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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1956
Page
1
UN Secretary General Hammarskjold to meet Ian's envoy amid warnings Israel may invade Jordan with Iranian troops. Abdul Monem Rifai urges urgent Security Council session as tensions rise over Israeli reprisals and possible Iraqi involvement in Jordan.
Scioto County exchanges of the Ohio Consolidated Telephone Co were set to reopen after day long talks in Columbus with Gov. Lausche. At 11:30 a.m. service to Portsmouth remained down as violence flared at Portsmouth exchanges. President Clare F Williams agreed to reopen the Boston and Portsmouth exchanges under Lausche's guarantee that State Highway Patrolmen would protect supervisors and repair crews.
Sunny and warm today with highs 75 to 80 and a warm extended period into Tuesday night. Low tonight around 51 to 55. Sunday temperatures around 52 to 62 with no precipitation through Sunday night. Humidity varied from 36 to 86 percent with sunrise 6 38 am and sunset 5 47 pm. Variable winds 10 to 15 mph offshore and chance of showers tonight or Tuesday, with near normal highs mid 60s and lows around 43.
The second annual United Fund campaign for Greater Elyria begins with a crowd rally in front of the Court House at 7. Hundreds of volunteers join the kickoff as six area high school bands provide music and Alfred P. d. O'Donnell Jr. outlines a $372,469 goal to support 31 health and welfare agencies.
Adlai E. Stevenson enters a crucial campaign phase with a coast to coast finish plan. He will address the nation in a television speech from Chicago and appear on ABC radio and TV to press Eisenhower on hydrogen bomb tests. Stevenson and aides map final week strategy from a Libertyville farm as they push the anti nuke stance.
In the campaign rush three weeks in, Stevenson advisers say the best issue is public distrust of Nixon with Stevenson set to blast the vice president. Stevenson will campaign in the New York City area Oct 23 4 and address a farm rally in Springfield ID Oct 25. A separate report notes burglars stole nearly 400000 in furs in Columbus the largest theft in the city’s history, leaving a vault with 1.5 million in furs untouched.
President Eisenhower selects Bob Mathias Sammy Lee and Jesse Owens as personal representatives for the 1956 Olympic Games in Australia. The president also signals rapid progress on building the first atomic powered merchant ship.
Local coverage notes a sewer charge change with a garbage disposal unit fee deleted as the proposal moves to Elyria council, with miscellaneous mentions of Avon area events, municipal court, police, and hospital notes.
An 18 day old Lorain Ohio baby flown to Walter Reed Army Hospital died of a heart condition. John Sugerik son of Army Pvt. and Mrs John Sugerik of Lorain was born Sept 27 with a growth on the head. He died at 2 15 a m EDT. Burial plans include return of the body to Lorain and services arranged by Reidy Scanlan funeral home.
Vice President Richard M. Nixon, in Toledo Ohio, predicted the Republican Party will win more labor votes this year than in 1952, arguing the party stands for high employment wages security and peace.
A British tanker found two aircraft-type wheels southwest of Land's End and checked serials to see if they belonged to a US Air Transport plane last seen with 59 aboard. The wheels were 290 miles south of the initial position as Air Force and Navy units hunted 600 miles west of Ireland amid flare reports.
Arthur G. Wells, 76, of Shaker Heights, died after his car rear bumped Vern Ripley’s near Routes 10 and 76. Wells reportedly collapsed as he walked, later pronounced dead at Elyria Memorial Hospital. Coroner to perform autopsy. Wells had heart ailment history. Wells’ daughter Mrs Ralph Wixing and another daughter Mrs Eloise Wagner survive. Ripley’s fiancée Nancy Hockett, Baldwin Wallace College student, injured.
Richard R. Wilford 22 of Amherst died from head injuries when his car, described as a Brush-made sports model, rolled several times after losing control on Route 53 near the Black River. Passenger A C Floyd Eugene Welden of Malden Air Force Base was critically injured and transported to Veterans Hospital in Poplar Bluff. Wilford had trained as a B pilot at Malden AFB since May under ROTC from Miami University. He was born April 5 1934 and studied at Amherst High School where he played multiple sports and belonged to Sigma Chi at Miami University. He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Walter E Wilford and two brothers Donald C Columbus and Douglas D Ellin Air Force Base Fort Walton Fla. Funeral services are set for Thursday at 2 pm at Garland Funeral Home Amherst with burial in Crown Hill Cemetery following Wednesday wake.
Pinero loomed as the surprise winner at a weekend event in PINEROLO Italy where CPI-Dr. France de Pesanti 59 earned top honors. His prize was a golden comb awarded for the baldest head in the contest drawing spectators and judges alike.
The Panama Canal Company passenger lists show three U.S. senators 16 House members and six congressional staff traveled free on the line’s ships in the last 15 months. Included was Rep A D Baumhart Jr and Mrs Baumhart on Nov 3 1955. 35 dependents paid part of fares. Other lawmakers named include W Kerr Scott William R Laird Clifford P Case. The lists were released after corporate executives acted. Eisenhower supported public release.
Cook County Treasurer Herbert C. Paschen will testify today before the U S Senate Banking and Currency Committee investigating the Hodge scandal.
The Republican slogan in 1900 promised prosperity for all under President McKinley’s second term. The piece mocks promotional ads for consumer goods and cars, urging readers to dial 4751 for a money making want ad.
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