland dispatch reports Roger Cloud of Ohio expressing that the state's fiscal affairs are not well managed and that the current administration's higher spending cannot be financed by closing tax loopholes as proposed. He questions Governor DiSalle's shift in stance and argues for expanding the tax base or raising existing rates.
A Sunday fire in Piqua, Western Ohio, destroyed two buildings in the business district. The blaze caused extensive damage with estimated losses around $300,000. Fire crews responded quickly, but the flames overwhelmed the structures before containment. No injuries are reported, and the cause is under investigation.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk told a House subcommittee that Cuba poses a greater threat than Yugoslavia and that Tito would likely stay neutral in a conflict between the Soviet bloc and the free world. The remarks came as the panel examined U S trade with the Communist bloc.
A rare total solar eclipse captivated astronomers and observers across New Guinea Australia and the Pacific. Reports detail a 2 minute 3 second blackout with communities in the path of totality watching from beaches and crude shelters as the sun’s corona and hydrogen prominences formed a striking display. Observers including Dr Dunn described the event as extraordinary with hopes of a future telescope view, while scattered crews in New Guinea and nearby regions documented the sky’s sudden darkness and the revived light as the eclipse ended.
A total eclipse and visible planets Mars Jupiter Saturn and Venus drew astronomers, while Hindu rituals and nonstop prayers marked the earth's near-miss. Cults and spiritual groups in California and England prepared to ward off calamity, and New York’s Hayden Planetarium saw crowds worried about the world ending.
Premier Fidel Castro declared defiance of the United States embargo and predicted Castroite revolution would spread across Latin America in a 2 1 2 hour rally before about a million Cubans. He denounced Kennedy’s embargo as a felony and accused Latin American presidents of readying to use US troops to stay in power.
In Buenos Aires factions attacked Frondizi amid precongress talk of Cuba policy. The day’s events centered on a controversial stance and protests as officials prepared for meetings and potential disagreements over Cuba policy.
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