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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1963
Page
1
Joy Owens reports on a laboratory near Sandusky that studies preflight human requirements for space travel. The feature ties its work to Astronaut Gordon Cooper's recent achievements, offering a glimpse of future space exploration on the Science Page.
Charles J. Hostetter known for municipal reports ventures into a bold orbit with a column titled Circling the Square. The piece may provoke strong reader mail and phone calls as it airs new viewpoints on public affairs.
In a Lorain County series on libraries, the Lorain Journal reports Grafton’s library faces space shortages and seeks more funding. The piece highlights the library’s role for students and adults despite being the smallest Lorain community.
County Auditor pledges cooperation with 71 school districts across Lorain County to resolve local tax problems as part of ongoing fiscal outreach. The report highlights cross district efforts to address funding and assessment concerns amid rising costs.
Ernie Davis the Heisman winner and Syracuse fullback, member of the Cleveland Browns, died at Lakeside Hospital at 1 a.m. He had battled leukemia since last July and was released from work two days earlier. Burial is planned in Elmira, New York.
Peter Okey, a noted inventor and mechanical wizard who built an automobile in 1895, died at his Columbus home on Friday. He was 80.
A wildcat strike at Ford in Chicago forces Lorain assembly to half day shifts next week affecting 4,200 workers on Comet and Falcon lines due to supply cuts from Chicago. Election of Local 425 officers proceeds as planned amid a crowded candidate field. Ford in Detroit says about 12,500 workers nationwide will be laid off because of the Chicago strike.
Astronaut L Gordon Cooper returns to the United States for a family reunion after a space flight aboard the USS Kearsarge. He describes the mission, notes a flawless manual landing after a systems failure, and thanks the crew and underwater recovery team.
The United States told the Soviet Union it was preposterous to threaten nations with missiles and then complain about defenses. Britain and West Germany echoed the reply as NATO plans a multilateral nuclear force with Polaris missiles. The note asserts the alliance acts to safeguard security, not to aggression.
President Kennedy plans a nine hour three speech swing through the South beginning in Nashville and including Muscle Shoals and Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville Alabama. Governor Wallace will attend the TVA anniversary ceremony and a conference with Kennedy is not planned.
At Fort Riley Kansas next week the Army 5th Army will test men against women in a physical condition meet. WAC contestants are barred from competing with male soldiers though some male volunteers say women could boost morale. Opinions vary on women competing in the event.
Partial clearing with drizzle gives way to a mix of partly cloudy skies tonight. Daily high near 72 and low around 44 to 49. Sunday will be mostly cloudy and cooler with chances of afternoon showers and a Friday high near 43.
President Kennedy plans a sudden trip to Rome and the Vatican next month replacing the earlier plan to visit Milan this June and return next year. Rumors of his health and possible cancer circulate, with Vatican sources offering no comment. The visit is described as highly solemn and significant.
Tense Birmingham faced a fresh wave of racial fear as police and armed volunteers guard churches and homes of integration leaders after a bomb threat against a Black minister. NAACP officials in Jackson and New York warned of possible violent demonstrations, while federal troops remained on alert.
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