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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1960
Page
1
The article notes Air History figures Benoist Ausmus and Cooke as early Sandusky aviation pioneers with photos of their first planes. It mentions this story and photos appear on page 17, while Dear Abby style advice continues daily in The CT and a review of Dear Teen-ager is in Speaking of Books on page 12.
Russ Davies compiles Rustlin' Around with notes on Dick Tomanek the baseball pitcher and various notable figures. The piece appears in This And That on page 20, with additional family reading in Week-End Dividend Pages on pages 20 and 21.
A tank truck leaves a blood smeared trail after a valve failure on Route 20. The incident unfolds across three villages and ends in Lorain as authorities pursue the motorist at high speed amid hectic election year tension and special circumstances.
Russian ships with extensive electronic gear moved near the central Pacific as Moscow designates a 45,000 square mile zone east of the Marshall Islands to be off limits from Jan 15 to Feb 13 for rocket tests aimed at heavy satellite and planetary missions. Officials weigh whether the actions signal a spaceflight push this year.
Sunshine dominates today with high near 32 to 37 degrees. Tonight and Sunday bring partly cloudy skies and little temperature change with a slightly warmer Sunday. Overnight low 23 to 28, Friday's range 31 to 42, last year’s Friday 16 to 24. Precipitation: trace in 24 hours to Friday p.m. Humidity peaks 83 percent at 7 am, 52 percent at 1 pm, 79 percent at 7 pm. Sunrise 7:53 a.m. Sunset 3:16 p.m. Moonrise 2:31 p.m. Moonset 3:59 a.m. Sunday.
A Columbia family woke to their two year old crying and found a smoldering fire in the living room fireplace paneling. Firefighters from Columbia extinguished the blaze after breaking through the upper paneling. The Henrichs family evacuated to relatives while the home aired out. An insurance investigator will review the incident next week.
Air Force planes evacuated seven civilians from the Charlie ice island in Alaska as 30 below zero winds lashed the site. Five were taken on the first flight, two more on a second run, with winter fissures expanding along the edge. Eighteen scientists remained. $200,000 of gear must be moved before those on site leave. Names of evacuated civilians included Vodlker, Chapman, Willie Jr, Herron, and Chance.
Democratic leaders say no agreement with the Eisenhower administration to avoid a general tax cut this year. They cite the projected $4.2 billion budget surplus and the president's goal to reduce the national debt, with no plans to override his opposition in the election year.
Jefferson County prosecutor Calvin Hutchins dropped embezzlement charges against welfare worker Helen Butler after new evidence showed the $1,082 Social Security funds were turned over to the county child welfare board. Cancelled checks unavailable earlier confirm funds not misused by Butler.
Police and private detectives search for Gamble Benedict 18 who vanished after a Dec 26 coming out party. Her guardian Mrs Henry Harper Benedict says she left the Harper mansion near Fifth Avenue on Dec 27 and has not been heard from since aside from a Dec 30 phone call promising to return for New Year’s Eve.
Navy officials confirmed possible sabotage to electrical cables on the nuclear powered cruiser Long Beach at Fore River yard in Quincy with FBI involvement. A similar incident had been reported on the Nautilus submarine last October as the service labeled the damage as potentially intentional and not delaying delivery.
Nixon consented to enter Ohio's presidential primary with the Ohio GOP pledging 56 delegates to him. Gov. DiSalle backed by Ohio Democrats planned to run as a favorite son. Nixon's birthday entry followed his Washington talks with Bliss and a separate New Hampshire ballot filing.
UPI reports Senator Hubert H. Humphrey will tour nine states this month for the Democratic presidential nomination, with a stop in Ohio among others. He aims to rally support as the campaign intensifies across key battlegrounds and neutral states alike.
U S Steel and the United Steelworkers signed a formal contract ending a protracted dispute. U S Steel is the eighth major producer to seal an agreement with the union, with Great Lakes Wheeling and Armco expected to sign soon. The pact follows terms outlined in a Monday memorandum negotiated with Vice President Nixon and Labor Secretary Mitchell. Union President McDonald urged that the contract demonstrate no need for legal restraints and pave the way for steel industry peace while addressing labor-management issues.
Two separate fatal fires claim ten children near Thompson Falls Montana and in Chicago. In Montana a ranch house blast killed six children ages 2 to 14. two 4 month old twins and the mother Mrs Lionel Scott were burned and hospitalized. In Chicago four children ages 1 to 6 suffocated from smoke while their mother was away. the victims Tyrone Milton Linda and Tynia perished in a West Side apartment fire.
UPI reports Mrs Harry Hewitt age 28 of Seville mother of three was killed when her car veered off Ghio 3 and struck a tree.
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