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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1956
Page
1
In New York, the Big Three steel wage talks were postponed with no reason given. United Steelworkers president David J. McDonald planned a lunch speech, signaling no morning session. The dispute centers on a half billion dollar gap between workers' demands and industry offers.
The Ohio Supreme Court issued a writ of prohibition delaying a Public Utilities Commission hearing set for June 12 in Elyria on transferring North Eaton Telephone Co service to Elyria Telephones Co. The order comes after shareholders’ petition alleging inadequate service and urging Elyria Telephone be assigned.
Elyria bars and taverns will close at 2 30 on Sunday mornings Elyria time Police Chief James E Boggs confirms the new closing rule.
Northeastern Ohio forecasts sunny and warm today with high temperatures and a low tonight around humidity values. Friday brings partly cloudy skies, warmth, and scattered thunder showers. Lake Erie winds shift from northeast to south later, with fair today and scattered storms tonight. City council passed a daylight saving time ordinance, placing the city on fast time on Sundays while keeping state standard time otherwise. no charges were filed against a tavern over a previous Sunday action.
Informal vote shows support for an at large system to elect seven council members. Elyria Lorain area update highlights Elyria High graduates 304 in colorful ceremony at Ely Stadium and other local items.
Sen. Hubert Humphrey predicted that Adlai Stevenson’s California primary win will trigger a sizeable shift of Democratic delegates to Stevenson. He said Stevenson is the only man who can hold the party together and win southern support, with southern Democrats urging unity behind Stevenson as the convention nears. Humphrey noted California voting signals a joining of the victory train by previously uncommitted Democrats.
Sandusky officials traveled to Columbus to quell rumors about Cedar Point potentially becoming a state park. Mayor Fuller stated speculation swirled around state control of the 410 acre site and its famed beach, as he met with Senator Gray and Cedar Point Property Owners Association leaders.
Oberlin board meeting plans indicate Kilmer of Gregory Industries Lorain and Zuris of the Jaberlin firm are set to join the school board. Edwin C. Tresherne will step down to teach while maintaining a 36700 salary. Dorothy Campbell and family will relocate to Washington DC for the year. A screening committee aids in selecting a successor to C. Wigton after tensions over staffing and policy.
Prime Minister Anthony Eden announced in the House of Commons that Britain will conduct a limited number of megaton range hydrogen bomb tests next year. Britain has disclosed work on an H bomb but has not yet performed a test explosion. The United States and the Soviet Union have already conducted H bomb tests.
City officials said a reported $4,000 shortage in the Elyria water department’s meter repair account is unfounded. They noted no state auditor has provided new details, and the state examiner’s findings remain under preparation. Chief Clerk Fred A. Meinke resigned, effective after a three week vacation, amid inquiries into irregular entries.
The event spiraled into a wild altercation as actors and associates clashed amid claims of jealousy toward actress Jayne Mansfield. Police protection was sought for participants including Mr Universe Hargitay, while Edward J. O'Brien and others faced multiple injuries.
Mrs. C Howard 50 was granted a divorce in Los Angeles after testimony that her husband Joseph 34 offered no explanation for lipstick and powder marks found on his clothes. She said when asked what he had been doing he replied What do you think Ive been doing.
Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin has written a new letter to President Eisenhower, to be delivered this afternoon through Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. Georgi Zaroubin set a 3 p.m. EDT meeting with Dulles. embassy officials gave no further details.
Maj. Gen. Robert Gard said the neutral nations truce inspection teams will depart the Republic of Korea. The teams from Sweden, Switzerland, Poland, and Czechoslovakia agreed, awaiting UN date for exit after North Korea violations. Gard rejected a compromise to withdraw only from North Korea.
The World Bank plans two loans totaling 32.4 million dollars to Colombia for railway and highway construction. Finance Minister Carlos Villaveces announced the approval on Wednesday amid a government push to improve transportation infrastructure.
Felicity Farquharson, noted BAOC hostess, who has flown a million miles between London and New York, says her greatest ambition is to cross the Atlantic by ship this Wednesday. She hopes to swap air travel for a sea voyage on the famed crossing.
The first recorded Olympic Games occurred in 776 B C along the Alpheus River near Olympia Greece with a single 200 yard race. An ad promotes Chronicle Telegram Classifieds Dial 4751 to help sell unused sporting gear including MEN'S Chicagoan roller skates size 10 for $10 at 933 Walnut St.
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