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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1960
Page
1
European papers questioned the United States using the U 2 incident to escalate tensions. Critics from Paris to London called it a serious error, doubting the official U S explanation and suggesting Soviet double agents or staged evidence.
Cloudy and cool with above normal highs today through Tuesday. Temperatures range from mid 40s to mid 50s in the north and mid 50s to near 60 elsewhere. Rain or drizzle possible, with Lake Erie winds northeast to northwest 8 to 15 knots tonight.
United Press International reports Ohio State University students plan a rights rally on May 17 to support sit-in demonstrators arrested in the South. Arts College student Niki Zola Schwartz says officials granted permission, with backing from the Student Senate. A Memorial Day peace walk is also planned from Wright Patterson AFB through downtown Davion involving students and community groups.
Lorain County health board approves dog quarantine law as an emergency measure. The report notes other items on the first page and a claim by the Democratic Party being “party of the people” at the Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner. A grand jury is scheduled to convene May 17 with 30 or more Lorain County cases expected to be ready for presentation.
Moscow observers foresee violent reaction after the United States admitted the downing of a Soviet plane last week was for gathering in formation. They expect a quick public trial for pilot Francis G. Powers on spy charges with possible execution by shooting. Khrushchev signaled acceptance of the White House denial of President Eisenhower’s knowledge of the flight but pressed for a forceful Soviet response.
Intelligence chief Dulles and Secretary Herter will brief key lawmakers in closed session on the U.S. spy plane downing inside Russia. The incident has triggered congressional demands for explanations and clouded prospects for the Paris summit as debate over aerial overflights continues.
County commissioners unanimously dismissed Elyria and agent E Gleam Baxter petition seeking annexation of 1396 acres in Sugar Ridge Road area. Decision based on affidavit about resident electors being insufficient. Some signers withdrew, others sought to be counted as in favor of annexation.
Harry S. Truman started his fifth year as president with a routine day planned at the Toman Library in Independence Missouri.
Ohio Citizens for Stevenson report aid to day it has 15000 petition forms in circulation to persuade Democratic National Convention delegates to support Adlai Stevenson and withdraw Kennedy. All Ohio delegates are pledged to Kennedy.
Alberta Fogerascher, eight, of Homeworth in Columbiana County, was killed today when a car driven by her husband Ernest, 48, collided with two other autos. Ernest Fogerascher was injured and hospitalized at Alliance City Hospital.
In Oberlin Senator Albert A. Gore criticized espionage amid the May 2 missile downing of an American jet in Russia. He urged restraint while noting the need to address conduct before a Summit conference. The Oberlin gathering also nominated Senator Joan F. Kennedy and named Senator Henry M. Jackson as running mate.
Sen. John F. Kennedy and Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey faced a tight West Virginia Democratic primary race. Kennedy sought to bury the religion issue, asserting a Catholic president would defy the Constitution and Pope orders, while Humphrey emphasized his common man appeal and warned against Kennedy campaign spending.
The piece notes sea snakes along Asia Pacific coasts and Central America. It promotes a Classified Act offering quick cash for old equipment with local Elyria and Lorain contact numbers and a garden tractor for sale.
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