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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1959
Page
13
The State Highway Department Awards Committee approved contracts for resurfacing city streets that are state routes and for the first of two parts of the northwest leg of the Rt 57 bypass at a meeting last night.
Union workers at three Pittsburgh Steamship vessels walked off at Lorain amid a contract stalemate over bargaining talks. unlicensed seamen were ordered back to ships by international USW officials as Ohio Engineering and Hart Construction work to resurface a street and by pass project proceed with state and federal support.
Senator Charles A. Mosher of Oberlin seeks to add Lorain County to an inland trade zone bill for Northern Ohio. The measure would allow duty free importation until goods are shipped from the zone and could attract industry if rules are suspended or a special session is called.
The owner of 9 parcels, Ann Vargas Cleveland, paid $2,182.98 in taxes penalties and interest this morning, canceling today and Tuesdays scheduled land forfeiture sales. Auditor Frank Ayres said 44 parcels were to be sold today and 46 on Tuesday. Next sale set for July 9. Yesterday 34 parcels in Avon Lake Sheffield Lake and Avon grossed $12 532 with a 2 acre Avon Lake parcel at $5 200.
A private Beech twin engine plane crashed into Ozark timber country near Springfield killing four Oklahoma executives from Cherokee Steel and Cherokee Laboratories. Ed ward Rogers a company attorney and Harry Richie a Cherokee chemical engineer died in the crash. Garrick’s son George remained in very critical condition with multiple injuries. The Beech craft was enroute to Columbus Indiana on company business and was thought to have diverted to Springfield to allow Garrick to visit his father in law.
A Navy pilot from Greenville Ohio Lt R Coppes parachuted to safety after his F 9F Cougar developed engine trouble and crashed on Padre Island Bombing Range. It followed a crash the previous day that killed Ensign Kirmaei Horkuts of St Louis when an ADS Douglas Skyraider failed and burned on Padre Island.
The Lorain County board of education promoted Marian Fosselius to secretary to the superintendent effective Aug 1, filling the vacancy from Miss Bessie G. Douglas resignation. Fosselius salary set at 4800. Ann Dobrin receives a raise to 4800. the new vacancy remains unfilled. Supt C A Gibbons seeks applications requiring typing and shorthand skills. Evelyn DiSylvester hired temporarily to train scribes at 75 dollars for two weeks. Herbert F Eye reemployed as teacher at the Lorain County Juvenile Detention Home with salary up to 109. The district cost allocated by enrollment across county districts. Joe Berg Foundation of Chicago plans an educational seminar program for bright high school students across county districts.
George Ramirez of iSt East 7th St Lorain had his peddler license cancelled by the mayor after police said a Lorain woman complained he was selling goods after hours. Ramirez was found in a Melvyn Lane home and had been licensed in April for peddling novelties in the city 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. He had faced another complaint recently. Police noted Ramirez claimed to be visiting a friend whose name he did not know.
Eva M. Stoddard died May 27 leaving an estate appraised at 554,858. Inventory filed in Probate Court lists real estate at 480,575 and securities at 39,253. Haro Soddard is executor.
Ohio State Highway Patrol predicts 17 deaths in traffic accidents this weekend due to a longer Independence Day holiday. Lorain County expects to stay clean as patrolmen enforce a 74 hour get-tough schedule starting this holiday weekend.
A federal mediated labor negotiation will take place next Friday to end the strike at Eastern States Farmers Exchange in Huron. The three day walkout has idled about 200 employees, with 150 more on strike at Buffalo, tied to wage disputes as the labor contract expired at midnight Tuesday. Other unions’ members are idle, respecting picket lines.
Michael Hank Busich president of United Steel Workers Local 1104 at National Tube Co. Lorain was elected president of the Lorain County CIO Council, succeeding Frank Kenya. New officers include Hager Burkhard as vice president and William Socotch as recording secretary. Vote was close.
Tomas E. Perez of Lorain filed in Common Pleas Court an appeal from an Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation ruling denying compensation after his discharge from Fruehauf Trailer plant Avon Lake. The bureau also ordered restitution of $39. Perez argues illness prevented reporting during a three day absence, due to a kidney ailment, no home telephone, and his family being away on vacation.
Chief Justice Earl Warren of the US Supreme Court was named an elector for the Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University. The announcement was made Thursday.
The Lorain County Board of Elections asks county commissioners to buy 50 additional voting machines for the 1950 presidential election. With 31 machines owned, about 208 precincts may need multiple machines, as some districts require two or three units. Each machine costs around $1,500.
Lorain County reporting an 8.5 percent decline in sales tax receipts for the week ended June 20 from the prior year. County totals show yearly gains despite weekly drop, with cumulative collections at 3,244,439 versus 3,186,200 a year earlier. Erie Huron and Medina counties posted higher weekly figures year over year, while Medina trails the 1957-58 period in fiscal totals. Ohio overall shows fiscal year receipts at 221,496,167, up 3.1 percent from last year, with weekly June gains of 27.5 percent.
Ancient 1918 plans recall a July Fourth in Elyria with speeches at Ely Park and Cascade Park picnics. Crowds packed the parade route and daylight fireworks lasted over an hour and a half. A community singing gathering followed, with war bond drives and draft registration stressed by officials.
In Kalispell Montana a fireworks stand run by Ted and family Durocher in Evergreen exploded killing two children, Dickie Street aged 13 and Linda Helseth aged 10. The coroner said the stand held standard Fourth of July fireworks and the bodies were found near an unlocked door after a string of blasts.
Oren C. Cawthon, 44, of 200 Second St, pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to driving while intoxicated. He was fined 250 dollars, sentenced to seven days in the city jail with the term suspended, and his driver's license suspended for three years or until he complies with the financial responsibility act. He was arrested on Temple C1 on June 28 by city police. he had pled innocent at arraignment.
Two boys aged 14 and 12 confessed to taking a four cycle mower motor from the Paul Laubenthal garage in Ohio. They were released to their parents and a brother early today after admitting the theft.
Fragmentary report describes two individuals near Tremont Street and a motor vehicle involved in a suspected bag theft. Names and locations are partially obscured, details conflict between initial claim and later admission.
A public hearing on subdivision regulations for the unincorporated Lorain County area will be held at the Saddle Inn Avon Lake at 6 30 p m July 15 during the Lorain County Regional Planning Commission quarterly meeting. The hearing will mark steps toward enforcing approved rules and delegating subdivision decisions to the planning group. Weldon W Case, president, described the session as a chance to review executive committee actions and ask questions about the commission’s work.
Elyria District Catholic High School marks ten years with a 1959 alumni picnic at Lincoln Park Lorain on Sunday August 3 starting at noon. Activities include dancing a softball game playground entertainment and a bring your own picnic lunch policy.
The Ohio National Guard units in Elyria undergo a pentomic reorganization. Company D of the 112th Engineer Battalion will join the 137th Battalion after August 9 following two weeks of active training at Camp Breckinridge Kentucky. The 112th has collected 13 battle banners.
A Huron County man, about 25, questioned by sheriff deputies yesterday, was cleared of involvement in the rape and robbery of a 21 year old Wellington area mother. Capt George Rozie said the suspect matched the description, but no charges were filed. The victim was assaulted at gunpoint around 10 am in her isolated dwelling and robbed of $8 before the assailant fled into nearby woods.
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