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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1959
Page
1
Tournament play leading to state titles began for area high school basketball teams last night. For the results and details of the Elyria Class AA Sectional and the County Class A tourneys, turn to a sha 7 Pgs. 3 For reviews of new books on George Washington, whose birthday anniversary is tomorrow, see Speaking of Books.
An American young lady named Callahan, of Irish origin, recently visited the small country of Luxembourg. The note appears on page 27. Also recommended are the Week-End Dividend Pages on pages 26 and 27 for enjoyable family reading.
Police pursued two armed suspects who fled after gunfire while stealing a safe from a Sheffield Lake dress shop. Tracks led officers to South Lorain near 29th Street, where the getaway car was found abandoned in a ditch.
Police officer Robert Steadman and Auxiliary Patrolman Joseph Darmos halted two thieves as they attempted to steal a safe from the Red Robin dress shop in the Shoreway Shopping Center. The suspects fled in a blue and white Oldsmobile, later found damaged. Steadman fired three of four shots, two bullets pierced the shop window.
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan arrived in Moscow for talks with Nikita Khrushchev and pledged to seek a better understanding of East–West relations. Khrushchev welcomed him at Vnukovo Airport with formal ceremonies as both leaders prepared for substantive discussions on global issues and Soviet–British ties.
FAA officials outline three factors behind recent near misses: overcrowded airspace, too many planes, and insufficient control facilities. Over the past five days four commercial airliners reported near misses with military traffic, including a Capital Airlines Viscount.
Frigid polar air moving south from the northern Great Lakes is expected to reach northern Ohio counties today. The weather map shows a high pressure system over the south will bring partly cloudy, warmer conditions by weekend as winds gust 15 to 20 mph from the southwest. Snow reported near Youngstown with temperatures 13 to 27 degrees across the state, up from Friday morning readings.
The report notes fair and warmer conditions with scattered clouds across Ohio and a chilly northwest tonight with possible snow flurries near Lake Erie. It cites a Friday night FAA prelim investigation reporting an error in position estimation at Indianapolis Center and the on duty controller was suspended pending further inquiry. the employee's identity was not released.
Reported in El Paso Texas UPI says a Nike Hercules missile misfired and exploded near a ranch along White Sands Missile Range injuring five in the home and yard. The incident raises FAA concerns about IFR and VFR airspace safety amid noisy aircraft operations in good weather. A separate Pennsylvania Turnpike crash near Bedford killed three and injured three when a car rammed a tractor trailer.
A blaze on the Eastern Shore of Maryland destroyed the Miles home killing five Miles children aged 10, 8, 4, 2, and 3 weeks. Lucy Miles escaped from a second story window as two neighboring houses were damaged and firemen fought the flames. Police investigated the cause while residents blamed the tragedy on a fiction warned as real on a TV broadcast.
President Eisenhower flies back to the capital from Acapulco after delaying Augusta golf due to a cold front. The Columbo ne touched down at 8 18 a m as he and Mexico's Lopez Mateos had agreed to move forward with the 100 million dollar Diablo Dam on the Rio Grande and to pursue cotton and lead zinc trade issues.
Clearview high school sectional games open with Firelands and Lorain St Mary leading off the tourney after morning pairings. Black River meets Ridgeville in the other first round as districts and rest periods are adjusted under state rules.
Senate investigators will deepen probes into phonograph record counterfeiting aimed at underworld juke box operators in Chicago. Witnesses cited $74,000 funneled to The Commercial Phonograph Survey as a front for payoffs to crime figures. testimony tied to 24,000 counterfeit copies and a $50 fine. The panel plans a three day, then two week recess to continue hearings on the Chicago juke box issue and industry controls.
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