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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1957
Page
1
Joe Cowden highlights Enigria’s need for more recreation areas in the future. He warns of serious problems on the horizon unless the city acts soon, stressing planning and citizen involvement.
The Going Places duo offers tips for traveling with dogs while Dorothy Funk comments on the rising vacation traffic. The pieces appear in CT’s feature pages with travel and column insights for readers planning trips this season.
Ford workers seek new housing project near Vermilion as talks advance on progress of negotiations. The story notes plans tied to Tomorrow's discussions on the development on the first page, second section.
Nikita Khrushchev in his first public remark since the purge criticized the ousted Reds. He outlined policies aimed at peaceful coexistence and rapid domestic development to match U.S. production. He attacked Molotov Malenkov and Kaganovich as anti party activists and warned of attempting to seize key party and state positions.
Observers believe Khrushchev will push Prague toward a purge aligning Czechoslovakia with the Soviet line after Stalinist rule. They note the same old leadership remains and reshuffles seem unlikely, with weak alternatives and no arrests planned.
Fire swept a barn at a state farm near Eaton with horses mostly outside the structure. Inmates aided four or five animals to safety as crews from Eaton Grafton Village Grafton Township and East Carlisle fought the blaze. The commandant’s house in the path of wind received check from flames aided by residents and inmates. Water pressure hampered firefighting as spectators lined Route 76 while volunteers controlled traffic.
Mostly sunny with little temperature change. High 77. Tonight partly cloudy and warmer with lows 63 to 66. Friday temperature range 63 to 77. 0.05 inch precipitation in 24 hours ending Friday. Humidity 7% at 8 am, 47% at 2 pm, 44% later. Sunrise 6:00 am, sunset 9:03 pm. Lake Erie small craft warnings reduced. winds 15 to 22 mph today, shifting west to southwest tonight. Partly cloudy.
A year old seaman from Ochibo Sweden on the Swedish merchant Kirribilli is saved after a strangulated hernia. The USS George responds to a radio call as a Coast Guard amphibian plane lands in five to seven foot seas to transfer Berglund to a plane and fly him to San Francisco for medical aid.
Coast Guard crews searched Lake Erie for Richard Blanton and his wife Dorothy of Toledo who vanished after leaving Sandusky for home aboard a 24 foot yacht on Wednesday.
Cornell University's powerhouse crew, the Big Red, defeated Yale in a six minute thirty three second six mile Thames race to win Henley Royal Regatta's grand challenge cup. U S Ambassador John Hay Whitney watched as Cornell extended its undefeated streak, already holding the U S intercollegiate title for three straight years.
Attorneys for GI William Girard petition the Supreme Court to overturn status of forces agreements allowing allied nations to try U.S. servicemen for off duty crimes. They argue unconstitutional and morally wrong, risking overseas bases and U.S. control over military personnel abroad. Government contends bases depend on such jurisdiction. brief says servicemen lose constitutional rights under these pacts. Court to hear oral argument Monday after district court blocked a U.S. court martial.
LAKE CHARLES La. Helicopters began a day long search for hurricane Audrey victims in southwest Louisiana. The death toll and missing count stood at 412 with 306 bodies recovered in Cameron and adjacent marshes and 112 still missing. Civil defense director R C Haun said removal should finish in three to four days and emphasized Cameron remains far from recovery. He warned it will take more days to clear debris dispose of dead cattle and rebuild roads and bridges. Temporary school housing for Cameron residents may be set up and normal life will not return soon with great ongoing need for aid.
Independence, Mo. INS reports carpenters and yard crews rush to finish the Harry S. Truman Library for dedication. Truman hosts guests including Dean Acheson and Averell Harriman as officials tour rooms, including a replica White House oval office and the desk chair Truman used in 1953.
Ohio records show 19 killed in traffic crashes during the holiday period with 24 deaths overall. Additional fatalities include three drownings, a farmer electrocuted, and a switchman crushed by railroad cars as officials warn the forecast of 22 deaths may be optimistic. Ohio leads the nation in holiday traffic casualties for the Fourth of July.
Classified section invites readers to find jobs housing cars and everyday items or post a Wanted ad to reach interested buyers. Call 4751 to reach an ad writer and place notices now.
A heated meeting ended with a unanimous board decision to let residents choose on August 5 whether to incorporate the remaining Black River Township into Beaverdale. Lorain County elections will hold the election after petition filing by trustee clerk Jackson Smith. Public meetings are scheduled by both sides to present facts for or against incorporation.
The Ohio Public Utilities Commission authorized higher basic passenger fares for five railroads. The approved increase, 20 percent above levels before the last Jan 31 five percent rise, affects Chesapeake and Ohio, New York Central, Norfolk and Western, Pennsylvania, and Pittsburgh and Lake Erie.
Switchman William H. Christian, 27, was crushed to death when he apparently fell between two cars at TRONTON on Friday.
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