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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1954
Page
1
United press report from Quonset shows a fire aboard the USS Bennington near Rhode Island killing 79 Navy personnel and wounding 220 as high octane fuel ignited aboard the 27,100 ton carrier off the New England coast. Naval officials withheld exact causes pending confirmation.
The FBI announced the arrest of 11 leaders of the Puerto Rican Nationalist party in New York Chicago and San Juan on charges of sedition conspiracy Detainers are filed against six others including four tied to the March 1 House of Representatives shooting five congressmen wounded The arrests were announced by Attorney General Herbert Brownell Jr and FBI Director J Edgar Hoover The FBI says the party dated from 1922 and has about 500 members mostly in Puerto Rico The six apprehended in Chicago New York and Puerto Rico are named and others held in Washington and Danbury Conn await trial
Robert G. Hochenedel, 23, of 526 Berkshire Rd., Ohio, said a bag of popcorn caused him to steer off Olive St to Taylor and strike an Ohio Edison pole. Damage to the pole was about 90 dollars. He faces a Mayors Court appearance for failing to keep his car under control.
Panic-stricken residents in the Volos Larissa Trikala region of Thessaly fled their homes Tuesday night as a new earthquake rocked the hills. Reports from Athens said people slept outdoors in fields after the tremor.
Partly cloudy and cool today with a high near 72 and low around 50. Thursday will be mostly cloudy with scattered showers. Tuesday temperatures ranged 57 to 71, with 24 hour precipitation ending 8 p.m. at trace. Lake Erie winds 10 to 45 mph veering east later. increasing cloudiness tonight.
Vermilion police probe a burglary at W. B. Rhodes Jewelry Store with $4,000 in merchandise stolen. Police Chief E D Benson says burglars were professionals who knew when to strike and how to bypass the front door lock. Patrolman Harry Lechner discovered the ajar back door and reported the theft.
Sen Joseph R McCarthy briefly walked out of the Army McCarthy hearings in protest of Capt Joseph J M Miller’s testimony He called the testimony drivel and irrelevant Schine’s former company commander testified Miller warned Schine about riding in a truck while on duty and described Schine studying logistics The hearing also touched on a photo incident involving Col Jack Bradley and Col Bradley referenced in the conversation
Elyria city officials warned the Ohio Turnpike Commission to shield a 20 inch water main as heavy construction equipment operated near Lake Ave crossing. Mayor Keys and city leaders met Greiner and county officials who ordered sewer repairs and a bridge to shift machinery weight, threatening to drain the million gallon storage tank if the line was damaged.
Columbus Ohio The Ohio Turnpike cost rose by 1.3 million dollars in April pushing total right of way expenses to 36 percent above the original estimate. J E Greiner Co consulting engineers reported progress on the 241 mile toll road but warned construction could be delayed without timely acquisition of required parcels. Only 73 percent of scheduled work was completed in April due to bad weather and 32 major projects show one finished, 12 on schedule, four behind by under a month and 15 over a month behind. All contracts on the expedited section aim to open Nov 1 to traffic.
Authorities at Bay View Hospital say Rita Merk 19 Avon is slightly improved after a Saturday blaze that destroyed her Colorado Avenue home. She suffered burns to the face back hands and feet and escaped the burning building. Elyria announces the second annual Automobile Show June 7 8 9 at Roll Arena with doors opening 3 00 to 10 30 daily.
The Ohio Turnpike Commission opened nine bids for section C-23A through Elyria with Lombardo Brothers Construction Co of Cleveland the apparent low bidder at 2 988 627. The agency said delays by Elyria will raise costs by about 335 000 due to two required grade separation structures. A June 8 meeting may set the contract. The section runs 2.75 miles from end of C-22 east of Elyria to near Black River benefiting from two grade separations at Hilliard Rd and Bon Air Ave. The city blocks part of the western end. Continued on Page 2.
A 16 year old welfare ward on a Grafton farm near Elyria shot dead 14 year old John Thrasher in a farm milk house. Harold Wolfgang claimed two different stories about the incident and is being held for juvenile inquiry. The Mole farm housed the boys as part of the county welfare boarding program then.
United States officials warned Britain and France that accepting new Communist cease-fire terms for Indochina would produce a dishonorable peace. Walter Bedell Smith stressed U.S. opposition at a Geneva meeting with Anthony Eden and Jean Chauvel, arguing the plan would lead to a Red takeover of all Indochina. France’s Georges Bidault flew to Paris to review the plan as Eden proposed involving both sides’ emissaries to draw cease-fire lines.
Safety Service Director Michael Lotko urged motorists to keep cars off cinder and gravel streets to avoid hindering oiling work. He said parked vehicles slowed crews and may delay finishing this week. Contracts were awarded yesterday for 30 fire hydrants and 30 tons of activated carbon for the waterworks station. Darling Valve and Manufacturing Co. won the hydrant bid at 127.73 dollars each, while West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co. secured the carbon contract at 150.40 dollars per ton.
A Western Reserve University survey finds forty times as many neurotics dislike fried eggs compared to well adjusted people. Chronicle-Telegram Classifieds pitches ads as a cure by selling unneeded items for cash and urges dialing 4751 to reach an ad writer.
Elyria plans its second annual auto show at Roll Arena from June 7 to 10. Doors open daily at 3:00 PM, with shows running until 10:30 PM. Advance tickets priced at 10.20.
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