Elyria area gridiron coaches on parade in Chronicle page
Full-page portraits capture Elyria area football coaches in varied moods with highlights from Elyria Highs 26 to 20 loss to Marion Harding and Lorains 55 to 6 win over Findley.
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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1956
Page
1
Full-page portraits capture Elyria area football coaches in varied moods with highlights from Elyria Highs 26 to 20 loss to Marion Harding and Lorains 55 to 6 win over Findley.
This week in CT the women writers present features on pages 12 and 13 including Speaking of Books and Coffee Break with dental thoughts. Chatter Box appears on page 19 while The Country Editor and Dog’s Life run on week page 18. Male pages highlight Dividend Pages with Joe Cowden on page 18 and Russ Davies and Don Miller on page 19.
Community officials announce plans to enhance fire protection on the turnpike, but tensions persist with area departments over funding and coordination. Court action over Grafton annexation proceeds, while Norwalk marine recruit assault case ends with a prison sentence. Admiral King memorial committee to be formed in Lorraine.
Search planes sighted two life rafts about 100 miles northwest of La Coruna Spain but found no survivors. The U S Air Force transport with 59 aboard disappeared Wednesday on a Britain to Azores flight. Distress signals were picked up but later sighting indicated no signs of life.
Chicago report says Adlai Stevenson affirmed fears scientists raised about nuclear weapons tests during a Washington meeting. He arrived at O’Hare after a four state aerial tour and planned a hydrogen bomb address for Monday night to outline his differences with President Eisenhower on testing hazards.
About 2 700 Lorain County residents eligible for federal surplus food commodities will begin receiving supplies next month. The program, overseen by acting Lorain county welfare director Mrs Anna Anikokukchine, will supplement regular relief orders and serve clients from county and city welfare agencies. A former grocery store at 809 West River Street will host distribution after a final inspection by City Building Inspector James Seres and county commissioners. Lloyd Chamberlain will direct the operation with trucks to Cleveland for pickup if approved, with required shipments to Columbus by November 7.
Weather outlook for Northwestern and Northeastern Ohio shows sunny and windy conditions with warmer temps reaching 78 to 82 degrees. Tonight and Sunday will stay mild with a low around 57, while Friday temperatures range from 31 to 77 and no precipitation is expected in the next 24 hours. Humidity peaks around 71 percent Friday morning, dropping to 2 percent by 2 PM and rising again after 8 PM. Lake Erie small craft warnings remain in effect as south to southwest winds reach 23 to 35 mph. Sunrise is 6 36 AM and sunset is at 30 PM. moonrise Saturday at 2 37 PM and moonset Sunday at 12 33 AM.
Prosecutor Paul Mikus said he will meet Oberlin City Manager Fred Weisbrod on Tuesday to outline police action and evidence needed to press charges against a man who allegedly offered a bribe to Patrolman Maurice Owens. Further investigation and names dates and supporting evidence are required.
Police located a missing six week old girl in New York alive and unharmed after a ransom offer up to 500 dollars was reported. Officers Salvatore Travato and John Tomasulo traced the case to a Brooklyn area suspect while other details involve a county employee and a baby sitter named Clarice Hall. The investigation connected a man named Albert Corbin and a woman posing as a friend of the infant’s mother.
Elyria officials consider pegging municipal salaries to a cost of living index. Mayor J Grant Keys will ask the council to study the idea and appoint a committee. He says the auto matic annual raises would align pay with living costs as part of long term city improvements.
Frank H. Bovett of Roland Ark died at Ft Root Veterans Hospital at 11 15 a m after his dying wish to see his three children from Lorain was fulfilled. The children Jimmy 44 Mary Jane 12 and Frank Jr 10 flew to his bedside with the Lorain and North Little Rock Red Cross chapters assisting. They visited Wednesday and Thursday, then returned to Cleveland arriving in the evening. Bovett a WWII Navy veteran had been battling stomach cancer since August and had previously been treated in 1954 and again later. He enlisted in 1942 and received an honorable discharge for disability.
Mrs Fritz Ernest wife of a Swiss vice consul died from injuries in the Hong Kong riots that left 42 dead. British troops police rounded up over 1,000 suspects as curfew ordered in Kowloon, while Nationalist flags flew from shops and Communist HQ.
The piece notes a 1892 Democratic slogan accusing Republican poll corruption helped Grover Cleveland’s re election. It also highlights Chronicle Telegram want ads promising mail box responses and profits with a dial in number for offers.
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