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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1959
Page
1
In Haderslev Denmark the crowded boat explosion and sinking killed 53 with more bodies possibly pulled from the lake bed. About 30 victims identified, six foreigners confirmed. Officials expect 45 or more survivors and 35 injured as witnesses recount the horror and rescues.
A Missouri Pacific freight train carrying 179 drums of uranium concentrate caught fire near Lyndon Kansas and was still burning as firefighters and radiological experts from the University of Kansas assessed the area. Local hospitals were reportedly treating exposed individuals, though unconfirmed by officials.
Scattered showers and thundershowers expected this afternoon across Northeast Ohio. Temperatures peak near 84 with warm, partly cloudy conditions tonight and Friday. Small craft warnings in effect on Lake Erie as winds shift from south to southwest then northeast.
Sheffield Village reports a barn blaze that gutted a hay-filled barn owned by Mrs. Mary Gasper and used by tenant farmer Arthur Stotzer on Oster Road. Firefighters battled the flames for about three hours amid strong winds. A nearby grass fire behind the Bertha Rochneider residence was contained without damage to a wheat field. Fire Chief Ed Herdendorf Jr. noted spontaneous combustion as a likely cause. The barn, uninsured, stood on a farm recently occupied by the StotzerIslam family from Lorain’s East 31st Street.
The Court of Appeals in Akron upheld the death sentence for James Milak, a 37 year old Hungarian refugee, convicted of killing his former sweetheart Lilie Mikulak and her husband four days after their marriage. Milak faced execution by electric chair but received a stay pending appeal.
Lorain faces tax and service disputes after a appellate ruling keeps litigation alive over the Brownhelm annexation that added the Ford plant. Mayor Jaworski will consult the solicitor as the city continues services while tax transfers and voting district questions await court clarity and November elections.
The Senate Rackets Committee targets former Sen. George H. Bender of Ohio in a questioning over his 1954 Teamsters Union investigations and his nine months leading the union anti racketeering commission. Kennedy says they will ask what Bender accomplished and what he expects to achieve in his $123 a day post.
United Steelworkers vow to strike next Tuesday at midnight if no non inflationary contract is reached by July 1. President Eisenhower urged extended negotiations as industry executives said talks would continue to seek a wage agreement for 300 000 steelworkers amid a stalemate.
Tropical storm Cindy weakened after inland reach near Charleston causing one death when a car struck a tree in Georgetown area. Winds eased from 75 mph to 50 mph with minor damage and seas two to three feet above normal.
A fragmentary report concerns a neighbor's postcard about Mrs. proceedings against two individuals, Jack Bridges and Kennedy with a Senate finance inquiry. It notes denial of union money and mentions a special Avon election to discuss cleaning French Creek Ditch.
In Bien Hoa near Saigon on Wednesday night a bomb attack on a U.S. military advisory group billet during a movie killed two American officers and two Vietnamese, with one attacker also killed. A third American officer was wounded as gunfire followed.
President Eisenhower to meet with Secretary of State Herter at the White House to shape U S policy for resuming the Geneva foreign ministers conference. They discuss Berlin status, Soviet stance, and possible concessions as Khrushchev’s tough talk influences diplomacy.
In Winston-Salem North Carolina J T Sprinkle locked the key inside an armored Wells Fargo truck. J T Fain Jr a City National Bank manager helped by burgling the lock with gum on a wire hanger passed through a gun port.
MOBILE ALABAMA Chief Forecaster Billy Tilson notes the Mobile Weather Bureau annual picnic will proceed despite a forecast of scattered showers. Officials say they will hold the event and hope for better weather.
The Cuyahoga County Coroner's Office opened an investigation into the death of Christine Osborne of Parma Heights. She had a plastic bag stretched across her face and throat when found by her husband Lawrence, 43, after a series of strokes left her partially paralyzed. He tried to revive her by breathing into her mouth while a neighbor called police. she was pronounced dead shortly after.
Chroni cle-Telecram Classifieds touts aviation gear and ads in Elyria and Lorain. A historical note credits Col Willam Ockers as the father of blind flying in 1931 while a major in the US Air Force, and a sample ad claims a 3 bedroom house with garage sold quickly for 9 500.
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