08 Jun 1957
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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1957
Page
1
Elyria officials appear not to be on the record about moving the courthouse to new Route 57 north of Elyria. Joe Cowden comments in What They're Saying, noting officials resent lack of consultation by commissioners on the plan.
Four steps new couples should take after turning 40 are outlined in Life Begins at 40 on page 22. The Dividend Pages this week offer columns on various subjects across pages 12 and 13 for broader reading.
Oberlin College commencement weekend opens as old graduates and families arrive in town to participate in ceremonies and related activities. Lorain county news also lists United Health organization annual meeting and officer reports in Lorain.
John Kershaw seventy a former Elyria resident died in Charity Hospital Cleveland at 3 p m yesterday from injuries at work with Warner Swasey Co He was drilling above a truck embrance when a maintenance bench toppled a ladder and the drill pulled free causing a fall He had a fractured pelvis and other injuries and reportedly suffered a stroke before dying officials said He had worked at Warner Swasey since 1942 and was 61 years old at his death
A Detroit mother confessed to killing her three young children. She drowned two in a bathtub and suffocated the third in what investigators describe as an apparent mass killing.
Constance Wheeldon, 29, attempted suicide with gas after calling police to claim she had killed her three children. Police found bodies of James, 4. Deborah, 18 months. and Diane, 6 months in the northeast Detroit home as officers broke in. Wheeldon’s husband George was away. No motive disclosed. Weather reports note cool, cloudy conditions with showers in the area.
Two American college students Warren Hair and Myron Gilbert, aged 20, released from Hungary after a border crossing, expressed relief at being home in the free world. They described 12 days in solitary confinement and noted they will pay a fine in Vienna before continuing their European trip.
Senate inquiry into Cross continues with testimony about union funds used for a Cadillac. Witness Kay Lower invokes the Fifth Amendment amid questions about payments, travel to union conventions, and a diamond ring purchase. Lower names alternate identities and avoids confirming payment sources while denying fear of Cross.
Bruce Burns aged 13 of Lakewood was killed in Cleveland on Friday after his bicycle hit a street hole and he became entangled with a truck on Detroit Avenue. He and a companion had been holding onto the rear of the vehicle before the boy was struck and crushed.
In Cleveland Sohio truck deliveries resumed after police warned pickets at the strikebound Standard Oil distribution center that blocking non-striker drivers was illegal. The Pittsburgh union leader Jake Mintz died in hospital after boxing career.
AFL-CIO President George Meany warns labor could form a political party in self defense against anti union forces. He urges stronger political activity as Senate disclosures fuel anti labor sentiment and blasts Teamster leader Dave Beck, urging his removal as president emeritus if he refuses to quit.
SANDUSKY Three Steubenville residents died when their car was struck broadside by a tractor trailer on Rt 250 near Bogart about 1 35 p m yesterday The victims were Homer Smith 55 his wife Freda 52 and neighbor Emma Stonebraker 48 The tractor trailer driver Gilbert Faught 46 of Akron was uninjured The highway patrol said Smith failed to stop at Bogart Rd before the impact
Informed sources say July 1 meeting in Los Angeles will push for Beck's resignation. A faction including John F. English and William A. Lee may urge leave of absence if Beck refuses, aiming to remove the Teamster president amid corruption charges.
Tokyo attorney Itsuro Hayashi denounces Specialist William S. Girard's firing as unethical and a grandstand move. He says he will not accept dismissal and notes Japan's court would appoint a lawyer if Girard refuses to choose another accredited adviser.
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