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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1960
Page
1
Yachting fans will enjoy a display of archival Put-In-Bay images from around the turn of the century. Staff writer Walter Godfrey provides a boating enthusiast overview of the scene and its charm, appealing to both long-time mariners and newer sailors.
Correspondent Harry P. Wiseman debuts the Lake Breezes column serving the Sheffield-Sheffield Lake area on page 26. A second feature, in the Mr President series on national leaders, also appears on page 26.
Today’s news reports a walkout by Wildcats stopping production at a Ford assembly plant on the first page. Nearby, Vermilion on the lake sees annexation moves under way to merge with Vermilion fabette in the second section. Elyrians honored at a Lorain County Youth for Christ reception on the first page, second section.
Willard Kibler, 23, of 33831 Schwartz Rd, Avon, was killed in a 5:30 am crash east of Rt 254 and Abbe Rd. His car spun from the Rt 254 intersection, skidded sideways, and struck a tree about 400 feet from the Abbe Road junction near Sheffield Village. He died at Elyria Memorial Hospital.
Governor Edmund G Brown proposes that New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller switch to the Democratic Party. An automobile crash early today left one dead with crushed chest injuries, the officer said, and another badly injured. Funeral plans are pending for Kibler of Avon Lake. survivors include his parents and two siblings.
In Tokyo, a mob of 100000 leftists mobbed the U.S. Embassy car carrying Hagerty and MacArthur II, forcing a Marine helicopter evacuation. Hagerty stated plans to meet the President in Anchorage, while demonstrators waved red banners opposing Eisenhower and protested the U.S.-Japan security treaty. Police and unions reported staged demonstrations funded by unknown sources.
Mrs. George E. Murphy, 31, of Indiana, won the Mrs. America title in Fort Lauderdale with 58 year old look and 4 borrowed gowns. She will receive more than 50 thousand dollars in cash and merchandise including a new 36 500 dollar home. Runners up were Mrs Minnesota Patricia O Connor and Mrs Georgia Lillian R Clemens.
Raymond E. Knurek, 27, of 5050 Richilieu Ave Sheffield Lake, died at 7 10 PM in St Joseph Hospital Lorain after a tire on a dump truck exploded at Abbe Rd and Colorado Ave. He suffered severe facial chest and arm injuries and was unconscious when responders arrived. Six doctors failed to save him. Police and fire units faced delayed communication. Continued on Pg 16 Col 2.
Partly cloudy and warmer today with a high near 78 in Northeast Ohio. Scattered thundershowers possible this evening into Sunday with little temperature change and a low around 62. Cooler Sunday. Lake Erie winds 10 to 24 knots. Avon Lake man died when his auto left the road and hit a tree after skidding sideways. police say the crash occurred this afternoon or tonight as conditions worsened.
U S Marine helicopter piloted by Maj Don Foss rescued President Eisenhower’s press secretary James Hagerty ambassador Douglas MacArthur from about 5000 rioters at Tokyo International Airport. Foss reported rocks striking him and the copilot as windows shattered and the craft sustained damage during multiple landings and emergency takeoffs.
Washington reports say Japan's postwar democracy, still fragile, could be destabilized by intensified Communist influence as Eisenhower's planned trip nears. US officials warn Moscow Beijing strategy may jeopardize Tokyo's pro American stance and the security pact amid demonstrations and anti American sentiment in the Far East.
President Eisenhower’s Far East trip faces caution from U S security agencies about anti American demonstrations and police capability in Tokyo. Officials fear large crowds and possible violence around his arrival and meeting with the emperor at the Imperial Palace as he travels from the airport to central Tokyo.
The Tass news agency reports Premier Nikita Khrushchev is willing to assist Oliver Powers in obtaining access to his son, U-2 pilot Frances Powers, but conditions that his son must face trial.
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