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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1961
Page
1
UPI photographer Frank Beatty reports from Belize British Honduras after Hurricane Hattie. He describes charred streets buried in mud, roofs gone, bodies found in rubble, and residents scavenging for belongings and water while in shock.
United Press reporter Lee Winfrey described Belize after Hurricane Hattie as a landscape of ruined roofs, collapsed walls, twisted tin, mud, and scattered debris. He witnessed a dead woman in the rubble and noted salt water in town water supplies, a water truck from Corozal, and widespread misery among residents and officials.
The Miss World Beauty Contest opens today with Miss Japan heading the lineup. Contestants from Ceylon, South Korea, Formosa, and India join the event as 1961 coverage continues.
U S officials urge opening the economy to foreign competition to stay a leader in the free world. Italian defense minister warns of rising neutralism as Russians test new bombs. Dominican move targets dismantling Trujillo relics in schools amid regional unrest. Katanga plans to recruit Black American troops in Britain and Europe. Bell Telephone researchers install desk calendar mics to monitor staff. Weather bureau forecasts wintry western U S conditions while the east stays normal. NYC Democrats urge Wagner and Gerosa as Kennedy eyes campaigns in the East. Alaska residents reveal long standing fallout shelters near Russia. Houston business executive Fondren dies after choking. Kentucky defense for Newport officials amid investigations. Historical notes mark Dakota statehood and the Balfour declaration. KDKA marks first regular radio schedule in 1920 elections. National leaders and protests frame today’s shifts.
Alabama officials discuss funding a scientific study to test claims that the Negro is mentally inferior to whites. Gov Patterson and Attorney Ralph Smith cite $3,000 from the emergency fund for Dr Wesley C George and collaborators at UNC School of Medicine to produce data on racial intelligence differences, amid calls to preserve segregation.
The government plans loss sharing to keep the economy solvent after a nuclear attack. Insurance payments would be limited and a national fund would cover insured losses based on affordability. Edward F Phelps notes distant relatives and inheritances may be excluded. Agencies prepare for wartime implementation.
National Geographic experts warn posthumous censure of Stalin may trigger swift place name edits. Varna in Bulgaria returns from Stalin era and Brasov in Romania reverts, with hundreds more Russian and Eastern European towns likely to adopt new—often anglicized—designations.
A Florida wire reports that state chamber data list the Fionda Cemetery Assn president as Clif ford Coffin. The piece notes the multiplicity of Stalinsk and Stalinike variants for Stalingrad and cites cartographers showing pressured name changes and examples like Molotov in maps.
The United States and Britain move toward a near agreement on Thant's interim UN administration. Secretary General Thant and Ambassadors Valeri Zorin and others report progress on selecting deputy secretaries to form a new leadership after Dag Hammarskjold's death in a Rhodesia crash.
Princess Beatriz of Bourbon Parme 87 a member of the Spanish royal family died in her villa at Monte San Quince LUCCA Italy Wednesday. Her death noted by UPI cites she lived in exile and was related to the Bourbon-Parma line with ties to Spain.
Sen Stephen M Young says the Army is near awarding a 3.63 million dollar contract to Cleveland Tank Plant for research and development of the M551 lightweight armored tank destroyer. The plant, already with about 40 employees, could expand to around 4,000 by year end 1962 as orders potentially grow toward 30 million dollars annually.
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