Airliner Crashes in Gulf With 42 Aboard
A National Airlines DC 7B crashed into the Gulf of Mexico early today on a Tampa to New Orleans flight. The wreckage has been found with 42 people aboard and no survivors indicated.
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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1959
Page
1
A National Airlines DC 7B crashed into the Gulf of Mexico early today on a Tampa to New Orleans flight. The wreckage has been found with 42 people aboard and no survivors indicated.
Kipton resident George A. Steele owner of Sieele Organ Repair Co. died in St Rita Hospital after a two car collision three hours earlier on State Route 65 near Lima. Ronald Huston and passengers suffered minor injuries. Steele was survived by wife Grace and several children and relatives. Burial planned at Osborne Cemetery after services at Hartman Funeral Home.
Cloudy with showers and warmer today, highs around 47 to 52. Oc casional rain and wind turn colder by Tuesday, with a Sunday high near 33 to 45. Rain may mix with or change to snow Tuesday and again Friday or Saturday. total precipitation about half an inch.
Fragmentary OCR mentions rock salt used for removal and references Murbach's Coal with a cryptic note FA 3 d1d1 ndy. The readable text is highly terse and lacks clear event details or individuals beyond these terms.
Oberlin College votes to return two uncashed loan checks totaling 368,146 and withdraw from the National Defense Education Act loan program. Faculty and student bodies favor the veto on the disclaimer affidavit requirement, urging noncompromise on principle while urging Congress to revise the act. President Stevenson upholds the stand, noting usefulness of funds but prioritizing freedom of belief.
John T. Mains vice president of Union Fork and Hoe Co shot himself minutes before a 90 day federal sentence for price fixing. He died near his home while en route to federal court where a judge had just denied appeals for a new trial for four executives.
A morning blaze in an upstairs bedroom of a Hazel Street home in Pittsburgh claims the lives of three young Jennings brothers Jimmy seven Nicholas seven and Gregory five. Eight other family members were rescued as firefighters battled the flames. Jimmy died at Montefiore Hospital and his brothers died at Homestead Hospital.
Bishop Gregory Rozman aged 76, exiled head of the Ljubljana diocese in Yugoslavia, died in Cleveland where he had stayed since 1948 as a guest at St Lawrence Parish. He fled his homeland due to resistance to Nazi and Communist occupation.
Washington UPI reports the government filed Civil Rights Act suit against Tennessee election officials accusing them of denying Black voters in the August primary. The action seeks federal remedies and enforcement of voting rights.
The Ohio Mental Health Association held a weekend meeting in Columbus and reelected Walter G. Nord as president. The group approved a Chemo-Therapy pilot plan to provide medicines for after-care dischargees, aiming to reduce readmissions and hospital crowding. Officiating officers pledged shared funding with member chapters and the state office.
A string of violent earthquakes struck southern Italy and Greece on Sunday causing minor structural damage and no reported injuries. Local authorities urged caution as tremors were felt across Naples and surrounding regions.
The second blizzard in a week roared eastward through Montana as schools delayed and travelers faced dangerous winds. Cold wave warnings stretched from the Dakotas to north Texas and New Mexico while Montana endured wind chill below zero.
Pope John XXIII elevates eight to the College of Cardinals, raising its size to 79 with two Americans from Milwaukee roots: Albert Gregory Meyer and Aloisius Muench. Other honorees include Spellman Cushing O’Hara and McIntyre, while weather reports describe a massive blizzard across Montana Wyoming Nebraska the Dakotas and Nebraska with zero to subzero temps and wind driven snow disrupting travel and power.
Lorain County Sheriff Ver non C. Smith, Republican, urged to run for A Baumhart Jr post before contract talks stalled at Elyria Plant. Annexation proposal for Fuller Rd. area advances to third reading at tonight’s council meeting.
Ocean Spray president George C P Olsson urged President Eisenhower to declare five cranberry producing states as disaster areas to obtain federal aid after a reported 50 million dollar loss from a cancer scare. The FDA said most cranberries were free of contamination. Olsson accused Health Secretary Arthur Fleming of conducting a cranberry witchhunt.
Chronicle Telegram Want Ads promise a versatile secretary for hire and a fast selling service. They offer contact numbers in Elyria and Lorain to place ads. An example lists a G E heavy duty 220 volt electric motor for $10 and a local contact number for inquiries.
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