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Newspaper

The Chronicle Telegram

Location

Elyria, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 05, 1959

Page

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Ohio Faces Arctic Freeze as Three Die in Snow Plunge

Three people died in Ohio during a weekend arctic cold wave that dropped below zero across the state and dumped two to nine inches of snow in the north. In Cleveland, Frank Calta 57 and Michael Sefchik 72 collapsed while shoveling snow, while Gerald Campbell 47 of Cardinal ton died of a heart attack shoveling. Snow and wind hindered clearing roads as crews worked around the clock. temperatures fell to eight below zero in Lorain County and nine below in Dayton with highs only in the teens.

Ohio Frank Calta Michael Sefchik Cleveland Gerald Campbell Cardington Ashtabula Geauga Memorial Shoreway East 145Th Street Cleveland Weather Bureau Cleveland Hopkins Bainbridge Geauga County Garfield Heights Painesville Youngstown Toledo Canton Akron Columbus Weather Bureau Dayton Columbus Cincinnati Weather Bureau Lake Erie Elyria Telephone Co Ohio Edison Co State Highway Department Oberlin Highway Department Pacific Northwest New England Texas Florida Colorado Atlantic Seaboard U.S Piney Wyo Hibbing Minn Gordon Wis Kansas Missouri Midlands Michigan City Ind

Weather Update for Northeast Ohio Amid Snow and Cold

Partly cloudy and very cold with snow flurries near Lake Erie. Strong drifting creates hazardous driving conditions today as winds ease tonight and temperatures plunge below zero. High near 10 to 20s, low around 5 below, with Sunday range 14 to 34 and Sunday precipitation at 0.26 inches.

Omo Donald Jameson Oberlin Weather Bureau Ohio Fuel Gas Co Ohio Lake Erie Qate

Cuba Forecast Outlines Four Point Program

Havana dispatch reports Cuba plans a four point pre program focused on stability for business and foreign investments while denying ties to communism. Fidel Castro stresses the revolution is political not social, with possible internal differences among movement members noted as a concern.

Fulgen-t Havana UPI Cuba Fucio Batista Fidel Castro Hismall Foreigni Erie

Ohio Legislature Faces Tax Dilemma As Snowbound Nation Drifts

In Columbus the first Democratic controlled Ohio Legislature convened amid a major tax challenge to balance finances. Bitter cold and heavy snow from the Midwest to the East disrupted travel and threatened crops, with potential new levies under consideration.

Columbus UPI Ohio

1960 Defense Budget Near 41 Billion

President Nixon told congressional leaders the 1960 defense budget would be 40.9 billion dollars, about 100 million above the current fiscal year. Senate figures, including Wiley, noted possible space program acceleration and space agency remarks.

Washington UPI Hisenhowert Alex Saea Vander Wiley Senate Biancherer Agner Tomy Aer BUR House

Elyria Council Vacancy Sparks Two-Party Contest

Harold West emerges as potential GOP nominee in a runoff for the Elyria city council vacancy. Thompson is named president of the Lorain County Commissioners to organize for the new year.

Elyria Harold West Thompson Lorain County

Actress Stevens in Critical Condition After Suspected Caustic Ingestion

Swedish born actress and singer Miss Stevens 24 was found in her Gramercy Park apartment by a building superintendent and rushed to Columbus Hospital in Manhattan in critical but improving condition. Doctors initially gave slim odds but later reported progress as tests were set to identify the ingested caustic solution possibly cleaning fluid.

New York UPI Singer Stevens Manhattan Columbus Hospital Miss Stevens Bing Crosby Gramercy Park John de Santis David Techet

Bock Salt and Mur bach's Coal Ad Improvised

An imperfect clipped ad notes Bock Salt for ice removal and Mur bach's Coal with a reference FA 3 313. The fragmentary line ends with a stray quotation and incomplete contact detail.

Murbach’s

Columnist Mane Torre jailed for ten days in contempt

NEW YORK UPI Televisor columnist Mane Torre was sent to the Hudson County Women’s Prison in New Jersey for 10 days after refusing to disclose a news source. Her husband Hal Friedman supported her as she defended protecting sources, saying the jail term could help legislation shielding journalists. Torre planned to purge later if she changed her mind, and her mother and a housekeeper would care for her two children.

New York UPI Mane Torre Hudson County N.J Women’s Prison Today U.S Sylvester J. Ryan Ryan Miss Torre

Reds Say Rocket Beginning Slant Into Solar Orbit

USSR reports its cosmic rocket slants out toward the sun beginning its orbit becoming the first man made planet. Tass cites coordinates and moon and earth distances while Pravda hails the flight and Khrushchev comments on progress and calm lunar ambitions. Castro signals Cuba's stance amid regional upheaval as Urutia regains power and civil order restored.

Moscow UPI Russia Tass Washington U.S Homer Joseph Stewart Earth Stewart Pravda Nikita Khrushchev Khrushchev Castro Soviet Union Camaguey United Cuba Havana

Wild animal found in living room wall shocks Des Moines

Police rushed to the Des Moines home after Mrs Donna Oertwig reported an animal running wild in her living room wall. The scene concluded with a frightened squirrel seized after undercover work by the Animal Rescue League and a mystery solved as detectives posed as Mrs Violet Matthews.

Des Moines, Iowa UPI Donna Oertwig Round East London Aldgate Animal Rescue League Violet Matthews

Castro Orders End of Strike and Havana Reopens

Fidel Castro ordered a relaxation of Cuba's New Year strike paralysis as he moves toward Havana with an armored column. He pledges to restore democracy while purging Batista loyalists and conducting trials, with several officers executed and many opposition leaders jailed. About 70 dead and 300 injured in Havana clashes. all American tourists evacuated safe.

Manuel Urrutia Castro Sancti Spiritus Las Villas Urruitia Cassero Guy Termiment Dochstinre Eden Santa Havana UPI Cuba Jebel Fidel Castro Flo Fulgencio Batista Batista U.S

Engagment Ring for Sale in Alaska Ad Prompts Interest

A rejected suitor places a classifieds ad in an Alaskan paper offering an engagement ring three weeks old and never worn. The ad notes six rings tied for second place and invites offers, illustrating how local classifieds facilitate selling. The notice also mentions contact numbers in Elyria and Lorain for low cost ads and includes a parakeet for sale.

Chronicle - Telegram Elyria Lorain

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