13 Feb 1958
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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1958
Page
1
Snow covers Northwest Florida as crews wind down operations at the old site and prepare to shift to the new Brownhelm plant yard. The snowfall affects quitting time and logistics for the relocation plan.
Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba warned that France must accept U.S. mediation or face war over evacuating 16 000 French troops. He said Tunisia would resist if French forces break through blockades while Paris rejected evacuation demands amid NATO concerns. French sources said Gaillard's government would not comply.
Lorain County records a fifth fatal traffic crash of the year as Gus Halverson, 70, of 2434 Wooster Rd Rocky River, was struck by an eastbound Greyhound bus on Route 20 near Broad Blvd. He died at Elyria Memorial Hospital from head and leg injuries.
The 28 year old bus driver Robert R Hawk of 503 East Broad St told Deputy Sakal he did not see the victim until the bus struck him. The right front corner was damaged in the impact. Autopsy pending at Elyria Memorial Hospital. Ridgeville traffic notes show three fatal crashes last year.
A Gulf air snowstorm blankets northwest Florida and south Georgia with record tallies in Tallahassee of three inches and Thomasville two inches. Moultrie reports three inches as Savannah recalls rare snowfall. Motorists skid but no serious accidents. cold weather forecast to 18 in Atlanta and frigid in south Georgia. President Eisenhower heads to Thomasville to escape Washington chill.
Wellington radio reports the Persic 13,000 ton cargo liner has extinguished a serious onboard fire. No passengers aboard. The ship continues toward Callao Peru as planned.
Partly cloudy and cold today with a few snow flurries and highs around 14 to 19. Tonight low 2 to 7. Friday partly cloudy and not as cold with a zero to 15 degree range on Wednesday. Kipton incorporation election for residents set for Tuesday. Area growth discussed as boon or hindrance to vegetable growers by county group at institute. Race relations improving but discrimination still felt in some fields as speaker tells church groups. Trace 24 hour precipitation reported, humidity readings given, and calendar references to Amherst Oberlin Lorain Wellington court and other local items.
The report notes General Motors averaged 350 398 hourly rated employees at 38.6 hours weekly. Judge Everett Blythin, 73, longtime jurist of Cleveland, suffers a heart attack at his Parma Heights home as he presided over the Lee murder trial. In Columbus Woody Hayes comments on the Robert Lyons case as Ellwood Bucks football era shapes the 1955 Big Ten fight for title with Clive Rush departing for Oklahoma.
The weatherman forecast relief from the cold spell gripping Ohio and the nation as a high pressure area weakens. A Colorado Rocky Mountains low pressure system would move east bringing slow moderation and possible snow flurries. Today’s temps ranged 16 to 23 with night lows 0 to 10 above. flurries expected near Lake Erie with higher readings in Zanesville and Chesapeake.
Bernard Schwartz testified that House subcommittee chairman Oren was hesitant to sign a record subpoena. He described two memoranda detailing essential facts behind charges in a Miami Channel 10 case and related FCC license conflicts, and discussed missing files tied to the CAB.
A US State Department report on the French bombing of Sakiet-Sidi-Youssef in Tunisia is described as revealing shocking disclosures of indiscriminate attacks on women and children. Ambassador Lewis Jones led an independent inquiry, with France accused of striking the town's streets and market during a low level raid that used American made bombers. Three Swedish Red Cross vehicles aiding Algerian refugees were destroyed in the attack.
President Eisenhower headed for a 10 day midwinter vacation in Thomasville Georgia aboard the Columbine II with Mrs Eisenhower. He left Washington after presiding at a National Security Council meeting. The Georgia area had seen the heaviest snow in 63 years.
Xavier University students angry after a six game skid and three straight defeats hang effigies of coach Jim McCafferty near campus. Dummies with signs condemn the coach as the team struggles without star Corny Freeman and rebounding strength, amid talk of NIT potential.
Democratic leaders in Congress map plans for a large tax cut with a possible July 1 start and a one year duration. The move aims to lift a sagging economy amid rising unemployment and mixed forecasts from economic experts and President Eisenhower.
Washington. Reine Hayhanen a Russian secret police colonel who defected to the West testified at the espionage court martial of U S Army sergeant Roy A Rhodes that he held back $50000 from his red bosses. Rhodes, 41, is accused of selling information to the Russians for 3000.
The witness testified the funds were meant for an "agent Stone" later identified as Morton Smbel, a Rosenberg case figure in New York. He said he and Rudolf Abel buried five thousand dollars in Bear Mountain Park, then he dug it up and kept it after Abel returned to Moscow.
Former Elyria resident Mrs Gladys Faye Boggs 20 was killed Tuesday night in an auto train crash in Vanceburg Kentucky She was the wife of Ess G Boggs and mother of a two year old daughter Alice Faye Her parents Duke and Mrs Sweet and siblings survive The car skidded on ice and went off a railroad embankment into train tracks The body lay at Dixon Funeral Home in Vanceburg.
A Chronicle Telegram Want Ad urges readers to call FA 3332 to draft ads for quick sales or rentals. The column cites a bold example Sold out says Mr Szeworyk, selling oats and mixed hay via FA 27196, illustrating fast local responses.
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