05 Mar 1955
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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1955
Page
1
The Chronicle Telegram highlights do it yourself tips on home building and automotive care on pages 21 to 23 and 29. It also features weekend leisure reads on the Week end Dividend pages with hobby columns on stamps tropical fish and more.
RIDING HIGH on a sectional Class B win LaGrange defeats Brunswick 66 to 54 and eyes a district showdown at Kent. Elyria High falls to Berea while Clearview loses to Cleveland West as the page notes other sports results and features.
A burglary left a blood trail across three Oberlin sites last night, with two of the residences broken into. Police investigate, seeking leads as neighbors reel from the invasion and fear for safety. The unrelated Lorain incident involving stray dogs escalates legal questions on enforcement as authorities debate the meaning of existing laws. Girl Scouts prepare for their annual observance week, with stories and photos of local scouts featured in the upcoming pages.
Bob Durrant, 17, the president of a hot rod club, recalls spending 12 hours with killer Melvin Henry Gray who kidnapped him in Evanston after killing one man and wounding another. A railroad agent shot the gunman in Green River Friday night. Gray, an ex convict, killed another man earlier and sought more victims.
Northeastern Ohio forecasts cloudy cool with light drizzle this forenoon, high around 37 to 53 earlier figures. In Wyoming a violent pursuit ends with Gray dead after a gunbattle with deputies near Green River. Kemmerer auto dealer and Green River deputy sheriff killed, marshal wounded, two twin girls threatened, and a child nearby.
Molten lava from flowing high across Hawaii split into two fiery streams around Kapoho, threatening isolation as the eastern coasthead edged toward the sea. The flow moved about 100 feet per hour, three hundred foot wide fingers, 10 to 145 feet deep, fed by Pauldi Fountain spewing steam nearly 500 feet high.
Egyptian Gaza governor accused Israel of nighttime artillery fire on an Egyptian outpost near Deir El Ballah igniting border tensions. No casualties reported but Gaza’s 300000 residents grew uneasy as UN observers and mixed armsist workers prepared to stay indoors amid two days of rioting.
In Marietta downtown shops moved stock to upper floors while the swollen Cnmo River threatened to crest near 40 feet, five feet above flood stage. Residents evacuated as water shortages closed facilities. East Liverpool and Cincinnati also report rising rivers and evacuations amid ongoing rainfall.
The UN Security Council delayed its meeting awaiting a personal report from Palestine truce chief Maj. Gen. E. L. M. Burns on the Gaza border clash that left 47 dead. Burns, who surveyed the scene, will report from UN headquarters. Members condemned retaliation and urged restraint as Egypt and Israel dispute actions.
Recovery of 15 bodies entombed in the Jamison Coal and Coke Co mine at Farmingham West Virginia will be attempted when the sealed pit is opened next week.
An explosion and fire at a Cambridge coal mine on November 13 killed sixteen miners. Only one body was recovered, identified as a victim burned near the mine entrance by gas leakage seeping through sewer pipes to a nearby barber shop. The pit was sealed on November 17, with barber Dale Ellwood, 22, among the dead.
Britain aims to restore the wartime atomic partnership with the United States after security leaks by traitors. Sir William Penney will visit Washington for expanded nuclear information exchange as Harold Macmillan cites past suspicions from Pontecorvo and Fuchs.
Chicago residents endured a record breaking rain and hail storm described as the hottest ever by Armour Research Foundation chemist Walter C. McCrone. He said even the hail stones felt hot as the city faced unusual weather conditions. A separate Manila bulletin from the Associated Press notes six unidentified planes strafed three ships off Carmat and attacked coastal targets with no casualties reported.
A 21 year old draftee flown to Walter Reed Hospital after contracting acute meningoccoccemia died at Fort Dix New Jersey on February 22. The victim was Pvt Richard A Robinson 21 of Norwell Massachusetts. Captain Tom Harandh public relations officer confirmed the death and identity.
French official sources said talks among the Western Big Three foreign ministers were under discussion with no set date. They noted final ratification by France of the German rearmament issue as a potential topic and did not confirm a scheduled meeting.
Vincent H Johnson of Riverport Belt Conveyor Lines Inc claims railroad and dock workers urged council against the belt system as a threat to their jobs. He says the plan, opposed as unemployment driven, is backed by “imaginary” rail claims. The Ohio Legislature may vote on conveyors this year amid opposition from 100 towns. Johnson notes existing steamship service benefits Lorain’s coal users and cites potential savings for National Tube and others.
Two Arcada high school girls were killed and four others injured when the car they rode in to a county music audition was struck by a train in Fostoria. The deceased were Marcie Ann Harmon, 14, and Greta Ambrech, 14.
In a one in a million incident, a cylinder and a cowling from a Lockheed airliner detached during a shuttle flight from Midway and struck Manhattan Motors and nearby Logan Fairfield Store in Chicago. Ten passengers remained aboard the plane that landed safely at O’Hare. five customers and a salesman narrowly escaped injury. Robert Campbell, 44, a store manager, described the near miss as he guided five customers through Manhattan Motors when the debris struck the second story roof and shattered nearby windows.
Steel officials in Youngstown forecast production at 95 percent of capacity next week, the highest rate since summer 1933, as profit pressures ease and workers anticipate faster output despite ongoing material shortages.
A Moscow radio analysis cited by Isayev argues the United States and Britain cannot rely on distant bases for security. It claims a future war would bring retaliation to US soil and allied regions, undermining the notion that spreading bases preserves safety.
LAS VEGAS Nev UP1-Doctors tested security guard Eugene D Haynes 36 to determine injuries after he exposed himself to heavy radiation during last Tuesday's atomic blast at the Nevada test site. Haynes from Cotati reportedly received 32 roentgens 19 times the safe limit, with blood tests to gauge impact on counts. The exposure was detected during routine film badge processing as weather delayed next shot until Monday at the earliest.
Promotes selling velvet pieces through Chronicle Telegram Want Ads to polish furniture and earn cash. Encourages dialing 4751 to contact an ad writer for classified help.
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