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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1963
Page
1
Belgrade based dispatch reports a catastrophic earthquake wrecking Skoplje, 200 miles south of Belgrade, killing over a thousand people and injuring thousands. Officials quote rescue teams in the 200,000 population city.
Washington the Post Office Department said Day submitted his resignation to President Kennedy citing an unusual opportunity to return to private law practice in Washington Day will join Sidley Austin Burgess Smith as partner in charge of the firm’s Washington office Day had been in tension with the White House over policy issues and is the third cabinet member to leave during the Kennedy administration The President has not named a successor Day’s departure follows his July 15 warning to the President of his intent to resign and reflects a broader reshaping of the administration during the early 1960s
UPI reports SDS plans demonstrations at two Chicago beaches this Saturday to protest perceived immodest and indecent beachwear, branding bikinis as a focus of the modesty crusade and urging public awareness.
SPENCER council expected to join township trustees in placing the purchase of a new fire engine on the ballot. The notice outlines local government items and compatible topics across the edition fielding civic plans and community notes.
United Press International reports New York protests drew 534 arrests in four days as Negro leaders planned demonstrations at Brooklyn and Staten Island city government offices. Police expect more pickets at construction sites where 84 demonstrators were arrested. one site saw 14 shackled with chains and locks, later freed by bolt cutters.
President Kennedy plans a 7 pm EDT radio TV address to explain the partial test ban treaty with the Soviet Union. The accord outlaws air and underwater blasts but allows underground tests, seen as a first step in easing Cold War tensions while Senate approval remains uncertain.
The Ely Estate, nearly 17 years old, has long hosted rumors about its welfare role. The first full public release presents all figures and every transaction since October 5, 1946 for reporters to study.
Mayor Frank J Janik says there is no reason for further delay by Amherst City Council in passing the Rt. 254 consent ordinance. He blames three council members if the state cancels concessions and uses SB 281, and intends to confer with Council President Penman to arrange a special meeting. The letter from Deputy State Highway Director D H Timmer criticized council inaction and the administration calls the SB 281 law pivotal to final agreement.
Mary Jane Dunlap, 33, widow of a Chicago traffic policeman, faced a rapid cascade of tragedy. After losing her husband and then her father, she traveled to Metropolis and claimed a newborn as her own, later arrested for kidnapping. FBI traced her to Paducah and Chicago, and she claimed mental distress. She attempted suicide at a Southwest Side motel, died at Val Solbrig Hospital.
The Senate Commerce Committee summoned five railroad union leaders led by Charles Luna to oppose President Ford’s proposal for ICC to settle the work rules dispute. Union heads, including R E Davidson and L J Wagner, argued the bill enshrines compulsory arbitration and would give the ICC control over bargaining outcomes. Railroads delayed the featherbedding work rules for 30 days following congressional pressure, as the 12:01 a.m. Tuesday deadline neared.
Sunny and warm today with temperatures around 85 to 90 degrees. Tonight will be fair and mild with lows 65 to 70. Saturday will be mostly sunny, warm and humid with widely scattered afternoon thunderstorms. Thursday’s high low range is 65 to 90, and the same Thursday last year ranged 61 to 85.
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