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Newspaper

The Chronicle Telegram

Location

Elyria, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 07, 1959

Page

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Wonders of the Universe travel hints and lunar tour tips

Dusty notes the moon feels nearer than years ago and predicts manned lunar travel soon. The column promises travel hints for lunar tourists in Wonders of the Universe on page 20, with Week-End Dividend pages on 20 and 21 offering further reading suggestions.

Lorain Homewood Eee G Amherst Cotein News Oberlin Church Elyria Hilites Wellington

Seven in family found dead in mass murder suicide

In Lancaster Ohio today a coroner ruled mass murder and death by own action after seven family members were found dead at a rural home near Pleasantville Colfax. The Soper household included Roland 28 and his four stepschildren plus Mrs Viola Soper 29 and her daughter. Evidence suggested carbon monoxide smothering and strangulation. Resources were sent to University Hospital Columbus for autopsies.

Lancaster, O UPI Roland Soper Viola Soper Columbus L. L. Kersell Vicke Wall Roxanne Wall David Might Sheriff's Office Russell Muller Roy Combs Mrs. Soper University Hospital Raymond Morehart

Officials Draft Reply To Russia On Berlin Crisis

Washington officials finished a rough draft of an Allied reply to Moscow on Berlin. It welcomes Khrushchev’s grudging openness to a foreign ministers conference but rejects a summit on Moscow’s narrow terms. The draft argues for a broader discussion area and preserves Western rights in Berlin. It will be discussed in Paris by a British French American and West German group.

Washington UPI Russia Berlin Nikita Shrushchev Germany Moscow Eisenhower Senate House Armed Services and Foreign Relations Walter Reed Army Hospital John Foster Dulles Paris Martin J. Huljlenbrand State Department U.S Khrushchev United States Ghrushchev West Berlin Seelenbinder Hall Kremlin Franklin County Sheriffs East Germany Lsampson Aera S.t Stalin Vals Stalin Sherman Oak Allee Robert Eigene Seine Gotiate East Berlin

Lions Club Delegates Arriving for Lorain Sub-district Convention

Delegates arrived for the Sub-district 1-E Lions Club international convention hosted by the Elyria Lions Club. Registration was to reach about 800, with events at Melody Grove Ballroom and Elyria High School Cafeteria. District Governor Ralph Gillmor of Old Fort was honored tonight, and John L. Stickley of Charlotte was slated to speak at the banquet.

Association of Lions Club Elvrra Lions Club Robert Larkin Melody Grove Ralph Gillmor Old Fort Gene Resar Elyria High School John L. Stickley Charlotte N.C Lions International American Legion Post Graystone Hotel E. Glenn Baxter Gillmor Lions Club Elyria Lions Club Robert Cripps Harry Miller Marion Elyria

Prison Terms Likely For 43 Cuban Fliers

SANTIAGO Cuba UPI Premier Fidel Castro flies here for the sentencing of 43 Batista airmen he ordered retried after a revolutionary tribunal freed them of genocide charges.

Santiago Cuba UPI Fidel Castro Batista Tribunl Aristides D’acosta Havana United Press International D’acosta Army Raul Castro Castro Fulgencio Batista

Rioters In Prison Captured In Walpole Mass

Walpole State Prison troopers stormed the machine shop capturing five rioting convicts and freeing five hostages. Several hundred shots were fired but no injuries reported. A priest hostage was threatened with being set afire as officers entered to break the lock.

Walpole Mass UPI Walpole State Prison Richard Wells

Weather details for Ohio. cloudy and colder today

Northeast and northwest Ohio see mostly cloudy skies with scattered snow flurries this morning and diminishing winds. Highs expected 33 to 38 degrees, tonight fair and cold with lows 17 to 22. Sunday brings sun and warmer conditions, with Friday temperatures 25 to 40.

Ohio

Eden Warns West Over Berlin Pact Breaks

Sir Anthony Eden returned to Southampton after a vacation in Mexico and urged Western powers to resist any Russian moves that would break Berlin agreements. He stressed vigilance and unity in preserving postwar commitments.

Southampton England Anthony Eden Mexico Eden Russia Berlin

Scouts Dump Liquor In Mississippi Drain

Local Boy Scouts aided Sheriff George Harrington in dumping 1.2 million gallons of confiscated whiskey down a drain in Philadelphia Mississippi. The act followed a local trove seizure and showcased the scouts’ community service.

Philadelphia Miss UPI George Harrington

Convict Freeing Hostages Shot After Escape

In Trenton Georgia a long-time Alabama convict was shot and wounded by Sheriff Allison Blevins and a city officer after freeing four hostages during a failed escape. William Smothers, 38, was spotted on a country road and shot as authorities closed in with FBI help from three states, bloodhounds, and a helicopter. Smothers had broken free Thursday while being moved from Kilby Prison to Birmingham and seized officer Otto Dees’ pistol before forcing a car to a Birmingham area address.

Trenton Alabama North Georgia Allison Blevins William Smothers Here FBI Smothers South Pittsburg Tenn Ft. Oglethorpe Kilby Birmingham Otto Dees Dees Ted Easley Noel T. Keith

Ohio Hit by Winds and Snow Snow Flurries Halt Air and Roads Across State

A spring storm battered Ohio with high winds and snow flurries. Gusts up to 70 mph downed power lines, damaged a car, and toppled trees across Cleveland and Dayton areas. At Patterson Air Force Base injuries were reported, while Bowling Green saw snow flurries and temperatures plunged. Khrushchev pressed for East Berlin talks as Berlin crisis looms and Soviet leaders scheduled to meet in Berlin.

inlwrieht-Patterson Air Force Base Dayton Doris Harris Bowling Green Alhes Sidney Staton Bowling Inch Youngstown Cincinnati Ohio Canada Lake Erie Howard Ward Cleveland William King Columbus U. S. 23

31 Known Dead As Snowstorm Hits Midwest

A late winter snowstorm crippled Midwest travel, with 31 deaths reported across Iowa Michigan Wisconsin and Illinois. Severe winds plus 14 inches of snow stranded a Greyhound bus near Pellston and a family perished in a fire when snow blocked access to their home near LaCrosse Wisconsin.

Midwest Michigan Iowa Wisconsin New England Vermont Maine Connecticut Massachusetts Indiana Illinois Oklahoma Pennsylvania Upper Peninsula Pellston Marquette Sault Sainte Marie Greyhound

Six Die In Fire In Flint Family Tragedy

In Flint Michigan a family of six perished in a small frame home after a discarded cigarette sparked a smoldering blaze. The victims include Richard Pelch, 29, Audrey Pelch, 24, and their four children aged three to eight. Neighbors Philip and Daveta Pitts alerted fire crews when smoke and flames were seen shortly before 4 a.m. The fire killed all six in their beds and left neighbors in shock as crews fought to control the blaze.

Flint, Mich Richard Pelch Audrey Philip Pitts Daveta Pitts

Goat in Teahouse birth backstage in Leesburg

A goat performing in the local production of Teahouse of the August Moon in Leesburg, Florida, delivered two kids backstage and could not take her curtain call.

Leesburg, Fla UPI

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