08 Oct 1955
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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1955
Page
1
Chronicle Telegram offers complete coverage of local scholastic games and reports on college and professional football. Results and pictures from yesterday appear on pages 20 and 21, with features, columns, and business items on pages 22 to 26.
A feature section hints at autumn recipes and family meals led by Elyria housewives. The Women's Feature Page peeks behind the kitchen curtain with practical ideas for entertaining. Pages 16 and 18 to 19 preview columns and comment on local life and culture.
County commissioners approve a ten year Elyria water service contract for eleven districts. In Oberlin letters express confidence in two public officials integrity. Appraisals on land to supplement LaGrange water supply vary by 39 580 dollars. Community conservation practices recommended under federal aid program.
In Rouen 500 mutinous French soldiers surrendered after Republican Security Guards repelled a mob of 1,500 Communist-led workers. About 100 people were injured as rioters attacked barracks with bricks tiles and bottles while police freed mutineers and moved them to another site for possible punishment.
About 350 New Solsberry high school students protested Friday by locking the principal and two trustees out of the school building to pressure for a new water well.
Elyria youth Kyle Davidson aged 19 and two companions, Glen Bullitt of Norwalk and George Schwarte of Toledo, escaped from the Toledo House of Correction in Whitehouse by sawing through a barbed wire fence. They were serving six month sentences for contributing to the delinquency of a minor, with Davidson sentenced on June 3 by Judge Harold Ewing. Authorities discovered the absence at 8 a.m.
Governor George Craig rushed home from vacation to take command as New Castle faces renewed tension after a bloody gun battle at the Perfect Circle foundry. National Guardsmen ring the city of 18,000 to deter trouble while Mayor McCormack enforces martial law and braces for possible further violence amid stalled union talks and reopenings.
A proposed 5 million harbor upgrade in Lorain could yield about 467 800 dollars yearly in benefits to harbor users, per a city and consultant study. The report lists seven main benefits including reduced vessel and pier damages and ongoing winter mooring value, with revisions ahead of an October 18 hearing in Washington officials and engineers reviewing funding.
Weather report shows mostly cloudy cool conditions in Northeastern Ohio with scattered light showers. Forecast calls for partly cloudy cool tonight and a fair, cool Sunday with temperature ranges around 37 to 58 and small craft advisories on Lake Erie winds 20 to 30 mph.
The 1892 Grafton Town Hall was condemned by State Fire Marshal James Q. Godette after a state order to close. Mayor E C Toghill received the closure notice this week. most of the building is locked, with only the fire apparatus wing open. Harold Luzader says repairs will allow reopening once completed. The hall has long served as a school and town hub.
Vice President Nixon and Sherman Adams fly to Denver to report on the federal government's smooth operation during President Eisenhower's illness. Maj. John Eisenhower and Dr. Paul Dudley White accompany them for the two week checkup.
Investigators begin examining whether the United Airlines DC4 crash over the mountains resulted from navigation error natural forces or a pilot shortcut. 66 people died in the worst civil air disaster in U.S. history as crews search Medicine Bow Peak for bodies and clues.
County sanitary engineer Vincent L. W. Osborne announced a planned water outage in Vincent Sewer District 6 on Monday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. weather permitting for a water line installation. If weather is poor, the outage will not occur.
Hardin County Common Pleas Judge Arthur Tudor allowed a jury to hear officers' accounts of the reputed oral confession by Samuel Woodrow Tanyhill, 26, in the Shirley Bradford killing. Police Capt. McGuire and Sheriff Paul testified on how confessions were obtained.
City officials meet with Mayor Jaworski and the Lorain Harbor Committee to justify a proposed $5 million harbor improvement. They cite a total benefit estimated between $7.5 million and $9 million and outline four main project elements including breakwater extensions and dredging limits. The Oct. 18 hearing will present the case to the U S Army Corps of Engineers.
Paris sources report Premier Edgar Faure preparing to form a three man Moroccan throne council as part of a last effort to salvage his government. Aimed at winning assembly support for Moroccan policies, the plan accompanies a vote of confidence expected after tonight’s debate.
A description credits Walter Yale as the football coach who first devised and popularized a twelve daily exercise routine. The text invites readers to call 4751 for an ad offer, noting widespread use.
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