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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1961
Page
1
Elyria area residents are urged to donate 1.75 million dollars to fund expansion at their hospital. Readers are directed to pages 16 for the pictorial and textual details and to page 18 for reflections on the President's wife in From the Chatter Box.
For Men Of Science Today launches a new illustrated feature titled Profiles in Science by Sam Patrick and George Getze. Following Mr President and Children of the Bible, this weekly column will spotlight the life and achievements of eminent scientists, beginning with an Archimedes profile on the science page.
State Highway Department plans an additional 2.2 miles of Rt 58 toward Lorain on the first page, second section. Elyria groups on Lake Avenue pursue ratification of a constitution.
A 21-year-old Amherst Township auto worker, Phillip Roark, died at Amherst Hospital at 5:35 a.m. after a one car crash on Middle Ridge Road near Route 58. An injured companion was questioned by Lorain County Sheriff’s deputies as investigators said the non collision crash likely threw Roark from the car while traveling too fast into a field.
In Moscow Premier Khrushchev and U S Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson held a two hour discussion on improving American Soviet relations. A U S Embassy spokesman said Khrushchev summoned Thompson to his office, with no further details given.
Elyria property owners will pay 5.54 mills more per 1 000 dollars of valuation this year as the new tax rate rises to 38.28 mills. The increase follows three last year’s levies for city operation salaries and school operation, with total voted levies at 7.75 mills. County Auditor Frank Ayres’s dept notes bond retirement cuts, state and county reductions, and a ~6 million rise in Elyria’s valuation helped limit the rise. The rate combines state, county, city and school levies inside and outside the 10-mill limit, with 9.04 mills for city purposes and 26.34 mills for school expenses, plus county and state shares.
Police hoped children were delivered home before a snowbound vehicle cut off contact. The blizzard caused at least 56 deaths, led by Pennsylvania with 21 and New England with 18 including six in Massachusetts and four in Connecticut. Additional fatalities followed in other states.
The Senate endorsed Kennedy's cabinet by voice vote, confirming Dean Rusk as secretary of state and C Douglas Dillon as secretary of the treasury after swift committee reports. Leaders moved rapidly, with opposition subdued and praise heard for both senators. Fulbright chaired the foreign relations panel as Morse blocked other nominations.
UPI dispatch reports tension in Laos with Laotian forces stalling near Vientiane as U.S. pilots refuse dangerous flights to Luang Prabang. In Havana Castro urges détente while Kennedy’s cabinet nominations stream to the Senate amid global upheaval and a severe North American blizzard disrupting Inauguration Day preparations.
Mostly cloudy and contin ct cold today tonight and Sunday with occasional snow flurries and some locally heavy snow squalls near Lake Erie. High around 10 C. Low tonight between minus three and plus six.
Washington bulletin reports President Kennedy fulfilled a campaign pledge by issuing an executive order to expand the federal food distribution program aiding needy families across the nation.
In Leopoldville Congo a Lumumba aligned faction released 12 Belgians after a ransom of 10 000 was paid, then arrested at least a dozen more Belgians. U N troops report the freed hostages as Belgian officials are detained by pro Lumumba forces. White residents seek UN protection amid a widening reign of terror as mobs mobilize on regional borders and across provinces. Antoine Gizenga reportedly retaliates by imprisoning Belgians. The UN warns of heightened alert as forces on both sides deploy.
The Senate swiftly confirmed four Kennedy cabinet nominees led by Robert Kennedy as attorney general and then began considering the remaining six appointments one by one in a rapid session.
President Kennedy endured a hectic first 20 hours with early rising after an all-night schedule. Aides and Cabinet nominees were confirmed in quick succession as he moved from the Capitol to the White House, attending inaugural balls and meetings, while Khrushchev sent a congratulatory note and the First Lady rested after a long day.
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