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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1956
Page
12
White says progress on missile defense is inadequate as Moscow visit highlights gaps. Radford urges interservice unity and warns against separate defenses. Quarles and Burke note long range missiles and subs, while Taylor calls for bigger defense budget. Wilson hints at reducing manpower next year despite study to protect nuclear forces.
United States Steel and the United Steelworkers wage a heated five year contract struggle amid accusations of a conspiracy to force concessions. A wage package valued at 65 cents an hour plus annual increases and layoff pay faces stubborn opposition with threats of a plant shutdown by USS if stalemate continues. Both sides deploy full page ads and mailings to sway workers and families as the stalemate stretches into the late summer.
BONTS Ohio Turnpike 3447 92 Ale IT appears in a local stocks roundup dated Friday June 22 1956. The brief item lists a few ticker-like entries and numbers, reflecting a compact segment of market quotes and company references typical of a city newspaper financial page.
Officials of the American Ship Building Co and the International Association of Machinists met yesterday to continue negotiations for a new contract replacing the current pact expiring August 1. The machinists seek a 3 cent hourly raise and a pension plan, among other benefits. About 323 machinists at Lorain South Chicago Buffalo and Toledo yards will be affected, including a few at Lorain in Local 1024. Present base rate is 2.28 per hour. A Cleveland headquarters meeting is planned for July 6, per District 139 business agent Albert F. Mertz.
The GOP assigns the biggest convention roles to East and West coast figures with the Midwest underrepresented in plans for the San Francisco gathering opening Aug. 20. Key positions go to Langlie Knowland and Bush, as Eisenhower’s candidacy remains unconfirmed and White House aides await further word.
Cairo plebiscite asks voters to approve ending the monarchy and establishing a constitutional republic with Gamal Abdel Nasser as president. About 5.72 million eligible voters—men and women over 18—cast ballots in an election overseen by the revolutionary council.
Elyria Mayor J Grant Keys and safety committee members will attend a Tarain councilmen meeting Monday night to discuss a county wide curfew law. The Lorain fre and pole committee called the meeting with invites to area communities. Keys said Elyria’s interest is strong because a curfew would need to cover the county to work. a city only law would be ineffective and push youths into nearby towns.
In Raleigh the City Council denied a $960 budget request for a detective bureau recorder capable of picking up breathing sounds. Officials ruled that such recordings cannot be used as evidence, removing the item from the bureau’s budget.
A U S Air Force chiefs headed by Gen Nathan F Twining were to attend the Soviet air show in Moscow. The visit, part of ongoing military dialogues, aims to showcase allied aviation prowess and expand strategic contacts between the United States and the Soviet Union.
A Miami Beach investigation centers on a burglary at the Rose Shorell residence on Rivo Alto Island. Losses include 270000 in securities 5000 cash 2000 to 1000 in US money orders and 6000 in jewelry. Entry through a screen door. safe broken open. Mrs Shorell notes floater insurance will not cover all losses. The Shorells amassed wealth via high‑fee ventures and face financing roles.
Authorities pursue a suspect named Wilson who allegedly murdered his estranged wife’s sisters and an infant in Ohio. A note found in a vehicle implies plans to harm his wife and children, prompting protective custody for the wife and ongoing manhunt across state lines as residents fear a wider rampage.
The Martin family death near Murray Ridge Road spurs renewed pleas for safer railroad crossings. Akron friends who died with the Martins are recalled as relatives recount the church visit, the highway tragedy, and the vow that action must come. Legislators and officials push a state crossing safeguard plan funded by railroads and public funds.
North-East Ohio Conference topped all others in world service benevolences for 1952-56, totaling 3,762,219 dollars. Ohio Conference second with 1,525.14. The body approved a 1946-47 bid for administrative expenses and benevolences, and announced the Lodge of the Elyria Home of the Aged now houses 13 residents. A $12,224.74 profit check from the Methodist Publishing House was presented by regional manager Dr. W. Frank White.
Employees Transit Co of Tarain faced confusion over the new service in Eastern Heights. A company official stated the bus departs Ely Park at five minutes after the hour, travels along East Broad to Yale, then Park Ave to East Broad and out to Abbe Rd. It leaves Abbe Rd at twenty minutes past the hour and returns to the square by the same route.
A redheaded youth confessed to strangling a five year old boy after a period of questioning. Police discounted another 20 year old man’s confession. The victim, mentally upset, followed the youth and was strangled with a belt to scare him. Jimmie Townsend reported seeing them together the night of the murder.
Hugh Littlejohn 25 of 1588 East 30th Court suffered cuts to forehead and face after a beer bottle struck him at Augusta's Cafe on East 31st Street as he was leaving. He told police the assailant was a man inside the bar.
Washington lawmakers debated defense funding as Defense Secretary Wilson faced criticism for off the cuff remarks. Senators Chavez Ellender and others argued the remarks affected the case for or against higher Air Force appropriations. A showdown on the defense bill was anticipated as Republicans sought a smaller increase amid disputed quotes.
Omar Glass wounded his wife Leonita 30 and their son David in a driveway shooting at the Glass home in Portage during a family dispute before dying by suicide. Both victims were rushed to a hospital in critical condition.
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