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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1957
Page
12
Tokyo based dispatch reports Peiping admitted 15 million people in Hopei province alone suffer starvation. Officials say total famine toll may reach tens of millions across China amid alleged miscalculations and natural disasters.
Washington reports President Dulles urged a speedy decision on whether GI William Girard should be tried in Japan or by a U.S. military court for killing a Japanese woman near a Tokyo firing range. Judge McGallaghy was expected to rule within the week as U.S. officials warned delay could spark international friction and risk to personnel in Japan.
Northern Ohio apple growers should use lead arsenate sprays in the third cover spray, with timings in late June to late July, to control apple maggot. Where control is incomplete, combine DDT and lead arsenate. The report also covers sprays for peaches and grapevines, and notes a bartender violence incident near Bowling Green.
The Commerce Department reports U S newsprint production is rising fast and by 1959 mills may supply about one third of national consumption. Last year 23 percent, before 1950 only 18 percent. The report to Congress notes possible cut of import dependence by up to half a million tons from 1958 levels.
In a historic ruling the High Court overturns the firing of Service as invalid amid a complex web of espionage rumors involving Amerasia Magazine and Oberlin College. William E. Stevenson defends Service while noting he loaned reports years ago. A Senate inquiry headed by Millard E. Tydings examined McCarthy era charges, but Stevenson says he was not personally acquainted with Service.
In Miami Beach the U S Weather Bureau warned of two tropical storms in the Gulf of Mexico area through July 15, triggering hotel officials led by Herb Cohen of the Casablanca to fear canceled reservations and lost business as soon as a hurricane alert is announced.
A 21 year old Washington resident joined a safari in Thailand to hunt a tiger. After a failed ambush in a cave the hunter and a guide used a fire to asphyxiate the tiger. The man later discovered his wallet missing and a chewed wallet was found inside the tiger. A separate report from Kentucky notes Donald Eugene Boyer, 25, Dayton Ohio, fired a shotgun into a house intended for his former wife and killed her father instead. Boyer was arrested near Buckhorn, Kentucky.
Cuban army forces push to surround Fidel Castro led rebels in the jungle near the region. The week-old operation aims to trap the insurgents and end the uprising.
Senator John W. Bricker of Ohio pledged a last-ditch bid to secure congressional control over fissionable material for the proposed world atomic agency. The move comes as debate heats over the treaty’s provisions and final approval looms in Washington and Redlands.
The report blends scattered items from Eaton Rapids Michigan noting a delay in treaty action tied to atomic energy issues. It mentions Col Pedro Barreras and a New York Central Railroad topic while discussing disarmament talks in London, uranium supply, and world agency plans.
Nottingham England. The mayor pressed a button at a local dairy festival that started automatic milking machines and triggered cows to kick, moo, and jump. Officials said a short circuit caused the cows to receive jolts from wiring, bouncing jerseys in the commotion.
Pamela Thornton, 20, was at Seaton England when she found a diamond ring in the sand. It matched the ring she had lost three weeks earlier, confirming a personal recovery at the seaside resort.
In Wheeling, West Virginia, 6-year-old truck driver Thomas Cronk killed James Mitcham, 45, and his wife's half sister Donna Mitcham, 6, and seriously wounded Alex Talerchyk, 35, with a .237 Magnum pistol in a fit of anger over fears his children would be taken. Cronk shot at his wife Shirley, and his father Charles, as their two infant children were nearby. The pistol clicked empty when aimed at his wife. Police noted Cronk stormed the South Wheeling apartment after learning his wife had appealed for help to prosecutors on charges tied to violence and intimidation. The incident followed tensions over the Formosa riots and mass trial proceedings in Taipei.
Columbus UP reports the 102nd General Assembly in a closing session to act on at least six bills. Key items include a $474.8 million total aid package with $365 million for public schools, a $142.7 million capital improvements bill, a point system for traffic violations, and a track 88 days in Haydon County. Also noted are school transportation funding, governor’s pending signatures on 35 bills, and anticipated recalls of two measures including bond allocations to poor districts.
Ohio Agriculture Director James R. Hay told Gov. ONeill that American farmers produce far more than the market can absorb, creating surpluses. The solution, the commission suggests, is developing profitable industrial markets to absorb excess production, aided by synthetic materials.
Tokyo dispatch reports Mao Zedong urging a new soft line of persuasion to end resistance to the Communist regime in Red China. He criticizes harsh Soviet methods in Hungary yet cites anti-Tsarist measures as necessary, while a secret Feb 27 speech outlines reforms and greater tolerance for debate, aiming to reduce upheaval without coercion.
In the Bronx a reputed associate of Frank Costello and other underworld figures, Frank Scalise, 55, was shot dead as he left a fruit store. Two gunmen in a waiting sedan fired at least five times. proprietor Enrico Mazzaro was held on $100,000 bail as a material witness. Authorities linked the killing to organized crime and narcotics activity. Scalise was once linked to Charles (Lucky) Luciano.
Governor ONeill sent 11 appointments to Ohio boards for Senate approval. Herbert B. Eagon will serve a six-year term as director of the Department of Natural Resources after a salary cut. Kenneth Wahl joins the Ohio Wildlife Council, Reuben Robertson to Miami University board, Alfred A. Hahn and Frederick H. Hobbs Jr. to the Board of Examiners of Architects, John P. Laurens named to the state board of something unspecified, and William O. Rowlands to the Ohio Aviation Board. Hennacy plans to join the Atomic Energy Commission board protest in Las Vegas and will be absent from Ohio.
New York University will offer a television course in comparative literature next fall for early risers. The course will be televised Monday through Friday at 6 30 a m.
Southern California saw a striking weather shift as hot desert air surged toward the coast, pushing beach temperatures above 100 degrees while coastal winds cooled inland desert areas to the low 90s. The unusual pattern disrupted typical temperature gradients across the region.
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