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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1956
Page
1
Cloudy and cooler today with highs around mid forties to mid fifties and a tonight low near the forties. Friday looks cloudy with a few showers, calmer by night, and a gradual warm-up into the weekend. Winds from the northwest shifting northerly, small craft advisories on Lake Erie.
Fred A. Meinke longtime Elyria Water Works chief clerk resigns effective June 8 after about 36 years with the department amid health issues. He faced Civil Service Commission charges over account handling and sought a pension rights under retirement rules.
President Eisenhower forms a cabinet committee to strengthen the economic position of small businesses and foster sound development. Dr. Arthur F. Burns will chair, with the defense, commerce, and labor secretaries on the group. Other members include Arthur Flemming, Wendell Barnes, and Albert Cole.
In Birmingham Alabama two veteran workers from Alabama By-Products Corp were killed when an underground explosion trapped them about 700 feet below the surface. Rescue teams recovered the bodies as an investigation of the incident continued.
Fayette County Sheriff Orland Hays expands inquiry into the Lorain deputy Mohowski shooting. An unidentified truck driver may have witnessed events at a Washington Court House station. Mohowski remains critical at University Hospital Columbus after a head wound, with details on the gun battle and arrestee pending grand jury action.
Two contracts head to votes amid negotiator battles and looming deadlines. A manslaughter charge elicits an innocent plea from a soldier. Elyria Catholic names outstanding seniors at an honor assembly.
The Ohio Supreme Court affirmed Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard’s murder conviction 5-2 for the bludgeon slaying of his pregnant wife Marilyn. Defense lawyers and Sheppard relatives in Bay Village vow to pursue every possible avenue to win freedom or uncover new facts.
About 1,600 hourly workers owning 49 percent of Cleveland Pneumatic Tool Co stock went on strike demanding a 17 cent hourly wage raise. The Independent Aero Aircraft Employees Association members ended their contract after midnight, with pickets surrounding the plant.
A B-25 bomber crash in Denver killed four aboard and set a suburban house ablaze. Four survivors, including a Women’s Air Force member, were hospitalized at Lowry AFB. It was the second fatal B-25 crash near Lowry Field and the fifth mishap there since May 17.
A Cleveland medical team described three heart attack cases in which patients were revived during or after collapse. The AMA noted resuscitation can restore heartbeat within seconds and often within two minutes, with chest compressions, oxygen, and later electric treatment. One patient was a 65-year-old doctor.
Historians claim the earliest golf game occurred in Holland, challenging Scottish origins. The piece notes John Reid designed the first U.S. course in Yonkers in 1888 and mentions Chronicle-Telegram want ads for sporting goods including player piano ads.
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