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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1959
Page
1
Elyria area congregations join Christians worldwide tomorrow to celebrate Easter. For the city churches service schedule, turn to Page 3. Also in Youth Forum Speaks, student nurses are featured in the current installment on Page 13.
The Week-End Dividend Pages promote column features with Easter reflections by Wini Fay on page 12 and Ted Wood on page 20 while highlighting a broad array of columns and features across pages 20 and 21.
Reports note a car struck by trains at Vermilion crossing amid recent weeks with authorities investigating pattern and safety concerns. Mother's quick action credited after lamp falls into bath tub prompting aid to Savvy sons.
Washington reports impressive evidence that nuclear submarines could use the Arctic as a year round ballistic missile launching area in wartime. The USS Skate surfaced through ice 10 times in a 1 day Arctic voyage, reaching the North Pole on March 17 and scattering Sir Hubert Wilkins ashes. Captain F D Walker said the mission aids study of the Arctic Basin for future missile submarine operations though Skate is not missile-ready and the Polish firing subs are years from fleet service.
Ohio easter paraders face a chilly morning with sunrise temps near freezing and a mid thirties high expected. Early readings show sub freezing air across the state while the cold spell lingers, slowing festivities as warm weather remains far off.
Reports from Ti bet claim Communist China says it has crushed the revolt, deposed the Dalai Lama, and installed a Panchen Lama led government. NCNA reports detail a new Tibetan autonomous region committee to govern and expand Communist control amid rebel gains and kidnappings.
UPI reports an elderly Fremont farmer was killed by dynamite blast while stump blasting on his Sandusky County farm in Riley Township. The victim identified as 79 year old Elmer Balser of Fremont. The accident occurred during stump removal on Balser's property.
The report notes high temperatures from 10 to 41 degrees in parts of Ohio with a cold front and cooler, then warmer conditions through the day. It records Friday temperatures from 32 to 48, a precipitation amount of 0.19 inches, humidity at 41 percent in the morning and 41 percent at 1 pm, and sunrise sunset moon phases for the day.
Sixty year old Lewis Spera of 2425 East 33rd Street died at St. Joseph Hospital after a scooter collision with a car at Fulton Avenue and East 28th Street. He suffered skull fractures and other injuries. Mrs Mary Charles of Elyria drove the car. No charges were filed. Police noted scooter dangers and the Easter observances were also described with nationwide celebrations and weather outlooks.
Washington reports say the United States may let East German Communists temporarily control access to West Berlin as agents of Russia. The plan, discussed at the spring NAC ministerial, would ease tensions during long term talks on German reunification and European security, with Soviets required to recognize East Germany as agents, not concede full authority.
A garbled snippet claims a host joked about choking his wife on a TV show. The misheard exchange appears to mix remarks on physical condition with a playful line about affection, though the text is unclear and may be distorted.
A fragmented excerpt discusses the 1905 Bloody Sunday massacre in St Petersburg, linking it to a long precursor of revolutionary unrest. It cites Cossack troops firing on workers, thousands killed or wounded, and peasant uprisings spreading beyond the capital as Russia teetered toward reform amid pressure from workers, clergy, and reformers.
New Orleans area police joined a nationwide FBI manhunt for Frank Sprenz of Akron Ohio a tense chase mounting as investigators warned he is armed with up to five guns and extremely dangerous The FBI lists him among the ten most wanted criminals for a $26000 bank robbery in Hamilton Ohio and escape in a stolen airplane sighted reports place him across the Midwest and New England states
The text notes Noah Webster’s 130 year old dictionary work and a 12 000 word first edition from 1827. It includes a sample classified ad pitch urging readers to dial Elyria or Lorain numbers for ads to move items like a 12 F P center deck run at 75 dollars and a farewell line from Mrs Jom Sugaski.
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