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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1960
Page
1
A brief note directs readers to Rustlin' Around by Russ Davies on page 26 for a glossary of newsroom terms and phrases heard around the newspaper office.
Season ending action kicked off as Firelands defeated Avon and South Amherst beat Keystone in the opening round of the Lorain County tournament. Outcomes set up bracket play and page 32 features include stories and photos.
A complaint accuses a deputy dog warden of harassing a witness as authorities consider action against the official. The report notes escalating tension in the local dog warden case and outlines potential steps by the city.
Queen Elizabeth's third child, a boy born Friday, weighed seven pounds three ounces at birth. He is described as a lovely baby and rests in a nursery at Buckingham Palace while plans for a name continue. Prince Charles and Princess Anne, aged 11 and 9, visit the newborn.
Cloudy and cold in northeast Ohio with light snow likely and diminishing winds today. Tonight and Sunday remain cold with light snow possible late Sunday. temperatures from the low teens to mid twenties. Precipitation 0.06 inch in 24 hours ending 7 p m Friday. Sunrise at 7 15 p m. sunset 6 00 p m. Moonrise 1 47 am. moonset 5 14 pm.
Ohio reports a 21 percent drop in railroad crossing deaths in 78 with J Grant Keys, director of rail road safety, noting fewer fatalities than the prior year. Rural crossings accounted for a majority of the total 8 deaths, setting a record low since record keeping began.
A flash explosion at the Ford plant in Lorain critically burned welder Robert Van Niel and burned three coworkers less severely. The incident occurred during maintenance work on an exhaust fan motor near the roof line at 4 am. Staylon aided van Niel but was also burned. No other damage reported.
Escaped Wilming ton jail inmate Ever ett Crum Bainbridge who fled with a gun held up a funeral director in Hillsboro and escaped south on Ohio 247 in the victim’s car. Police and Highland County deputies pursued. Crum seen at Seaman and eluding roadblocks by using side roads. He had wounded two officers during the jailbreak near Lynchburg.
Chiang Kai-shek spoke in Formosa outlining the anti red drive and the moral imperative to root out communism. He urged unity among leaders and citizens to confront perceived subversive elements amid ongoing political tension.
Gale force winds and 20 foot snow drifts paralyzed the East while a Southwest storm threatened the plains. Cold air sent Midwest temperatures down to ten below. The blast knocked out power across a Pennsylvania county and trapped motorists. Snow spread through Missouri and Iowa with wintry flurries from New York to West Virginia. At least 14 deaths were blamed on the storm, with Tennessee and Pennsylvania among the hardest hit.
A major winter storm threatened Ohio with heavy snow and gale winds after moving from the East. The Weather Bureau warned of mixed precipitation and dangerous travel as temps fell, roads iced and closures began across eastern regions, while Ohio Turnpike reduced speeds between Cleveland and the Pennsylvania line.
Two Lorain youths were seriously injured when their car skidded on Route 254 and struck the Sova Florists greenhouse foundation at 9 30 p m. Edmund McElwayne, 16, was in critical condition at St Joseph Hospital. Berry Parker, 18, the driver, was listed in very poor condition.
County prosecutor Paul Mikus seeks a Lorain County public hearing to assess the New York Central wreck that killed four and injured over 50. He asks the PUC to prepare an independent report, funded locally, to determine operator responsibilities and compliance with laws and PUC rules.
Knox County officials directed students to attend makeup sessions Saturday after heavy closures. The order came from the Knoxville school superintendent following Friday disruption.
President EXenhewer will report from the Watten Om Bin on a South American trip and address Ge wcarry and street. The address will be broadcast nationwide on WIR channel 8 at 6 p.m. WEWS channel 5 at 6 15 and XW channel 3 at 6 37.
The New York Central Railroad dismissed engineer Henry Kirstein of Cleveland after a taped report blamed human error for a Wellington crash that killed four and injured 38. Officials said the NYC train ran 59 mph at a crossover that should have been entered at 15, though Kirstein had previously cited brake failure.
Washington groups clash over an Air Force training manual linking some U S clergy to Communism. The National Council of Churches denounces the booklet while the American and International Christian Councils back the charges, led by Carl McIntire and Edgar Bundy.
In 1846 Eas Howe, then age four, invented the sewing machine and tested it with top seamstresses. The machine proved faster and more efficient, demonstrating its value. Classified ads invite readers to place business or property ads, with contact numbers for Ely and Lorain.
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