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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1963
Page
13
Elyria's mayor cites 1942 crime and crash data as city eyes turning off 603 streetlights to curb expenses. Reports from Cleveland bureau show Chicago Green ville West Covina Portland and others cutting crime and deaths with improved or modernized lighting, while McPherson Kan and Gary Ind credit lighting for declines in burglaries assaults and traffic deaths.
Officials from the Street and Highway Safety Lighting Bureau in Cleveland and the National Bureau of Casualty and Safety Underwriters published last year’s traffic fatality survey. They found that improved lighting in high accident frequency areas was the single coordinating factor in reducing deaths.
By Bob Frederick the US Post Office Department has announced nine commemoratives for the year with six more to be scheduled to reach fifteen. Denominations are assumed five cents unless stated. February marks the emancipation anniversary, March 24 to 300th anniversary of the Carolina Charter, May 11 tentative Air Mail honoring Mor Blair, June 20 Westwood Centennial, and a hundredth centennial.
Notes from a reporter on education posts and a Cleveland stamp auction preview. Coverage includes the least known highest educational post, the US Office of Education, resignations, and upcoming stamp issues and sales with details on auctions and dates.
A stream of fragmented notes shows a debate on federal versus local control of education, advocating national standards with state funding while preserving local autonomy. It mentions the U S Office of Education, education leaders, and calls for more federal money and a national curriculum amid county and city tensions.
Oberlin College has not had a director of public relations since Robert Williams moved to secretary. Lorain County reports aid disbursed to 237 families and foreclosure sales totaling 1,271,231 dollars. Also notes on local education, stamps, and regional history from 50 years ago.
In its 1962 report on crime and accidents in the United States, Street and Highway surveyed police chiefs in 26 major cities to learn the percentage of crimes that occur after dark. The overall averages for various night crimes in the 26 cities are listed below.
Earl Lautenschleger, now a science teacher at Elyma High School, proved Elyna was not the first western public high school. His 1936 master’s thesis shows Akron beat Elyma to public secondary education by three years with the Akron law of 1847, and Elyma opened in 1850. The study traces Elyna’s early schools from 1831 as The High School of Elyna, a private institution, not an academy.
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