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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1955
Page
5
The Lorain County Life Underwriters Association will meet tomorrow at 11 45 a m at Ann's Restaurant in Lorain. The program features a slide film titled What Makes Them Buy by Lester C Schiver managing director of the national association of life underwriters. C K Alexander will show the film.
Columbus reports a record 1,339 bills in the session with 435 introduced Monday night, including measures on school funding, sales tax changes, liquor controls, and local government finance. Major proposals include restoring the one-cent sales tax, new taxes on alcohol and bank deposits, and state aid for schools on a class room basis.
Sen. Harry F. Byrd calls the government housing scandal far larger than the Teapot Dome case and says only a small surface has been scratched. Sen. Sparkman leads Senate Banking Committee efforts to probe all phases of the federal housing program with an expected $100,000 grant.
Lorain County faces a potential general real estate reappraisal as ordered by the State Tax Board. Auditor Frank Ayres argues current valuations are kept current by his perpetual system and a costly reappraisal would waste public funds. Ford Becker of the State Board will present the board’s case at a luncheon with local real estate figures. Ayres will comply if ordered, while prosecutors say the board may enforce the appraisal under six year cycles.
Police held a 16 year old boy for further investigation after he said he accidentally shot the head of his teen girlfriend while visiting her home. Betty Elaine Lanford was found dead at her residence. Fred Evans had truanted from high school with her earlier. Charles McCreight of Mount Sterling said he accidentally shot while showing a new shotgun at City Hospital Columbus.
United Press report from Schenectady details General Electric scientists duplicating nature’s diamonds. Drs Bundy Hall Strong Wennorf created industrial grade diamonds using 800,000 psi pressure and a 1,000-ton press, then a belt chamber applying over 3.5 million psi and 5000°F. Diamonds passed all tests and hold potential for gem use, though costs remain higher than natural industrial diamonds.
Two disc jockeys, Bill Stanley and Bil Ellitt, locked in the WNOE transmitter room in New Orleans, surpassed 24 hours spinning Shuggy Boom on repeat. They paused hourly five minutes for commercials and United Press news, while Station Manager James Gordon claimed no control over the stunt amid listener complaints and a police inquiry.
Washington reports that the Savannah River Plant in South Carolina, a one and a half billion dollar facility, has become a major factor in U.S. nuclear advantage. The 200000 acre site, built to produce tritium for an H-bomb, now yields large quantities of fissionable material using a single radiation process, enabling dual use for weapons or power.
Mrs. Nial Keech named chairwoman of Elyria Red Cross Residential Division. William H. Olsen praised volunteers for door to door community outreach. Division covers North and South Areas with four zones led by Keech and a team of over 300 workers.
Cincinnati witness Nina Gilmore confessed to marking ballots for Republican candidates at Ward 1 Precinct D. Prosecutor Hover said the confession was the first in a month-long probe into county voting irregularities and will be presented to a grand jury. Handwriting analysis will verify ballot validity while Ohio officials defer action.
A southerly Gulf wind pushed Ohio above the recent cold spell with temperatures in the mid 40s in parts of the state. The Weather Bureau forecast a 0.5 inch warmer trend over 48 hours, with snow remaining heaviest in the northern region and lingering cloud cover slowing thaw in the upstate. Roads east and north of Port Clinton to St Clairsville reported slippery sections, while general highways showed scattered slick spots. The five day outlook calls for 2 to 6 degrees below normal temperatures, with varied precipitation across the northeast, south and west sectors.
The Oak municipal building near the police station was robbed of 200 dollars on Monday while the city clerk was out for lunch. The cash came from water meter collections kept in a register, and the building was locked during the incident. The report notes the time as around the lunch period with unclear details remaining.
San Francisco report states composer Harry M. Berman known as Bobby Burns died Monday at Mt Zion Hospital at age 56. He wrote the old-time hit I Faw Down And Go Boom.
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