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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1959
Page
1
President Eisenhower said the 76 day steel walkout must not continue and hinted at invoking emergency Taft Hartley powers to halt the strike temporarily. He cited 660000 workers unemployed and urged labor and management to negotiate promptly.
Portpatrick Scotland reports the death of veteran Greek long distance swimmer Jason Zirganos who drowned Sunday during a lunar attempt to cross the North Channel from Ireland to Scotland. He previously swam the English Channel four times and the Bosphorus three times.
James A Hewitt 80 former Elyria mayor and banker building contractor died suddenly at Elyria Memorial Hospital He had been ill and in hospital two days born December 26 1878 in Blyth Ontario Canada he lived in Elyria 55 years Hewitt served as safety service director then mayor from 1928 to 1987 Also secretary treasurer of Elyria Memorial Hospital chaired Easter Seal campaigns and held several Masonic offices He was on the boards of Lorain County Savings Trust and Northern Savings and Loan.
A brutal typhoon battered Japan for 12 hours over the weekend killing or missing more than 2,600 people and injuring thousands. Damage to US Air Force facilities surpassed a million dollars with one American minorly injured. Officials report 1,159 dead, 1,438 missing, and 4,695 injured as 970,000 homeless. Red Cross blankets aid storm refugees. damage potentially exceeds 3% million dollars.
President Eisenhower told reporters the East West Berlin stalemate was broken after Camp David talks with Khrushchev. He said no party is under threat and that a summit timing must be negotiated with Western Allies, with no fixed deadline on renewed talks.
Partly cloudy and mild with scattered showers or thundershowers tonight and Tuesday. Temperatures around 82 to 87 rising to 62 to 79 Sunday and 47 to 79 Tuesday. Winds from the south to southwest 20 mph with higher gusts near Lake Erie. rainfall expected one half to one inch for the week.
A head-on collision on a one lane bridge on Rt S48 a half mile north of New Haven at 2 30 am leaves Edward Risner 21 of RB dead and Betty Raver of Willard with compound fractures and internal injuries. It marks the 12th traffic fatality in Huron County this year.
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev returned home and said he believed President Eisenhower sincerely wanted to liquidate the cold war and create normal conditions with the Soviet Union.
President Eisenhower and Soviet Premier Khrushchev wrapped a three day Camp David session. They urged peaceful negotiations to resolve disputes and addressed disarmament as a pressing worldwide issue. They also discussed reviving trade and culture exchanges and delaying long standing wartime debts.
A Chicago mail order house today sent out a Christmas catalog scented with a perfume named Dangerer. One page of the catalog mailed by Spiegli Inc. carried the distinctive odor, prompting surprise among recipients.
HYANNIS Mass UPf1 Walter F Munford president of U S Steel remained in critical condition suffering a stab wound and a cerebral stroke His two sons flew to Cape Cod Hospital to join his wife at bedside He was unconscious under oxygen with doctors saying his condition was grave A kitchen fall last week is cited as the probable accident in his collapse notes indicate a police investigation continues
In Berlin area notes a second vote on a trike issue and a call for a final tally. Amherd hosts a late champion ship rally with motorcycle racers and photos. Negotiators exchange initial economic proposals as a long strike continues. Welfare study proposals from the commission are also mentioned.
At Sandusky Speedway one man died and two others were hospitalized after accidents yesterday. Joseph Renzhofer, 27, of Lorain, died from multiple injuries when a tire broke loose from a race car and struck a mechanic in the pit. Eddie Adams, 34, also of Lorain, was seriously injured and listed in fair condition. A third worker, Frank F. Smith, sustained severe cuts after a car brushed him during departure from the speedway.
Two people died and six were seriously injured when a collision occurred eight miles northeast of Ashland at an intersection. Victims named Desmina Ve Inns and Mrs Laerena Barnhart, with several others injured including partners in two nearby vehicles. The report lists addresses in Cleveland, Ashtabula, and Cleveland area streets, noting one driver attempted to evade following the crash.
Communist China announced a five day respite for Quemoy off the coast of Nationalist China. Red guns reportedly observed a truce around Sept. 2 and Oct. 10 as an anniversary of the Red Chinese government.
SIDNEY CAPT Nack Jones reports partial success for Billy Graham’s crusade as he retrieves his driver’s license but not his wallet or money. A Graham tract was found, but the wallet remains missing.
An historical note on the term shekel as money. An advertisement in Elyria Lorain promotes affordable ad writing services offering to craft a help wanted ad quickly. Dial numbers FA 33327 and CE 3 173 for prompt, courteous assistance.
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