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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1956
Page
1
Chronicle Telegram features a full page of wedding photos in praise of this year’s Mr and Mrs Young Newlywed. The pictorial toast highlights the couple behind the June wedding celebration and marks a community tradition with a visual tribute on page 18.
Don Miller argues the Great Dane is not a dog but a prize winner in his Scene About Town column. Evelyn Andrews shares other TV ideas in Country Editor and weekend TV programs are listed on pages 6 and 14 and 15.
Elyria plant Electro-Alloys ends strike as employees are set to return to work Monday. Oblerlin area residents seek state probe into Plum Creek pollution. Lorain shooting case sees Hyman plead not guilty. Elyria High graduates qualify for awards.
Cleveland endured a heavy downpour flooding basements and streets while the city faced heat and humidity. Investigators questioned John Dale Mower’s father as hopes faded for locating the missing boy after a downtown deluge and a lightning sparked $200,000 in damage.
Partly cloudy and warm with showers and scattered thunderstorms possible today and tonight. Highs near 85 to 90 while lows dip to the mid 60s. Sunday stays warm with afternoon thunder showers and a similar temperature range. Lake Erie small craft warnings in effect with variable winds from northeast to east, 10 to 20 mph, locally higher in storms.
A truck loaded with acid plowed through a downtown Lebanon used car lot and caught fire, burning the driver beyond recognition. Police tentatively identified the victim as Richard Fox of Louisville, Kentucky, from a paper found near the truck. The vehicle wrecked a car display, damaged several cars, and plunged off a garage roof onto three new cars below, with losses estimated at $20,000 for the Beidge Chevrolet Co.
Lorain coastguardsmen drag the Black River channel at Lorain to locate Steve E. Shullick 32 believed drowned last night near 11:15 after slipping from a returning 28 foot Richardson cruiser. His brother Pete swam to safety. Steve, a Fruehauf Trailer Co foreman and former tavern manager, was a World War II veteran with no children and wife Theresa.
An editorial notes only light relief from pre summer heat for northern and northeastern states with a expected drop in the Great Lakes and New England. The Weather Bureau forecasts continued warmth and humidity elsewhere, with scattered afternoon showers. A 30 day outlook shows Midwest heat into mid July while Far West, north Atlantic states and Gulf Coast may stay cooler. Winds atop 70 mph occur in Cheyenne and Denver as Salt Lake City and Rock Springs set cooler readings.
1st Lt. John F. Kiffer, 24, of Sandusky Ohio, stationed at Clovis AFB, died when his parachute failed to unfurl after bailing out from a crippled Sabre Jet ten miles south of Melrose New Mexico. He jumped at about 1000 feet. chute opened but did not unfurl.
The Chronicle-Telegram urges Governor Lausche and Ohio legislators to add railroad grade crossing safety to the June 28 special session agenda. It proposes a state rail crossing commission, shared funding with railroads, state priority protection at crossings, and a new auto license plate fee to fund the plan. The piece argues reducing deaths at crossings warrants emergency action.
NEW YORK (UP) A steel strike grew as a real possibility with Big Three producers and United Steelworkers at odds. USW President David J. McDonald called the industry offer "completely inadequate" while John A. Stephens of US Steel dismissed it as a floor not a floor. If no agreement by June 7, furnaces could shut by July 1, threatening higher costs and widespread economic impact.
Police found entries in ordinary notebooks linking diaries to the deaths of two teenage girls. The bodies were found near Catoctin Creek and Ft. Meade area, with many names of race track figures and soldiers noted in the pages. Investigators said the diaries may require extensive work to identify all mentions.
Basil E. Waller 31 of Crestline died when his car left Route 30, struck a culvert and overturned near Mansfield. A Richland County deputy said the vehicle traveled about 0 feet out of control before impact. Also notes a pool ad and a baffling Maryland missing-person case involving Shelby Jean Venable 16 and Mary Elizabeth Fellers 18, with bodies found and authorities suspecting murder or rape pending cause of death.
In Tampa B J Kil sore could not explain why his mosquito killing box bomb failed. A later inspection showed the porch light revealed the device. The incident illustrated an unexpected outcome and sparked questions about pest control.
A bolt of lightning hit a Catholic Boy Scouts retreat near Media Pennsylvania during a violent storm. One 11 year old boy Joseph Simpson died at Chester Hospital. Twenty two others were injured including Scoutmaster Elmer O Brien 50 and several youths with burns and serious shock.
President Eisenhower, recovering from an intestinal operation a week ago, begins solid foods for the first time since his surgery. Doctors said he slept well last night and that his temperature, pulse, blood pressure, and respiration are normal, with the president in excellent spirits as soft foods like custards and gelatin are added to his diet.
Lyndhurst Police Chief Ray Trosper died early today at Huron Road Hospital from a bullet wound allegedly fired by his wife Kathryn Trosper. She signed a statement admitting the shooting and is jailed in South Euclid after claiming she aimed to frighten him during an argument over their four-year-old son. The chief, named in April 1953 at 28, was the county's youngest police chief.
Lightning struck the photofinish tower at Washington Park Race Track in Homewood Illinois on Friday jolting two placing judges and three cameramen. The five were momentarily stunned but unharmed.
On October 28, 1886 the Statue of Liberty was formally dedicated on Bedloe's Island New York. The piece notes it was later rededicated by Presidents Franklin Roosevelt and Lebrun of France fifty years later. A Chronicle-Telegram classified ad promotes want ads and lists a Mossberg shotgun for sale at $20 with contact details.
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