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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1960
Page
9
Kabul reports on Afghan women facing barriers to emancipation as female visibility grows slowly. The piece notes veiled women on streets, rare sightings of scarves and glasses, and describes a progress marked by a July start when Arians, linked to Pan American, trained five women as hostesses in Beirut.
A reader reflects on Rhee’s fall in Korea, US democratic faults, and Afghanistan progress toward women’s rights. The letter notes mixed images in the Korean Survey, Kabul’s education expansion, and a Kandahar riot amid tax protests and veiling disputes.
A Sunday feature presents wholesome reading for families with short essays and light columns. Readers are invited to enjoy moral tales, crafts, and practical tips in a relaxed weekend format.
Local note recounts a bizarre near accident on Cleveland Street sparked by a four foot pig in a car trunk seat. The driver explains the pig was a prize gift and the husband restrained it while the wife drove, prompting a crowd to gather after the bicycle incident.
Children’s matinees in Mystic Connecticut were halted when the screen was pelted with hard candy and loose change during a screening of Sink the Bismarck. Police investigated the disturbances and warned of further action to protect audiences.
Elyria High School reports 27 new Thespians initiated after a 3 p.m. ceremony and banquet at Sheffield Restaurant. Plans include a Spring Concert on the 14th at 8 p.m., the Senior Prom from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m., a Shrine Band, town talent, 40 door prizes, and later a Teahouse of the August Moon play by the Players’ Club.
EHS band neared the 86000 dollar target for new uniforms while county WWII veterans received average bonuses. The Lovein Dry Goods Co on Broadway was charged with NRA code violation in a dime letter style con. Chamber of Commerce noted Elyria property valued below assessed real estate values.
Richard Werstler of 257 Vineyard Rd. is among four new faculty appointed to the Fenn College summer education program. Werstler, a Roxboro Elementary teacher in Cleveland, will present a laboratory in materials and activities for elementary science teachers. He is preparing an elementary science handbook for a new textbook series led by Dr. William L. Bauchamp of the University of Chicago.
A reflective piece contrasts money with priceless values and recounts a tale of Lonesome Joe, a well-dressed barroom figure whose ill gotten wealth came from others’ labor. It traces the barroom clan’s reaction to his downfall and hints at adoption as a distant dream for a childless couple who value money over parenting.
Reader queries cover Up and Down the River and Canasta meld rules, twohand Pinochle play, and a note on a couple who declined foster care due to wealth. The piece includes a William Cowper poem fragment about happiness and memories, plus a biographical aside about a man losing wealth and friends.
The 1810 to 1812 salt boom near Columbia Lorain County collapses after hopeful investors like Seba Bronson Jared Pritchard and Justus Warner fail to secure profits. Despite early spring discoveries and costly kettles and wells, salt price plummets from 320 to 5 dollars a barrel and the venture is abandoned, giving the area its enduring nickname Hardyscrabble.
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