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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1956
Page
12
In a prepared statement Wilson describes future ballistic missiles with intercontinental and medium ranges, launchable from bases or ships, capable of delivering nuclear attacks globally. He reiterates no aim to alarm but asserts the military program will provide adequate defense and notes expected congressional funding for long-range bombers.
McDonald presses for direct talks with top steel executives amid stalled contract talks. The five year pact offer with a 65 cent hourly rise was rejected as inadequate, while companies insist on their long term terms. Union leaders and industry chiefs anticipate a possible breakthrough before a potential strike.
Reports indicate talks near a breakthrough as a nationwide strike threatens about 600 workers at National Turner and related firms. New talks suggest progress toward an agreement, with management poised to resume operations while careful preparations continue.
James Tichenor of the Ohio Bureau of Compensation states the annual interest rate for the Jobless Pay Fund is 2.57 percent. The rate will be applied to all eligible credits and added to each claimant’s balance, influencing the annual credit totals and determinations.
Columbus reports a compromise on the two mill tax plan aimed at overcoming court objections. Governor Lausche and GOP leaders pursue a temporary levy and a fund to reimburse local governments, with disputes over deposit taxes and shares. The plan also covers zoning amendments in Franklin County and other counties, plus fixes for water sale limits and the Mill Creek expressway typo.
A large early morning blaze ripped through a machine shop along the San Francisco waterfront, causing extensive damage estimated in the millions. Firefighters battled intense flames as several tugboats and nearby ships stood by, with the scene remaining dangerous near the pier.
In Cleveland, Dor B Morse a hotel employee and suspect in the murder of Gloria Ferry is slated to testify. Prosecution witnesses place the ex Carnival wrestler from Altoona with the 18 year old in late September near Brookside Park where the girl’s partially decomposed body was found on October 9. Gloria’s mother and sister testified that Statler threatened her life in Altoona.
Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard issued a statement expressing disappointment and sadness over reports of a rift between them. The couple did not offer further details and called the reports distressing.
An English claim of a virgin birth involving Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard prompts a Netherlands inquiry. A three-man commission, including Professors Beel and Gerbrandy, will investigate the circumstances amid skepticism from medical experts about parthenogenesis in humans.
A moderate earthquake struck Formosa causing tremors that were felt across Taipet with no casualties or damage reported. Authorities are monitoring aftershocks as residents report continued shaking.
Warren Ohio sheriff T Herbert Toomas and Portage County Sheriff Robert Stockdale will not use loudspeaking to flush out triple killer Alfred Wilson. A psychiatrist noted speakers might not reveal Wilson’s sanity and the hunt shifts to a woods and farm area west of Leavittsburg as investigators pursue leads after a pair of killings and a kidnapping last Thursday involving Geraldine Brown and Nancy Worthing.
Reports from West Berlin describe Poznan chaos with soldiers firing, ambulances rushing the wounded, and tanks entering the city. Western eyewitnesses say demonstrators shouted anti-Russian slogans while crowds watched brutal scenes, as a trade fair continued despite a state of emergency.
The Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station in Wooster will lead the first U S study on atomic radiation effects in edible plants in northern Ohio. In a year long agreement with the Atomic Energy Commission, six research centers will test soil and crops in northeast and west central Ohio. Prof Nicholas Holowaychuk of Ohio State heads the program with trials on state land using controlled exposure to fissionable material to assess fixation or dispersion in soil and possible uptake by plants.
Mack Vanwinkle a Los Angeles city employee aged 80 admitted he pretended to be 47 when he started work 13 years ago. He now retires with documents showing birth in 1876 entitling him to a pension of $81 a month, though California law allowed a higher old age pension.
The National Safety Council reports a rising highway death toll with May 1934 at 2,170 killed, pushing the year to 114,720 deaths, nine percent above 1933. They warn July Fourth could bring a tragic toll as multiple-vehicle crashes and train auto collisions contribute to the surge.
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