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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1958
Page
12
Village officials discuss the possibility of generating electricity locally to serve its industrial load and resist selling distribution to an outside utility. Mayor Ralph Gray backs exploring options while criticizing the proposed contract as one sided and potentially altering village control over power distribution.
Lewes England December 14 Brian Frederick Linney 45 an instrument engineer started a 14 year prison sentence after pleading guilty to selling British secrets to Communist Czechoslovakia.
New York stocks showed mixed movement with many issues down while rails and industrials fluctuated. Dow Jones averages closed higher in most sectors though utilities slipped. 1,418 issues traded with 700 down, 576 up, and 142 unchanged. 230 hit new highs and 19 new lows. S&P 500 edged up slightly to 45.77.
Cuban rebels freed the final 14 American servicemen in a single day, all seven sailors and seven Marines evacuated from Oriente Province to Guantánamo Bay by helicopter. Negotiations were led by U.S. Consul Park Wollam and Vice Consul Robert Wiecha, marking a shift from earlier group releases as total hostages numbered 47 Americans and three Canadians amid Batista era tensions.
In Columbus Governor C Walhany O'Neill declined to override the Highway Department plan for a north south throughway in eastern Cuyahoga County. A Beechwood Pepper Pike delegation urged moving the route about five miles into Geauga County, but the governor said highway location decisions cannot be made on that basis.
London reports Britain has nearly exhausted its strategic reserve as Middle East needs rise. If more troops are needed, leaders may pull from the Rhine Army or call up reservists. Defense cuts reduce the army to about 375,000 by 1962, with thousands deployed to Cyprus, Jordan, Aden, and the Persian Gulf.
King Hussein lauded Jordanian officers and troops for loyalty amid Communist subversion, saying conspiracies sought to erode sovereignty. The report notes Britain’s past protector role and the 2,000 British paratroopers airlifted to Jordan at Hussein’s request, as U S planes aided the operation.
Cristoforo Rubino, 36, billed as an international narcotics ring leader and Mafia associate, was shot dead on a Brooklyn sidewalk while awaiting grand jury testimony. His brother-in-law Charles la Cascia, 43, was wounded in the mouth as four shots were fired. rubino had been released on $10,000 bail and faced narcotics conspiracy charges. The shooting linked to cases against Vito Genovese as authorities sought to map heroin operations in New York.
Washington lawmakers press for a bill requiring cigarette packs to list tar and nicotine content while accusing the FTC of lax enforcement on toothpaste ads. Subcommittee leaders Blatnik Griffiths and Gwynne push for mandatory labeling, noting FTC authority gaps and a move toward voluntary testing standards.
Uninsured unemployment is forecast to reach a record peak of 3.5 million next winter for workers insured under jobless benefits. Labor Department testimony to a House subcommittee in late June projected average benefits at 2.9 million for the year, with a rise to 3.5 million in January–February before easing to 2.3 million by July.
Two Toledo girls, Sue Shepard and Barbara Meeker aged 10 and 8, found 2920 hidden in tobacco cans under a bench. The money, consisting of two $50 bills and twelve $20 bills, was real and later turned over to police for court disposition.
United Nations debate stalls on replacing Marines in Lebanon with an international police force as a Soviet veto blocks action. Japan proposals seek to strengthen the unarmed observer group, with U S aims to draw down forces. Iraq seat in question. Hashim Jawad arrives to seek recognition amid coup turmoil in Baghdad.
Francine Crego ten and her brother Michael eight were lost two days in bear infested woods near Ash Lake Minnesota. They climbed a fire tower, found bearings and walked out as 100 volunteers and National Guardsmen searched. The children used branches for a bed and their seven month old dog Mickey as a pillow. Sheriff Sam Owens led the rescue and said they wandered deeper than teachers expected. Francine said she was glad to be out and not scared though she later admitted crying the first night.
President Eisenhower signs into law a measure to make the Small Business Administration a permanent part of the federal government. The action formalizes the agency's status and secures ongoing operations and funding.
Long Beach Calif Miss Alaska Eleanor Moses age twenty faced disqualification when judges ruled her entry under the foreign class would prevent competing for the Miss Universe title. Officials also noted Alaska statehood status and a separate age error involving Miss Costa Rica Eugenia Maria Valverde who was found to be seventeen not eighteen.
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