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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1955
Page
11
Columbus Ohio supporters of the Ferguson turn pike route bill say they will seek compromises and push the measure through the Senate next week as the Legislature nears adjournment after 20 weeks of work.
In Columbus the FEPC issue stalls with six bills stuck in committee or reference. House bills introduced Jan 17 and 24 remain unassigned while Senate measures from Jan 5 to Feb 10 fail to reach passage. Speaker Cloud flags upcoming votes on capital projects and other major bills as FEPC remains effectively dead this session.
Harold R. Williams of Lorain plans to push for substituting the Red Cross Blood Program for the locally operated Lorain County Blood Bank. He aims to enlist veterans groups for support, arguing this would supply blood to veterans’ hospitals. Local doctors counter that blood must be collected locally to be usable and that the Red Cross requires medical-society backing before entering the county.
Manila P L President Ramon Magsaysay awarded American Helen Keller the Golden Heart Presidential Award for her work supporting the handicapped. The deaf and blind author and social worker, on a world tour, stopped in Manila during her travels.
The U S Army invited Germans to celebrate their new partnership by testing American weapons on Armed Forces Day. Events include parades in 12 cities and demonstrations at 52 Air Force bases Saturday, the largest display since World War II ended.
A Granite City girl, 13, Sandra Sloss, won the longest National Spelling Bee. She outlasted 61 competitors, earning $1,000 total prize and TV appearances. Her mother notes she plans college and a career in commercial art.
Florida Senate approved a bill permitting Seminole Indians to hunt and fish on their own reservation with tribal owl. The measure aims to recognize or extend hunting rights within the Seminole reservation in Tallahassee, Florida.
A 22 year old Yale senior won a court ruling allowing him to reject a 250000 dollar trust left by his father for moral and political reasons. Surrogate William T Collins stated there was no legal reason to force acceptance of the principal and income while the plaintiff had contributed income to political groups. The case involved resistance from trustees and relatives who argued a will is indestructible.
Oklahoma City police pursued the driver of a car that plunged into flood swollen Deep Fork Creek. Felix Louis Klimkowks, 41, of Harrah, Oklahoma, surfaced later and hitched a ride into town uninjured. Police located him an hour after Charles Thompson sighted the incident.
The chair used by Pope Pius VII for Napoleon I's coronation will be offered at a local Paris auction in May. The historic item draws collectors and historians seeking a tangible link to the Napoleonic era.
A Huntington firm promotes coupon book offers at $2.98 to lure new customers in Elyria with prizes and coupons worth about 70 dollars. Merchants fear over sold incentives and lasting losses as past campaigns left shops with unpaid or non paying customers. The Chamber of Commerce distance selves from endorsing the drive, while local merchants recount overextended service demand and booth promotional calls to residents.
Misa Elizabeth Wilcox requests relief of duties at end of current school year. She will stay until July 1 and remain on faculty when the 1955-56 term begins in September. Wilcox became superintendent in 1937 succeeding Glen C. West and has overseen growth, new subjects, and expanded facilities at Ridgeville High School and district schools in Elyria resident Wilcox, a former Elyria High School teacher, lives with her family.
The Senate prepared for a major clash over competing Democratic and Republican highway aid plans. The five year 18 billion dollar Democratic program led by Sen. Albert Gore would be debated as a substitute to the administration 11 year 39 billion dollar plan. Republicans concede they likely cannot defeat the Democratic alternative and hope the House accepts the President's plan for a conference committee resolution. Backers argue the Gore plan imposes higher taxes and broader state control, while the administration proposal would issue 71 billion dollars in special bonds outside the federal debt. The piece also notes related defense funding cuts and tax loopholes controversy, alongside a briefing on U S air power with Russia.
Anna Jean McCloskey was elected president of the Elyria Education Association at a high school meeting. Officers named include Joseph Quaranta as vice president, Merilyn Klee as secretary, and Richard Valentine as treasurer. Aurilla Lyon was named a delegate to the National Education Association convention in Chicago July 38.
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