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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1959
Page
1
Baseball notes from Russ Davies predict Indians performances before the season. A mid season check on his crystal ball appears in Rustlin' Around on page 15 with cross references to Week-End Dividend on page 14 and Yesteryear in the News on page 15.
The CT resumes its Elyria area home series with the Wilcox residence. Readers are invited to view the outstanding early American house through a page of pictures and accompanying story.
An Avon man badly injured from old injuries fights to save his home as fire consumes the property. The Elyria section notes a steel strike warning and stock readiness to weather work stoppages. Elyria council approves a park levy vote and sets actions on other issues while Lorain marks its 125th anniversary with a gala parade drawing thousands.
U S Steel Corp says four major issues block a general steel strike settlement. The company cites local working conditions language, a wage index clause, and a costly wage fringe package as inconsistent with inflation control. It argues union demands harm employees, customers, stockholders, and the public and vows to resist.
About 200 supervisory workers were effectively imprisoned in Jones and Laughlin Steel plants as United Steelworkers pickets enforce a no-entry rule. Supervisors slept and ate on site with company-provided cots and meals as management sought in and out access agreements that failed to materialize.
In El Paso and Juarez, Gov. Earl Long of Louisiana vented rage during late night cafe hopping. After a night of profanity and threats, he calmed enough to plan a return to horse racing in New Mexico, with aides sent home and only three companions remaining.
UPI reports 1,000 Marines from the 6th Division’s 2d Battalion assaulted Edgewater Park in Cleveland backed by eight ships and Skyhawk bombers. They faced Cleveland Reservists of the 11th Marine Battalion in a staged beach assault with amphibious support and explosives clearing obstacles.
Partly cloudy, warm and humid in day and night with a few scattered thundershowers. High near 92, low 68 to 72. Sunday cooler with more showers. Friday temperatures range from 66 to 74 with no precipitation in the past 24 hours ending 8 p.m. Friday. Humidity readings were 2 a.m. 60s, 2 p.m. 37, 8 p.m. 7. Sunrise 6:08 a.m., sunset 7:57 p.m.
Visiting Marines visiting Cleveland report gripes about paying for meals and movies during the St. Lawrence Seaway opening trip. They note Milwaukee and Chicago offered more to do and free services, while Ashtabula was a better liberty port.
U S State Department weighs Batista visa as ousted Cuban leader tries to enter from the Dominican Republic. Ciudad Trujillo police halted his flight for lacking a visa, with officials saying departure would harm U S Cuban ties. Dominican sources say exit will be barred until US approval.
Kenton, C. (UPT) Larry Willcox, 20, was fatally injured when his car collided with an auto transport truck on US 6 six miles north of Kenton. The car slid 233 feet before hitting the truck broadside. Truck driver Clinton Grodi of Monroe Michigan was uninjured.
The United States charged Khrushchev dropped plans for German reunification and favored maintaining East and West Germany as separate. Berding cited a Stettin speech line about defending a frontier between East and West Germany, signaling hardening positions and jeopardizing any Berlin truce or June or September summit prospects. A Western source suggested Russia seeks surrender of all Germany for peace in Berlin.
A Friday heat wave pushed the nation's top temperature to 117 degrees at Needles California according to the U S Weather Bureau. The morning low fell to 32 degrees at Frazer Colorado signaling wide temperature extremes across the region.
Mass layoffs grow in steel related industries as a four day strike stalls furnaces. Frick Coal district in Uniontown plans to close five more mines next week. Norfolk and Western Railway cuts 615 jobs in Roanoke due to reduced traffic. Sharon Tube Co announces next week shutdown with over 1100 workers affected. Construction unions in Chicago area refuse to cross picket lines halting projects worth about 200 million dollars. Pennsylvania Governor Lawrence sets up a committee to plan relief funds for affected families. W. F. Munford of U S Steel defends industry against alleged distortions and notes high pay and risks from foreign competition.
The Pittsburgh Carnegie Institute expert Dr William Lehra and curator Caroline Heppenstall say winged cats found in Pennsylvania and West Virginia are freakishly formed twins not actual winged mammals. The latest specimen near Pittsburgh measures about eight inches and shows shoulder appendages. a prior case was found near Pineville West Virginia.
FBI charged 38 year old Irishman Joan Francis Treacy with an eight month check forging spree. Treacy, educated and reputed to charm women, was arrested hiding in his girlfriend’s closet after allegedly funding romantic parties with stolen funds from Ball Construction Co. in Miami. He had prior arrests for abandoning a wife and five children in Sterling Wisconsin and for similar acts in Miami. Treacy held a masters degree and coached high school teams, with Notre Dame and NYU credentials.
Tibway director Everett S. Preston announced federal aid of 11970 will fund flasher lights at the cross ing west of Civde in Sandusky County. Total project cost is 12504 dollars with the railroad to cover the remainder.
In Havana Fidel Castro forced the resignation of President Manuel Urrutia Heo, accusing him of treason and declaring his own resignation as premier, while Osvaldo Dorticos was sworn in to replace Urrutia. The move ends opposition to Castro's reforms amid a tense day in Cuba.
The Chronicle Telegram ad references Plato noting Earth’s roundness in ancient times and hints Socrates’ death in the same year. It promotes classified ads for buying selling and jobs with contact numbers in Elyria and Lorain. An ad claims a 1956 Ford tractor model with 500 hours is for sale, trading for a smaller tractor.
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