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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1955
Page
9
New York report notes 1955 likely the lightest polio year since 1951 as immunity from prior exposures and limited Salk vaccine impact shape the trend. Researchers cite heavy years 1952 1933 1934 and a growing natural reservoir of immunity, with cases in Texas down from 146 to 75 in one week but overall vaccine effect still hard to gauge.
Ohio House Speaker Roger Cloud announced interim study groups to tackle five major state issues before the 1937 session. Key goals include a capital improvements program, reformed school funding, mental health expansion, workers compensation overhaul, and aligning law with the St. Lawrence Seaway. He and Senate leaders named committees to report findings and proposed bills.
Four youths arraigned before Juvenile Judge Harold Ewing on speeding over 70 mph had their driving licenses suspended for short periods. The judge urged gradual responsibility and warned that in six months they would be older and wiser. One 17 year old was also cited for driving without plates and a license, given a week to sell his car and barred from applying for a license for months.
A 14 year old Bronx boy Warmum Holstromn died after a stumble on a street corner. Police questioned about 30 youths including several girls as they probe the zip gun slaying. Two unidentified youths sought a doctor for an injured friend after reports of a firecracker like noise. The weapon was a zip gun fashioned from a pipe found near the scene.
Midland chemist George K. Greminger Jr and Miles A. Weaver of Ithaca received a patent for a substance that keeps beer head 10 times longer without altering color clarity or taste. The formula aims to improve foam stability for beer lovers seeking a fuller head.
Joplin police questioned convicted sex offender Audrey Karl Brandt after he repudiated his earlier confession to raping and killing 21 month old Donna Sue Davis. Det. Capt. Johnny Showers said Brandt slept after a long questioning session and claimed he learned details from radio broadcasts. Brandt, an itinerant farm hand from LaPorte City Iowa, was arrested as a murder suspect following a hitchhiker reports. He was arraigned on a technical charge and bound over for a preliminary hearing. bond set at $75,000.
Washington reports Cleveland attorney H Chaplain Rose, 48, nominated by the President to become Under Secretary of the Treasury, succeeding Marion Folsom. Rose, a Columbus native, is currently an assistant secretary and previously clerked for Justice Holmes. Folsom will move to HEW secretary. Mrs. Hobby retires due to her husband’s illness. Rose’s political lineage includes grandfather Horace Chapman, a former Democratic nominee and governor candidate in 1896.
Taipei Formosa sources report Nationalist Foreign Minister George Yeh warned that Communist China and their Soviet partners aim to push peace terms at Geneva. He said the Nationalists will accept no decision harming Taiwan's interests and hopes the Big Four conference will differ from past Geneva meetings.
The administration seeks a tighter reserve bill after the Senate approved an amended version 80 to 1. A conference committee will harmonize House and Senate language, with Burgess objecting to compulsory service limits and age provisions. The debate centers on who must serve and how bonuses apply for combat reserves.
Lymn Heinze, Elyria native and veteran AP journalist, named head of the Geneva Bureau as the Bi Four summit convenes in Geneva. His career spans Cleveland Plain Dealer, Berlin and Copenhagen bureaus, and coverage of Hitler invasions and World War II era events. He and his wife Agnes Denzate Heinzerling reside in Geneva with son Larry.
Ninety nine individuals from labor, industry, business and professions in Greater Elyria were elected to the United Fund of Elyria board by the fund committees. The initial board serves until the 1956 annual meeting when 25 trustees will be elected for three years, 25 for two years and 25 for one year. The board will total no more than 75 members. Four trustees could not be reached for contact. their terms will be announced later. The list includes Rev. Bo Renneath, Lyle Baxter, Lee Wiser, W. Bell, Mrs. Lest Robert Brown, C. Hager Burkchard, and many others from local companies and organizations.
West German Foreign Minister Heinrich von Brentano warned in Paris that immediate results from the Big Four Geneva conference are unlikely. He said another meeting may be necessary and a lower level conference could prepare for a second summit in October. He backed Western arms pooling as a path to unifying Europe and rejected neutralism and a third power bloc. He predicted talks may ease tension and reduce Franco German hostility amid efforts to ease East West strains.
Mrs Elisa Kernan called a fire rescue unit Thursday to her home to free her 2 year old son Robert Kernan Jr who became wedged in a bathroom toilet and pulled the handle. Firemen said the boy’s foot was stuck but nothing serious resulted from the incident.
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