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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1960
Page
1
Ridgeville history piece notes the village’s 150th anniversary since its first settlement as the community, now North Ridgeville, is highlighted in the second article of a series. Elyria and Westlake Highs led the Class AA Sectional basketball opening games with reports continued on pages 18 and 19.
A brief feature teases readers with questions about what people think in a plane awaiting a possible crash. It cites a column titled From the Chatter Box on page 23 and promotes family reading in the Week-End Dividend Pages on pages 22 and 23 for varied entertainment.
Elyria Catholic High School launched its Honor Society with the induction of 10 seniors. 19 juniors are listed in the second section.
President Eisenhower and President Frondizi arrived in separate planes at Mar del Plata for a brief visit before heading to the Andean resort of San Carlos de Bariloche for a weekend of relaxation and informal talks.
Report from Argentina notes air crash survivors fighting for life as Hotel workers rush a bed for Secretary of State Christian A. Herter. Carpenters built a seven foot long bed with a mattress supported by laths and elastic bands to fit his six foot five inch height.
A column mixes a cold Northeastern forecast with snow flurries and wind. It shifts to reporting President Eisenhower’s crash landing in Argentina, his ride to Bariloche, and the grim toll from the Alitalia DC-7 disaster. Hospitals treat survivors as officials confirm deaths and ongoing inquiries.
London reports Princess Margaret, 24, will wed Antony Armstrong-Jones, a society photographer, in a secret engagement confirmed by the royal family. Townsend, once her partner, married in Belgium last December. The couple’s engagement aroused much public interest as a rare marriage between a royal and a commoner.
Chairman Francis E. Walter invited the National Council of Churches to testify to dispute Air Force manual charges that Communists have infiltrated church pulpits. Clergy leaders demanded an apology and urged repudiation of the allegations as untrue and slanderous. Walter asked if the council would testify to question materials in Air Force training manuals, while church spokesmen said the issue remains unresolved.
A major winter storm battered the East Coast and Midwest with heavy snow and freezing temperatures. Four children witnessed a fatality as high tides and long coastlines endured pounding waves while authorities warned of continuing cold and snow across multiple states.
UPI reported a Cuban anti Communist refugee claim that Fidel Castro prepared to seize the U S Guantanamo base. The report listed casualties by state and nation areas from the storm described with a tally of dead and calls for nationalizing the base.
Khrushchev teased newsmen at a Jakarta cocktail party that he and Eisenhower have a secret date for a private meeting and joked about meeting on the moon. Nasution proposed they might settle differences in an isolated place, prompting Khrushchev to quip about cooperation anywhere on earth or the moon.
The U S Navy appointed an accident board to investigate a fatal air collision near Rio de Janeiro that killed 61 people, including three Americans. Rear Adm Jon Quinn, head of the U S mission to Brazil, convened the panel and two U S Navy crewmen were flown from Buenos Aires to help identify the deceased. The Brazilian Air Ministry blamed the U S Navy for the collision with a Brazilian DC-3 over Sugarloaf Mountain.
Las Vegas judge John Mowbray quickly commits a woman to the state hospital following her alleged crimes. In court she declares eye for an eye and death, then reportedly throws her false teeth at the judge during the proceeding.
A Daily Herald cartoon shows a British housewife asking her husband how they will keep up with the Joneses, reflecting social pressure and competition in consumer culture. The caption ran in the London edition with UPI report.
Tokyo UPI reports NBC star Jack Paar insists there is no payola on the Tonight show. He denounces any sale of influence and defends his staff, while a House subcommittee probes his waterfront purchase at Key Biscayne.
Citi Aeronautics officers said a Air Force C-119 flying boxcar went down near Liberty South Carolina. Police report the crew were buried at the scene.
An early morning crash on Route 18 near Route 301 killed Akron resident Adam Lonski and left Chester Lunieski with injuries after his car skidded into a Red Star Trucking Co semi. Eugene Smith, 21, of Detroit, drove the truck. Lunieski was treated at Allen Hospital. authorities investigate.
In Wethersfield New York seven year old Albert Stewart crawled through deep snow for help as a fire swept his farm home trapping his siblings Bonnie James and Connie. Volunteer firemen faced snow clogged roads delaying rescue while Anita Stewart seven children escaped with Walter the five month old. Their father Albert T Stewart worked in Attica at the time of the blaze.
Twenty two cars of a 36 car New York Central freight train derailed in Mason Michigan crashing into three buildings. Four cars toppled with one in a lumber store basement and another crashing through 100 tons of fertilizer. No injuries reported. Damage estimated at 200000 dollars. Cause traced to a broken wheel on a boxcar.
An Allegheny Airlines jet skidded to a rough stop when its landing gear snapped on takeoff at Port Erie Airport in Erie Pennsylvania. No injuries were reported. The incident occurred Friday night and details remain sparse.
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