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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1959
Page
12
Soviet Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan arrives in Chicago to invite a bus driver to a chat at a tour-room apartment and meet ordinary Americans. He flew in from Detroit where Thursday night reception featured eggs snowballs and insults hurled by about 500 demonstrators.
A Chicago spokesman said pickets will greet Anastas Mikoyan at Midway Airport and other stops including the Conrad Hilton Hotel and the Chicago Club despite a plea from President Eisenhower. Eggs and snowballs were thrown at Mikoyan as he left a Detroit Club dinner. Cairo rejected De Gaulle’s overtures as Algerian policy disputes surface in the new French parliament.
Warden Ralph Alvis of the Ohio Penitentiary asked Franklin County Common Pleas Court to halt the scheduled electrocution of Bell Blankenship, arguing four psychiatrists deem him insane. The court was expected to order a sanity hearing and possibly postpone the January 16 execution. Blankenship, 44, of Gallipolis, is a divorced father of 11.
Investigators probe the death of Edgar Scott Wood 40 a veteran radio news broadcaster and former university instructor found after a fall in an east Columbus building. Police note missing overcoat and watch but unclear if money was stolen. Wood had worked at WCAE WDTV KDKA WLW and WIVN before moving to Columbus. The piece ties to a separate 1957 case of a prisoner Blankenship whose mental state was debated in court.
A UPI report details an investigation into two private Amish schools near Sugar Creek Holmes County. Diaries and German books reveal daily chores and meals. teachers note ninth and tenth grade work. Dr E E Holt recommends against state certification, leaving enforcement to local authorities to enroll Amish children in public schools.
A coroner's probe examines delays in dispatching a doctor amid charges of fee bickering and scarce teaching materials at a rural school. Readings show limited arithmetic, dieted religious materials, and a basement classroom in Holmesville with a German Bible and hymn book among the few items.
President Eisenhower urged Congress to adopt a balanced budget for fiscal 1960 and to curb federal spending. He called for a veto power over specific items, reduced farm price supports, and tax reform proposals to protect the dollar, while planning studies on prices, wages, and productivity. He warned against inflation and urged defined long term goals.
In Geneva the talks on a nuclear test ban worsened as Semyon Tsarapkin pressed to halt all other topics and demand a for all time commitment. The West urged starting with test controls and requested a fresh study by East West experts on a White House report about detection difficulties. Britain and the United States push for a new study of the report to guide the controls discussion.
A chilly weekend is forecast across Ohio with warmer conditions expected early next week. The piece also details school activities including German reading blocks, arithmetic worksheets, and a diary-style daily events guide for students amid cold snaps and light snow.
Whitley City Kentucky authorities and seven residents located and rescued three newsmen after more than eight hours lost in Eureka Cave about 17 miles northwest of the town. The group included John Fraim of WSAI Cincinnati Jim Jordan a free lance writer and Jim Brown a photographer. Brown sustained a sprained ankle in a fall. The cave’s full extent remains unknown and may be the largest in the country.
TV columnist Mane Torre, jailed for contempt, gained support from Robert Montgomery and Joseph Welch who visited in a 20 minute call. The discussion touched on federal protection for newsmen and the right to keep sources confidential amid national security concerns.
Coral Gables Florida advertisement for a Saturday hair loss consultation by Trichologist F R Cartwright of Harlow Hair Experts. January 10 1:00 to 8:00 pm at the Gallet Hotel offering free examination with no obligation. The notice promotes the new Harlow treatment, claims 95 percent satisfaction, and urges timely action to prevent baldness.
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