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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1963
Page
1
Secretary of State Dean Rusk will head an 11 member U S delegation leaving for Moscow Friday night to sign the limited test ban treaty. The exact signing date was not set but a Monday ceremony was expected.
Paul Haney, 35, named to replace Lt. Col. John A Powers as director of public affairs at the Manned Spacecraft Center near Houston. Dr Robert Gilruth said Powers will stay as special assistant while his new duties are defined. Haney is a former Washington Evening Star assistant city editor and has worked for NASA since December 1958.
Dr Stephen Ward a society osteopath and associate of prominent social circles attempted suicide with sleeping pills hours before the Old Bailey jury retired to decide if he profited from prostitution. He was rushed to St Stephen's Hospital in a critical condition and remained unconscious as Justice Marshall concluded his summing up.
Gen Park Chung Hee authorized Defense Minister Kim Sung Eun and Foreign Minister Kim Yong Shik to take proper punitive measures after three clashes between American and North Korean forces. U.S. forces in Korea on full combat alert, while South Korea's 600,000-man army remains ready to forestall renewed fighting. Kim cited North Korean attacks as part of a broader move to increase tension and sway U.S. public opinion toward troop withdrawal.
The forecast calls for sunny and warmer conditions today in Northeastern Ohio, followed by scattered thundershowers this evening and tonight. Highs near 82 to 86, with overnight lows 62 to 67. Thursday will be partly cloudy with a chance of showers and little temperature change. Tuesday temperature range is 61 to 77, compared with 62 to 79 last year.
In Lorain County coverage yesterday two top plowing finishers came from Jones Road area farms. Ohio Fuel Gas Co announced rate reductions effective September 1 for Elyria and surrounding area. Lorain councilmen heard the proposed price tag of 139,865 dollars to install a modern telephone fire alarm system. JHE Kay-Harrison Junior Women’s League is decorating Elyria Fire Stations Nos. 2 and 3, with progress shown in photographs.
In Cincinnati a bongo playing student from Xavier University drew crowds during rush hour as he pounded for three hours to recall his peregrine falcon that escaped and perched on a building ledge. Police asked questions but allowed the performance to continue until night fell.
Yellow Springs barber Lewis Gegner, who refused service to Negroes, announced he will remain closed indefinitely. Demonstrations and sit-ins continue despite a trespass conviction and a four-person picket injunction. Judge Young warned that excess pickets risk contempt of court, with potential fines or jail time. Greene County authorities say they will enforce the injunction as sit-in arrests persist.
Joseph Heasley, 17, of Butler Pennsylvania, was killed at 3 45 am on Route 6 and 2 near Vermilion when struck by Virgil Carter 27, of Cottage 1 Alberta Beach Vermilion. Investigators said Carter was driving 70 to 80 mph. James Summerville, 14, Heasley's companion, was in custody as the case remained under investigation.
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