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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1960
Page
1
Readers turn to feature on mothers celebrated in annual day with focus on foster mothers caring for toddlers and teens. Also highlights a track meet with extensive photo coverage and game action shown on the picture page.
Philatelic fans include many women according to Jack Elton stamp columnist. The feature notes comments on lady collectors and highlights a local woman's collection in Stamp Facts on page 16.
A Elyria street oiling program for unpaved Foster and Bell Avenues is set to begin Monday weather permitting. The report notes a resident from Ford Road advocating state laws and other cases to lead the effort against local dump conditions as readers see on the front and interior pages.
Lorain County health officials moved to enact an emergency dog quarantine after yesterday’s rabid skunk incident in North Ridgeville. Dr. Marion G. Fisher urged the County Board of Health to approve the measure, which would confine dogs to their owners premises unless leashed or under control, and would last until rabies subsides.
Showers and possible thundershowers exit this afternoon with cooler temperatures to follow. Highs near 37 to 43 and northwesterly winds. Lake Erie gale warnings in effect with southerly winds 25 to 40 knots shifting to the east and later to the west.
In Cincinnati at Christ Church on Friday night Governor Michael V. DiSalle called capital punishment a pagan relic of the past and urged abolition. He framed the stance as a moral and legal reform supported by his audience.
President Eisenhower announced plans to resume underground nuclear tests by year end as part of non weapon development for detection systems and peacetime uses of atomic energy. Press Secretary Hagerty said funds will be requested for the AEC and preparations will take months before testing begins. The aim is to improve detection of underground blasts and aligns with Geneva conference views.
In Heidelberg Germany two missing U S soldiers from a search for Lady Be Good crew remains were found safe after a sandstorm. An Army helicopter located the men about 15 miles from the base camp and they were airlifted to safety following an extensive 2500 square mile desert search. The rescued are Sgt Jarvis M Wheeler 22 of Livingston Texas and Pvt Ronald H Bingman 19 of Albany California. The Army European HQ and Air Force Wiesbaden confirmed the report.
Bob Davidson heard a cow crying while fishing in Anna. He corralled the 1,000 pound Hereford stuck in a pond brush and delivered it to a local veterinarian for treatment after it plowed through the tackle box.
John Evans 40 of Xenia died Friday night at Wright Patterson Air Force Base when a two foot steel well drilling bit fell on him while he aided loading it into a truck. The incident occurred at the base facilities and is being investigated by authorities. Evans was a repairman employed at the base.
London reports Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong Jones aboard the royal yacht Britannia for a five to six week honeymoon cruise to the Caribbean destination unknown. Coast guard radar tracks their course as crowds cheer their wedding.
In Derry New Hampshire the Friday blaze tore through a factory a supermarket and 17 homes forcing 200 families to find shelter in a veterans hall. About 109 National Guardsmen patrolled the smoking area as 200 firefighters from 10 communities fought the five hour blaze. damage was estimated at two million dollars with 350 workers left jobless.
Tokyo reports that Beijing seeks to erode Catholic allegiance to the Vatican by forming the Patriotic Catholic Association in Shanghai and appointing its own bishop. The move follows recent detentions of Vatican loyalists, including American Bishop Walsh and Bishop Kung, with prison terms for others.
Fostoria man Raymond Poifenberzer, 6, died in Toledo Hospital where he had been treated for others. Less than 19 hours later his wife Lena, 10, died at Fossoric City Hospital from a stroke.
Premier Khrushchev told the Supreme Soviet that U S pilot Francis Powers alive and confessed to spying 1300 miles inside Russia from Injirlik Turkey to Norway His mission aimed at gathering data on defenses and he carried a bomb mechanism and poison pin Officials said Powers bailed out near Sverdlovsk and later flew a planned course across the USSR
Adiai Stevenson won the Democratic presidential nomination in ballot counting at the mock political convention held Friday at Case Institute of Technology.
Secretary of State Ted W. Brown gave the Cuyahoga County election board a clean bill of health today despite slowness in counting votes from last Tuesday's primary.
Columbus reports an inquiry into alleged parole shakedowns in Trumbull County as Ohio parole officials review a Warren lawyer accused of taking money to “buy” paroles. Parole Superintendent Lutz awaits a Bar Association report and notes no prior similar incidents in the state.
Forecasts say the United States will exceed 8000 golf courses by 1970, with players surpassing 7 million and golf gear sales topping 442 million dollars. Convert unused equipment to cash via Chronicle Telegram Want Ad by dialing Elyria FA 33321 or Lorain CE 36173.
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