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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1959
Page
1
County commissioners faced a shortfall as the general fund of $1,860,509 must cover requests totaling $2,041,633. Commissioner President J Norman Thompson called the situation not rosy as the budget commission’s funds available estimate was presented for the current year.
New York UPI Frank Costello a 68 year old gambler is stripped of American citizenship by a federal court order while he serves a five year tax evasion sentence in Leavenworth. Judge Archie Daw told that Costello willfully misrepresented facts to obtain citizenship on Sept 10 1925. The government alleges concealment of bootlegging and a 1915 gun conviction. Deportation plans may proceed.
New Zealand Prime Minister Walter Nash paid a courtesy call on Japanese Premier Nobusuke Kishi in Tokyo as part of a diplomatic visit. The meeting underscored bilateral ties and postwar cooperation between the two nations.
Acapulco hosts President Eisenhower as Mexican American relations bloom on a lavish welcome. Officials discuss U.S. aid and trade topics including lead imports quotas and dam financing, while the visit emphasizes diplomacy on the Mexican Riviera.
KADETS OF AMERICA, sponsored by VFW Post, learn adult lessons from youthful play. A wartime features picture story notes rising welfare costs tied to youth training programs and post activities, highlighting community support and fundraising efforts.
Grace Tulk editor of The Chronicle Telegram and Ohe Parent Teacher was honored at a Graystone Hotel dinner as the Quota International of Elyria celebrates its birthday. Rev Aston Downs praised her work interpreting the city’s religious life for the community.
Partly cloudy and cold with scattered snow flurries. Highs 14 to 18 degrees, overnight low near zero. Thursday temperatures dip to 3 to 15 degrees. Precipitation none in the last 24 hours. Humidity ranges: 75 percent at 7 am, 55 percent at noon, 63 percent at 7 pm. Sunrise 7:15 am, sunset 6:07 pm. Moonrise 3:20 pm, moonset 5:06 am. Five Day Weather Forecast.
In Columbus, Gov. DiSalle pushes a plan to hand sales and utility excise tax collection to counties and municipalities. House Minority Leader Cloud denounces the idea as unworkable, warning it would disrupt local school financing and county operations and could raise costs and create overlapping tax rates. The debate signals a major party clash next week in the Ohio Legislature.
Picture on page reports a powerful Atlas booster engines separated and plunged into the ocean. Officials offered no cause for the malfunction. It was the first Atlas explosion in five months following a September test aimed at crossing 6,300 miles. The Air Force hoped to evaluate the missile’s nose cone and its space path, but the flight lasted a little over three minutes rather than the expected 25.
Two youths David Priebe and Gerald Urig earned $50 rewards from the Post Office Depart ment after alerting authorities to four men stealing government checks from rural mailboxes last year. The incident occurred June 12 on Rt. 57 near Schadden Rd as they delivered Urig's Chronicle Telegram route. They provided the license plate and helped sheriff's deputies identify the suspects, who had stolen at least $1,500 in mail. Three offenders are in prison and the fourth is on probation.
Washington government report shows January consumer price index up 0.1 percent from December to 123.8, with beef veal and poultry rising while fruits pork coffee eggs and milk fell. Officials call costs stabilizing, noting nine months of only minor fluctuations. Take home pay for factory workers hits record high for January at 78.70 with declines from December due to hours and social security tax increases.
Elyria officials clash over the 1959 general fund estimate with Mayor Stewart arguing for $986,917.51 to maintain 1958 operations and a 5 percent raise, while City Auditor Ellsworth Alheit says at least $1,200,000 is needed for salaries, equipment, and additional staff. The debate hinges on adjustments for workmen’s compensation, state examinations, and misposted taxes amid a broader fight over income projections and contingency funding.
London reports Greek Foreign Minister Evangelos Averoff said Cyprus would join a Western alliance with NATO members Greece and Turkey. He outlined a four year underground war balance ahead of his departure for Athens with Premier Karamanlis after improving on the island. The proposal involves a pac t linking Yugoslavia Greece and Turkey for mutual defense. In another item from Union City Tennessee Clyde Nail nicknamed Rusty received tetanus shots after stepping on a rusty nail.
Gen George C Marshall in Bragg North Carolina remained seriously ill with a guarded prognosis. Medical chief Col George M Powell at Walter Reed said his condition was essentially unchanged from the prior day despite a slight uptick in status.
Americans spent over 17 billion dollars dining out last year as spending trends rise. Sell unused appliances and sports equipment through Chronicle-Telegram Classified ads to quickly cash in at low cost. Call FA 3-3321 in Elyria or 6173 in Lorain for Westinghouse Ha ak 35 and related listings.
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